The remarks by government's lawyers at the Islamabad High Court came in response to a legal challenge filed by Khan's wife seeking his release from the four-year house arrest. Ahmer Bilal Sofi, the government's counsel, said no one could disregard

The architect of Pakistan's nuclear program, Abdul Qadeer Khan, has been under house arrest since 2004 after he confessed to leaking nuclear technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea. His lawyer, Javed Iqbal Jaffri, has petitioned the High Court in

Additional Advocate General Qazi Amin of Punjab province appeared before a three-member bench of the apex court and said the Advocate General Khawaja Haris and counsel for one of the petitioners Akram Sheikh wanted a general adjournment. Ahmed Raza Kasuri,