You are right, I believe every scrolling container intercepts touch events, but you can prevent it. You can put a touch listener on your layout:
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
switch (event.getAction()) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
pager.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
case MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL:
pager.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
break;
}
}