Pakistan 'knew of nuclear flight'

It was a North Korean plane, and the army had complete knowledge about it and the equipment Disgraced scientist AQ Khan has said that Pakistan transported nuclear material to North Korea with the full knowledge of the country's army. In media interviews, he said that the army supervised a flight of centrifuges to Pyongyang in 2000. At the time President Pervez Musharraf was head of the army. Dr Khan said that uranium enrichment equipment was sent in a North Korean plane loaded under the supervision of Pakistani security officials. 'Complete knowledge' The BBC's Barbara Plett, in Islamabad, says that Dr Khan's latest claims contradict a public confession he made in 2004 that he was solely responsible for exporting nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya. Our correspondent says that the comments are the most... [read full story]                    

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