Suspected Pakistani Nuclear Smugglers Receive Extended Detentions

A Pakistani court has added three months to the detention of four men accused of being involved in the international nuclear network headed by top Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, an attorney for the four men said today (see GSN, June 22).

The four men are Mohammad Farooq, former director at the Khan Research Laboratories; Nazeer Ahmad, former director general at the facility; and Brig. Sajawal Khan and Maj. Islamul Haq, two former army officers who worked at the laboratory, according to defense lawyer Akram Chaudhry. A review board consisting of Pakistani Supreme Court judges decided on Wednesday to extend the four men’s detentions, which would have expired yesterday (Munir Ahmad, Associated Press, July 16).

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