I mean extract information about his role during his foreign visit, example North Korea etc etc. And he was part of nuclear program , not whole sole incharge . There are many unsung hero in Pak nuclear program.
first CIA wanted to extradite him to USA but Musharraf refused, then they said they wanted to interrogate him which was also denied. in the end they said they wanted to just observe the interviews and investigations around alleged proliferation but that was denied too
granted that either the state (army/ ISI) was complicit in proliferation or was concomitant to discover his alleged clandestine one man proliferation operation but he after his "forced" confession" started threatening to spill secrets and started interviews. that was when for his own sake he was confined to his home because he became a target.
he was a self centered projectionist for sure and was a hard man to work with but his contributions as a metallurgist are contributory towards our nuclear program.
he has been a very good promoter and people dint know about dr Samar Mubarak Mand the real "nuclear scientist until the tests because he preferred the stay out of public eye.
Although unthinkable and impossible that he did but even if he proliferated for personal gains in his alleged secret dealings with Libya, Iran and Korea. I don't care he could have been treated better.
he took the entire program very seriously and was very very much involved at all aspects of it. a bit of a control freak but such traits never came in the way of his work and dedication.
back in early to mid 80s someone I know told me he raised an anti aircraft unit in Kahuta and Dr Qadir was invited to show the preparations and defenses to counter the air raid. such was his interest that he went through the strategy and counters.. using the terrain, passive and active defenses both ground based and airborne etc.
He used to joke that Army's high handed approach towards foreign journalists and diplomats caught sneaking into Kahuta had made the place notorious.
There is even more dirt on the other “heroes” as well but less said the better. All of them are essentially middle men with their children now carrying on contracts. Some do deserve the business in their attempts to be honest though; nothing wrong with using connections and relationships with suppliers and end users as long as you do it by the rules and avoid corruption.
I do it with ARAMCO and US DoD.
But, when you hear stories about the budget black hole that is SPD.. it only makes the heart sink further.
nation got no clue . its a bottomless pit equally matched by the insatiable greed of those running it.
like sherifs metro and motorway they got few toys to show off to shut up the criticism but what sums of public money is burnt to get them is another debate. I hope we are talking about the same thing (mil-procurement, Missile/ nuclear R&D etc)
