Scorching debate on K-L bill continues in NA

The opposition members stoutly criticized the Kerry-Lugar bill on second consecutive day in the National Assembly while the ruling MNAs defended the bill saying that the United States had talked about the supremacy of the parliament and civil institutions. PML-Q leader Faisal Saleh Hayat, while participating in the debate on Thursday, accused that the government had accepted Indian and Western propaganda against ISI in the form of a bill. The Americans would take 200 million dollars out of 1.5 billion dollars back as their own expenses and Pakistan would be left with 300 to 400 million dollars, for that the country was being pawned, he added. Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao termed the conditions imposed under Kerry-Lugar Bill as disgraceful and urged the government not to make it issue of ego. During the question answer session, Federal Minister for Petroleum and Privatization Naveed Qamar told that daily consumption of natural gas was 4 billion cubic feet, adding that countrys natural gas resources would finish in next 20 years if the same ratio continued. Minister of State for Communication Imtiaz Safdar Warraich told the House that Rs 19.05 billion of revenue had been received through Motorway M-2. The National Assembly session will resume at 10:30 am on Friday.