About Dr.Abdul Qadeer Pakistani Hero

Abdul Qadeer Khan, (fifth left in gray suit, right of army officer), c., 1998.

Born 1 April 1936 (age 79)

Bhopal, Princely state of Bhopal, British India

(present-day India)

Residence Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory

Nationality Pakistani

Fields Metallurgical engineering

Institutions Urenco Group

Khan Research Laboratories

Physics Dynamic Laboratories

GIK Institute of Technology

Hamdard University

Gomal University

Alma mater Karachi University

Technical University Berlin

Catholic University of Leuven

Delft University of Technology

Doctoral advisor Martin J. Brabers[1]

Known for Atomic deterrence program

Ultracentrifuges development

Martensite and Morphology

Notable awards Hilal-i-Imtiaz (14 August 1989)

Nishan-e-Imtiaz (14 August 1996/23 March 1999)

Spouse Hendrina (Henny) Khan

Abdul Qadeer Khan,[note 1] NI, HI, FPAS i/ˌɑːbˈdʊl kɑːdɪər kɑːn/ (Urdu: ڈاکٹر عبد  القدیر خان‎; b. 1 April 1936), and known widely as A. Q. Khan, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and a metallurgical engineer, and the founder of the uranium enrichment program for Pakistan's atomic bomb project.[2] Khan founded and established the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) in 1976, serving as both its senior scientist and Director-General until his retirement in 2001. Khan was also an early and vital figure in other Pakistani national science projects, making major contributions in research on molecular morphology, the physics of martensite alloys, condensed matter physics and materials physics.

In January 2004, Dr. Khan was summoned by the Pakistani government for a debriefing on his active role in proliferating nuclear weapons technology to other countries after the United States provided evidence of these activities to the Pakistan Government. Khan formally admitted his responsibility for the acitvities in question a month later.[3][4] It is alleged that Khan's activities were sanctioned by Pakistani authorities. The Pakistan government has sharply dismissed these claims.[5][6]

After years of official house arrest during and following his debriefing, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on 6 February 2009 declared Abdul Qadeer Khan to be a free citizen of Pakistan, allowing him free movement inside the country. The verdict was rendered by Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam.[7] In September 2009, expressing concerns over the Islamabad High Court's decision to end all security restrictions on Khan, the United States warned that Khan still remains a "serious proliferation risk".[8]