PAKISTANI ICON In this file photo taken on Feb. 6, 2009, Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan gesturing after a court verdict in Islamabad. Abdul Qadeer Khan, revered as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, has died at 85, state-run broadcaster PTV reported on Oct. 10, 2021. AFP PHOT
PAKISTANI ICON In this file photo taken on Feb. 6, 2009, Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan gesturing after a court verdict in Islamabad. Abdul Qadeer Khan, revered as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, has died at 85, state-run broadcaster PTV reported on Oct. 10, 2021. AFP PHOT

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Abdul Qadeer Khan, revered as the "father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb," has died at 85, authorities said on Sunday, having been hospitalized with Covid-19.

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