Pakistan chief in nuclear scandal

PAKISTAN'S President Pervez Musharraf was under intense new pressure to quit last night after rogue scientist AQ Khan accused him of direct involvement in nuclear proliferation by secretly transferring uranium enrichment centrifuges to North Korea. Dr Khan's charge contradicted Mr Musharraf's insistence that he and the Pakistan army he commanded knew nothing of the disgraced scientist's nuclear proliferation activities. But Dr Khan's claim burst like a bombshell in Islamabad and added a new dimension to the country's turbulent political scene. Dr Khan said uranium enrichment centrifuges crucial to...

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