Pakistani nuclear weapons scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan dies aged 85

PM pays tribute to national icon' who turned country into atomic power but later confessed to sharing technology on black market

Abdul Qadeer Khan, considered to be the father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme and later accused of smuggling technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, has died aged 85.

The atomic scientist, who spent the last years of his life under heavy guard, died in the capital, Islamabad, where he had recently been hospitalised with Covid-19.