Pakistan govt: A.Q. Kahn in good health

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Pakistan's military has denied a disgraced nuclear scientist, A.Q. Khan, has suffered a heart attack, the BBC reported Monday.

An earlier report in the prestigious Pakistani newspaper Dawn had described Khan's condition as critical, and other news media said it was a heart attack.

But a military spokesman said physicians examined Khan over the weekend, but only as a routine check-up.

Khan and 10 other scientists and officials in Pakistan's nuclear establishment have been named by the government as part of a group involved in selling nuclear information and technology to other countries.

Khan confessed his guilt and appealed for mercy.

President Pervez Musharraf subsequently granted him a conditional pardon, which officials say is subject to his continued co-operation with the investigations into the proliferation scandal.

The whereabouts of other detained scientists and officials have not been made public.