ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs members stated on Friday that the threats hurled by the Trump administration should be taken seriously.
The committee members feared that an Osama-like operation might be carried out by the US forces against Jamaatud Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed Ahmad in Pakistan.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Senator Nuzhat Sadiq and attended among others by senators Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Farhatullah Babar, Karim Ahmed Khwaja, Daud Khan Achakzai, and others.
The committee was informed that Pakistan had been successful in strongly presenting and defending its narrative on war against terrorism at a number of multilateral fora.
The committee was given a comprehensive briefing by Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua on the visit of US defence secretary to Pakistan and the bilateral relations between the two countries. The meeting was told that the Foreign Office is in contact with the US on the concerns that are not just one-sided but two-way.
She said that there is an understanding on both sides about addressing concerns and taking the relationship progressively.
The committee also discussed the matter of filling up vacant Pakistani chairs in foreign universities.
The committee was informed by Special Secretary Cabinet Division that the case to revive the old system of refilling those 14 seats with certain improvements was submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office and which asked the Cabinet Secretary for presentation.
She told that three senators including Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah and Ayesha Raza Farooq will also be invited to the presentation. The body recommended for expediting the work on this matter and having a deadline of the first quarter of 2018 to fill the vacant seats.
Regarding irregularities and legal discrepancies in the bidding process for visa facilitation services by the High Commission for Pakistan in London, the committee was informed by Special Secretary Foreign Affairs that contracts have not been awarded yet and sought some time to respond to the queries as the process has not completed so far.
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