Pakistan tells US it will curb nuclear scientist Khan's freedom

Pakistan has told the United States it will put some curbs around freed scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan to prevent him from becoming a renewed nuclear proliferation threat, a US official said on Monday.

However, the official said the United States wanted more as well as "solid" assurances from Pakistan that he will not be such a threat after a court released Khan, dubbed the father of Pakistan's atom bomb, from house arrest on Friday. ....