Pakistan will not allow IAEA to inspect nuke facilities

"That is tantamount to admitting that we cannot be trusted in our own house," he told a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines.

Asked whether he would allow inspectors from the United Nation's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect the country's nuclear facilities, Musharraf said: "Why?"

"Our nuclear programme is for the protection of the people of Pakistan," he said.

"And our people are sensitive to outsiders coming into our country asking questions. It's as though we cannot be trusted," he said.

"If the IAEA has questions about our nuclear programme then let them ask us. We have nothing to hide.

"We will give them all the information they want but we will not allow their inspectors into our country to question our officials or inspect our facilities.