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Pakistan Defends Continued Detention of Nuclear Scientists
Pakistan has defended the continued detention of six scientists and officials in its nuclear weapons program as necessary to prevent the further leak of nuclear technology, Agence France-Presse reported today (see related GSN story, today). The six men, all of whom worked at the Khan Research Laboratories, Pakistan’s main nuclear weapons facility, were detained as part of Pakistan’s internal probe into unauthorized nuclear proliferation. The detainees have been identified as KRL scientists Mohammad Farooq, Nazir Ahmed and Neseemuddin and retired military officers Islam ul-Haq, Sajawal Khan Malik and Iqbal Tajwar, according to AFP. In statements submitted to the Lahore High Court, where the families of the detainees are seeking their release, the Pakistani government has said the six men needed to continue to be detained to prevent further nuclear transfers. Government statements accuse the detainees of being responsible for “directly or indirectly passing onto foreign countries and individuals secret codes, nuclear materials, substances, machinery, equipment, components, information, documents, sketches, plans, models, articles and notes etc” (Agence France-Presse/Khaleej Times, Feb. 12).
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