A constitutional petition has been filed in the Supreme Court with the accusation that detained nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan is being “slowly poisoned”. The petition said that AQ Khan should be produced in court, and restrictions on his movement should be lifted. The petitioner, Rawalpindi Bar Association Vice President Chaudhry Masood Akhter, said that AQ Khan was suffering from prostrate cancer because of “tension and a malicious government campaign against him”. Akhter also had strong doubts about the medication, and expressed the fear of “slow poisoning”. The federation of Pakistan, the Defence Ministry secretary and the ISI director general have been made respondents to the petition, which goes to suggest that a medial board of two doctors nominated by AQ Khan be formed for his health examination, his detention be declared unconstitutional, and his statement be recorded in court in a “coercion-free environment”.