ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The Foreign Office rejected on Friday a UN nuclear watchdog report about contacts between Libya and Dr A.Q. Khan as ‘old stuff’.

Foreign Office Spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said the report essentially summarised the results of IAEA’s verification activities in Libya and provided an overview of Libya’s past nuclear programme.

He said there was no new revelation in the report. “The references to provision of nuclear equipment and related design simply mention the transfers that took place in the past and the conclusions drawn by the IAEA as a result of its follow-up verification activities.”

Pakistan, Mr Sadiq said, had already extended cooperation to the IAEA in this case. He said it was incorrect to present this information as fresh or current and, thereby, cast aspersions on Pakistan.