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...longer save our compatriot. We are going to try to punish his killers.' RADEK SIKORSKI, Polish Foreign Minister, after the Taliban released a video of the beheading of a Polish geologist in Pakistan. It was the first such killing of a Western citizen there since the 2002 murder of Daniel Pearl...
...Western countries...are not only the enemies of Pakistan but in fact of Islam.'' " - New York Times January...
...born in India in 1936 and immigrated to Pakistan in 1952 where he attended college and worked briefly as a postal inspector. He then moved to Europe where he earned engineering and metallurgy degrees and studied nuclear power...
...After India detonated underground nuclear bombs in 1974, Khan sent word to Pakistan's leader, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, offering to help Pakistan build its own nuclear program. While working at a Dutch company where he had high security clearance, Khan had copied and photographed nuclear designs, which he brought back to Pakistan...
...When Pakistan detonated a series of underground nuclear bombs in 1998, Khan was hailed as a hero - India already had nuclear weapons and Pakistan's acquisition was seen as leveling a contentious playing field. Khan's portrait was painted on buses and he was awarded the Hilal-e-Imtiaz medal, which honors Pakistanis of outstanding achievement...