ISI issue dominates debate in Senate

The Law Minister refuted that he had ever given the statement that the deposed judges would have to take fresh oath from President Musharraf and said that he was misquoted. He said that the government was sincere in restoration of all the deposed judges.  

Senator Haji Adeel said that the US government always preferred dictators and offered them red-carpet reception because it was easy for them to deal with a single person. He said US government never supported democratically elected governments in Pakistan and said that White House had a number of times rejected Quaid-e-Azam’s request for loan.

He said the US may not give military aid to Pakistan, but should help us to improve our economy by opening its markets for Pakistani exports. Regarding ISI, Senator Adeel said that the secret agency should function as subordinate and obedient organization and follow whatever instructions were given by the government.

Haji Adeel Ahmed, Senator ANP on Tuesday strongly criticized President Pervez Musharraf for strangling the country under the label of war against terror. He stressed the need for using routine flights rather than special planes to slash expenses when PM and his delegation are visiting abroad and refrain from staying in big hotels thus avoiding prolific expenditures. He demanded of the government to take pragmatic steps to come to the expectations of the masses and avoid misusing funds from the National Exchequer.

Senator Abdur Raheem, while referring to the Prime Minister’s statement that another 9/11 was being planned in the tribal areas of Pakistan, said that the Premier had rightly diagnosed the problem before its emergence. He said ISI was not following government’s instructions and had devised a policy of its own. He criticized Taliban for burning female education institutes and said they were taking the nation back to the dark ages.