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Article: Politicians, citizens wish A.Q. Khan, remember 9/11, Jinnah
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- The Hindustan Times
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- September 11, 2006
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Islamabad, Sep 11 -- Pakistan's opposition parties, ministers and citizens joined in wishing disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan an early recovery after a surgery to treat prostate cancer.
Khan, recovering in a high-security room at Agha Khan University Hospital in Karachi, was the subject of sentiments expressed in public on Sunday. The fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks and the death anniversary rituals of Pakistan's founding father Mohammad Ali Jinnah were also observed.
The Nation newspaper spoke of Khan's health and his persecution by the "world powers" after giving Pakistan its nuclear capability. Khan's detention on charges of passing on nuclear plans was part of ...