Abdul Qadeer Khan | MCQs

Explanation

The Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) was established in Kahuta, Pakistan on July 31, 1976.

The KRL was founded by Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer Abdul Qadeer Khan.

He is known as the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb.

The lab was created in response to India's first nuclear bomb test in 1974.

Khan was the lab's senior scientist and chairman until he retired in 2001. 

Explanation

Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan earned his Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.

He completed his doctoral studies in metallurgical engineering in 1972

 Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan is widely regarded as the "Saviour of Pakistan"

"Mohsin-e-Pakistan" (Savior of Pakistan).

He is colloquially known as the father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program.

Science Advisor to the Presidential Secretariat:In office 1 January 2001 – 31 January 2004

Born: 1 April 1936, Bhopal, Bhopal State, India

Died: 10 October 2021 (aged 85) Islamabad

Political party: Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Pakistan (2012–2013)

Awards

• Nishan-i-Imtiaz (1996; 1999)
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz (1989)

Explanation

Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan is buried in Islamabad. 

Died: 10 October 2021 (aged 85) Islamabad

 Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan is widely regarded as the "Saviour of Pakistan"

"Mohsin-e-Pakistan" (Savior of Pakistan).

He is colloquially known as the father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program.

Science Advisor to the Presidential Secretariat:In office 1 January 2001 – 31 January 2004

Political party: Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Pakistan (2012–2013)

Awards

• Nishan-i-Imtiaz (1996; 1999)
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz (1989)