ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec 23, SPA -- Pakistan acknowledged Tuesday that several of its nuclear scientists may have beenmotivated by "personal ambition and greed" to sharesensitive technology with Iran, but insisted the governmentnever authorized the transfer of such information. Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood Khan said the government is questioning a "very small number" of its scientistsover the possibility they spread sensitive technology toIran. The questioning, which began five or six weeks ago, wasprompted by information from Iran and the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency. "We had been approached by the IAEA. We had been givensome information by the government of Iran. The informationthat was shared with us pointed to certain individuals andwe had to hold the debriefing sessions," he told a newsconference.--SPA1417 Local Time 1117 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/310266