Islamabad - The legislative assembly of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Friday passed a resolution demanding that the federal government free the ailing father of the country's nuclear bomb, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, from his house arrest and allow him physicians of his own choice.
The Islamist-dominated assembly made the demand as Khan completed 1,000 days in virtual house arrest after being accused of proliferating nuclear technology in early 2004.
Khan is considered national hero for giving Pakistan nuclear weapons capability. In spring this year the government announced he was suffering from prostate cancer and arranged surgical removal of the cancerous gland under its supervision.
He was returned to his confinement in Islamabad after recuperation in Karachi but his health has been worrying his family, which is not allowed to live with him.