| A constitutional petition has been moved in the Supreme Court urging it to determine the authenticity of the confessional statement by Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan on the nuclear proliferation issue and challenged the grant of presidential remission to him as unconstitutional. The applicant, Maulvi Iqbal Haider requested the court to appoint a district and sessions judge to investiage the case. Mr Haider maintained that the confessional statement was not recorded in a competent court and as such did not fall in the purview of Article 45 of the Constitution, which relates to the presidential power of remission. The petitioner asked if other detained nuclear scientists could benefit from the presidential pardon. |