Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear scientist, who allegedly ‘sold’ nuclear secerets to Iran, Libya and North Korea was released from house arrest in February. US has been asking for access to A. Q Khan for investigating his alleged involvement in nuclear trading to ‘axes of evil’. 

Now US lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation aiming to cut off military aid to Pakistan unless US officials are able to question alleged nuclear proliferator Abdul Qadeer Khan.

Member Democratic Party Jane Harman who prepared the bill said Dr. AQ Khan can proliferate nuclear warheads to suspected elements even today. She has not explained that how he is capable of disseminating nuclear technology now.

Jane Harman said:

“Hopefully, appropriate Pakistani officials worry as we do that their civilians could become nuclear targets — as could NATO soldiers in neighboring Afghanistan or civilians in any number of Western countries”.

Jane Herman is forgetting something here that US has been one of the country that has disseminated the nuclear technologies to countries which are not signatory of NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty).

On one hand US wants maximum co-operation from Pakistan in its war on terrorism, on the other hand wants to make the aid conditional.  US war on terrorism in Afghanistan is already failing and NATO leaders are stating it cannot be won.  Any such legislation will harm the efforts to curb terrorism even more.

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