Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML) vowed on Tuesday to struggle for the complete freedom for Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan’s nuclear program.The party made this pledge while planning to commemorate Pakistan’s nuclear tests of May 28, 1998 that were conducted during its government, in reaction to the Indian nuclear tests. “Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has expressed goodwill for Nawaz Sharif and prayed he should succeed in his mission,” Sardar Abdul Rahim, additional information secretary of the PML-N disclosed to Daily Times.
He said he had conversed with Khan by phone on Tuesday evening, and that Khan would arrive in Karachi on Saturday to see his ailing brother. “He is our national hero and every Pakistani is proud to have a national asset such as Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan,” said Rahim.