A Pakistani court today reserved its judgement on a government petition seeking permission to question disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan over media reports about his alleged role in transferring sensitive atomic technology to Iran and Iraq. A bench of the Lahore High Court, which is hearing the matter, also deferred for the third time its judgment on agovernment petition asking the court to impose restrictions on the free movement of Khan and his interaction with the media. The bench said it would rule on the matter on the 29th of this month.The High Court said it would give its verdict on the same day on the government's fresh application to question Khan about claims he made regarding Pakistan arranging the transfer of nuclear technology to Iran and Iraq.The claims were made in an account allegedly written by Khan that was the basis of two reports published recently in The Washington Post.
News On AIR | March 24, 2010 9:25 PM
Pak court defers judgement on petition seeking questioning of A Q Khan