Abdul Kalam was an ordinary scientist: A Q Khan

[Sage]

Sadly AQ Khan and APJ were never from the same race.

He was proud Tamilian (in race) and a Indian.

For an Indian race means 'Zaat' only

I meant Nuclear Science Race, dude

 

[satishkumarcsc]

AQ Khan was a Metallurgist and APJ Abdul Kalam was a aeronautical engineer who went into rocket science...AQ Khan did not design Missiles or sattelite launch vehicles...neither did Kalam design our Nuclear Power Plants.

 

[MilSpec]

AQ khan is convicted crook.... Kalam Saab was the President of India.... Who cares what this retard says.

 

[EasyNow]

Very unnecessary and mean-spirited words from A Q Khan!

He needs to ask himself, how will he be remembered when he is gone. His legacy is one of money-grabbing, selfishness and high ego which has almost overshadowed his nuclear achievements.

 

[kadamba-warrior]

Abdul Kalam was an ordinary scientist: A Q Khan - The Times of India

Says a man who personally endorsed Agha Waqar's (Water Car Engineer) innovation as an "engineering marvel" and not a fraud at all!

 

[Kaniska]

Do we even need to discuss the feedback of a international smuggler who is jailed by their own country for beloved Mr Kalam?? It shows more about how poor is the character and personality of Mr AQ Khan who does not show respect to other fellow scientist..

 

[KingMamba]

Utterly disgusting lack of etiquette, the dude's body is not even cold yet and aq is running his mouth off.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

NEW DELHI: The death of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam led to an outpouring of grief across the country with tributes flowing in from across all quarters.

However, there was one person who didn't think much of the former President's accomplishments as a scientist.

Pakistan nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan in an interview to BBC said Abdul Kalam was an ordinary scientist.

A Q Khan, considered the father of Pakistan's nuclear programme said, "Kalam used to prefer simplicity in all walks of life but he was an ordinary scientist."

In a phone interview to BBC, Khan said he could not remember anything noteworthy that Kalam had achieved. He claimed India's missile programme was developed with Russia's help.

The Pakistani scientist also claimed that there was politics involved in the appointment of Abdul Kalam as President in 2002. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister and the NDA was in power at the time. "He (Kalam) was made the President because the BJP wanted to garner Muslim votes," Khan said.

In 2004, A Q Khan was accused of supplying crucial secrets on nuclear weapons to foreign countries. He was dismissed from his job and was put under house arrest. However, Islamabad high court in 2009 declared him a free citizen of Pakistan.

For lakhs of Indians, Kalam embodied the new India story, born into a poor Muslim family in Tamil Nadu, he rose by sheer force of education to become a missile scientist, the "missile man of India" becoming chief scientific adviser to the Prime Minister, then secretary of the DRDO, and then President of India.

Kalam collapsed on July 27 at 6.30pm while delivering a lecture at IIM-Shillong and was declared dead soon after.

Abdul Kalam was an ordinary scientist: A Q Khan - The Times of India

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What a tragic day......Thieves and Smugglers are giving certificates to science gems !!

this is a very unfortunate comment by a fellow scientist about another esteemed scientist, people of such stature dont make such petty remarks. if this qoute is correctly attributed to Dr AQ khan then I can only feel regret .
since the nuclear proliferation fiasco he has fallen from grace by his media outbursts and threats of spilling the beans. he has made similar remarks about our real nuclear scientist Dr Samar Mubarik Mand.

Utterly disgusting lack of etiquette, the dude's body is not even cold yet and aq is running his mouth off.

shameful indeed just goes to show over time how much Mushy was correct about this guy
Dr AQ was very good at making a Good media presence and commanded a lot of respect and following due to claiming the entire nuclear program as his own and now he is making such remarks only show poorly on him.

 

[livingdead]

AQ might lack human decency(due to choice of words and timing) but is telling the truth. Kalam was an engineer and later administrator of big agencies. but he is not respected within even Indian scintific community as scientist.

People know him due to his image.

 

[Viny]

AQ might lack human decency(due to choice of words and timing) but is telling the truth. Kalam was an engineer and later administrator of big agencies. but he is not respected within even Indian scintific community as scientist.

People know him due to his image.

so ja bhai tere ko chad gayi hai

 

[syedali73]

A.Q Khan should have respected a dead man who once was in the same race as he was ...!

I do no see any disrespect in the statement. The quality of a scientist is determined by the number of his publications in tier one journals followed by the citations. While judging him based on this strict scientific criteria, Dr. Qadeer's statement is neither wrong nor in bad taste. Secondly, he was interviewed by BBC and he must have been answering to questions asked by the interviewer.

Those Bharatis who are trumpeting Khan as smuggler should never forget that 'Smiling Budha', the first nuclear test by Bharat, itself happened due to the stealing of nuclear fuel from the research reactor provided by Canada for solely civilian research purposes. A thief calling other a smuggler is quite funny and it becomes even funnier when Pakistan is not a signatory to NPT.

 

[Jamwal's]

Chor macheye shor

 

[Viny]

I do no see in disrespect in the statement. The quality of a scientist is determined by the number of his publications in tier one journals followed by the citations. While judging him based on this strict scientific criteria, Dr. Qadeer's statement is neither wrong nor in bad taste. Secondly, he was interviewed by BBC and he must have been answering to questions asked by the interviewer.

Those Bharatis who are trumpeting Khan as smuggler should never forget that 'Smiling Budha', the first nuclear test by Bharat, itself happened due to the stealing of nuclear fuel from the research reactor provided by Canada for solely civilian research purposes. A thief calling other a smuggler is quite funny and it becomes even funnier when Pakistan is not a signatory to NPT.

Seriously?
Do you know his area of work and you expect him to publish that in journals?
There are many unsung heros too...

By the way he was awarded more than 30 honorable doctorate degrees from various global universities and institutions.

 

[Mo12]

AQ is jealous, he will never as popular as Kalam.

Even UN announced a student day after Kalam birthday!

 

[Hulk]

I don't see any disrespect. He seems more qualified to comment about a fellow scientist then bunch of media mouths trying make a big deal.

He could be qualified, how does he know what exactly he did?

Admit it it takes gutts to do what he did for his country .Unlike your hard working scientist working on Teja .

We steal ,we copy but we will give you a brifiting reply.

P.S As per famous saying
"Nucleur bomb Nucleur bomb hota hai chahye smuggled tech ka ho yah phir Russian help se bunaaya ho".

That can make him super thief and we can respect his national sentiments.