London: The daughter of disgraced Pakistani scientist A Q Khan has dismissed as 'ludicrous' suggestions by President Pervez Musharraf that she was asked by her father to go public on Pakistan's nuclear secrets.
Dina Khan slammed the claims made by Musharraf in his recently-published memoirs and said her father, who is now under house arrest in Pakistan, was paying the price for "being far too vocal in his opinion about those in power".
In his book In the Line of Fire, Musharraf had said Khan had sent a letter to his daughter asking her to "go public on Pakistan's nuclear secrets" through British media.
The letter, Dina said in a statement to the BBC, was meant for her mother. She gave details of what had really happened and it was supposed to be released in the event of something happening to Khan.
The letter mentioned "people and places, but contained no nuclear blueprints or information," she said adding that the British intelligence questioned her about the document and were satisfied it did not contain any sensitive matter.
Khan was put under house arrest in Islamabad after admitting to passing on nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, but the Pakistan government has not allowed any outside agency to interrogate him.
Dina said the family has suffered since his arrest. "Our mail is opened, our mobiles are tapped and the house is bugged."
Although the investigation into the nuclear scandal was officially closed months ago, Khan's situation remains unchanged, she said, adding, "Perhaps the hope is to have him rot quietly at home, forgotten by all.
"That will never happen. The truth will come out eventually, it always does."
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