ISLAMABAD " Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday assured the National Assembly that the government was seeking a political solution to the militancy in Swat amid cries of an elected representative from the troubled district over the deteriorated situation of law and order in the scenic Valley. While responding to a point of order raised by Syed Allauddin, the Prime Minister said that military operation was not the only solution to cope with the menace of extremism in the country and that a political solution was being sought to bring back peace into the troubled Swat Valley. He informed that he had convened a meeting of Army Chief, and Governor and Chief Minister NWFP to find a political way out of the problem of militancy and extremism in Swat. Syed Allauddin had seriously objected to the effectiveness of military operation in Swat, saying that the militants had further extended their control after the military operation. "Militants were controlling some 25 per cent of Swat, but now after one and a half years of the military operation they have extended their control to 75% of the area of the district", he said. Allaudding said that militancy and military operation in the Valley had destroyed future of the people of Swat. "Some half a million people have been displaced, nearly 1000 innocents killed and the rest have no food, no medical aid and no compensation", he wailed. He said that people of the area had so far suffered financial losses amounting to Rs 10 billion as curfews and lawlessness had ruined their businesses. Nafeesa Shah, while taking part in the discussion over Swat situation, said that the House should send, through a unanimous resolution, a message to the militants that no ban on female education would be tolerated in the country. She said that Swat Valley was like heaven on earth for people of other parts of the country. Leader of the Opposition Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, however, said that resolutions were of no use as the government was not sincere in their implementation. He said that before passing another resolution, the House should first enquire of the government what it did with the previous ones. While passing the unanimous resolution on security situation of the country, we had been given a pledge that the military operation in Swat would end up by December last year, but the situation had further deteriorated, Chaudhry Nisar said. He said that PML-N would no more support the government in passing a resolution until the previous ones are properly implemented. He also criticized President Asif Ali Zardari's statement regarding media persons and said that the government had not until then cleared its position over the statement. However, Minister for Information Sherry Rehman said that she had rebutted the statement as soon as it appeared in the electronic media. She said that the government was sincere in implementing the resolutions of the Assembly and that frequent meetings of the Special Committee on National Security were being held to implement the unanimous resolution of the House on National Security. She further said that passing resolutions and showing its intentions over matters of national importance was a right of the parliament, which she said could not be deprived of the same. Gilani, too, while responding to Chaudhry Nisar's statements, said that the government was committed to implementing the resolutions of the National Assembly. He said that he was the first to speak about double standards of international fraternity over the issue of Kashmir and Palestine and that Pakistan had committed medical aid worth Rs 14 million for the people of Gaza. He further said that Pakistan's position today was much better than that at the time of Mumbai carnage and that the international leadership was supporting Pakistan's stance over the incident. He said that Pakistan was probing the matter for its own interests and that the accused would be tried under own laws and no one would be handed over to India or any other country. Meanwhile, responding to a calling attention notice regarding the unavailability of Urea fertilizer, Minister for Food and Agriculture Nazar Muhammad Gondal said that the fertilizer was available in sufficient quantity, however, problems were being faced in distribution, which he said was a provincial subject. He, however, said that the Federal Government was coordinating with provinces to overcome the shortage of Urea fertilizer. Furthermore, while responding to a point of ord raised by Ayaz Amir regarding Zardari's statement about journalists, Minister for Information Sherry Rehman said that the President had full respect for media and journalists and that he had friendships with a number of media persons. She said that PPP always favoured freedom of expression and that the present government had repealed laws that had been formulated in the past to curb the same. Our Monitoring Desk adds: Addressing the NA, PML-N leader Ayaz Amir said that President Asif Zardari's remarks about journalists terming them 'terrorists', was regrettable. He said this was not even practised in the past, which had been said now about journalists community.