Former President Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf. – File Photo by AFP

LONDON: Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says he believes Britain gave Pakistan "tacit approval" of its interrogation techniques on terror suspects.

The British Broadcasting Corporation asked Musharraf if he remembers being told by the British government that Pakistani intelligence services should not use torture on British subjects.

In a program to be broadcast Monday evening, Musharraf responded "Never, never once."

An ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed alleges Britain was aware he was beaten and tortured while he was held in Pakistan in 2002.

Former security official David Ormand, told the BBC that Britain does not practice torture and expects that its partners also respect that.