London, April 1: Ahead of the G-20 economic summit, India on Wednesday said that there was a need for more transparency on the Pakistan’s nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan issue.

Addressing the media, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon here said that there was a need for the international community to work together to prevent any future possibility of recurrence of nuclear technology proliferation.

Islamabad, Feb. 13 : Pakistan has reiterated that disgraced nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan does not pose any threat, and termed his case a `closed chapter'.

Addressing a weekly press conference here, which largely centered on US Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke's visit, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said Khan has no access to any important facility of the country.

"We told US Special Representative Richard Holbrooke that it was a closed chapter and he (Dr Khan) has no access to any strategic facility," The Daily Times quoted Basit, as saying.

Islamabad, Feb. 10: Under rising international pressure, the Pakistan Government has imposed a fresh set of restrictions on disgraced nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan.

Khan, who was acquitted by the Islamabad High Court of charges of nuclear proliferation last week, faces new restrictions on his movement and contacts.

Islamabad, Feb 9: The Pakistan Government is considering filing an appeal against Islamabad High Court's verdict declaring disgraced nuclear scientist Dr A. Q. Khan a `free citizen'.

Government sources said on Sunday that the court decision might be challenged because of concerns expressed by the United States and the United Kingdom over the `release' of Dr Khan.

Earlier, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the government reserved the right to file an appeal against the court's decision, the Dawn reported.

Islamabad, Feb. 7 : Putting aside the concerns of the international community over the release of disgraced scientist Dr. A. Q. Khan, top Pakistan officials said that the issue of Khan's involvement in illegal trade of nuclear techniques was a "closed chapter" after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) dismissed all the charges levied against him.

Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Abdul Basit said that it was not right on part of the international community to raise an alarm and question the decision of the Islamabad High Court's order to release Khan from house arrest.