were not ready for striking an agreement in this context. The same was the case with SSGL and other entities.
Ghani called on the government to share the details of the LNG agreement signed with Qatar. “The nation should know at what rate LNG is being imported and for how long it will be imported,” he asserted.
Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz rose to maintain that a lot of work had been completed with seriousness and there was no possibility of imposition of fine and no question arose that LNG would not be used.
Aziz said they would give a detailed reply, if a question was moved following the laid down procedure. Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Shahi Syed complained about what he alleged disrespect of Pakhtuns everywhere and charged that even under the pretext of checking ID cards, Pakthuns were being humiliated and the sanctity of privacy being compromised by the police.
He wanted to know was it their crime that Chechens, Uzbeks and Tajiks were brought to the tribal areas. He recalled how ex-president general Pervez Musharraf had called Taliban as strategic assets in a recent interview.
Another ANP Senator Muhammad Zahid Khan protested on not being given a reply to his question about the Islamabad Club. On this, the chair also contended that reply must be given to the query. He recalled having asked the concerned House committee to see why parliament was not given reply.
During the Question-Hour, in a written reply, the adviser on foreign affairs told the House that there were about 1,500 Pakistanis confined in different jails of the United Arab Emirates on various minor and major crimes such as illegal stay, theft, robbery, fraud, murder and drug-related crimes.
He said the Embassy of Pakistan in Abu Dhabi and Consulate General of Pakistan, Dubai, had separate community welfare wings, which catered to the problems faced by the Pakistani community in the UAE.
To a question by Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, the adviser said that during 2010-2012, as many as 112 Pakistani prisoners were awarded various punishments, including death sentence.
He added that 11 Pakistani prisoners were awaiting capital punishment on drug trafficking charges and one on robbery.To a question by Senator Saifullah Magsi, the adviser noted that as per a list handed over by Indian authorities in July last year, there were 380 Pakistani prisoners (264 civil and 116 fishermen) detained in Indian jails.