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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.
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