ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has pardoned a scientist who confessed to leaking nuclear weapons secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea and says the country will not allow international supervision of its nuclear programme.

"There is a written mercy appeal from his side and there is a written pardon from my side," Musharraf told a news conference in reference to scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who made a dramatic televised confession to nuclear proliferation on Wednesday.

Musharraf also said Pakistan would not hand over any documents to the International Atomic Energy Agency, submit to an independent inquiry or allow the United Nations to supervise Pakistan's nuclear programme.