Dude, it's always JUST about getting in, doesn't matter one bit about the reasons behind it. India getting sounding rockets, India getting almost dozen cryogenic engines, India getting telemetry equipment, green pine radars, reactors, India getting other hundreds upon hundreds of ToT, does anyone care about the reasons today? No, they don't. If all of those things didn't happen, would India have a space program today? Any PSLV, GSLV etc etc? No and no.
Let me rephrase a very old adage...... "Everything is fair in space race and nuclear war"......
The funny thing is, AQ Khan's total contribution to the nuclear programs was less than 5%....... you don't even know rest of 95% who actually were critical to it.