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19436
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Pak dismisses I.A.E.A. report on A.Q. Khan as old allegations
Islamabad, Sept 13 (PTI) Pakistan has downplayed an I.A.E.A. report about disgraced scientist A.Q. Khan's links with Libya's clandestine nuclear programme, terming it as "recycling of old allegations".
Insisting that there was no new revelation in the report released by the International Atomic Energy Agency, Pakistan said the report essentially provided an overview of Libya's nuclear programme.
"The references to provision of nuclear equipment and
related design simply mention the transfers that took place in
the past and the conclusions drawn by the I.A.E.A. as a result
of its follow-up verification activities," Foreign Office
Spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said in a statement.
Presenting this report as a fresh piece of information is
an attempt to cast aspersions on Pakistan, Sadiq said, adding
the country has already extended cooperation to the nuclear
watchdog in this case.
A confidential report by the U.N. atomic watchdog has
said that Libya, which abandoned a secret nuclear weapons
programme in 2003, was in contact with the A.Q. Khan's black
market network much earlier than first thought.
According to the report, Libya's contacts with Khan date
back to 1984, ten years earlier than previously assumed.
The father of Pakistan's nuclear programme, Khan, was
placed under house arrest in 2004 after he confessed of his
involvement in the non-proliferation networks. PTI WAJ
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Insisting that there was no new revelation in the report released by the International Atomic Energy Agency, Pakistan said the report essentially provided an overview of Libya's nuclear programme.
"The references to provision of nuclear equipment and
related design simply mention the transfers that took place in
the past and the conclusions drawn by the I.A.E.A. as a result
of its follow-up verification activities," Foreign Office
Spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said in a statement.
Presenting this report as a fresh piece of information is
an attempt to cast aspersions on Pakistan, Sadiq said, adding
the country has already extended cooperation to the nuclear
watchdog in this case.
A confidential report by the U.N. atomic watchdog has
said that Libya, which abandoned a secret nuclear weapons
programme in 2003, was in contact with the A.Q. Khan's black
market network much earlier than first thought.
According to the report, Libya's contacts with Khan date
back to 1984, ten years earlier than previously assumed.
The father of Pakistan's nuclear programme, Khan, was
placed under house arrest in 2004 after he confessed of his
involvement in the non-proliferation networks. PTI WAJ
AMT
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