The opposition in the Senate on Thursday suspected the involvement of intelligence agencies in terrorist activities in the country and urged the government to investigate the matter and punish the officials involved. Speaking on a point of order, Senator Farhatullah Babar of the Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) said that according to news reports an intelligence official was arrested from Pirwadhai with one kilogrammes of explosive material. "The said official was handed over to the military police for interrogation and an anti-terrorism case was registered against him," he said, adding that this was a matter of concern and needed to be pursued vigorously as intelligence agencies' role had been suspicious in the past. Senator Babar referred to a November 28, 1994, report of the house committee on terrorist activities in the country. Two sitting members of the house were also among the members of that committee, he added. The report, which is part of the Senate record, had stated that internal as well as external intelligence agencies had been involved in terrorist activities in Pakistan. "The committee had also directed the government for strict vigilance of intelligence agencies like the Military Intelligence (MI), Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)," he quoted the report. Senator Prof Khurshid of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) said that it was unfortunate that Pakistan's own agencies were involved in creating law and order situation in the country.