Are you even reading what i said, the Minister had no clue hence he said.....
'The minister said a letter had been written to the General Headquarters, seeking more details which were expected to be available in a couple of days.''
First of all it clearly mentioned Abid Sher ali was speaking on behalf of Defence mister as Khawaja Asif was also Water & power minister in addition to Defence min hence Abod Ali was his junior colleague.
Secondly No reply ever came from GHQ as Senate Hansard show.
Even few months back on 29th August 2018
PTI Senator Samina Saeed asked Pakistan's new Defence Minister Pervez Khattak details about number of cross LoC firing and Pakistani army and civilian casualties due to it. A pretty standard question in Parliaments around the world.
But astonishingly the new Defence minister provided her with only details about Civilian casualties and did not provide an Iota of information about Pakistan Army casualties along LoC despite the Senator clearly asking for those details.
Here is the full and unedited Question and Answer:
*Question No. 76 Senator Samina Saeed:
(Notice Received on 22/08/2018 at 2:25 PM) QID: 34588
Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:
(a) the number of violations committed by Indian forces on the line
of control (LOC) during the current year; and
(b)
the number of Army personnel and civilians martyred as a result
of the said violations?
Mr. Pervez Khattak: (a) A total of 1686 x Ceasefire Violations along
LOC have been committed by Indian Army since 1 January, 2018 to date.
(b) 23 x Civilians have embraced Shahadat and 136 x civilians suffered
injuries due to ceasefire violations committed by Indian Forces since 1 January, 2018
to date.
Link:
http://senate.gov.pk/uploads/documents/questions/1535521195_746.pdf