Abdul Qadeer Khan was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer. He is colloquially known as the "father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program".
Khan in 2017
Visible effect of the nuclear weapons test, Chagai-I, conducted in the Ras Koh Hills of the Sulaiman Mountains, May 1998. All five nuclear devices were boosted fission devices that used highly enriched uranium.
The centrifuges removed from Libya by the United States as seen in the image were developed by Khan, known as P1, when he worked for URENCO in the 1970s.
Khan attending literary conference with members of a civic society in 2017. Despite controversy, Khan remained a popular public figure.
Pakistan is one of nine states that possess nuclear weapons. Pakistan is not party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Pakistan's arsenal is estimated at 170 nuclear weapons as of 2025. Pakistan
Abdul Qadeer Khan
…Qadeer Khan (1 April 1936 – 10 October 2021) was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer. He is colloquially known as the "father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program". A Muhajir emigrant from India who migrated to Pakistan in 1952, Khan was educated in the metallurgical engineering departments of Western European…
Pakistani ballistic missiles on display, including a Shaheen-I (center), and a Ghauri-I (right)
Bhutto in 1969. Pakistan began development of nuclear devices under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's leadership with a commitment to having the design of device ready by 1976–77 to avert further foreign threat from India.
The televised screen-shot of Chagai-I on 28 May 1998.