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Pandemonium erupts during hearing of Pak N-scientist writ petition

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, Jan 27, IRNA -- Pandemonium erupted during the hearing of 
Pakistani nuclear scientists` case on Tuesday when the government 
lawyer blamed the nuclear scientists of accumulating money by 
transferring nuclear technology outside the country. 
The Lahore High Court judge Justice Maulvi Anwarul Haq left the 
court in Rawalpindi as the relatives of the scientists started 
shouting `shame shame`. 
The government lawyer Tariq Shamim told the court that he will 
request for in-camera hearing if criticism of president and the army 
was not ended. 
Tariq Shamim said debriefing of the nuclear scientists is 
continuing and if any one found guilty, he will be met with severe 
action. 
The government prosecutor said, "We can`t file the case against 
the scientists before the completion of the investigation to avoid 
their dismissal from service." 
Lawyers of the nuclear scientists said that court has ordered the 
ISI Headquarters to submit a reply in connection with the arrest of 
nuclear scientists, but no action was taken. 
They claimed it was evident that the government has handed over 
many people to the FBI and `we suspect that the nuclear scientists 
could have been shifted to any third country`. 
The attorneys said that Dr. Abdul Qadir Khan and other scientists 
are the assets of Pakistan and that the nuclear technology is the 
deterrent of foreign aggression. 
They said that the nuclear scientists are patriotic and requested 
the court to issue the production order for the release of the 
arrested nuclear scientists. 
Judge Justice Maulvi Anwarul Haq said that the issue of nuclear 
scientists are being discussed at open forums, but the court is 
unaware what is happening outside the court and why the government is 
reluctant to submit the reply in writing about the arrest and 
debriefing of scientists to the court. 
"It is an open court and the government should submit reply." 
The court adjourned the hearing till Wednesday. 
TK/TSH/AH/210 
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