Islamabad, August 30 (TNS): Former President Pervez Musharraf has revealed that George Tenet, former Central Intelligence Agency chief showed him irrefutable evidence against Pakistan\u2019s nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan.<\/p>\n
In an interview with a private news channel, Musharraf said that the CIA head revealed this \u201cbitter revelations\u201d during a secret one-on-one meeting in his suite while he paid an official visit to the United States.<\/p>\n
Former military dictator said that George W. Bush asked him to hold a meeting with CIA chief before leaving for Pakistan, saying that it was very \u2018important\u2019.<\/p>\n
He said that Tenet handed him over photographic and black and white evidence which showed AQ Khan\u2019s involvement in proliferation through a Sri Lankan front man who acted as a double agent, the other side for the United States.<\/p>\n
Musharraf re-counted that upon his return he summoned Dr Khan who first denied but later knelt before him and cried.<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Khan went on to apologize to the nation in a television broadcast following which he was removed from his post\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The former army chief said that the intelligence communication between Pakistan and US agencies was focused on handing the Dr Khan over to US which he had denied.<\/p>\n
Musharraf added that Dr Khan was not under a house arrest but it was for his protection.<\/p>\n
Ex-President said that he has never been more embarrassed in his life than what he went through after George Tenet showed him the irrefutable evidence.<\/p>\n
Musharraf said that being an autonomous body, Khan Research Laboratories had its own security and it was completely inaccessible for agencies,\u00a0that\u2019s why Dr Khan activities could not be noticed locally.<\/p>\n
He denied the claims that he had provided Dr AQ Khan a speech to read out to the nation.<\/p>\n
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