Islamabad, Oct. 24 (PTI): The federal review board of Pakistan?s Supreme Court has extended the detention of nuclear scientist Mohammad Farooq, accused of proliferating nuclear technology, for another 90 days.

Farooq, director-general of science and technology at Khan Research Laboratories, was held 10 months back along with scientists and officials of KRL following investigations into proliferation of nuclear technology by disgraced nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan.

Farooq is the only scientist still under detention. The rest have been released while Khan, pardoned by President Pervez Musharraf after he confessed to transferring nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, continues to be under house arrest.