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CNews RAWALPINDI: Director General, Strategic Plans Division, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Khalid Kidwai has said the pardon granted to Dr. Abutl Qadeer Khan was not unconditional and that Dr. Khan’s statement has damaged the country’s standing.At a news briefing here at Strategic Plan Division, the DG said Dr. A.Q. Khan is free to speak and he can give any statement in his personal capacity.He said the involvement of Dr. A.Q. Khan in North Korea’s issue came to surface which led to his debriefing. “Dr. Khan confessed and sought pardon from President Pervez Musharraf. On this the President said Dr. Khan should seek forgiveness from the nation.”“Dr. A.Q. Khan has not taken upon him the blame for others’ wrongdoings… he was not under any pressure nor any deal was struck with him,” Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Khalid Qidwai maintained.He said the draft of address to the nation was prepared at National Command Authority and that Dr. A.Q. Khan agreed to read it after going through it in detail and also making some...

CNews ISLAMABAD: The foreign office spokesman on Friday said that Pakistan’s nuclear proliferation issue is a closed case.The spokesman was reacting to an interview nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan gave to a foreign wire service.Khan told The Associated Press in an interview on Friday that the uranium enrichment equipment was sent from Pakistan to North Korea in a North Korean plane that was loaded under the supervision of Pakistani security officials.