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(50th 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
Thursday, the 28th February, 2013
(Originally Starred Question Nos. 38, 39, 47, 63, 121, 124, 129, 130 and 134 were set down for answer during the 49th Session)
@38. *Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:
Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that luxury vehicles are being smuggled in the country;
(b) if so, the steps taken to control the said smuggling so far?
Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development (Mr. Saleem H. Mandviwalla): (a) Yes, it is a fact that luxury vehicles are being smuggled in the country through un-authorized routes and borders with Afghanistan and Iran. This is attributable to long and porous border with Afghanistan.
(b) • Joint Anti Smuggling Teams comprising the staff of MCCs and Regional Directorates of Intelligence & Investigation for impounding smuggled vehicles have been constituted by pooling up resources of Collectorates and Regional Directorates.
• Special Help Desks have been set-up in the Collectorates and Regional Directorates for immediate response on information pertaining to smuggled vehicles. —————————————————————————————— @ Transferred from Interior Division. 2 • SMS based Vehicle Verification System has been developed for spot verification of vehicles suspected to be smuggled.
• Criminal proceedings have been initiated against those involved in smuggling of vehicles.
• Country-wide meetings of Joint Task Force constituted by the Ministry of Interior [headed by the Director General (Intelligence & Investigation) and comprising of Zonal Directors FIA, DIGs Traffic of Provincial Police, concerned Collectors of Customs, representatives for FC and Rangers] are held to monitor the progress and co-ordinate the enforcement efforts. The FBR has devised a strategy document sharp focusing on smuggled vehicles in the light of observation of honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan (Annex-I).
(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)
39. *Ms. Shaheen Ishfaq:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that the Government has solved the problem of delay continued for the last few months of the issuance of new Computerized National Identity Cards in the country; if not, the reasons thereof; and
(b) the period prescribed for issuance of new Computerized National Identity Cards at present?
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): (a) There is no delay in issuance of Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) to the applicants and all the identity cards are being issued to the applicants within the prescribed time frame.
(b) The prescribed time frame for issuance of CNIC is as under:—
Executive/SNIC 09 days Urgent 23 days Normal 31 days 3 47. *Mr. Himayatullah Mayar:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) the year-wise total amount of financial losses suffered to each province including FATA due to war against terrorism during the last four years till date alongwith the details thereof; and
(b) the year-wise total amount of funds received by the Ministry to control the said war in each province including FATA during the said period alongwith the details thereof?
Reply not received.
63. *Ms. Imrana Saeed Jamil:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that quackery is rampant in Islamabad;
(b) if so, the reasons thereof?
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): (a) Like other parts of the country, quackery has also emerged as serious health threat in the Federal Capital, particularly its rural areas. Despite serious efforts by the Health Department, this menace could not be controlled mainly because of the reasons narrated below:—
Reasons:
(i) Non-existence of any proper law in the federal capital, which may provide for registration/licensing of the health facilities. Currently, establishment of any health facility i.e. hospital, clinic and medical center does not require any permission / license from any authority and this legal lacuna provides sufficient space to unscrupulous elements 4
to play havoc with the lives of the in-nocent people. Legislation on the pattern of “Punjab Health Care Commission Act, 2010” can play pivotal role in controlling this major health challenge.
(ii) The existing “Pakistan Medical & Dental Council Act, 2012” is defective as it only superficially addresses the problem of quackery. This law, except to the extent of registering cases and submitting challan in the court of the Magistrate 1st Class, does not empower its authorized/notified officers i.e. District Health Officer to close down/seal any health facility found violative of the law. The law needs to be amended to this extent so as to empower the notified officers to seal the clinic/hospital being run in absence of the qualified doctors thus safeguarding the public health.
(iii) Another factor attributable to the spread of quackery is shortage of qualified doctors in the rural areas thus creating a space for the quacks to successfully penetrate in the health system.
(b) Reasons as explain in Column (i) above.
121. *Ms. Shaheen Ishfaq:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to recover and control the illegal arms in the country during the last five years at present?
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): (a) Answer may please be seen at Annex-A. 5 6 7 8 9
Gilgit Baltistan
The following steps taken by the Government of Gilgit Baltistan to recover the illegal arms during last five years:— Joint and co-ordinated operations by Police and other LEAs in different areas of Gilgit Baltistan. Increased presence of police in important paces by bringing in personnel from District to District in Gilgit Baltistan. Formation of Special teams of police for arrest of illegal arm smugglers. Strengthening and equipping the entry/exit point Nakas into the region. Strengthening the CID and Special Branch for vigilance/timely collection of important informations. 10 124. *Mr. Muhammad Rehan Hashmi:
Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that Rs. 900 million funds allocated under normal annual development plan during the year 2012-13;
(b) whether it is also a fact that Rs.8791.8019 expended under the said plan during the year 2011-12;
(c) if the answers to part (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative, the present status of emergent flood schemes launched under the said plan during the year 2011-12 till date?
Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development (Mr. Saleem H. Mandviwalla): (a) Yes, an amount of Rs. 900 million is allocated for the “Normal Annual Development Programme (Emergent Flood Schemes)” under the development grant of Ministry of Water & Power in Federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP 2012-13).
(b) It is not correct. An amount of Rs. 8913.683 [million] has been reported as accumulated estimated expenditure upto 30th June, 2012 against the said programme (since 1978-79).
(c) The details of emergent flood schemes indicating status against each received from Ministry of Water & Power /Federal Flood Commission for Mid Year Review of PSDP 2012-13 are placed at Annex-I. Further details may be obtained from Ministry of Water & Power, if required.
(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)
129. *Ms. Imrana Saeed Jamil:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to start/promote visa free travel between Pakistan and Afghanistan for diplomats and businessmen;
(b) if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the details thereof? 11
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): (a), (b) According to the record of Ministry of Interior, there is no such proposal under consideration of the Government to start / promote visa free travel between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
130. Already replied on 25-2-2013 by the States and Frontier Regions Division.
134. *Ms. Khalida Mansoor:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) the names of countries with whom Pakistan has made extradition agreements at present alongwith the details thereof; and
(b) the total number of criminals handed over to foreign countries under the said agreements?
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): (a) Pakistan has signed 30 Extradition Treaties with different Countries Names of the Countries is at Annex-I.
(b) Muhammad Sharif has been extradited from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia. The accused was involved in theft of a Camel in Saudi Arabia.
Annex-I THE COUNTRIES HAVING EXTRADITION TREATY WITH PAKISTAN
1. Argentina 2. Belgium 3. France 4. Greece 5. Switzerland 6. U.S.A. 7. San Marino 12
8. Manaco 9. Netherlands 10. Denmark 11. Austria 12. Yugoslavia 13. Iraq 14. Ecuador 15. Portugal 16. Luxemburg 17. Columbia 18. Cuba 19. Italy 20. Iran 21. Turkey 22. Saudi Arabia 23. Maldives 24. Egypt 25. Australia 26. Uzbekistan 27. Algeria 28. China 29. United Arab Emirates. 30. Libya
26. *Ms. Shireen Arshad Khan:
Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state the year-wise devaluation registered in the Pak. Rupee as compared to Dollar during the last five years alongwith the reasons thereof?
Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development (Mr. Saleem H. Mandviwalla): (a) The year-wise depreciation of Pak.’Rupee as compared to dollar during the last five years is as under :— 13 End of June Exchange Rate (Inter Bank Rate)
Years Average Apr/Dep FY 08 68.40 -11.59 FY 09 81.45 -16.02 FY 10 85.51 -4.75 FY 11 85.96 -0.52 FY 12 94.54 -9.08 18-02-2013 98.15 -3.68
The value of Pakistani rupee vis-a-vis other currencies is determined through the market forces of supply and demand both domestic and international markets. The supply of foreign exchange is dependent on exports, remittances, foreign loans and investment, bilateral and multilateral assistance. The demand emanates from imports, debt repayments, services acquired from foreigners, income transfers abroad etc. The depreciation in the value of the rupee can be attributed to a host of factors that impact all these elements.
The significant element explaining the depreciation for the period under consideration has been the rise in the international prices of import items (particularly oil prices) that increased the import bill extensively. At the same time the decline in cotton prices as wel1 as quantum of exports reduced the export receipt significantly. The global economic climate has also affected expected exports & receipts of foreign exchange from Foreign Direct Investment and other multilateral and bilateral flows. These elements, coupled with repayments of credit to international financial institutions, particularly IMF, explain the major reasons for the depreciation of the rupee.
27. *Mrs. Shagufta Sadiq:
Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to control the situation arising from climate changes day by day?
Minister for Climate Change (Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan): Following steps have been taken to control the situation arising from Climate Change day by day:— 14 (1) Ministry of Climate Change has prepared the National Climate Change Policy and the Cabinet has approved the policy in September 2012.
(2) In follow up to the approval of the National climate Change Policy, the Ministry has finalized climate change framework plan of action.
(3) Pakistan secured funding to the tune of US $ 4.1 million from the Adaptation fund for a Glacial Lake outburst Flood (GLOF) project in Northern Areas which is currently under implementation.
(4) Pakistan has benefited from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol of UNFCCC. 19 CDM Projects have been registered till date out of 65 projects that were accorded host country approval to earn carbon credits. This is resulting in emission reductions over 3.00 million tons of CO2 equivalent per year.
(5) National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the administrative control of the Ministry of National Disaster Management is also working to minimize the impacts of climate change through adaptive and preparedness measures. With a view to plan on a longer term to tackle the disasters (including climate change induced disasters in particulars) work on a 10 year National Disaster Management Plan and National Disaster Risk Reduction Policy is in progress. As a short term measures, NDMA has taken steps to improve the weather forecasting capability of Pakistan Meteorological Department ( PMD) through induction of Flash Flood Guidance System, automatic Weather Station and Integrated Flood Alert System.
28. *Ms. Khalida Mansoor:
Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that the utilization of plastic and polethene bags has been banned in Islamabad;
(b) if so since when alongwith the bags which will be utilized instead of the such bags; 15 (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration to impose the said ban all over the country;
(d) if so, when it will be implemented?
Minister for Climate Change (Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan): (a) Yes, it is a fact that non-degradable plastic products have been banned in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).
(b) The regulations of the Federal Government regarding bin-degradable plastic products will be implementable with effect from 01-04-2013. The oxo- biodegradable bags will be marketed and used instead of non-degradable.
(c) Prohibition of non-degradable plastic products (Manufacturing, Sale and Usages) Regulations, 2013 have been notified under Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 within limits of ICT. Since the subject of “Environment Pollution and Ecology” have been transferred to provinces under the 18th Amendment, therefore, Provincial Governments are responsible to deal with the issue. However, Provincial Governments have been requested to adopt the same regulations under their respective Acts.
(d) Now, it is the sole discretion of Provincial Governments either they adopt the regulations of the Federal Government or notify their own legislation.
29. *Mr. Muhammad Riaz Malik:
Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state:
(a) the scale-wise minimum basic pay of Government employees at present; and
(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to increase the basic pay of Government employees; if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the details thereof?
Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development (Mr. Saleem H. Mandviwalla): (a) At present the scale-wise minimum basic pay of Government employees (BPS 1-22) are as under:— 16
BPS Mini BPS Mini 1 4800 2 4900 3 5050 4 5200 5 5400 6 5600 7 5800 8 6000 9 6200 10 6400 11 6600 12 7000 13 7500 14 8000 15 8500 16 10000 17 16000 18 20000 19 31000 20 36000 21 40000 22 43000
(b) There is no any proposal under consideration of the Government to increase the basic pay of Government employees.
30. *Shaikh Rohale Asghar:
Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state:
(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to introduce the Risk Insurances System in the areas of floods and natural calamities;
(b) if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the details thereof?
Minister for Climate Change (Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan): (a) As mandated by the National Disaster Risk Management Framework (NDMRF), NDMA has started working on the development of a mechanism for providing insurance cover to disaster-prone communities.
(b) The Prime Minister was pleased to approve a concept note on Disaster Risk Insurance for Low income communities on March 13, 2012 (Annex-I & II). The concept note outlined the general features of a program that NDMA proposed to install a risk insurance program to protect the low income communities against disaster risk. 17
(c) Upon the approval of the concept note NDMA started working on the development of the disaster risk insurance program.
(d) NDMA is working to develop:
i. Insurance fund design: Design of the insurance fund including the governance structures and operational modalities.
ii. Insurance strategy design: Development of an insurance strategy for vulnerable communities including risk and vulnerability mapping for climate/disaster related risks and design of appropriate insurance options.
The program will be designed in consultation with all the relevant stakeholders. It is expected that the program design will be finalized by end of 2013.
(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)
31. *Mrs. Nisar Tanveer:
Will the Minister for Economic Affairs and Statistics be pleased to state:
(a) the ratio of young persons in the total population of the country at present;
(b) whether it is a fact that the employment opportunities are not sufficient to meet the requirements of un-employed young persons;
(c) if so, the steps taken to control the un-employment from the country during the last four years till date?
Transferred to Planning and Development Division for answer on Nest Rota Day. 18 32. *Mr. Wasim Akhter Sheikh:
Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister’s Secretariat be pleased to state:
(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to install new Atomic Power Houses in the country;
(b) if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the locations thereof?
Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister’s Secretariat: (a) Yes. The construction work is in progress to install 4th & 5th Nuclear Power Plants in the country.
(b) The above projects are expected to be completed by 2016 at Chashma.
33. *Sheikh Muhammad Tariq Rasheed:
Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state:
(a) the facilities provided to the farmers after deduction of insurance premium on the loan granted by the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd. during the financial year, 2011-12 till date; and
(b) the total number of farmers to whom the amount of insurance has been paid during the said period?
Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development (Mr. Saleem H. Mandviwalla): (a) The premium of subsistence borrowers is paid upfront by the Bank, which is re-imbursed by the Federal Government on six monthly basis. If a calamity is declared in which damage to the crop was due to any of the approved perils, then the claim is paid to the concerned Branch for adjustment of the borrower’s loan account. The benefit to the farmer is extended to outstanding principal loan which is liquidated by the claim paid by the insurance company and he has only to pay accrued markup, thus reducing his financial burden. 19 Rs. 357.814 million have been paid by the insurance company on account of calamities notified during the financial year 2011-12. However, against calamities due to drought July, 2012 and rains/flood beginning August, 2012, the insurer approved claims of Rs. 304.576 million for 13,361 borrowers which will be paid shortly on completion of re-conciliation exercise.
(b) 10,894 borrowers have been paid insurance claims during the said period.
34. *Rana Mahmood -ul- Hassan:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the present status of issuance of Computerized National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis by the NADRA offices abroad in order to facilitate Overseas Pakistanis?
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): (a) NADRA Registration Centers Abroad.
1. 5.83 million NICOP Cards have been issued till date to Overseas Pakistanis.
2. To facilitate expatriates, NADRA has established Registration Centres at the locations where a large number of Pakistani reside. In this process applicant has to report physically in the centre, where in entire all the documentation is completed by the NADRA staff. Detail is as under:—
a. United Kingdom (5) Birmingham (6) London (7) Manchester (8) Bradford
b. United Arab Emirates (3) Abu Dhabi (4) Dubai 20
c. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (4) Jeddah (5) Riyadh (6) Madina Munawwarah
d. Italy Milan e. Qatar Doha f. South Africa Pretoria g. Future Planning to Open NRCs Abroad:—
(6) USA (Washington DC, New York, Houston) (7) Toronto (Canada) (8) Kuwait (9) Australia (Canbara) (10) Oman (Muscat)
3. Mobile Registration Operations.—To extend the registration facility at the door step of Pakistanis abroad and in order to reach out various locations for collection of forms and capturing live interactive data through NRC setup. Mobile Registration Operation (MRO) has been implemented in UK, wherein teams have been provided with necessary equipment for live data acquisition of the available applicants at the spot. Manual forms are also collected in Toronto (Canada), Spain (Madrid), KSA and UAE by the Mobile Registration Teams on weekends.
4. Employment of Local based NADRA Representatives Abroad.—To facilitate the expatriates residing; in those countries where NADRA Registration Centres are not functioning but large number of Pakistanis community is residing, NADRA has employed local based Assistants who are facilitating the Overseas Pakistanis in completion of forms and processing OF NICOP/ POC applications in a smooth manner. 21 5. Form Scanning and Tracking System (FSTS) —Manual Form Processing at Pak Missions Abroad.
a. Currently in various Pak Missions abroad, where large numbers of Pakistanis are residing, Local Based NADRA Assistants are handling NICOP / POC applications on manual forms. These forms / applications take 30 to 40 days on average basis to reach NADRA HQ, which causes delay in processing of cases, whereas in case of any rejection clearance again takes similar time. In order to improve the form receiving / processing mechanism of manual forms processed from abroad, an online cum offline solution has been implemented which to a great extent has reduced the processing time of NICOP / POC application (10 to 15 working Days). Alongwith this solution, ‘Urgent’ processing of NICOP/POC forms have been implemented. In the first phase the system has been installed / launched at the following locations:—
(1) Oslo, Norway (2) Manama, Bahrain (3) Canberra, Australia (4) Singapore
b. Future Planning.—After successful implementation of aforementioned system, it has been planned that same may also be implemented at the left over countries abroad.
6. Customer Care Support for Overseas Pakistanis.—To facilitate overseas Pakistani, International Operations Department of NADRA has launched web based tracking system on www.nadra.gov.pk in order to track down current / despatch status of their NICOP/POCs and the system has also been integrated with the complaint management system on web to cater / respond all types of NICOP/POC queries.
35. *Sheikh Salahuddin:
Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the FBR has failed to achieve tax collection targets during the year 2011-12 till date; if so, the reasons thereof? 22 Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development (Mr. Saleem H. Mandviwalla):
(A) FY:2011-12
FBR revenue target for FY: 2011-12 was fixed at Rs.1,952 billion, whereas actual collection realized at the end of the year of 2011-12 was Rs.1,883 billion. The target has been achieved to the extent of 96.4%. General economic slowdown, abolition of SED and downward adjustment of FED rates in respect of beverages and cement were the main reasons of shortfall in revenue collection viz-a-viz assigned target during 2011-12.
(B) FY:2012-13
FBR revenue target for FY 2012-13 is Rs. 2,193.3 billion. Provisional revenue collection upto January, 2013 is Rs.1,022 billion. FBR has launched massive campaign against non-filers and expect to generate sufficient revenues to achieve the assigned target at the end of the year 2012-13.
ISLAMABAD: KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, The 27th February, 2013. Secretary.
PCPPI—2222(13) NA—27-2-2013—700. 1 50th Session
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT
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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”
For Thursday, the 28th February, 2013
(Originally Unstarred Question Nos. 19, 3, 10, 42, 57, 107, 18, 45, 48, 49, 50, 53, 55, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140 and 141 were set down for answer during 49th Session)
19. Mrs. Shagufta Sadiq:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that token tax and professional tax are being charged/collected on new and ten years old vehicles by Excise and Taxation Office, Islamabad at present; if so, the ratio thereof; and
(b) whether any other tax is also being charged/collected besides the above said taxes on those vehicles; if so, the details thereof?
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): (a) The token tax is recovered from private vehicles and commercial vehicles as well under the Motor Vehicle Taxation Act 1958 as prescribed in 1st schedule of Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1965.
The rate of tax on all private vehicles is Rs.96/- per seat annum.
The rate of tax on all commercial vehicles are Rs.168/- per seat annum. It may be pointed out that professional tax on private vehicle is not charged. However, Rs.100/- per annum is charged as professional tax on commercial vehicles.
(b) Income tax (withholding tax) is also charged /recovered from private vehicles at the following rate: 2 1000 cc = Rs.750/- per year. 1001 cc to 1299 cc = Rs.1750/- per year. 1300 cc to 1599 cc = Rs.3000/- per year. 1600 cc to 1799 cc = Rs.4000/- per year. 1800 cc and above = Rs.8000/- per year.
However, Income Tax from goods transport vehicles is charged at the rate of Rs.1.00 per killogram per annum. Similarly income tax from passenger transport vehicle is charged at the rate of Rs.100/- per seat per annum excluding driver. It may be further added that Income tax is not payable on 10 years old and used vehicles in Pakistan either private or commercial vehicle.
3. Ms. Shireen Arshad Khan:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) the total number of legal and illegal Kachi Abadies in Islamabad at present; and
(b) the authority that will remove illegal abadies therefrom?
Reply not received.
10. Shaikh Rohale Asghar:
Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state the total amount of circular debt as on 15-3-2008?
Reply not received.
42. Mrs. Shagufta Qadiq:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) the criteria and procedure adopted to obtain Pakistani citizenship by the foreigners; and
(b) the period during which the order is made on the application in this regard? 3 Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): (a) A brief regarding the criteria and procedure to obtain Pakistan citizenship by the foreigners is enclosed at Annex- “A”.
(b) The cases for grant of Pakistan citizenship, are referred to Home Department and security agencies for necessary verification of particulars / character and antecedents of the foreigners. After receipt of clearance from the concerned quarters, the Pakistan citizenship certificate is issued after completing all the codal formalities.
(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)
57. Sheikh Salahuddin:
Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state the total number of posts upgraded during last four years till date alongwith the justification thereof?
Reply not received.
107. Mrs. Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) the total number of Medical Stores in Islamabad at present; and
(b) the total number of Medical Stores to which licences have been issued so far?
Reply not received.
@18. Mrs. Munira Shakir:
Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state the name of the department of the Government which monitors and ensures that Insurance Companies operating in the country are implementing terms and conditions made with their clients in letter and spirit? —————————————————————————————— @ Transferred from Commerce Division. 4
Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development (Mr. Saleem H. Mandviwalla): Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) is entrusted with the responsibility to regulate and supervise the insurance companies in Pakistan through powers vested to it by Insurance Ordinance, 2000. Moreover, the insurance companies operating in the country are implementing terms and conditions made with their clients in letter and spirit under the supervision of SECP.
45. Ms. Shaheen Ishfaq:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the year-wise total amount spent by the Ministry to restore law and order situation and control terrorism throughout the country during the last five years?
Reply not received.
48. Mr. Muhammad Rehan Hashmi:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) the total number of Pakistani soldiers/security forces died during the years 2010-11 and 2011-2012; and
(b) the total number of terrorist died/killed during the said period?
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): (a) Detail of soldiers/ security forces died during the years 2010-11 and 2011-12 is given below:- —————————————————————————————— Name of CAF Died in 2010-11 Died in 2011-12 —————————————————————————————— Frontier Corps KPK 200 160 Frontier Corps Balochistan 107 86 Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) 5 5 Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) 10 08 Pakistan Coast Guards 3 7 Frontier Constabulary 31 98 Gilgit Baltistan Scouts 0 0 —————————————————————————————— Total 356 364 —————————————————————————————— 5 (b) Detail of terrorists died during the years 2010-11 and 2011-12 is given below:— —————————————————————————————— Name of CAF Killed in 2010-11 Killed in 2011-12 —————————————————————————————— Frontier Corps KPK 1000 715 Frontier Corps Balochistan 45 78 Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) 0 0 Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) 22 15 Pakistan Coast Guards 0 0 Fntier Constabulary 0 0 Gilgit Baltistan Scouts 1 4 —————————————————————————————— Total 1067 808 ——————————————————————————————
49. Mr. Muhammad Riaz Malik:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the names of districts where mobile phone service was stopped on 8th, 9th and 10th Moharram 1434 AH in the country?
Reply not received.
50. Mr. Muhammad Riaz Malik:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) the province-wise total number of NADRA offices functioning in the country at present alongwith the details thereof;
(b) the province-wise total number of buildings hired for the said offices so far;
(c) the province-wise amount paid under the head of rent for those buildings during the year 2011-12 till date;
(d) the procedure adopted for the hiring of aforesaid buildings; and
(e) the province-wise total number of buildings out of them owned by NADRA at present? 6 Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): (a) NADRA Offices
(a) 495 NADRA Registration Centres (NRCs) / Offices are operational in the country. Province wise break up is given below:— —————————————————————————————— Province/Region Number of Office —————————————————————————————— Capital Territory Islamabad 7 Punjab 196 Sindh 120 Balochistan 55 KPK 96 Gilgit Baltistan 9 AJK 12 —————————————————————————————— Total 495 ——————————————————————————————
Buildings Hired by NADRA
(b) The province-wise breakup of those buildings/offices is given below:— —————————————————————————————— Province/Region Hired Buildings —————————————————————————————— Capital Territory Islamabad 4 Punjab 135 Sindh 48 Balochistan 26 KPK 81 Gilgit Baltistan 8 AJK 12 —————————————————————————————— Total 314 ——————————————————————————————
314 buildings are hired by NADRA and remaining 181 are gratis buildings provided by the Provincial / Local Governments. 7 Province-wise Monthly Rent
(c) The province-wise rent paid for those buildings during the year 2011-12 is given below:— —————————————————————————————— Province/Region Rent /Month (in Rs.) —————————————————————————————— Capital Territory Islamabad 175134 Punjab 4514285 Sindh 3596055 Balochistan 691260 KPK 1834940 Gilgit Baltistan 114476 AJK 195780 —————————————————————————————— Total 11,121,930 ——————————————————————————————
(d) Procedure Adopted for Hiring of Buildings (Offices)
(1) Buildings are hired as per rules on the recommendation of local Provincial / Regional Offices.
(2) To meet the demand of the people of the area within approachable distance.
(3) Hired building does not hamper the privacy of resident of the area.
(4) Building hired has enough space to deal with both genders separately.
(5) The rent of a building is within NADRA’s limit.
(6) The building locations are in safe area.
NADRA Owned Buildings
(e) At present, NADRA owned 6 buildings. Province wise detail is as under:— 8 —————————————————————————————— Province No. of Buildings/Offices —————————————————————————————— Islamabad 1 Punjab 3 KPK 1 Sindh 1 —————————————————————————————— Total 6 ——————————————————————————————
53. Mr. Sajid Ahmed:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that the speed cameras have been installed in Islamabad by Islamabad Traffic Police;
(b) whether it is also a fact that sign boards have not been installed in front of those cameras; if so, the reasons thereof; and
(c) the time by which said sign boards will be installed?
Reply not received.
55. Sheikh Muhammad Tariq Rasheed:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that Pakistan Rangers illegally occupied the building of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Library, Old Golimar, Karachi; if so, the reasons thereof; and
(b) the steps being taken to get vacated the said building therefrom?
Reply not received. 9 125. Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the total number of persons punished by Government for Possessing dual Computerized National Identity Cards during the last five years in the country alongwith the detail of the punishment thereof?
Reply not received.
126. Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the fee being charged by the Government for issuance of passports at present alongwith details thereof?
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): The fee being charged by the Government of Pakistan for issuance of passports effective from 1st January, 2012 is as under:— —————————————————————————————— S. # Description Old Fee Rates Enhanced (In Rs.) Fee Rates (In Rs.) —————————————————————————————— 1. 36 Pages Passport 2100 3000 (Ordinary) 2. 36 Pages Passport 4000 5000 (Urgent) 3. 72 Pages Passport 4500 5500 (Ordinary) 4. 72 Pages Passport 8000 9000 (Urgent) 5. 100 Pages 5000 6000 Passport (Ordinary) 6. 100 Pages 10000 12000 Passport (Urgent) 7. Endorsement 200 400 (Ordinary) 8. Endorsement 400 800 (Urgent) —————————————————————————————— 10 The validity of passport has also been increased from 05 years to 10 years w.e.f 1st November 2012 without charging any additional fee.
128. Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the names of ex- members of Parliament to whom special passports have been issued by the present Government during the last four years till date?
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): 1. Federal Government decided issuance of Official Gratis passports to Ex-Parliamentarians vide Interior Division’s U. O. No. 3/9/2012-Pass I P&C dated 10-07-2012 (copy at Annex-“A”).
2. The detail of 39 Ex-members of Parliament to whom official / gratis passports have been issued so far in pursuance of above Policy decision, are is enclosed at “Annex-B”.
(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)
129. Mrs. Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the name of the department which ensure the quality in respect of sale and purchase of fresh milk in Islamabad at present?
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): The following departments are responsible for enforcement of Pakistan Pure Food Act, 1960 and to ensure the quality in respect of sale and purchase of food items including fresh milk in the Islamabad Capital Territory:—
(i) Directorate of Health Services, Capital Development Authority (CDA) in Urban Areas of Islamabad.
(ii) Health Department, Islamabad Capital Territory, the District Health Office in Rural Areas of Islamabad Capital Territory.
130. Disallowed on reconsideration. 11
131. Mrs. Shagufta Sadiq:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the total number of new prohibited and non-prohibited arms licences issued by the Government in the country during the period from 1st January 2012 till date alongwith the names of persons on whose recommendations the aforesaid licenses were issued?
Reply not received.
132. Mrs. Shagufta Sadiq:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) the location-wise Pakistani Embassies in which Machine Readable Passport (MRP) system has been established so far;
(b) the criteria adopted to depute regular and contractual employees of the Ministry therein; and
(c) whether it is also a fact that short term and contract employees are being deputed therein by ignoring regular employees of the Ministry; if so, the reasons thereof?
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): (a) ) The detail of location-wise Pakistani Embassies in which Machine Readable Passport (MRP) system has been established is at Annex- “A”
(b) All foreign postings are made on seniority-cum- fitness basis with the proper approval of competent authority.
(c) To run the Machine Readable Passport (MRP), Operation, trained and IT-literate HR is required, Only Data Entry Operators (DEO) are posted to man the public facilitation counters at the Pakistan Missions abroad. Data Entry Operators are recruits in the MRP-Project on contract basis and posted their seniority and fitness at Pakistan Missions abroad. 12 13
133. Shaikh Rohale Asghar:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) the year and head-wise total amount spent for improvement of security of the Parliament House and Lodges during the last five years; and
(b) the results achieved therefrom?
Reply not received.
134. Ms. Imrana Saeed Jamil:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that the approval has been given to issue arms licences during the year 2012-13;
(b) whether it is also a fact that no licence has been issued during the said period;
(c) if the answer to parts (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative, the details thereof alongwith the steps taken to issue those licences so far?
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): (a) Yes. In pursuance of Sindh High Court, Karachi decision dated 10-01-2013 on a C.P. No. D 3319/ 2011 dated 10-01-2013, NADRA has restarted issuance of Arms licence w.e.f. 23-01-2013.
(b) No arms licence was issued during 25th July, 2012 to 23rd January. 2013 due to stay order in C.P. No.D-3319 by Sindh High Court dated 25th July, 2012.
(c) NADRA has issued 4,032 token from 23rd January, 2013 to 1st February, 2013, so far. 14 136. Ms. Shireen Arshad Khan:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the year-wise total number of prisoners handed over to USA during the period from 1st January, 2002 to 15th March, 2008 alongwith the reasons thereof?
Reply not received.
137. Mr. Sajid Ahmed:
Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state the district-wise total number of persons living below the poverty line in the country at present?
Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development (Mr. Saleem H. Mandviwalla): Poverty is estimated using official methodology on household data gathered by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). PBS gathers household data under Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM), which is a sample survey. Size of the PSLM Survey sample varies between 70-80 thousand households.
Planning and Development Division estimates poverty head-count figures from PSLM data provided by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The PSLM data can give reliable estimates of poverty head-count at national level. However, due to the design limitations of the Survey, PSLM Survey data cannot generate district level estimates of poverty headcount, and hence, poverty head-count is estimated at national level only.
As such, the district-wise total number of persons living below the poverty line in the country can only be provided after redesigning the PSLM sample by PBS to make it representative at district level for estimating poverty headcount figures.
Pakistan experienced dwindling movement of poverty head count ratio. The headcount ratio of 30.6 % in 1998-99, increased to 34.5 % in 2000-01, before declining to 23.9 % and 22.3 % during 2004-05 and 2005-06. Owing to some technical issues in poverty estimation, the government of Pakistan did not publish the poverty head count number for 2007-08 and 2010-11. To address the issue, the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission has constituted a Technical Group on Poverty consisting of experts from Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, 15 Academia, Research Organizations, P & D Division, ands program implementers. The Technical Group will examine and evaluate the technical aspects of the process of poverty estimation and shall advice the Government to improve the process. Two meetings of the Technical group on Poverty have been held in the P & D Division.
139. Rana Mahmood -ul- Hassan:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) the total number of vehicles for security/petrol and escort purposes available with Islamabad Police at present; and
(b) the total number of persons residing in Islamabad, declared VIPs and sensitive by the Ministry with whom those vehicles have been detailed at present?
Reply not received.
140. Moulvi Asmatullah:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the total number of arms licences (PB) issued to the members of the National Assembly during the period from March, 2008 till date separately?
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): Details of Prohibited Arms Licences issued on the recommendations of Parliamentarians during the period from 2008 to 2012 are as under:— —————————————————————————————— S. No. Year PB Weapons —————————————————————————————— 1. 2008 11776 2. 2009 27551 3. 2010 5789 4. 2011 8369 5. 2012 15988 —————————————————————————————— Total 69473 —————————————————————————————— 16 141. Moulvi Asmatullah:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that a number of persons of Kallat, Balochistan whose passports have been blocked due to double finger print during the last two years; if so, the names thereof alongwith the action taken against the responsible; and
(b) the prescribed procedure to issue passports to such persons?
Minister for Interior (Mr. A. Rehman Malik): (a) Presently there are 13 cases of the individuals belonging to Kallat which are processed at Region Passport Office, Quetta and blocked in AFIS due to multiple passports. These cases are blocked in AFIS and no further passport will be issued till cancellation of passport which was obtained on fake particulars. A list containing the names of Such individuals is at Annex-“A”.
(b) Ministry of Interior, in order to resolve the issue of Multiple passports announced an amnesty with regard to cancellation of one of the multiple passports which were valid up-to 15-07-2006. The said policy was lastly extended up-to 31-07-2012. These cases are processed and disposed off after verification of real identity of the applicants through security agencies and on payment of penal fee Rs. 10000/- (in case of minor change in particulars) and Rs. 25000/- (in case of complete change of particulars).
At present no multiple case is being processed by this Directorate General after the expiry of cut-off date of amnesty policy i.e 31-07-2012 and only those cases can be processed wherein prior approval of Ministry of Interior is conveyed. 17 18 21. Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) the steps being taken by the Government to evolve registration procedure for children of un-identified parents; and
(b) the time by which the process of registration of said children will be started?
Reply not received.
22. Ms. Khalida Mansoor:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) the total estimated cost of Bari Imam Complex Islamabad alongwith the period of its completion; and
(b) the name of the company to whom contract awarded for the construction of said complex?
Reply not received.
23. Mr. Abdul Majeed Khan Khanan Khail:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the total number of FIRs registered by FIA at FIA Passport Cell, Lahore against those persons involved in human smuggling during January, 2013 alongwith the action taken against the accused separately so far?
Reply not received.
24. Sheikh Salahuddin:
Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state the year-wise total amount of loans written off by the banks during the last five years?
Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development (Mr. Saleem H. Mandviwalla): Year-wise total amount of loans written-off by the banks during the last five years is as under:— 19
—————————————————————————————— S. No. Year of Write-Off Amount Written-Off (Rs. in Million) —————————————————————————————— 1. 2007 32,322.74 2. 2008 47,078.59 3. 2009 27,305.47 4. 2010 15,174.49 5. 2011 16,740.96 —————————————————————————————— 25. Mr. Mohammad Pervaiz Malik:
Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state:
(a) the names and addresses of persons who applied for the registration of their cars in Excise and Taxation Office, Islamabad during the period from 15-08-2012 to 15-12-2012; and
(b) the total number of persons out of those to whom registration books/documents have not been returned so far alongwith the reasons thereof?
Reply not received.
26. Mr. Mohammad Afzal Khokhar:
Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning an Development be pleased to state:
(a) the total number of employees of the National Assembly Secretariat applied for the grant of House Building Advance (HBA) during the period from 1-1-2012 till date alongwith the names and designations thereof; and
(b) the time by which HBA will be granted to those employees?
Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development (Mr. Saleem H. Mandviwalla): (a) 45. The list of employees containing names and designation is enclosed at Annex.
(b) The time for the grant of HBA depends upon availability of budget. 20
KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, Secretary. ISLAMABAD: The 27th February, 2013.
PCPPI—2222 (2013) NA—27-2-2013—700.