Pakistan frees nuclear smuggler and disgraced scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan

DISGRACED Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has been freed after spending five years under house arrest for selling atomic secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya in the world’s biggest nuclear proliferation scandal.

China banks cut Iran business

TEHRAN: Chinese banks have cut back business with Iranian banks due to US pressure over Tehran’s nuclear programme, an Iranian Foreign Ministry official said.