In an amusing claim, a US writer on nuclear issues, has said, of all places in Playboy mazagine, that India may have been the mysterious fourth customer of Pakistan's disgraced nuclear scientist A.Q.

Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has prevented a conventional war with India, ensuring "our survival, our security, and our sovereignty", besides making the "nation walk with head held high", boasts Mr A.Q.

Pakistan's disgraced nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan has a strong following on social networking website Facebook - even though it may not be Khan who is posting on his fan page. "This unofficial fan page