All In The N-Game...
Making of the "Islamic Bomb"
1998 Pakistan detonates six nuclear devices.
1999 Pakistan conducts the initial flight test of the Shaheen missile, allegedly obtained from North Korea.
2001 A US spy satellite photographs a Pakistani C-130 plane being loaded with missiles at the Pyongyang airport. Operation approved by President Musharraf. Khan Research Laboratories is once again renamed Kahuta Research Laboratories; its chairman Dr Khan is retired
2002 Musharraf says in Paris: "We purchased surface-to-air missile(s) from North Korea sometime back and now we are producing the same type of missiles at home."
2003 Bush places sanctions against KRL.
2004 Dr Khan’s four ex-associates are taken into custody for debriefing. In a compromise deal with Musharraf, Dr Khan accepts responsibility; absolves military.