ISLAMABAD, July 14: Barrister Iqbal Jaffrey, the counsel of nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, said on Monday that bugging devices remained installed in his client’s residence.

Talking to journalists after a meeting with Dr Khan, he urged the government to amicably resolve Dr Khan’s issue, otherwise several “dignitaries” would be exposed and it would open up a Pandora’s box. He urged the government to immediately release Dr Khan from house arrest.

“I have sent a letter to SPD (Strategic Plan Division) chief Gen Khalid Kidwai. I will provide copies of this letter to media. Gen Kidwai cannot reject the points I have raised in the letter. Bugging device are still installed in Dr A. Q. Khan residence and these be removed immediately,” he said.

The lawyer said: “I had filed application in the court that President Pervez Musharraf and Adviser to PM on Interior Rehman Malik should also be made respondent so that the factual position could come to light.”

Dr Khan was being kept under habeas corpus for four and a half years, Mr Jaffrey said, adding that the act was unjust and inequitable.

“I would request the Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court that I along with attorney general be heard in chamber so that any amicable solution to this issue is found,” he said.

The lawyer said he had gone to high court and the IHC chief justice had ordered the law ministry to file a report in the court on the questions raised by him and a copy be sent to him in advance.

Mr Jaffrey claimed that neither the report had been furnished nor any advance copy had been provided to him.