Pakistanâs foreign minister said on Thursday his country will help the United Nations probe leaks of nuclear technology to Iran, although it would not allow an investigation into its own nuclear programme.
| "Just keep your noses out of our underwear drawer!" |
President Pervez Musharraf pardoned mad scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan on Thursday after he confessed to leaking nuclear secrets. Musharraf told a news conference Pakistan would give no documents to the UN International Atomic Energy Agency or permit it to hold an independent probe into Khanâs activities.
| "But, really, we have nothing to hide! Trust us on this!" |
But Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said Musharraf had been âmisunderstoodâ, and that what he meant was Pakistan would not allow the IAEA to investigate Pakistanâs own nuclear programmes, although it would help the body investigate Iran.
| "See? It's all a misunderstanding..." |
âWhat he said is actually that we are under no obligations,â Kasuri told the BBC World Service radioâs The World Today programme. âWe will cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency.â
| "As long as they're investigating somebody else." |
âWhat is the International Atomic Energy Agencyâs function?... Itâs a body that has come into the picture because Iran has signed the additional protocol. They wish to investigate whether Iranâs declaration is correct or not. We will not allow them under any situation whatsoever to come and peep into our programme. These are our national secrets. But wherever they need support to achieve their declared objectives...we will fully cooperate.â |