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more popularly known as A. Q. Khan, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and ametallurgical engineer, colloquially regarded as the founder of HEU basedGas-centrifuge uranium enrichment program for Pakistan's integrated atomic bomb project.[2] He founded and established the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) in 1976, being both its senior scientist and the Director-General until his retirement in 2001
| Born | 1 April 1936 Bhopal, princely state of Bhopal,British Indian Empire (present-day India) |
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| Residence | Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Fields | Metallurgical Engineering |
| Institutions | Urenco Group Khan Research Laboratories Physics Dynamic Laboratories GIK Institute of Technology Hamdard University Gomal University |
| Alma mater | Karachi University Technical University Berlin Catholic University of Leuven Delft University of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Martin J. Brabers[1] |
| Known for | Atomic deterrence program Ultracentrifuges development Martensite and Morphology |
| Notable awards | Hilal-i-Imtiaz (14 August 1989) Nishan-e-Imtiaz (14 August 1996 and 23 March 1999) |
| Spouse | Henny Qadeer Khan |
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