Posted on 08/28/2009 4:24:40 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
LAHORE: Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the government on Friday to lift the restrictions placed upon nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan.
Accepting Dr AQ Khan’s petition that the restrictions imposed upon him in the name of protocol were a violation of fundamental rights, the judge ordered the local administration to implement the decision in letter and spirit. He also issued contempt notices on the district magistrate and deputy inspector general of Islamabad, demanding they appear before the court on September 4 and explain their actions in light of an earlier court ruling that had declared Khan a “free citizen”.
“It is excellent and heart warming and very gratifying,” Khan told reporters gathered at his house. “I think the people who have been involved in playing mischief with me will get the message and allow me to live a peaceful, private life as a citizen,” the Associated Press quoted him as saying.
During the proceedings, Khan’s lawyer Ali Zafar said his client had already been declared a free man by the Islamabad High Court in a ruling on a petition challenging Dr Khan’s virtual house arrest under former president Pervez Musharraf. He submitted that following the judgement, Dr Khan had agreed to a security protocol from 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 a fresh petition.
Zafar said that in violation of the court’s order, and the security package agreed between the government and Dr Khan, his client had been restrained at his residence and was practically under house arrest.
After hearing Zafar’s arguments, Justice Chaudhry said prima facie contempt of court had been committed and ordered show-cause notices to be issued to the police and administration involved.
Waiting: US State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters on Friday the US had seen press reports on the court decision but was waiting for “clarification” from Pakistani officials before commenting further. “We need to find out exactly from the government of Pakistan what this means, in terms of his ability to travel,” Kelly added.
“keeping an eye on him”
better yet keeping a bead on him.......what this guy did is very likely to be the root of the world’s first use of aggressive (rather than minimal, calculated defensive) use of nuclear force. There is no country on earth engaged in total war with the industrial base that Japan dedicated to it during and right up until the end of WWII.
The jihadists have no fear of Obama...with good reason. He has turned his back on all the lessons we learned from 9/11.
He is making another attack on America inevitable. This time, if it takes out NY or another Dem stronghold, they won’t get any sympathy from me.
A large portion of America consciously decided to forget the war on terror with their vote. Stupid, stupid, stupid...
0bots are like the woman at the top of the Capitol Records building in “Independence Day” when she was welcoming the aliens. They have no clue or are just whacked.
Great analogy..Libs are clueless.
Once good thing about the cold war days. People like this tended to meet messy endings with little or no fanfare. I’m sure Mossad would like to take a shot at him. Literally.
What war on terror? I assumed it was over since we havn't heard about it since January ...
I can't believe that Obama and the SRM are this cavalier...a large attack on us would ruin them in addition to the pain and suffering it will cause.
Are they this blind? I don't think so.... this has to be sinister.
Are they this blind? I don't think so.... this has to be sinister.
I don't think anyone here, even the most optimistic, still believes that Obama has any other intention than to end capitalism and democracy in our nation. Even those who keep making flippant comments about Obama being 'stupid' or 'naive' realize that the things he is doing are part of a massive push to humble us before the world.
I agree, there is no question. The left is hell bent on our destruction.
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