ABSTRACT
Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri were affiliated with a Pakistani non-governmental organization called Umma Tamer-e-Nau (UTN), which ran a charity in Afghanistan; however, the real purpose of their visit was not charity work but nuclear weapons. Apparently, Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) was following the nuclear expert for back in the early 1990s, it had prepared an assessment of Khan's activities that revealed his extensive property holdings at home and abroad as well as his constant travel throughout Asia. The scientist and several of his associates were hauled in for questioning by the Director General of ISI (DGISI) and Lieutenant General Khalid Kidwai, Director General of Pakistan's Strategic Plans Division, the office responsible for the nuclear program. One of the scientists, Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, was fascinated by the role nuclear weapons might play in Judgment Day, and he was eager to transfer nuclear technologies to fellow Muslim states.
