ISLAMABAD, Sept 16 (NNN-KUNA) As the founding father of Pakistans nuclear bomb, accused of international nuke trafficking, speedily recovers from prostate cancer surgery, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has cleared Pakistan of nuclear material trafficking.

In its recent report on illicit trafficking and other unauthorised activities involving nuclear and radioactively contaminated material, the IAEA has cleared Islamabad of nuclear material trafficking within the last decade as it is reported to have taken stringent measures to secure its nuclear material and is continuously pushing to meet the international standards, press reports said Saturday.

The report said that from 1993 to 2005 a total of 827 confirmed incidents were reported by the participating member states of the IAEA Illicit Trafficking Database (ITDB).

None of these incidents, happened mostly in Western and Eastern European countries or USA and Russia, were attributed to Pakistan.

IAEA has been maintaining ITDB since 1995 to facilitate the exchange of information among member states, who voluntarily report such incident.

Pakistan also subscribes to it through Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA).

Dr. A. Q. Khan, father of Pakistans nuclear bomb, has been under house arrest since 2004 after confessing to have transferred nuclear technology to other states including Iran, Libya and North Korea.

He underwent prostate cancer surgery last week at Agha Khan Hospital in Southern Karachi city. According to doctors, his condition is stable and is speedily recovering from the surgery. He is expected to be flown back to Islamabad in the next few days.