Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, the 'father' of Pakistan's atomic bomb, was given a state funeral in Islamabad, which both PM Imran Khan and President Alvi gave a miss.
While Abdul Qadeer Khan is hailed in Pakistan, and enjoyed support from Saudis and other Islamic countries, some Western commentators called him an ‘enigma’.
Abdul Qadeer Khan was awarded Pakistan’s highest civilian honour Nishan-i-Imtiaz twice, but was also accused of selling nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran and Libya.
Geo News reported that Khan was brought to the hospital Sunday morning after he faced breathing difficulties. Defence Minister Pervez Khattak referred to his death as a 'great loss'.
What Awami League needs now is not an answer to who will succeed Hasina or even a debate on whether Hasina should return to Bangladesh, but a new leadership on the ground.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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