The Hindu : Pakistan will decide Khan's fate, says Jamali

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Monday, Feb 09, 2004

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Pakistan will decide Khan's fate, says Jamali

By B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD, FEB. 8. The Pakistan Prime Minister, Mir Zafarullah Jamali, has said Pakistan would not allow any other country, including India, to intervene in the domestic affairs of the country.

His reference to India is presumably in the context of comments made by the External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, that the pardon granted to A.Q. Khan on the nuclear scandal was not an internal affair of Pakistan.

Talking to newspersons in Sindh province Mr. Jamali argued that Dr. Qadeer Khan was a Pakistani citizen and scientist and it was the prerogative of the Pakistan Government to decide the fate of Dr. Khan for any of his mistakes.

The Prime Minister said that forgiveness had a special importance in the teachings of Islam and it was heartening to see that a very sensitive issue had been resolved amicably.

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