[MirzaKamran]

Atom expert restrictions 'eased'


By Haroon Rashid
BBC Urdu service, Islamabad



Dr Khan stunned the world with his confession

The family of disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan say it is not clear whether his de facto house arrest has been permanently relaxed.
On Wednesday Dr Khan was allowed to make a rare trip from his Islamabad home to Pakistan's Academy of Sciences.
His wife, Henny, told the BBC her husband went to pay his respects after the death of a colleague.
Dr Khan caused a scandal when he confessed to passing nuclear technology to Libya, Iran and North Korea in 2004.
'Cup of tea'
Henny Khan told the BBC her husband was very happy to be out and about.
"But we don't know whether this was just a one-time relaxation or a change in the government's policy. Though he was very careful that nobody knows about the visit."
Dr Khan himself headed the academy for six years.
Officials there said they were surprised to find him amongst them.
"He just came and had a cup of tea with me," the academy's treasury secretary, Dr Misbahuddin Shami, told the BBC.
Mrs Khan said her husband was now allowed to see seven or eight friends and his daughter on a regular basis.
Pakistan's military was unable to clarify whether the relaxation of the terms of the scientist's detention was permanent.
A spokesman said the interior or foreign ministries should be contacted.
However, Interior Secretary Ayed Kamal Shah said his ministry neither imposed the restrictions nor lifted any.
Many believe the relaxation could be the result of the change in government in Pakistan, where a civilian administration took power following elections earlier this year.
In April, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi cited Dr Khan's age - he is over 70 - and poor health to argue that he should be allowed to leave his Islamabad villa to meet friends and visit restaurants.
Dr Khan had surgery in the southern city of Karachi for prostate cancer in 2006.

[Style Mantra]

It will be a very nice step if they finish our great hero's restrictions permanently...Kash Pakistaniyun ko apne heroes ki kadar krna aa jayai ... Ameen!!!

[Neo]

sorry but can u delete the word "disgraced" from ur post plz.. it's a western terminology to give bad name to our HEROES..
cos we all know what he has acheived for PAKISTAN... none of us will ever be able to do in our life time... i hope u understand what i m saying.. thanx. :o)

[Mishkat]

Originally Posted by asjad_pisces

It will be a very nice step if they finish our great hero's restrictions permanently...Kash Pakistaniyun ko apne heroes ki kadar krna aa jayai ... Ameen!!!

esa konsa pakistani hai jo Dr. Qadeer Khan ki qadar nahi karta... koi 1 bata deen...

Bhai Qadar to sari awam karti hai....likin ye jo bari Fish jo Paliment me bethi hain like pervez musharraf jese loog ..inhi logo ne Dr. sahab ko badnam kia hai or koi baat nahi