Disgraced Pakistan nuclear scientist A Q Khan smuggled several nuclear centrifuges to Dubai, some of which might have been transferred to Iran and North Korea, a senior Pakistani military official has said.
He also claimed that Pakistan was willing to subject Khan to lie detector test but could not do so as the United States did not provide the lie detectors. "If you ask for an educated and intelligent guess, I will say, yes, they (P-2 centrifuges) might have been sent to Iran too but we have no evidence to prove it," an official, who did not want to be identified, was quoted by Dawn newspaper as saying in an highly unusual briefing in Washington.
The briefing attended by American and Pakistani officials was held amid the North Korean nuclear crisis and was aimed apparently at assuring the international community that Islamabad was not involved in any proliferation efforts and that the network allegedly run by Khan has been completely uprooted.
Iran denies receiving P2 centrifuges, but international inspectors have found evidence of Pakistani centrifuges at Iranian nuclear sites.
A Pakistan defence delegation led by Gen Kidwai, who is the head of the country's strategic division in-charge