Pakistani court seeks replies in nuclear scientist detention case
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, July 4, IRNA
Pakistan-Nuclear
A court in Pakistan on Friday directed the government to explain as to why the country's top nuclear scientist has been detained for four years.
Qadeer Khan was put under house arrest in 2004 after he was forced to appear on the state run television to say that he had transferred nuclear technology to other countries.
Mrs. Hendrina Khan, wife of Qadeer Khan had approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) with a letter disputing government's claim that her husband was not under detention.
The Islamabad High Court issued notice to the Attorney General for Pakistan and directed to file a statement in response to the questions raised in the application of Mrs Hendrina Khan.
Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam gave the directives while taking up the application of Mrs. Hendrina Khan saying that her husband is in illegal detention.
The hearing was adjourned till July 15.
Khan said recently that he did not transfer nuclear secrets outside Pakistan and that he had made statement on PTV for the sake of the country.
Khan says that Europeans had been involved in transfer of nuclear technology.
The court had also fixed July 15 for the hearing of a habeas corpus case filed by advocate M Javed Iqbal Jafferi about Dr Kahn's detention.
Mrs. Hendrina Khan in her letter said that her husband has been under illegal detention for almost five years.
She said that no body is allowed freely to meet the nuclear scientist which is against the spirit of justice.
She added that her husband is not even allowed to offer prayers in the mosque which is unfair.
Mrs. Hendrina Khan said even the bedroom was not safe as surveillance equipment had been installed there. She said that her husband is innocent and has not committed any offence.
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