Pakistan court again puts curbs on Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan

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Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Pakistan court again puts curbs on Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan PakPoint.com A Pakistani court on Wednesday suspended an earlier order lifting restrictions on the movement of nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who is alleged to have spread nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya.

Deputy Attorney General Mohammed Amir Rehman said a two-member panel of the Lahore High Court issued the interim ruling following an appeal from the Pakistan government. The court has scheduled another hearing for Sept. 15, he said.

A judge of the Lahore High Court issued an interim order last week asking the government and police to lift all restrictions on Khan’s movement. That ruling was in response to a petition by Khan, and raised concern among U.S. officials, who consider him a proliferation risk.

Khan was detained in December 2003 and admitted on television in early 2004 to sole responsibility for operating a network that spread nuclear weapons technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya. He has since retracted that statement.

He was pardoned by then President Pervez Musharraf, but immediately placed under de facto house arrest.

In February, the Islamabad High Court announced he was a “free citizen,” subject to a confidential accord struck with the government. Since then, he has had to tell authorities of his travel plans, get permission for guests to visit him at home, and intelligence agents and security officials have maintained a heavy presence outside his house, prompting him to launch the petition.

The government says the restrictions are necessary for his own safety.

Khan’s lawyer Ali Zafar said he heard about Wednesday’s court order through the media, but had no details.

Source AP

5 Comments

a.gowher, September 2, 2009:

This might be in the best interest of Dr.Qadeer Khan to be monitored by law enforcement personals 24 hours a day because some powers do not want to see him alive.
This is a fact.
Mercator, September 2, 2009:

Alas!! Courts are still not indepedent in making decisions.
Sohail, September 3, 2009:

PCO Judge Iftikhra Chaudhry key tuttey aur aasman sey uttaray howay judjon ney yeh order diya hei Lahor sey jo qanoon ka bol bala kar rahey hain
MasoodBazmi, September 4, 2009:

It is very shamefull order. Dr. Qadeer Khan is our National Hero. He should contest the next election for the President of Pakistan. The people of Pakistan want to see him the next President. This question may be asked in a poll. India had also done this practice already that they got elected their Nuclear Scientist as the country’s president. Pakistani courts are not still independent even after the re-instatement of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Choudhry. Pakistan is a nuclear power. The matter of Dr. Qadeer is not attached with the Courts but it is the matter of Defence Ministery and the Military Forces to give him the protection.
Masood Bazmi, September 5, 2009:

Dr. Abdul Qadeer and Indian Nuclear Tests Planning

Foreign media has reported that India is going for a few new nuclear tests. Foreign media reports have also involve Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan in their news stories. Media once again put allegations on Dr. A.Q Khan for proliferation of nuclear information to the other countries like Iran and North Korea. The nuclear scientist of Pakistan, Dr. A.Q.Khan has already kept into protective detention in his home for many years. He fell into cancer and was medically operated during his detention. The present Peoples Party government after coming into powers got the release orders of Dr. A.Q.Khan from the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Media reports again say that the court again has decided to give Dr. A.Q.Khan in detention, a higher official in the office of Attorney General of Pakistan said. The Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit in his weekly press briefing in Islamabad on asking the questions by media persons has pretended and pleaded to ignorance and unawareness about the reports for Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan and for the plan of other fresh nuclear tests of India.