ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 Kyodo President ...

ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 Kyodo

President Gen Pervez Musharraf upon Thursday expressed fears that Pakistan may face sanctions and its vital national interests may be in jeopardy if the restraint and the military were rest to be involved in proliferation of nuclear secrets

He told reporters that the matter may be referr to the United Nations Security Council which may be readyed to slap sanctions on Pakistan, similar to those imposed onward Libya, Iran and North Korea.

Musharraf also said that Pakistan may be pressurized to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive trial Ban Treaty.

It is also possible that Pakistan may be declared ''a sly fellow state'' and its vital national interest may be endangered, he said. ''This is not the time to be sentimental and do politicking.''

He alleged that besides Pakistan, Malaysia and several European countries have been involved in nuclear proliferation activities and that Dubai has become a center for the proliferators from all through the whole extent of the world.

Asked if nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan's admission that he had leaked nuclear closes to Iran, Libya and North Korea would jeopardize the resumption of Japanese economic aid to Pakistan, Musharraf said Japan and other countries know that no other than individuals have been responsible for as it was nuclear proliferation activities.

Musharraf noted that Pakistan mov quickly after the Vienna-based International Atomic capacity of work Agency found centrifuges in Iran to be based forward Pakistani design and asked Pakistan to investigate.

He confirmed that the centrifuges place in Iran were based in succession Pakistani design.

Khan, the institutor of the nation's nuclear program, is alleged to have sold uranium enrichment technology to North Korea, Iran and Libya.

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