ISLAMABAD, May 28: Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has been allowed to go out of his house in protective custody for one hour a day, a source told Dawn on Friday.

The source said the daughter of Dr Khan, her children, and other members of his family had also been allowed to meet him once a day for one hour. "Dr Khan and his wife are taken outside by the personnel of an intelligence agency in the evening," the source said.

The source said the government had started providing regular medical facilities to Dr Khan and a cardiologist of KRL Hospital, Dr Saleem Qureshi, has been assigned to provide medical facilities to Dr Khan on a regular basis.