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Authorities Detain Two Pakistani Nuclear Scientists
Two Pakistani nuclear scientists have been taken into custody amid suspicion that they might have been involved in transferring nuclear technology to Iran, Pakistani opposition lawmakers said today (see GSN, Jan. 30). According to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) political party, Farooq Muhammad, head of Pakistan’s main uranium enrichment facility Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL); and KRL laboratory director Yasin Chohan were arrested this month. The two men are believed to be held by FBI agents, the PML-N said. “According to our information, the FBI is holding Director General Dr. Farooq and Laboratory Director Yasin Chohan with the assistance of Pakistani agencies,” the party said in a statement. A Pakistani government spokesman refused to confirm or deny that the two scientists had been arrested, saying that Pakistani nuclear scientists routinely took part in “personnel dependability and debriefing programs” (Agence France-Presse/SpaceWar.com, Dec. 11). A Pakistani Foreign Office senior official has denied that Islamabad has provided nuclear technology to other countries. “The allegations that Pakistan has cooperated with any country in the nuclear field are baseless and malicious. There is no substance whatsoever,” the official said (Xinhua News Agency, Dec. 11).
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