After learning about the "Smiling Buddha" test, Khan wanted contribute to the post-war atomic crash efforts; hence approaching to Pakistan government officials who dissuaded him by considering as "hard to find" a job in PAEC as a "metallurgist".
After learning about the "Smiling Buddha" test, Khan approached Pakistani government officials offering his assistance in Pakistan's atomic bomb program. He insisted in joining the atomic crash program but was dissuaded by the Pakistan government officials who considered as "hard to find" a job in PAEC as a "metallurgist".