Pak nuclear official freed
Afp, Islamabad
A top Pakistani nuclear official detained nearly two years ago in a probe into a proliferation network run by disgraced scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan had been freed, a military spokesman said yesterday. Mohammed Farooq, who worked as director general of the country's main nuclear enrichment facility, Khan Research Laboratories, was freed last week, chief military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan told AFP. "He has been freed and allowed to go home," Sultan said, refusing to say if Farooq had been cleared of all charges. "He has been advised to restrict his activities and stay home," the spokesman said. Farooq was detained with 10 other scientists and administrators of Khan Research Laboratories in late 2003. Khan, the so-called father of Pakistan's atomic bomb programme, has admitted involvement in transferring nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea. He has been under house arrest since 2004.
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