Musharraf pardons A Q Khan

Acting on the recommendation of the cabinet, Pakistan's President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday pardoned the father of the country's nuclear bomb Abdul Qadeer Khan, a day after the latter publicly admitted leaking sensitive nuclear know-how to Iran, Libya and North Korea, a local TV channel reported.

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The metallurgist had on Wednesday met Musharraf and admitted leaking nuclear technology and sought forgiveness.