ISLAMABAD: Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan expressed hope on Wednesday that the new government will release him from house arrest, but he said he had not yet heard anything on the matter.
In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Khan said former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and other leaders of Pakistan’s new government have voiced support for him in the past.
He said, however, that the new leadership had not yet told him of any plans to let him move or speak freely. “So far they have just talked of love, and have not demonstrated it,” Khan said with a laugh. He noted that he was a senior citizen in fading health.
“There is always a limit to anything. Now I am 72. It does not mean that I will spend the rest of my life sitting inside like this,” he said. Asked why he had accepted the blame for Pakistan's nuclear proliferation, Khan said on Wednesday that he acted in the national interest. “People come and go. I will also go,” he said. “The thinking was that no damage should be done to the country and the nation.”
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This man is a national treasure. We should release him and give him the same protocol and security the president receives. He is a shining example to all Pakistani's.
