Questions for Oral Answers and Their Replies”

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(9th Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES”

to be asked at a sitting of the National Assembly to be held on

Wednesday, the 26th February, 2014

(Originally Starred Question Nos. 63, 236, 355, 242, 363, 373, 92, 93, 94, 95, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 109, 111, 113, 114, 120, 122, 168 and 174 were set down for answer during the 8th Session)

63. *Shehryar Afridi:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that circular debt is surging again;

(b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to combat the said problem?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Surge in circular debt takes place mainly due to non-availability of required funds to pay off the liabilities of Power generators. Circular debt re-emerges due to short remittance by DISCOs in the wake of less recovery and sort release of subsidy by Government of Pakistan. Moreover, heavy mounts have been stuck up with AJ&K and all provincial Governments manly due to non-implementation of policy decisions.

The strength of Power Sector mainly depends upon the behavior of all the stake holders to meet their obligations relating to clear the liabilities of Power Sector alongwith the provision of administrative support. Disturbance in the Power system due to non-availability of Finance will definitely have economic implications for the provinces. Smooth flow of Power according to energy need of the provinces would lead to economic development which is ultimate objective of the Government. 2 (b) The strength of Power Sector mainly depends upon the behavior of all the stake holders to meet their obligations relating to clear the liabilities of Power Sector along with provision of administrative support. Disturbance in the Power system due to non-availability of Finance will definitely have economic implications for the provinces. Smooth flow of Power according to energy need of the provinces would lead to economic development which is ultimate objective of the Government.

Elimination of circular debt depends upon the implementation of policy decisions regarding resolution of aforesaid issues.

236. *Jamshed Ahmad:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is fact that the audit of payments made to the NEPRA has not been conducted during the last five years; if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): NEPRA is a quasi-judicial autonomous body. It generates its own funds and does not obtain any kind of financial support from Government of Pakistan. NEPRA’s financial accounts are duly prepared and audited by the independent auditors firm. Further, it is also subject to Federal Audit conducted by Auditor General of Pakistan.

355. *Munaza Hassan:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the reservoirs of potable water are depleting at fast pace in the country;

(b) whether it is also a fact that no comprehensive policy/planning has been formulated to control the shortage of potable water at national level; and

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Loss in storage capacity of reservoirs due to sedimentation is a natural phenomenon. The major reservoirs have lost almost 28% of their gross storage capacity by the end of year 2013(Annex-I). 3 Construction of new reservoirs would supplement this loss. WAPDA is undertaking several projects which are at various stages of implementation to mitigate the adverse effects of storage loss.

(b), (c) WAPDA has been vigilantly looking after the water scarcity issue in the country. Addition of 2.88 MAF to the existing capacity of Mangla Dam Project is a step in this direction. Similarly Gomal Zam Dam and Darawat Dam Projects have added another 1.0 MAF to the storage capability of the country. There are several other small, medium and large multipurpose projects which are at different stages of execution (list attached at Annex-II).

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

242. *Dr. Nisar Ahmad Jatt:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the month- wise progress made through the measures taken by the Government to control/reduce the difference between cost of the generation of electricity and determination of tariff since April, 2013 till date?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): NEPRA determines the tariff based on cost of supply of each corporate entity. The tariff determined by NEPRA is charged to consumers after its notification by Government of Pakistan. Government however notifies less tariff than the tariff determined by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority. The difference between NEPRA determined and Government of Pakistan notified tariff is being paid by the Government as tariff differential subsidy. No Government can provide subsidy for idefinite period as provision of huge subsidy hampers the economic development of country. So, Government has increased consumer end tariff.

The detail of tariff determined by NEPRA and notified by Government of Pakistan since April 2013 is as follows: ——————————————————————————————————————————— Tariff NEPRA Government of Difference Effective Determined Pakistan Notified Rs.kwh Tariff Rs./kwh Tariff Rs./kwh ——————————————————————————————————————————— 01-07-2012 14.66 8.78 5.88 05-08-2013 14.66 10.95 3.71 01-10-2013 14.66 11.67 2.99 ——————————————————————————————————————————— 4 The detail of subsidy paid by the Government since April 2013 is as follows: —————————————————————————————— Month Tariff Subsidy Rs. Million —————————————————————————————— April 2013 23,839 May 2013 27,217 June 2013 31,928 July 2013 35,686 August 2013 35,324 September 2013 28,903 October 2013 22,377 November 2013 16,088 —————————————————————————————— Total 221,362 ——————————————————————————————

In addition to provision of subsidy to masses, Government has been making efforts to control/reduce the difference between cost of the generation of electricity and determination of tariff for which following medium/long term efforts are being made.

- Installation of Hydel Power Plants.

- Conversion of existing oil based Power plants to coal based plants.

- Increase inefficiency of existing Power plants.

- Establishing the new coal based Power plants.

This Ministry assure that materialization of such efforts will bridge the gap between cost of supply and consumer end tariff.

363. *Tahira Aurangzeb:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the reasons for not eliminating loadshedding in the country from 2008 to 2013 by the Government;

(b) the responsibles therefor? 5 Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The main reasons, for not eliminating loadshedding in the country from 2008-2013 are:—

• Unprecedented increase in electricity demand by domestic and commercial consumers due to change in socio economic environment of the country.

• Water indents/releases are allocated by Indus River System Authority, according to the agricultural demand of the provinces. Furthermore, the low level of Tarbela and Mangla Reservoirs results in low generating capacity for the same water discharge as compared to generating capacity at higher reservoir level, resultantly forced outage of generating units.

• Insufficient supply of gas to Thermal Power Plants of GENCOs and IPPs from SNGPL/SSGC due to increased demand of gas by Domestic, Commercial, CNG, Fertilizer and industrial sectors.

• Insufficient and irregular supply of furnace oil (HSFO/LSFO) to GENCOs and IPPs Power Plants by PSO due to less availability of product, logistic problems and especially payment issues on account of circular debt.

• Frequent Forced outages of mechines on different Maintenance schedules.

• Derating of old and outlived machines of GENCOs.

(b) The Load shedding in the country from 2008 to 2013 could not he eliminated due to the above mentioned reasons.

373. *Syed Asif Hasnain:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the total outstanding amount of circular debt of IPPs for the current year; and

(b) the time by which said amount will be paid to 1PPs? 6 Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The total outstanding amount of circular debt of IPPs for the current year upto 31-01-2014 is Rs. 173 billion.

(b) Existence of receivables / payables is a regular feature of each business concern and always remains in books of accounts. There is no issue of circular debt at present in Power Sector. Power Sector payables as on 31-01-2014 were Rs. 246 billion where as its receivables from consumers were Rs. 491 billion. Majority of the receivables are from Private consumers Rs. 326 billion, from Government (federal provincial) Rs. 125 billion and from KESC Rs. 41 billion (without markup). As a business norm payables must be paid when they become due, however, low recovery and pilling up of receivables are major implement in the way.

92. *Lal Chand:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the year-wise details of water released down stream from Kotri Barrage during the last five years; and

(b) the required water in million acre feet to be released therefrom under water accord 1991?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The water escaped below Kotri Barrage during the last five year 2008-09 to 2012- 13 is given as under:—

Million Acre Feet (MAF) —————————————————————————————— 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 —————————————————————————————— 5.82 4.06 54.51 14.24 6.01 ——————————————————————————————

The Water Accord 1991 stipulates under para-7 as given below:—

“The need for minimum escapage to sea, below Kotri, to check sea intrusion was recognized. Sindh held the view, that the optimum level was 10 MAF, which was discussed at length, while other studies indicated lower/higher figures. It was, therefore, decided that further 7 studies would be undertaken to establish the minimum escapage needs downstream Kotri.”

In the year 2005, the study was conducted/completed by the international Panel of Experts (IPOE) which submitted its report on 20th November 2005. According to the study 3.6 MAF perennial & 5 MAF flood flows on annual basis are required. Main points of the study are as under:—

(a) 5000 Cs perennial flow is required below Kotri Barrage to check seawater intrusion, accommodate the needs of fisheries and environmental sustainability, and to maintain the river channel (In a dry year the amount can be proportionally reduced in relation to reductions in irrigation water supply) which works out to 3.6 MAF.

(b) A total volume of 25 MAF in any 5 years period (annual equivalent amount of 5 MAF) to be released in a concentrated way as flood flow (Kharif period), to be adjusted according to the ruling storage in the reservoirs and the volume discharged in the four previous years.

(c) Based on the post Tarbela flow data the above recommendations would result in a required additional release downstream of Kotri Barrage during low flow months in an average year and in a typical dry year. This will require additional storage capacity to prevent a reduction of water availability for irrigated agriculture. Environmental flows would as and when appropriate be routed via upper rivers before release downstream of Kotri Barrage.

93. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the present status of the Gadani Power Project; and

(b) the total quantity of coal to be imported for the said project during the year 2013-14 alongwith the per unit tariff/rate thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) For Gadani Power Park, Site Survey, Revenue Survey and Topographical Survey have been completed by the Consultant (NESPAK) and now NESPAK is in the process of preparing Master Plan and Feasibility Study related to Power Park at Gadani. 8 (b) Coal will not be imported for the said project during the year 2013-14. However, approximately 20 Million Tonnes of coal will be imported per annum after commissioning of 6600 MW complex. Furthermore, NEPRA is in the process of working on Upfront Tariff of Power Projects at Gadani.

94. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of Coal Fired Plants which have been commissioned by the present Government; and

(b) whether coal will be imported for those plants; if so, the rate/ tariff thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) At present, no coal fired power plants have been commissioned. However, present Government has planned to construct following coal fired power plants.

i. 2x660 MW Coal Fired Power Plant, Jamshoro: The preliminary documentation of this project has been completed. This project is being financed by Asian Development Bank. The tentative completion date of this project is 2018.

ii. 2x660 MW Coal Fired Power Plant, Gadani: Government has planned to construct power park at Gadani Balochistan. 10x660 MW machines will be installed on imported coal. 8x660 MW machines will be installed by IPPs and 2x660 MW machines will be installed by Pakistan Power Park management company limited. Ws NESPAK has been assigned to prepare feasibility report, PC-I, EIA, bidding documents etc. by PPPMCL.

(b) i. For 2x660 MW Coal Fired Power Plant, Jamshoro, 20% Thar Coal (Lignite) and 80% imported coal (Sub-bituminous) will be used.

ii. For 2x660 MW Coal Fired Power Plant, Gadani, 100%imported coal (Sub-bituminous) will be used.

iii. The tentative rate/tariff of electricity will be US 10 Cents/Kwh. As per NEPRA determination. 9 95. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that subsidy has been given to industrial and commercial consumers on energy during current year; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): NEPRA determines tariff of each distribution company, based on legitimate cost of supply. The tariff determined by NEPRA varies from company to company due to following reasons:

• Variation of T&D losses among DISCOs due to geographical situation of companies.

• Consumer / consumption mix varies among DISCOs.

• Tariff adjustments, pertains to previous period varies among DISCOs.

Government, however, adopted a uniform policy for consumer end tariff. At present minimum tariff among DISCOs for commercial and industrial categories is being charged. A DISCOs having above minimum charge as determined by NEPRA has been paying subsidy to its consumers to keep the uniformity among consumer end tariff.

DISCO wise detail of per unit subsidy which is being provided to consumers it placed at Annex-A.

It is added here that DISCOs submit their subsidy claims to the officer of Chief Engineering Advisor, Ministry of Water & Power, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad (Subsidy Cell). After verification of subsidy claims by subsidy cell the same are forwarded to Ministry of Finance for release of subsidy is available in that office. 10 11 101. *Belum Hasnain: Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the classification of the taxes being charged from electricity consumers at present alongwith the rates and justifications thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government for abolishing such taxes for domestic consumers; if so, when it will be implemented? Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) 12 102. *Belum Hasnain:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state:

(a) the steps taken by the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) for production and research of high yielding seeds of Tomatoes, Potatoes and Cucumber during the last three years till date; and

(b) the total types of said seeds produced/introduced by the PARC during the said period?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): (a) PARC has successfully developed hybrid seed of tomatoes. Which are under evaluation?

Potato varieties have been introduced and research on varietal development is in progress.

Cucumber germplasm acquired form different sources and being used for breeding purposes.

(b) Tomato: High yielding variety Rio-Grande was introduced through PARC system and is being successfully grown by the tomato growers. Its seed is available with Punjab Seed Corporation and other Private Seed Companies.

Potato: Tissue culture produced seed is being multiplied/evaluated at “Summer Agricultural Research Station, Kaghan”. National Potato Program, NARC and Gilgit Agriculture Research Station, Naltar.

Cucumber: The seed production in cucumber is a bit difficult task as it belongs to highly cross pollinated group. There is no set system for seed production in the country. Seed of a desi variety is available.

103. *Naeema Kishwar Khan:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the quantum of electricity being generated in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, at present; 13

(b) the demand of electricity in the said province at present;

(d) whether the production/generation of electricity in the said province is more than its consumption; if so, the justification of loadshedding in the said province; and

(e) the steps being taken by the Government in order to minimize the loadshedding and provision of electricity to the people at lower rates?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The detail of installed capacity by WAPDA in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is as under:— —————————————————————————————— Sr.# Station Installed Generation on Capacity (MW) 16-01-2014 —————————————————————————————— 1. Tarbela 3478 372 2. Wasrak 243 — 3. Allai Khwar 121 61 4. Khan khwar 72 — 5. Jabban 22 6.0 6. Dargai 20 4.0 7. Gomal Zam 17 — 8. Kurram Garhi 4 3.6 9. Chitral 1 0.8 —————————————————————————————— Total: 3978 447.4 —————————————————————————————— The generation of hydel power from reservoirs is dependent on the indent of IRSA for release of water. The run of river Projects are dependent on the availability of water on snow melting season, At present 447 MW is being generated.

(b) The demand of electricity in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, at present is 1,757 MW (Average Daily-Reported Demand as on 06-01-2014). 14

(d) The country is facing supply and demand gap and ultimately all share this gap. The generation is a national asset.

(e) Following steps are being taken by the Government in order to minimize the load shedding and provision of electricity to the people at lower rates. • To convert oil based plants to coal to reduce cost of generation. • Installation of plants on Hydel sources. • Provision of maximum gas for gas based plants. • Improvement in recovery position and reduction in losses. • To control theft of power. • To control law and order situation in the country. • Maximum provision of energy to Industrial Sector to improvement revenue and overall economy of the country.

104. *Naeema Kishwar Khan:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the reasons to fix Rs.6.00 billion annually for payment to the Government of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 1991 till date as royalty/Net Hydel Profit (NHP) under the head of electricity;

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to give royalty/NHP under the said head according to AGN Qazi Formula; if so, the steps being taken in this regard; and

(c) whether there is also any proposal under consideration of the Government to increase the amount of said royalty/NHP due to increase in the prices of electricity; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been demanded the royalty / Net Hydel Profit (NHP) for the renewable energy being produced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Upon the directions of Government of Pakistan, WAPDA on receipt from NTDCL 15 is regularly making payment of Rs. 6 Billion annually to Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 1991 as royalty / Net Hydel Profit (NHP) for all the hydel Power stations located in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

(b), (c) In order to resolve the royalty / Net Hydel Profit (NHP) issues, a Committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Ministry of Water & Power. However, Committee has not yet formulized its decision.

105. *Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the construction of small Dams has been started by the Government to remove shortage of water in the country; if so, the province-wise details thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): The Government of Pakistan gives highest priority to the development of water & power resources of the country to harness its full potential for ever increasing population of the country.

President of Pakistan has assigned WAPDA to construct 12 Small/ Medium Dams in four Provinces and FATA on fast track basis.

These Dams will store 2.7 MAF of flood water, which will be utilized to irrigate about 0.37 million acre of new culturable command area. The status of each is as under:— 16

109. *Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the generation of power by Solar and Wind has been made on very small scale since the establishment of Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB); if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) is pursuing and facilitating the development of Alternative & Renewable Energy (ARE) based power projects through the private sector under RE Policy 2006. The RE power projects based on wind and solar energy are being developed by private sector on IPP mode. 17 Two wind power projects of 49.5 MW and 56.4 MW capacities respectively are operational. Three (03) wind power projects of 150 MW capacities in total are under construction and will be completed in 2014. Another thirteen (13) wind projects having a cumulative capacity of 680 MW are at advance stages, ready to achieve financial closing in 2014. In total, 33 wind power projects are in different stages of development.

22 solar power projects having a cumulative capacity of 772.99 MW are under different stages of development and can achieve commercial operation De COD by 2015/16 subject to availability of Grid by NTDC and announcement of tariff by NEPRA.

111. *Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to allow private sector to generate solar electricity for domestic use;

(b) if so, the incentives to be provided to the said sector therefor?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) is promoting the use of solar technology at domestic level for electricity generation. The private sector is already using solar energy for domestic use for self consumption as there is no restriction or licensing requirement.

The RE Policy 2006 allows consumers to avail features like Net-Metering and Wheeling of Energy which require interconnection with the grid. The implementation of such schemes, however; requires regulatory framework enabling the domestic, commercial and industrial users to carry out net-metering / wheeling using solar energy. AEDB has prepared draft rules for distributed generation, covering electricity generation from solar at domestic level, and submitted the same to NEPRA for announcement.

(b) NEPRA, being the regulator, is the concerned agency for developing regulatory framework including incentives. 18 113. *Zahra Wadood Fatemi:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that a detailed study has been conducted by the Ministry on Pakistan’s Glacial System;

(b) whether it is further a fact that the said study/analysis provided a futuristic assessment of water and silt discharge into major rivers from glacial melts;

(d) the steps being taken by the Ministry to ensure the availability of water to meet the consumptive requirements?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) During 1985-1989, WAPDA conducted comprehensive study on the Glacial System of Pakistan, that are located in the Upper Indus Basin, in collaboration with Canadian Universities. The objective of the study was to establish the active hydrologic zone in the Hindukush-Karakoram-Himlayan Range and contribution of water from snow melt; glacier melt and rainfall from this zone into the Indus River System. It was estimated that the contribution of snow and ice melt towards the Indus River System from Western Rivers is about 95 MAF. The study also estimated the sediments generation from the glaciated Hunza basin of Upper Indus Basin (UIB).

On the finding of that study, Flow Forecasting System was established in 1991 within WAPDA that included establishment of high altitude automatic weather network in Upper Indus Basin, acquisition and installation of data collection and transmission system and development of Hydrologic Model.

With the growing concerns of Climate Change and its perceived threats to the Glacial System of Pakistan, WAPDA has initiated six year Glacier Monitoring Program in July 2012 through which WAPDA will be able to forecast future water availability into the Tarbela Reservoir and Indus Water System.

New study is being undertaken with the assistance of World Bank. The ToR of the study is as under:

• Mass balance of six major UIB glaciers will be carried out. 19 • Mapping and monitoring of the snouts of 52 medium to large glaciers will be carried out.

• Six new high altitude automatic weather stations will be installed in UIB above 4500 meters above sea level.

• Existing high altitude UIB weather network will be upgraded

• Distributed hydrologic model will be developed for the UIB hydrologic conditions that will forecast long-term water availability for the current century on decadel time steps for River Indus at Tarbela.

(b) The study will provide a futuristic assessment of water only, whereas sediment generation from the possible glacial melts is not a part of this Glacier Monitoring Program.

(c) The detail of Current & Future Water Requirements of Pakistan (2010-2025) is as under:— (MAF) —————————————————————————————— Sr. Present & Future Water Additional No Usage Requirements Requirements ——————————————————— in 2025 2010 2015 2020 2025 ———————————————————————————————————————— 1. Agricultural 107 111 115 119 12 2. Industrial 4.02 4.28 4.54 4.8 0.78 3. Municipal 6.90 8.10 9.30 10.50 3.60 4. Environmental 1.46 1.54 1.62 1.70 0.24 ———————————————————————————————————————— Total 119.38 124.92 130.46 136 16.62 ———————————————————————————————————————— Source:- (PEC) World Environmental Day-2012.

Water Availability Per Capita/Year (M3) is attached as Annex-A.

(d) WAPDA has been vigilantly looking after the water scarcity issue in the country. Addition of 2.88 MAF to the existing capacity of Mangla Dam project is a step in this direction. Similarly Gomal Zam Dam and Darawat Dam Project have added another 1.0 MAF to the storages capability of the country. There are several other small, medium and large multipurpose projects which are at different stages of execution alongwith implementation period is attached as Annex-B.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library) 20 114. *Dr. Nisar Ahmad Jatt:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the estimated loss caused due to over/under billing and parking of units in distribution companies during the year 2012-13 till date; and

(b) the time by which independent financial audits of all the distribution companies will be conducted for the detection thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Company wise losses caused due to over / under billing and parking of units in distribution companies during the year 2012-13 till date are give as under: —————————————————————————————— Company Losses in units Amount of Losses Amounts (M.Kwh) (Rs. in Mln) Recovered (Rs. in Mln) ———————————————————————————————————— 2012-13 07/2013 to 2012-13 07/2013 to 2012-13 7/2013 to 11/2013 11/2013 11/2013 ——————————————————————————————————————————— LESCO 129.50 69.03 1487.25 867.82 562.21 369.09 GEPCO 55.23 32.57 384.39 231.7 256.77 173.96 FESCO 59.09 37.34 667.53 456.99 574.58 322.05 IESCO 55.20 3.19 56.00 42.69 33.32 21.17 MEPCO 101.10 46.27 1047.24 499.82 565.74 260.03 PESCO 475.15 203.46 4322.59 2083.95 609.53 133.44 HESCO 756.83 311.05 2796.58 1539.33 810.33 326.07 SEPCO 445.52 273.65 3333.45 2234.51 98.44 54.71 QESCO 12.07 0.37 126.45 4.50 16.42 4.14 ——————————————————————————————————————————— TOTAL 2089.59 977.23 14221.48 7961.31 3527.34 1664.66 ——————————————————————————————————————————— (b) At present there is no proposal conduct independent financial audit of distribution companies particularly to detect over billing, under billing/parking of units. As internal and statutory audit are already doing the job to detect overbilling and parking of units.

Following steps are taken to keep watch and control electricity theft in the country:—

a. Constitution of Task Force.

b. Field survey for kunda connections 21 c. Rotation of Meter Readers

d. Lodging of FIRs

e. Incentive policy to regularize the kunda connections

f. Implementation of DAWN RAIDS in the kunda infected areas

g. A public awareness compaign too in underway to educate the peoples not to resort to kunda culture.

h. Reward for detection of theft.

i. Heavy punishment for field staff involved in theft of electricity.

j. Replacement of LT Bear Conductors with ABC Cable.

120. *Mehboob Alam:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the PC-1 of K4 project regarding water was approved during the last year; if so, the time by which it will be implemented; (b) the total number of projects prepared by the Government with respect to water so far alongwith the feasibility reports thereof; and

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The K4 project is not included in federally funded PSDP projects of Ministry of Water & Power

(b), (c) WAPDA has been vigilantly looking after the water scarcity issue in the country. Addition of 2.88 MAF to the existing capacity of Mangla Dam project is a step in this direction. Similarly Gomal Zam Dam and Darawat Dam Project have added another 1.0 MAF to the storages capability of the country. There are several other small, medium and large multipurpose projects which are at different stages of execution alongwith implementation period is attached as Annex-A. 22 23 @122. *Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the surface water availability in Indus Basin is being badly affected due to climate change effects, melting of glaciers, and utilization of water of Western Rivers by India;

(b) if so, the steps taken by the Government to address the said issues?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif):

(a) • Climate change is often talked about at various forums and is effecting metrological events resulting in severe drought (2000-2009) and flood of 2010, posing challenge to water availability in Pakistan.

• Realizing the importance of glaciers and their sensitivity to climate change, WAPDA has initiated a Glacier Monitoring & Research Program with the support of World Bank. The program aims at forecasting the water availability from the Upper Indus Basin glaciers into the Indus River System during the current century.

• India is allowed to construct Run-of-the-River hydroelectric plants and limited storage works on the Western Rivers (Indus, Jhelum & Chenab) within the limits of design criteria provided in the relevant provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty 1960. Accordingly, India is bound to provide detailed information and design data regarding the proposed projects. Office of Pakistan Commissioner for Indus Waters reviews the design of these projects in accordance with the design criteria provided in the Treaty and if the design does not confirm with specified criteria, Pakistan has right to object on these projects. These objections are resolved either at the level of the two Commissioners, called the Permanent Indus Commission during the meetings or according to the dispute settlement mechanism provided in the Indus Waters Treaty 1960. —————————————————————————————— @ Transferred from Climate Change Division. 24 • It is pertinent to mention here that so far India has not constructed any storage works on our rivers and do not have any capability to control or misuse of the waters of Western rivers.

• Pakistan is receiving almost the same volume of water in all the three Western rivers as we were receiving waters at the time of signing of the Treaty in 1960 and none of the user agency including WAPDA and provincial Irrigation departs reported any reduction in the average inflows of the rivers. The histograms showing inflows in all the three Western rivers are enclosed as Annex-I.

(b) WAPDA has been vigilantly looking after the water scarcity issue in the country. Addition of 2.88 MAF to the existing capacity of Mangla Dam Project is a step in this direction. Similarly Gomal Zam Dam and Darawat Dam Projects have added another 1.0 MAF to the storage capability of the country. There are several other small, medium and large multipurpose projects which are at different stages of execution (list attached at Annex-II).

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

168. *Sufyan Yousuf:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the time by which the amount of circular debt will be paid?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): Existence of Receivables/Payables is a regular feature of each business concern and always remains in books of accounts. We understand that there is no issue of circular debt at present in Power Sector. Power Sector payables as on 31.12.2013 were Rs.209 billion where as its receivables from consumers were Rs.480 billion.

Surge in Circular Debt takes place mainly due to non-availability of required funds to pay off the liabilities of Power Generators. Circular Debt re-emerges due to short remittance by DISCOs in the wake of less recovery and short release subsidy by Government of Pakistan. Moreover, heavy amounts have been stuck up with AJ&K and all provincial governments mainly due to non-implementation of policy decisions.

The strength of Power Sector mainly depends upon the behavior of all the stakeholders to meet their obligations relating to clear the liabilities of Power Sector 25 alongwith provision of administrative support. Disturbance in the Power system due to non-availability of Finance will definitely have economic implications for the provinces. Smooth flow of Power according to energy need of the provinces would lead to economic development which is ultimate objective of the Government. Elimination of circular debt depends upon the implementation of policy decisions regarding resolution of aforesaid issues.

174. *Shahjahan Baloch:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the total amount of circular debt of the country as on 15-12-2013?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): Re-emergence of Circular Debt takes place due to non-availability of required funds to pay off the liabilities of Power Generators. Circular Debt re-emerges due to short remittance by DISCOs in the wake of less recovery and excess line losses than determined by NEPRA and non-release/short release of subsidy by Government of Pakistan.

Reconciled overdue payables to Power generators as on 31.05.2013 were Rs.561 billion. Payment/adjustment of Rs.503 billion was made. After deducting liquated damages of Rs.23 billion, payments /adjustments of Rs. 480 billion were made.

However, payables as on 15.12.2013 were Rs. 206.907 billion (Annex-I), increasing by Rs.126 billion (207-81). Increase in payables is due to following reasons:

i. Short receipts by DISCOs to the tune of Rs.63 billion during the period (Jul-December) 2013.

ii. Short subsidy receipts from ministry of Finance to the tune of Rs.47 billion during (Jul-December) 2013.

iii. Short receipt of KESC subsidy against Billing of Rs.10 billion (Jul- December) 2013.

Following steps are being taken by the present Government to eliminate Circular Debt in future: 26 i. To convert oil based plants to coal to reduce cost of generation

ii. Installation of plants on Hydel sources iii. Provision of maximum gas for gas based plants iv. Increase in tariff keeping in view the socio economic condition of the people

v. Improvement in recovery position and reduction in losses vi. To control theft of Power. vii. To control Law and Justice Division and order situation in the country Maximum provision of energy to industrial Sector to improve revenue and overall economy of the country. 27

31. *Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the drug manufacturers have again increased the prices of essential medicines; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Government to control the said prices?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) (i) During last 2 years, 105 cases of unauthorized price increase by the Pharmaceutical companies were noticed by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP). Upon taking action by the DRAP, 16 companies filed writ petitions /suits in Sindh High Court, Karachi, Lahore High Court, Lahore and Civil Judge Lahore and managed to obtain stay orders.

(ii) Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association filed a Constitutional Petition in the Sindh High Court, Karachi against the withdrawal of 15% price increase by the Federal Government and the honorable court suspended the operation of notification to withdraw the said increase. Resultantly, the most recent price increase observed, is under the shelter of the stay orders. 28 (b) The following steps have been taken by the Federal Government to ensure that the drugs are available in the market at approved rates:

i. The DRAP filed an application in the Supreme Court of Pakistan seeking to pass appropriated orders for resolving /disposal of petitions /suits filed by pharmaceutical companies in Sindh High Court, Karachi, Lahore High Court, Lahore and Civil Judge Lahore and the honorable court issued notices to 14 companies for illegal price increase of medicines.

ii. It also filed 25 Civil Miscellaneous Applications (CMAs) in the Sindh High Court, Karachi, Lahore High Court, Lahore and Civil Judge Lahore to vacate stay orders issued by the courts in matters of unilateral price increase on medicines by pharmaceutical companies.

iii. DRAP field offices have been requested to be vigilant, conduct market surveys and take actions against the companies if found overcharging of drugs.

iv. Under Section 6 of the Drugs Act, 1976, the storage and sale of drugs is regulated by the Provincial Governments, therefore, DRAP has advised the Provincial Health Authorities to take action under the law against the companies who increase prices of drugs more than approved prices.

32. *Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the bird flu is spreading again among broiler chicken in the country; if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): No.

33. *Dr. Arif Alvi:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the negative repercussions of decision made by the international Court of Arbitration (ICA), Hague on the Neelum Jhelum Hydro Power Project; 29 (b) whether it is a fact that the said decision is not in accordance with the objections raised and demands made by Pakistan; if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether it is also a fact that the ICA has mentioned in its judgment that Pakistan did not provide essential/required data pertaining to the current/anticipated agricultural use of water from the Kishen-Ganga;

(d) whether it is further a fact that Pakistan did not submit data to ICA regarding the impacts on the said project on Pakistan;

(e) if the answers to part (c) and (d) above are in the affirmative, the responsibles thereof alongwith the steps being taken in this regard?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Pakistan sought relief on the two questions from Court of Arbitration (CoA):—

(i) Whether or not India is allowed to divert waters of Kishenganga (Neelum) River to Jhelum River in occupied Jammu & Kashmir through Kishenganga project? and

(ii) Whether India is allowed to drawdown water level of a Run-of- River hydroelectric plant below Dead Storage Level except in an unforeseen emergency?

Regarding the first question the Court has given a partial award in February 2013 and has ruled that India can divert the water of Kishenganga Dam to Jhelum Basin. Due to this diversion the annual inflows at Neelum Jhelum Project site will reduce about 13% which will result in 10.6% less annual power production from the Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Plant.

(b) The second question was regarding placement of spillway and the control on storage i.e. the lower the spillway the more the control on the reservoir. This question was decided completely in Pakistan’s favour, according to the decision India will not be able to drawdown the water level in the reservoir and this will protect Pakistan from the fluctuations in the Neelum flows due to operation of sediment flushing by India. 30 (c) There is absolutely no river depended agriculture uses from the waters of Neelum river in Azad Jammu & Kashmir, therefore Pakistan could not provided any data of the agricultural uses from the Neelum river therefore the Court of Arbitration highlighted this point in the final decision that Pakistan did not provided any agricultural uses data.

(d) It is not true that Pakistan did not submit data to the Court of Arbitration regarding the impacts of the Kishenganga Project on Pakistan. On the other side Pakistan’s whole case was based on the impacts of the Kishenganga Dam on the projects in Pakistan and environmental damages due to diversion of water through Kishenganga Dam. Due to this fact the Court of Arbitration ordered in the Final Award of December 2013 to release of minimum flow of 9 cumecs which is mainly calculated on the basis of the environmental requirements. This release of 9 cumecs will reduce hydroelectric generation loss at Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project from 13.6% to 10.6% annually.

(e) Replied as above.

34. *Dr. Arif Alvi:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Government of Pakistan and Afghanistan held negotiations regarding the construction of Kunar River Power Project (KRPP) of 1500 MW in Afghanistan; if so, the details thereof; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to sign a treaty with the Government of Afghanistan on Kabal River similar to Indus Water Treaty before signing an agreement on KRPP; if so, when it will be implemented; if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The proposal of developing power potential on Kunar River is under discussion. Afghanistan Government indicated that 1500 MW power can be generated from Kunar River. Govt. of Pakistan is requesting for the said feasibility study so that modality of joint development and collaboration in implementation can be worked out. 31 (b) Internally within Pakistan, there has been a proposal to have a legal document with Afghanistan for beneficial sharing of waters of common rivers between Afghanistan and Pakistan. But there is no response from Afghanistan, as yet.

Director General (Afghanistan) has been pursuing the matter with Government of Afghanistan to have maximum possible exchange of data/information of river flows and potential water development/uses before going for formal talks with Afghanistan about the treaty. It was learnt through Ministry of Foreign affairs that Afghan Government was in process of preparing a National Water Policy and it was expected that after framing of the Policy, Afghan Government might initiate the dialogue with Pakistan on the issue.

35. *Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that floods damage crops and land worth billions of rupees every year in the country;

(b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to identify and set up short medium and long term goals in order to strengthen the Indus Basin to control the said damage?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) ) It is fact that floods damage abadies, crops, valuable agricultural land and other private and public property in the country during monsoon season.

(b) As short term measure, Federal Government provides funds through Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for execution of emergent flood protection schemes under Normal/Emergent Flood Programme. Provincial Irrigation Departments & Federal Line Agencies are responsible for preparation of PC-Is and execution of such schemes.

Rs. 1000.00 million have been allocated under PSDP (2013-14) for execution of emergent nature flood protection schemes through Normal/Emergent Flood Programme.

For medium/long term measures, work on formulation of National Flood Protection Plan-IV (2015-2025) on countrywide basis has been initiated. The Plan is- likely to be ready by the end of current year (2014). 32

36. *Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the manufacturing of essential medicines has been stopped during the recent years; if so, reasons thereof; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure the availability of medicines in the domestic market and to fix and maintain the prices of medicines at affordable level?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) Manufacturing of essential medicines has not been stopped by the pharmaceutical companies and most of the essential medicines are being produced locally.

(b) The following steps have been taken by the Federal Government to ensure availability of medicines in the domestic market and to fix and maintain the prices of medicines affordable level:

i. Manufacturing of generic drugs is being encouraged and facilitated, as by and large the generic products are cheaper than the branded drugs. Priority and all facilitations are being given to the manufacturers of generic drugs and to make their investment fruitful in the shortest possible time. For that purpose, meetings of the various boards are being held frequently.

ii. Priority is also being given to grant registration to new licenses/new sections to increase production of drugs which increase competition in the market which in turn results in the reduction of prices of drugs.

iii. A policy to rationalize the prices of drugs is under consideration of the Policy Board of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination. 33 37. *Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state:

(a) the steps being taken by the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) to produce high yielding seeds except for Tomatoes, Pototoes and Cucumber; and

(b) the kind of seeds under-going research/process by the PARC at present?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): (a) Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) has developed varieties/ hybrids of various crops through:

• Germplasm acquiring from international partners • Evaluation in various ecologies • Selection of desired traits • Adoptability trials • National Uniform Yield Trials • Availability of Quality seed • Farmers Training • Field Days

(b) Varieties/ Hybrids developed during the last five years are: —————————————————————————————— S. No Crops Varieties/ Hybrids Developed —————————————————————————————— 1. Wheat 23 2. Sugarcane 2 3. Sunflower 2 4. Canola 4 5. Rice 3 6. Maize 5 7. Pulses 13 8. Fodder 8 —————————————————————————————— 34 Seed Produced of the newly developed varieties/ hybrids —————————————————————————————— S. No Crops Seed Produced (Tones) —————————————————————————————— 1 Wheat 270894 2 Sugarcane 4000 3 Sunflower 8 4 Canola 240 5 Rice 1261 6 Maize 793 7 Pulses 167 8 Fodder 72 —————————————————————————————— Varieties/ Hybrids in pipeline (PARC/NARS) are: —————————————————————————————— Crops Numbers Varieties/Hybrids ———————————————————————————————————————— Wheat 4 (PARC) NR-378, NR-379, NR-399 and NR-400 Rice 3 (PARC) NARC-10-6, NARC-10-8, NARC-10-13-1 Sugarcane 4 (PARC) Thatta-300 HOTH-300; HOTH-127 and 2 (SRI, AARI, HOTH-326 CPF-248, S-2003-US-633 Faisalabad) Cotton 5 (Hybrid) MNH-456, MNH-886, CIM 595 CIM-598 and FH-114 Tomato 4 (Hybrid) NTT05-08. NTT 04-08, NTT 06-08 and NTT 07-08 Maize 1 (Hybrid) NARC-2704 Islamabad- Gold, Islamabad- 2 (PARC White Sunflower 2 (Hybrid) SMH-0917 and SMH-0932 Canola 3 (Hybrid) PARC Canola Hybrid, CRH-101 and CRH-119 Groundnut 2 (PARC) PG-972, PG-1058 Fodder 2 (Hybrid) NARC-Hyb-2 and NARC-Hyb-4 -do- 1 (PARC) Millet-8781 -do- 1 (PARC) NZ-0034 Lentil 1 (PARC) NARC-11-1 Chickpea 1 CMC-2011-F, NCS-0709 (Kabli) Mung 1 MCM- 257-2 Citrus 4 (Hybrid) NARC 05-18, NARC 05-17, NARC 05-14 and NARC 05-6 —————————————————————————————— 35 38. *Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the steps being taken to ensure transmission of electricity to the National Grid from generation of alternate energy?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): PC-Is for the Projects titled “Evacuation of power from 1756 MW Wind Mill Power Plants at Jhampir and Gharo Wind Clusters” and “1000 MW Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park at Lal Suhanra” have been submitted to Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms for processing/approval of CDWP/ECNEC.

39. *Muhammad Rehan Hashmi:

Will the Minister for Ports and Shipping be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to reduce the pollution in the Sea Port areas caused by Ships?

Minister for Ports and Shipping (Mr. Kamran Michael): All ships calling Pakistani Ports are inspected by the Marine Pollution Control Department of the Ports for Pollution Prevention Measures strictly in accordance with the International Convention MARPOL 73/78. In this regard a prior notice to mariners is forwarded through their respective Shipping Agents.

This inspection not only ensures that the ship does not cause any pollution/ emissions during its stay in port but also takes an account of oily and other waste produced onboard during its sea passage and their safe disposal.

Records related to production and disposal of oil sludge / plastic during past six months are checked to verify if the ship has discharged this stuff in the oceans, which is strictly prohibited.

Records ships bilge water overboard discharge valves are required to be kept chained and locked in the Harbour. Performance of oily water separator is checked and it is also ensured that the ship does not have any connection by passing the oily water separator. The inspection is conducted very strictly and in case of any contravention the ship is issued warning and subsequently penalized. The penalties have created sufficient deterrent and the Harbour has acquired cleaner surface in the context of oil pollution. 36 Marine Pollution control centre has been established in Port Qasim Authority and its main function is to keep vigilance, especially over the Sea to check and monitor that no oil spill is taking place from Ships / Vessels entering into Port Qasim territorial water and to take corrective measures and recovery if oil spill is detected. Vigilance activity over the sea Ports is carried out by Surveillance Boats.

40. *Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to attract foreign investors in Pakistan for setting up new industries; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi): In order to increase competitiveness as an investment destination, the Investment Policy, 2013 maintains the open policies and continues to expand the opening and liberalization process to all sectors and generalizes the policies across all sectors to have uniformity and openness across the economy. Some salient features of the Investment Policy to promote Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) are as under:

• Free entry for Foreign Investors.

• All sectors and activities are open for foreign investment and no Government sanction is required for setting up any industry unless specifically prohibited or restricted for reasons of national security and public safety. The specified restricted areas include:

o Arms and Ammunitions

o High Explosives

o Radioactive substances

o Security Printing, Currency & Mint

o No new unit for the manufacturing of alcohol, except industrial alcohol (only for Corporate Agriculture Farming) 37 • There is no minimum requirement for the amount of foreign equity investment in any sector.

• There is no upper limit on the share of foreign equity allowed, except in specific sectors including Airlines, banking, Agriculture and Media.

• Foreign Investors are permitted to hold a 100% equity share.

• There is no requirement for obtaining NOC from the provincial governments for locating the project anywhere in the country except in the areas that are notified as negative areas.

41. *Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the total amount incurred by the Government on the construction of Kala Bagh Dam Project so far; and

(b) whether the said project has been abandoned by the Government?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Project Planning, Feasibility Study and the Detailed Engineering Design of the Kalabagh Darn Project was completed by WAPDA before year 1988.

Rs. 2.237 Billion has been incurred on Kalabagh Dam Project so far.

(b) Implementation / construction work on Project will be started on decision by Govt. of Pakistan.

42. *Syed Asif Hasnain:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the total production of cotton in the country during the year 2013 alongwith the benefit accrued therefrom during the said period?

Transferred to Textile Industry for answer on Next Rota Day. 38 43. *Syed Asif Hasnain:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state:

(a) the production of rice in the country during the last year;

(b) the expected production of the rice for the next year; and

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): (a) 5.58 million tons.

(b) It is too early to predict next year rice crop at this stage.

44. *Dr. Nikhat Shakeel Khan:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct Federal Government Hospitals in the backward areas of the country;

(b) if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the locations thereof?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) The Ministry has not proposal under consideration to construct any Hospital in the country.

45. *Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state whether it is a fact that medical instruments are not being registered by the Drug Regulatory Agency of Pakistan; if so, the reasons thereof? 39 Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: Medical devices like disposable syringe, disposable set for collection or transfusion of blood or giving any infusion, cannula, catheter, stent, auto-disable syringe, butterfly needle, surgical ligatures, sutures, bandages, absorbent cotton, adhesive plaster, etc have been declared as drug under the Drug Act, 1976 and are being registered by the drugs Registration Board under the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan.

46. *Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the time by which loadshedding of electricity in the country will be over?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif):

Demand Supply Position

During 2006-2007, the demand shot up due to shift in domestic consumption pattern. Millions of electrical appliances like air conditioners, Refrigerators, Deep Freezers, washing machine and vacuum cleaners etc. but not a single MW added in the system which widened the gap between demand and supply. The demand and supply position during the period is given below: —————————————————————————————— Sr. Year Demand Supply Surplus/ %age of No. (Max) against Shortfall shortfall demand (Max) (Max) —————————————————————————————— 1. 2004 12595 12792 197 Surplus 2. 2005 13848 12600 (-)1248 09.00 3. 2006 15838 13292 (-)2546 16.07 4. 2007 17398 13442 (-)4956 28.49 5. 2008 17852 13637 (-)4215 23.61 6. 2009 18583 13413 (-)5170 27.82 7. 2010 18521 12163 (-)6358 34.33 8. 2011 20058 15062 (-)4996 25.00 9. 2012 19915 12732 (-)7183 36.06 10. 2013 20012 16170 (-)3842 19.20 —————————————————————————————— 40 The above position reflects that the loadshedding has been reduced from 36% to 19% because of the measures taken by the Government. These efforts pertain to:

(d) Demand side measures.

The supply side measures consist of following areas.

1. Addition of new power plants.

2. Rehabilitation of GENCO plants.

3383 MW Capacity Power Plants (IPPs) have been installed / added in the system since March, 2008. —————————————————————————————— Sr. No.Name of Project Capacity in MW —————————————————————————————— 01 Malakand-III 81

02 Nishat Power Limited 200

03 Nishat (Chunian) Project 200

04 Sapphire Power Project 175

05 Liberty Power Tech 225

06 Foundation Power Project Dherki 200

07 Hub Power Narowal 220

08 Halmore Power Project 225

09 Chashma Nuclear Power Unit-2 (C-2) 340

10 New Bong Escap 84

11 Uch-II 375 —————————————————————————————— Sub – Total 3383 —————————————————————————————— 41 In addition to above capacity generation by IPPs, following installed capacity generation has also been added through Hydel and Wind Power: —————————————————————————————— Sr. No. Name of Projec Capacity in MW —————————————————————————————— 1. Jinnah Hydel Project 96 2. Allai Khawar 121 3. Khan Khawar 72 4. Fauji Fertilizer Company (Wind Power) 50 5. Zorlu Energy Pakistan Ltd. (Wind Power) 56 —————————————————————————————— Total 395 ——————————————————————————————

Besides above generation, future power addition of 4090 MW through various resources is expected to be connected to the National Grid during 2013-14. Efforts (both on short term and long term basis) are being made to end load shedding. These short term and long term projects are summarized below:

The future power addition of 4601 MW through hydroelectric power plants, PEPCO’s/ Public is expected to be connected to National Grid during 2012-13. Efforts (both on short term and long term basis) are being made to end loadshedding. These short term and long term projects are summarized below:—

i. Short Term Measures

A. Hydel Projects —————————————————————————————— Sr. # Name of Project Capacity in MW —————————————————————————————— 1. Duber Khawar 130 2. Lareb Hydro Power Project 94 3. Gomal Zarn 17 4. Satpara 17 5. Jabban Hydro Power Project 22 —————————————————————————————— Sub-Total (i) 280 —————————————————————————————— 42 B. PEPCO’s/Public —————————————————————————————— Sr. # Name of Project Capacity in MW —————————————————————————————— 1 Nandipur Power Project 425 2 Chichoki Mallian 525 3 Guddu 750 4 UAE Gifted Power Plant, Faisalabad 320 5 Lower Saptgah 496 6 Lower Palas Valley 665 —————————————————————————————— Sub-Total (ii) 3181 —————————————————————————————— C. Independent Power Producers (IPPS) —————————————————————————————— Sr. # Name of Project Capacity in MW —————————————————————————————— 1 Grange Holding 180 2 New Park Energy Pvt. Ltd. 50 3 Tenage Generasi Ltd. 50 4 Green Power Pvt. Ltd. 49.5 5 Beacon Energy Ltd. 49.5 6 M/S. Three Gorges First Wing 50 Firm Pakistan Pvt Ltd, formaely China International Water and Electric Corp, (CWE) 7 Dawood Power Ltd. 49.5 8 Sapphire Wing Power Co Pvt. Ltd. 50 9 Arabian Sea Wing Energy Pvt. Ltd . 50.4 10 Lucky Energy Pvt. Ltd. 50 —————————————————————————————— Sub-Total (iii) 628.50 —————————————————————————————— Grand Total (i+ii+iii) 4090 —————————————————————————————— 43 D. Long Term Measures

In long term, following generation is expected:— —————————————————————————————— Sr. # Name of Project Capacity in MW —————————————————————————————— 1 Neelum Jhelum HPP 969 2 Basha HPP 4500 3 Terbela Extension 1410 5 Karam Tungi 84 4 Golan Gole, Chitral 106 6 Dasso HPP 4320 7 Bonji Hydro Project 7100 8 Manda Dam 740 9 Akhoori Darn 600 10 Kial Khawr 122 11 Jabban Power Station 22 —————————————————————————————— TOTAL: 19973MW ——————————————————————————————

Re-Habilitaion of GENCOs plants

a. The following units of Guddu Power plants have been re- habilition. Their lost capacity of 105MW has been restored. —————————————————————————————— Units No. Original Capacity Capacity after loss Restored Capacity —————————————————————————————— 06 100 65 35

09 100 65 35

10 100 65 35 —————————————————————————————— (b) The below mentioned plants have been planned to be rehabilitated to their original capcity and which will take about 12-18 months. 44 Guddu —————————————————————————————— Units No. Original Capacity Capacity after loss —————————————————————————————— 05 100 65 07 100 65 08 100 65 —————————————————————————————— Total 195 ——————————————————————————————

Muzaffargarh —————————————————————————————— Units No. Original Capacity Capacity after loss —————————————————————————————— 01 200 160 02 200 160 03 200 160 —————————————————————————————— Total 480 —————————————————————————————— Jamshoro —————————————————————————————— Units No. Original Capacity Capacity after loss —————————————————————————————— 02 200 150 03 200 150 04 200 150 —————————————————————————————— Total 450 —————————————————————————————— Following Demand Side Measures which called “ Energy Conservation” have also been taken to curtail the demand:

2. Demand Side Measures.

1. Disconnection of billboards and neon signs, encouragement to convert to solar power systems.

2. Conversion of Cellular Towers to Solar Power Systems-data available with DISCOs.

3. Switching of Alternate Street lights points and conversion of street lights to solars systems/LEDs (in the longer run). 45 4. Ornamental lights-complete elimination.

5. Ceremonial lights-complete elimination.

6. Sports lighting/usage-ban till the crises remains.

7. Institutional lighting after office/working hours write letters to heads and also ensure non-use of such lighting.

8. Liaison with Provisional Agriculture Departments for educating agri tube-well users for:

i. Night time usage from 10:00 PM to 06:00 AM. ii. Usage of Standard motor/pump. iii. Re-winding with standard wire etc.

9. Installation of LT capacitors on consumer premises etc to enhance life of customer appliances etc. Liaison with local manufacturers/farmer chambers.

10. Replacement of Incandescent Bulbs with CFLs (emery savers)- through etc advertisement coordination with standard purchasers e.g Philips, Osram sogo, GE etc/educationl program to be launched.

11. Direct liaison with electrical appliance makers in the country for introduction of energy efficiency technologies on fast track.

12. Pinpointing of Role Models /Entities successfully implementing energy efficiency modules-contact such industry etc.

13. WAPDA/PEPCO buildings and projects- design departments to incorporate such requirements in their designs.

14. Installation of TOU/TOD/Static meters on 3 phase domestic and commercial consumers having load 5 KW and above.

15. Staggering of Holidays industry and Government offices.

16. Closure of shopping malls & commercial centers/markets/plazas at 08:00 pm through awareness program.

17. Marriage Halls must be closed at 10:00pm.

18. Usage of Air-conditioner in Government offices for grade-20 and above after 11 am. 46 19. Campaign to keep A.C thermostat at 26°C minimum. 20. Five days working in a week in Government. Hopefully, by the addition of generation in national grid and by adopting conservation measures, there would every possibility to eleminate load shedding in the country in due course of time.

47. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government for promoting agriculture in the country?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): The steps being taken by the Government for promoting agriculture are summarized as under:— i. Development and promotion of new high yielding wheat varieties. Research system in the country developed during 2011-12 high yielding varieties of wheat (8), rice (1) and sugarcane (2), which were approved and released for production. ii. Ensured supply of farm inputs for production of various crops. iii. Dissemination of good agricultural practices through provincial agricultural department using field visits and electronic and print media. iv. State Bank of Pakistan enhanced the agricultural credit allocation (2013-14) to the tune of Rs. 360 billion against last year’s (2012-13) disbursement of Rs.315 billion. v. It has been decided between the Government and private fertilizer manufacturers that the price would be printed on the bags for information of the Consumer from 1st March, 2014. vi. Liaison with international foras and organizations for assistance in production or Agriculture in the country.

48. *Naeema Kishwar Khan:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Main Chashma Right Bank Canal (CRBC) has been cracked at many places; if so, the water being wasted at present and losses expected therefrom; 47 (b) whether it is also a fact that if the said canal is not repaired timely the agricultural land will be badly affected therefrom;

(d) the steps being taken by the Government to repair the said canal?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Chashma Right Bank Canal (CRBC) has not been cracked at any place.

(b) Timely repair of the Main Canal is of vital importance for assurance of the indented supplies to the Secondary system of canal. However, the maintenance of canal has not been carried out for the last four years due to non- availability of funds to be provided by the Provincial Governments as per cost sharing formula.

(d) Maintenance of canal has not been carried out for the last four years due to non-availability of funds to be provided by the Provincial Governments as per cost sharing formula.

49. *Naeema Kishwar Khan:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state:

(a) the steps being taken by the Government in respect of overcharging of the fee from parents at the time of admission in Private Medical and Dental Colleges which are functioning in the country under the Administrative control of the Ministry;

(b) the steps being taken against the un-registered Private Medical and Dental Colleges; and

(c) whether it is a fact that those Colleges are collecting funds from the Overseas Pakistanis as donations, but not providing proper facilities to the students; if so, the steps being taken in this regard?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) PM&DC has devised criteria of “Fee and refund of Fee and circulated to all Private sectors medical/dental “colleges for strict compliance. On 5th December, 2013 briefing was given to NAB regarding donation policy to get admission in private medical colleges. On 17th December, 2013 NAB HQ vide 48 their letter No. 5-4 (20) Misc/A&P/NABHQ/2013/1345 has instructed PM&DC to circulate “Fee and Refund of Fee policy to all public and private medical colleges under the jurisdiction of PM&DC for strict compliance and for placement at the prominent places in the vicinity of the medical colleges. The instruction of NAB have been circulated vide PM&DC letter No. 4-NAB/Council-2013/260469-559 dated 20th December, 2013.

(b) Admissions were stopped vide this office letter No. PF-12-F213 (Insp) 21783 dated 20th January, 2014 and circulated to all concerned.

(c) It is a matter of fact that PM&DC only has regulatory control over the fees being charged by medical colleges as per their admission criteria submitted to the Council. The PM&DC Ordinance does not have any clause to regulate the aspect of donations if any being charged by medical colleges from overseas Pakistani students in the shape of donations for ensuring admissions. However, on the cognizance of NAB, necessary remedial measures have been taken by PM&DC as per NAB’s directives and NAB’s instructions have been circulated to all medical colleges in the country.

50. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that a number of IPPs are not operating at full capacity due to non-payments of their dues by the Government; if so, the total number thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): The following IPPs/Units of IPPs are not operating due to shortage of Fuel at present (as on 19-2-2014): —————————————————————————————— S. No. Name of IPP Units Capacity —————————————————————————————— 1. KAPCO 1&2 279MW ——————————————————————————————

ISLAMABAD: KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, The 25th February, 2014. Secretary.

PCPPI—289(14) NA—25-2-2014—700. 1 9th Session

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Wednesday, the 26th February, 2014

(Originally Unstarred Question Nos. 34, 184, 229, 237, 407, 26, 80 and 81 were set down for answer during the 8th Session)

34. S. A. Iqbal Qadri:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the composition and functions of National Energy Policy Committee; and

(b) the names of the members of the said committee alongwith their designation perks and privileges?

Reply not received

184. Belum Hasnain:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that a number of retired officers are residing in the Government accommodations in Islamabad; if so, the names alongwith the addresses thereof;

(b) whether standard rent is being charged therefrom; if not, the reasons thereof;

(d) the steps being taken to get Government accommodations vacated from those occupants?

Reply not received 2 229. Malik Abdul Ghaffar Dogar:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of officers of departments under the Ministry including WAPDA who are utilizing official vehicles at present;

(b) whether the fuel and maintenance of those vehicles is the responsibility of WAPDA; and

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) requisite information pertains to various departments of Ministry of Water & Power is given below:

DISCOs ______Sr. # Company No. of Officers using official vehicles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1 PESCO 127 2 TESCO 34 3 QUESCO 5 4 HESCO 44 5 SEPCO 165 6 IESCO 11 7 MEPCO 395 8 FESCO 230 9 GEPCO 124 10 LESCO 311 11 PEPCO 32 12 Coo(CPPA) 14 13 NTDCL 465 14 WAPDA 20 15 PCIW 1 16 IRSA 6 17 FFC 0 ——————————————————————————————— 3

———————————————————————————————— Sr. # Company No. of Officers using official vehicles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 18 MOWP 0 19 AEDB 11 20 ENRCON 0 21 PPIB 7 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– G.TOTAL 1986 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

WAPDA:

(a) 89 WAPDA Officers are in BPS-20 & above and they are entitled to use official vehicles.

(b) Yes the fuel & Maintenance of official vehicles is borne by offices concerned as per approved policy.

POL limits have already been fixed for all official vehicles and economy in expenditures is already being observed strictly.

237. Dr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state:

(a) the names of widows of deceased employees to whom houses have been allotted in Islamabad under the Prime Minister Package during the period from 1-7-2012 till date alongwith the number and location of houses/quarters thereof; and

(b) whether it is a fact that a number of such widows have not been allotted houses in Islamabad under the said package so far; if so, the reasons thereof alongwith the time by which houses/ quarters will be allotted to them?

Reply not received 4

407. Syed Waseem Hussain:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state:

(a) whether annual maintenance and renovation works of Government houses are carried out at present; and

(b) the period since when the maintenance and repair of those houses have not been carried out?

Minister for Housing and Works: (a) The annual maintenance and renovation works of government houses is being carried out by Pak-PWD. The allocation of funds is not made according to the actual requirements of maintenance. The government allocates funds for Annual & Special Repair besides for purchase of material for day to day maintenance through annual budget allocation.

Only 24.42% budget have been allocated against the demand as per detail below:—

Detail of actual Demand and Allocation –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Object Demand Original Economy Modified Classification for 2013-14 Budget cut @ 30% Allocation Allocation imposed for 2013-14 for 2013-14 by Finance Division –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– A13301-R&M 265.586 69.214 14.061 55.153 of Office Buildings

A13302-R&M 263.011 93.457 19.541 73.916 of Residential Buildings –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Total 528.597 162.671- 33.602 129.069 (A) (24.42%) (A) ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

(b) Funds are regularly allocated but due to paucity of maintenance/ repair funds, the repair/maintenance works of government houses is carried out against which complaint is received or which are in a dilapidated condition. 5 26. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state:

(a) the names and addresses of those persons who have been allowed to export cows, buffaloes and goats by the Government; and

(b) the country-wise export of the said livestock?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): (a) As per decision of the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC), there is ban on the export of live animals with effect from 0lst October, 2013. As such, the reply is Nil.

(b) Not Applicable.

80. Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the total number of official accommodations allotted to the employees of CDA during the period from 1st January, 2010 till date alongwith the details thereof?

Reply not received.

81. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the province wise details of the housing project launched by the Ministry during current year?

Minister for Housing and Works: No housing project has been launched during current year by Ministry of Housing and Works.

28. Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:

Will the Minster for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the project wise total amount of funds allocated for food research during the last three years till date? 6 Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): Project-wise detail of funds allocated for food research projects during last 03 years is given as under:

Funds Allocation (Rs. million) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– S. No. Title of the Project 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1 Research for Agriculture Development 99.193 105.000 230.000 Programme

2 National Institute for Genomics and 34.571 100.000 120.000 Advanced Biotechnology

3 Pak-China Cooperation for Agricultural 7.753 17.000 65.000 Research and Development (PCCARD)

4 Indigenization of Hybrid Seed Production 41.155 14.000 45.872 for Enhanced Crop Production

5 Establishment of Horticulture Research 00.00 00.00 15.000 Institute, Khuzdar Balochistan

6 Establishment of Livestock Research 00.00 00.00 20.000 Institute, Tutbat, Balochistan

7 Strengthening of Coastal Agriculture 00.00 00.00 15.000 Research Station Bhawani Balochistan –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Total :- 182.672 236.000 510.872 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

29. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state whether it is a fact that a bank branch is a pre-requisite for establishing Utility Store in a particular area in the country; if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi):Availability of a bank branch is a pre-requisite for opening of a Utility Store in particular area for safe and secure deposit of sale proceeds on daily basis. 7 The sale proceeds of the stores is deposited in the Bank Accounts on daily basis. The sales proceeds from different branches of the Bank are collected in the main account of the corporation at Islamabad on daily basis for onward payment to the suppliers / vendors.

30. Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that a 100 KVA transformer has been stolen from “Goth Ahmed Qaim Khani Patoyun, District Sanghar” during the recent past;

(b) if so, the steps being taken to install a new 100 KVA transformer in said village at the earliest?

Reply not received

31. Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the names of projects for power generation being executed at present alongwith the date of commencement thereof?

Reply not received

32. Saman Sultana Jaffri:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the total number of Federal Government Hospitals in Karachi at present?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) At present there is no Federal Government hospital at Karachi.

33. Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that non-entitled persons have occupied the Government accommodations vide bogus allotments in Islamabad; 8

(b) if so, the details thereof?

Reply not received

34. Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister for Ports and Shipping be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that influential persons have grabbed the land of KPT worth millions of rupees in front of KPT Hospital;

(b) if so, the number of cases being/proceeded against illegal occupants of the land of KPT; and

(c) whether there is any proposal under consideration to conduct survey of Tumber Mart, Kemari 69/1; if so, when it will be implemented?

Minister for Ports and Shipping (Mr. Kamran Michael): (a) It is correct that influential persons have grabbed the land of KPT, worth million of rupees in front of KPT Hospital. In fact during the year of 2012-13 one Mr. Akhter Jadoon former Provincial Minister for transport forcibly occupied KPT Plot No. 5, 7, 8, measuring 16920 Sq. Meter in front of KPT Hospital which were reserved for hospital for which notices have been sent to the occupants and later the KPT Anti Encroachment Department demolished /stopped the construction work but they again started the work. Later KPT filed C.P.No. D- 789/2013 in High Court and the court granted stay order; the Nazir of the High Court also inspected the site and submitted his report in the court. The KPT has also filed contempt proceeding against the above said Ex-Minister Mr. Akhtar Jadoon and others which is still subjudice in the Court.

(b) The total No. of cases being proceeded against illegal occupations of the land of KPT are 05 Nos. details attached at Annex-A.

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF PORTS & SHIPPING (KARACHI PORT TRUST) *** DETAILS OF CASES FILED BY KPT AGAINST LAND GRABBERS

1. KPT has filed a C.P.No. D-789 of 2013 against the land grabbers in the High Court of Sindh at Karachi wherein the court passed order and directed the parties to maintain status quo. The Honourable Court also appointed the Nazir of the High Court for inspection of the property and the Nazir of the High Court inspected the property and submitted his report in the Court and now the matter is subjudice in the High Court of Sindh at Karachi. KPT has also filed a Petition for contempt proceedings against the parties.

2. Further KPT has also filed constitution petition bearing C.P.No. D-1740/ 2011, C.P.No. D-322/2012 and C.P.No. 3136/2011 land Civil Suit No. 891/ 2006 in High Court of Sindh, against the encroachers which are still subjudice.

3. The Legal Advisor M.S. Khalid Anwar & Co. has also filed a constitution Petition No. 47/2011 before the Supreme Court of Pakistan against Province of Sindh regarding title of KPT land within Port limits which is still subjudice in the Hon’ble Court.

35. Naeema Kishwar Khan:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the Government department-wise amount of WAPDA’s outstanding dues under the head of electricity bills at present ; and

(b) the steps being taken by WAPDA to recover the said outstanding amount?

Reply not received

36. Naeema Kishwar Khan:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: 10 (a) the total number of vehicles which are in possession of the employees presently working in EPI Programme in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alongwith the utilization thereof; and

(b) the number of vehicles taken on rent for the said programme alongwith the justification and utilization thereof?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) Total fourteen (14) vehicles are in possession of the employees presently working in EPI/ PEI Programme of Health Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as Under: ———————————————————————————————————— S. No. Vehicle No: Duty/Attached With Utilization ———————————————————————————————————— 1. AA-2630 Dr. JanbazAfridi Local official duty, Field (Deputy Director EPI duty monitoring visits to the districts

2. X-91-AF Dr. Ishaq (AD Ligistics) Local official duty, Field duty, monitoring visits to the districts.

3. X-68-2900 Dr. Taimur Shah Local official duty, Field (AD Admin) duty, monitoring visits to the districts.

4. X-91-5 Dr. Nasreen (AD Local official duty, Field Training) duty, monitoring visits to the districts.

5. X-67-4428 General Duty Local official duty, Field duty.

6. A-2753 Provincial EPI Store Vaccine Collection and distribution

7. X-91-10 Provincial EPI Store Vaccine Collection and distribution

8. A-1376 Provincial EPI Store Vaccine Collection and distribution

9. X-67-1911 Provincial EPI Store Vaccine Collection and distribution

10. X-91-8 Provincial EPI Store Vaccine Collection and distribution ———————————————————————————————————— 11

———————————————————————————————————— S. No. Vehicle No: Duty/Attached With Utilization ———————————————————————————————————— 11. EPI-76 Provincial EPI Store Vaccine Collection and distribution

12 X-91-6 Provincial EPI Store Vaccine Collection and distribution

13 X-91-4 Provincial EPI Store Vaccine Collection and distribution

14 A-1220 General Duty Vaccine Collection and distribution ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– (b). No vehicle has been taken on rent for the Programme.

37. Dr. Nafisa Shah:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the tariff structures being offered for Coal, Wind and Hydel Energy, respectively?

Reply not received

38. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the month- wise total amount under the head of “Electricity Excise Duty” paid by WAPDA to each province during the year 2013-14?

Reply not received

39. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the value of circular debt increased in the country during the period from 2008 to 2013?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The value of circular debt increased in the country during the period from 2008 to 2013 is was 198 to 411 billion Rs. 12 40. Maiza Hameed:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the mechanism of coordination with the provinces to ensure the implementation of international commitments made regarding Health related MDGs, the UN Every Woman Every Child strategy, the Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) and ensuring 100% immunization of children and access to health workers etc?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: After assigning the roles of Coordination & Regulation to this Ministry by the Cabinet. The Federal Government alongwith WHO and other Health Development Partners and the Provincial Government convened a national meeting on accelerating progress in the health sector in Islamabad on 22-23 November, 2013 for better Coordination among all, recommendation of the meeting are placed at Annex-I.

In the light of recommendations Ministry hold a consultative meeting with all Provincial and area Government where there is need to develop national Plan etc.

Thus for example to develop recommendations National Accelerated Plan of Action for MDG 4-5 a meeting was held on 3rd December, 2013 which was participated by Population and Health Department of all provinces and area Government Health Development Partners and Ministry.

Similarly for SUN movement a meeting was held on 17th December, 2013 in Bhurban and Road map was developed with consultation with all Provincial Health Development Partners and Ministry.

Annex-I RECOMMENDATIONS

¾ This meeting of devolved health sector in Pakistan was a strategic step to fill the important coordination vacuum that had been generated following devolution due to short transition time and inadequate preparations both at federal and provincial level.

¾ The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination and the representatives from provincial health departments and AJK have unanimously shown their resolve to further explore the roles and responsibilities identified in their respective domains. 13

¾ The actions agreed during the meeting are in line with the 18th constitutional amendment and the expected roles of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination.

¾ The participants have resolved the potential roles for the federal Ministry and the provincial departments for major areas that require coordination of health sector in Pakistan. These include:

• Health policy planning and strategy development • Coordination at federal and provincial level for health sector financing • Human resource planning, forecasting and capacity development • Essential public health functions • Coordination with development partners • Pharmaceutical sector regulation • Health services regulation.

¾ The deliberations from the meeting can serve as first working document for the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination and the provinces to further clarify their roles and coordination mechanisms with other sectors as well as with the development partners.

¾ The development partners have shown their support to the new health infrastructure and are keen to work both at federal and provincial level in line with the agreed roles and responsibilities of these arms of the state.

¾ The compiled version of deliberations, suggesting the potential roles and responsibilities of federal and provincial governments, categorized for various areas of health system are annexed to the end of this report.

¾ Both federal and provincial representatives agreed to continue dialogue and further explore these deliberations, and review the roles and responsibilities. In order to move ahead, the following way forward was suggested. The authorities both at federal and provincial level agreed to:

o Share the outcome/recommendations of this consultation with provinces, national o Provinces to discuss these outcomes/recommendations at provincial level o Nominate provincial focal points to work closely with national level o Establish a task force at national and provincial levels to develop a mechanism to o Endorse recommendations through appropriate forums (e.g. Council of Common level, other stakeholders refine and provide guidance on implementation of recommendations Interests or legislation). 14 41. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of projects of electricity completed in District Lower Dir Lower during the last five years; and

(b) the total number of said projects under process at present?

Reply not received

42. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) the number of posts lying vacant in various cadres in the WAPDA Offices, District Lower Dir; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to fill the said posts; if so, when it will be implemented?

Reply not received

43. Sahibzada Tariq Ullah:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state:

(a) the main functions of the National Agricultural Research Council (NARC);

(b) the total land under the utilization of NARC in Islamabad at present; and

(c) the budget allocated for the said council for the financial year 2009-10 alongwith the head-wise utilization thereof?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): (a) The mandated functions of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) are: 15 a. to undertake, aid, promote and coordinate agricultural research; b. to arrange expeditious utilization of research results; c. to establish research establishments mainly to fill in the gaps in existing programmes of agricultural research; d. to arrange the training of high level scientific manpower in agricultural sciences; e. to generate, acquire and disseminate information relating to agriculture; f. to establish and maintain a reference and research library; and g. to perform any other functions related to the matters aforesaid.

National Agricultural Research Centre is one of its research establishments located in Islamabad.

(b) NARC, Park Road: 560.07 hectare PARC HQ: 104000Sq. feet (400x 260)

(c) Actual expenditure of PARC budget by Major Heads for the year 2009-10 (Rs. in millions) ————————————————————————————————————— Object Current Development Total budget budget ————————————————————————————————————— Salaries and Allowances 919.776 20.275 940.051 Others Benefits 4.529 0.141 4.670 Medical Charges 81.870 1.396 83.266 Pension Contri/GPF etc. 88.670 0.117 88.787 Transportation 40.209 12.697 52.906 Communication 8.784 0.591 9.375 Utilities/Office/supp/Rent 176.700 27.681 204.381 Repair & Maintenance 17.523 4.332 21.855 Other Services 30.547 14.842 45.389 Other Charges 6.212 15.891 22.103 Support to Other Instt. 0.000 91.694 91.694 Fixed Assets 4.036 41.896 45.932 Capital Work in Progress 6.633 57.117 63.750 Technical Assistance/Trg. — 2.675 2.675 Releases to Provincial 2.550 50.757 53.307 Advances to Employees 0.600 — 0.600 ————————————————————————————————————— Total:- 1388.639 342.102 1730.741 ————————————————————————————————————— 16 44. Sahibzada Tariq Ullah:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the prescribed criteria for registration of imported medicines in the country?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: The Drugs Act, 1976 regulates import, export, manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of drugs under section 7 of the Drugs Act, 1976. Drugs are registered by Drugs Registration Board on the basis of safety, efficacy, quality and economic value of drugs as given under the Drugs (Licensing, Registering and Advertising) Rules, 1976.

45. Admissibility is being reconsidered.

46. Admissibility is being reconsidered.

47. Maulana Muhammad Gohar Shah:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that electricity poles have been installed in adjoining localities of Kot Abbas Shaheed, Tehsil and District Multan (NA-148); if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether it is also a fact that electricity transmission lines have not been laid in all those localities; if so, the reasons thereof; and

Reply not received

KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, Secretary. ISLAMABAD: The 25th February, 2014.

PCPPI—289(14) NA—25-2-2014—700.