Dr. Khan and his allies, including secular and Islamist political parties, have responded with allegations that the country's powerful army approved of the transfers.
A trial could set off a public outcry, and Dr. Khan could identify army officials who approved of his activities, the experts said.
Circumstantial evidence exists that Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg, the commander of the Pakistani army at the time, at least tacitly approved of such transfers.
That's why much of the world (including Arab neighbors) approved of the limited military action to stabilize the region by forcing the Iraqi army back across its own border.
But after his death he suddenly acquired an army of fans — all middle-class intellectuals eager to suggest that a writer who approved of little would have approved of them.
(His pack approved of neither).
I listened as Gen recounted some of her past: There was her father, who rode motorcycles in the British Army a man who never approved of her lifestyle.
Muhammad approved of this.
Correction: Philippines ReprintsIt is unlikely that Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the army chief, approves of any of this.
