The daughter of sacked Pakistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, currently under house arrest, was not allowed to step out of the house to take her examinations.

Policemen guarding the house of Chaudhry, who was detained shortly after the imposition of emergency by President Musharraf on November three, did not allow his daughter Ifra Iftikhar to step out of the house to write her A-level tests on Wednesday.

When her pleas fell flat on the guards' ears, she turned to the British Council for help. Though the Council could not persuade the authorities to allow Ifra to take the exam at the centre, it arranged for her to write the test at home.

Athar Minallah, a Supreme Court lawyer, confirmed: "The authorities did not allow Ifra to appear in the A-level exam. But the British Council was later allowed to conduct the examination at the residence."

Minallah, who spoke to the former Chief Justice and described him to be "in high spirits", said Chaudhry's personal guard Hameed too has been arrested and taken to an undisclosed destination. The lawyer also said that Chaudhry's seven-year-old son Iftikhar Mohammed, who is physically challenged, has been denied medical attention.