The father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb Abdul Qadeer Khan. (AFP file photo)

Celebrated former CIA officer James Lawler has revealed that Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan had “certain Pakistani generals and leaders on his payroll" while running a global nuclear proliferation network. Lawler, widely credited for dismantling Khan’s nuclear smuggling operations, shared the details in an interview with ANI .

Lawler, who led the CIA’s Counter-Proliferation Division, called Khan as the “Merchant of Death" for his role in supplying nuclear technology to multiple foreign programmes. He noted that while the United States had long monitored Khan’s involvement in Pakistan’s nuclear programme, it took time to recognise the scale of his outward trafficking.

“We were very slow. We thought it was se

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