Abdul Qadeer Khan, known as the brain behind Pakistan's nuclear programme, has died at 85. He was suffering from Covid, state-run PTV said. The Pakistani atomic scientist was regarded by West as a dangerous renegade responsible for smuggling Nuclear technology to rogue states.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">He was accused of illegally sharing nuclear technology with Iran, Libya and North Korea. After a confession on national television, Khan was pardoned by then-president Pervez Musharraf but remained under house arrest for years in his palatial Islamabad home.</span><br />