Top nuke scientist made scapegoat: Benazir

"Nobody in Pakistan believes Qadeer Khan just woke up one day and decided to sell the nuclear secrets on his own. He is being made a scapegoat to cover up the involvement of military leaders," Benazir told Washington Times in an interview appearing on Sunday.

She drew attention to a full-page advertisement in a Pakistani newspaper in July 2000 in which the government invited applications for the export of sensitive nuclear materials, including enriched uranium.

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