A Pakistani nuclear weapons scientist, Dr Iftikhar Khan Chaudhry, who defected to the US in a dramatic manner and claimed that Islamabad had planned a pre-emptive nuclear strike against India, has ensured his 12 minutes of fame. Speaking to reporters in New York on July 1, Khan charged: "Pakistan decided on a pre-emptive attack on India as the Pakistani government had information that India was planning to attack Pakistan and the target was Kahuta (the site of a secret nuclear weapons laboratory near Islamabad.)" At a news conference in the plush