Dr Deena remembers her father as a true patriot, a caring father
Zubair Qureshi
Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam has said that Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan was an iconic person, who provided an unassailable security shield for the country and his services for national defense building would be long remembered.
Addressing a condolence reference organized by Preston University in collaboration with The Archaeological and Historical Association of Pakistan in memory of great nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan.
Fakhar Imam said Dr AQ Khan was a true savior of Pakistan and everyone should follow his model of patriotism, loyalty and commitment in order to make the country an economically developed and socially prosperous.
He said Dr AQ Khan was the architect of the national nuclear program and initiated work on nuclear technology in 1974 in order to make the national defense impregnable and secure about 220 million Pakistanis from any aggression.
Due to his untiring efforts, on May 28, 1998 Pakistan had become first Muslim nuclear state of the world, he said adding that his efforts also enabled the country to averted all Indian threats and its conspiracies an maintaining strategic balanced of power in the region.
Addressing the condolence reference daughter of late Dr AQ Khan’s daughter Dr Deena Khan thanked the organizers for holding the event and said that love and respect shown by the people all across the country for her late father was comforting her family and asked for remembering late Dr. AQ Khan in their prayers.
She said that her father was a religious, spiritual and patriot person, adding that the great scientist was very passionate about education and considered it as a basic tool for the social and economic development of the country.
She stressed the need for carrying forward the mission of Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan in other fields including health and education for the welfare of the common man in the country.
Speaking on the occasion, Vice Chancellor Preston University Dr Abdul Basit said that the great scientist had changed the strategic balance of power in the region by making Pakistan as a nuclear power, adding that his persona was a great source of inspiration for youth in order to make the country more secure, safer and developed for coming generations.
