Abdul Qadeer Khan Quotes

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Abdul Qadeer Khan

Profession : Scientist

Birth : April 1, 1936

No money on earth can buy the love and affection that has been given to me by a grateful nation.

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We have to prepare our students so that they become able to face any challenge rising in any environment and anywhere in the world.

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I am an innocent man, but I don't want to indulge in any controversy.

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Are they happy with our God? Are they happy with our prophet? Are they happy with our leader? Never. I don't care about rest of the world. I care about my country.

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Without my services, Pakistan would never have been the first Muslim nuclear nation. We were able to achieve the capability under very tough circumstances, but we did it.

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When lab safety procedures aren't followed, people can get hurt or worse. Lab equipment and chemicals that are improperly handled can result in personal injury and even death.

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We were able and we had a plan to launch nuclear test in 1984, but then President General Zia had opposed the move.

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I see my future with my family, with my grandsons and daughters, and I want to look after some welfare institutions I had set up at different places in the country with the help of expatriate Pakistanis.

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I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.

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People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying.

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When India conducted nuclear tests in 1974, I wrote a letter to then-Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto from Holland and offered my services for Pakistani nuclear programme.

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I am proud of my work for my country.

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I had no political background. That's why PM Bhutto gave me the responsibility of the nuclear programme, and we acquired nuclear capability in a span of mere six years, which was a great milestone.

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Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor and the needy.

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Lots of army officers... a large number still believe that I have done my best for this country. They respect me.

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Everybody kicks those who do not have a country of their own.

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We all avow to struggle for making this country a welfare state where everyone is allowed to spend life on the basis of social justice and where everyone can live in peace and honour.

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We have a safe and good command-and-control system. Nobody can take away any nuclear weapon from Pakistan.

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Some people are ok with doing nothing all day after they retire, but then some people if they had nothing to do would go mad and start banging their heads against a wall.

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I am not a madman or a nut.

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