1 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT ———— “QUESTIONS for ORAL ANSWERS and THEIR REPLIES” to Be Asked at a Sitting Of

1 (14th 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

Monday, the 16th September, 2019

42. *Mr. Muhammad Afzal Khokhar: (Deferred during 13th Session)

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

(a) whether it is a fact that Sheikh Akhtar Hussain Ex-DG, DRAP was holding a fake degree not recognized by HEC;

(b) whether it is also a fact that cases against Sheikh Akhtar Hussain were closed by NAB because a fake death certificate was presented to NAB;

(c) if so, as to why Sheikh Akhtar Hussain, even after submitting fake death certificate to NAB to get proceedings against him stopped, was employed in DRAP?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) HEC, stated that as per information contained in International Directory and website “The Open International University, Colombo is not listed amongst the chartered University / Institution of Sri Lanka. Therefore, as per policy, degree awarded by non-chartered universities / institutions cannot be recognized by the Higher Education Commission / Government of Pakistan (Annex-I). 2 (b) NAB has not conveyed to this Ministry about any pending reference against the officer concerned.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

44. *Sheikh Fayyaz Ud Din: (Deferred during 13th Session)

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

(a) the number of children who die, every year, due to diarrhea caused by drinking polluted water; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Government to control the same and create its awareness among masses?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) Provision of clean drinking water to the public and consequences by drinking polluted water is entire responsibility of another ministry. However, according to UNICEF report 2018, estimate deaths of children under-five years are 36,862, due to diarrhoea. Global Burden of Disease Studies (2017) reported that 28,890 deaths occurring in the children under 5 years of age in Pakistan are due to diarrhoeal diseases.

(b) The Government of Pakistan is cognizant of diarrhoeal disease burden under 5 years children and considers it as a major health concern. Therefore, the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination has been actively involved in preventing the disease and creating awareness through lady health worker (LHW) program and primary health care (PHC) facilities.

(i) Training of lady health workers on Integrated Management of Childhood Illness guidelines and tools for providing health education to communities about the prevention and treatment of diarrhoea and for creating an effective referral system. (ii) Training of health care providers at the health facility level for the prevention and treatment of diarrhea. 3 (iii) M/o NHSR&C ensured the availability of essential commodities for the management of diarrhea including Zinc syrup and low osmolarity Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS) in the light of revised Integrated Management of Neonatal Childhood Illness (IMNCI) guidelines by WHO and UNICEF.

(iv) The Government has encouraged local production of commodities for the management of diarrhoea.

31. *Ms. Nusrat Wahid:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) the year-wise income earned by Pakistan Railways during the last three years;

(b) the steps being taken by the Government for improvement of railways cargoes; and

Minister for Railways (Sheikh Rashid Ahmed): (a) The year wise income earned by Pakistan Railways, during last three years is as under:— —————————————————————————————— Year Rs. in Billion —————————————————————————————— 2016-17 40,082.692

2017-18 49,575/670

2018-19 54,514.090 —————————————————————————————— (b) To improve the cargo services following steps are being taken.

(i) Freight Deposit Account (FDA) based agreements with Maple Leaf Cement Factory, Chishtian Logistics, Solution Enterprises & Mughal iron & Steel and MOUs with Awan Trading Company, Bestway Cement, MJM Energy & Resources, and M.I Mhedi, Wastage International, Agro Trade (Pvt.) limited, Cherat Cement 4 for transportation of imported Coal Fatima Group for transportation of Rock Phosphate and ITC logistics and Pak Pacific Containerized Traffic have been signed.

(ii) Introduction of competitive freight rates to attract road traffic to Rail.

(iii) High capacity / High speed Hooper Trucks have been inducted in the current fleet for swift movement/unloading of coal.

(iv) No. of Freight trains have been increased from 08 trains to 12 trains per day from Karachi Port.

(v) 02 New containers train have been introduced from Karachi Ports.

(vi) As a result of above measures, Pakistan Railways has carried 19 thousands matric tones freight more in this financial year 2018-2019 than previous years, despite Government has banned furnace oil and as a result of Pakistan Railways loss freight of 05 trains per day.

Year wise position is as under:

2016-17 = 65+103=168 2017-18 = 68+124=192 2018-19 = 260 Total: = 620

32. *Ms. Shamim Ara Panhwar:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of railway stations in the country, where water filtration plants have not been installed; and

(b) the time by which the water filtration plants will be installed?

5 Minister for Railways (Sheikh Rashid Ahmed): (a) The Division wise details is as under:—

(b) Huge expenditure is involved for provision of water filtration plants at all Railway Stations. However, all out efforts are being made to provide water filtration plants on important Stations in phases keeping in view the availability of funds. Water filtration plants at Six others stations (Lahore, Gujranwala, Raiwind. Nankana Sahib, Hassan Abdal & Bahawalpur) will be provided shortly.

33. *Mr. Muhammad Afzal Khokhar:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the number of unserviceable/ non-functional railways boggies?

Minister for Railways (Sheikh Rashid Ahmed): At present total 472 Coaches are out of service/un-functional. Breakup is as under:

 39 Nos. Under Survey of Condemnations being over-aged and beyond economical repair.

 205 Nos. available in Shops under Periodical Overhauling and nominated repair.

 228 Nos. available in Lahore Division and in Carriage Factory and C&W Shops held up since long for heavy repairs. 6 34. *Mr. Sher Akbar Khan:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that allotments of Government accommodation have been made in hardships and change of accommodation cases;

(b) if so, the details of the allotments made in aforesaid cases during the last five years?

Deferred for answer on Next Rota Day.

35. *Ms. Munawara Bibi Baloch:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the eligibility criteria for allotment of houses being constructed under the Prime Minister’s Housing Scheme?

Deferred for answer on Next Rota Day.

36. *Ms. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister for Water Resources be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that there is a plan to construct 9 dams in Gilgit Baltistan;

(b) whether it is also a fact that these dams are ready for construction;

(c) if the answers to part (a) and (b) above are in affirmative, the details thereof and why these dams are pending since long?

Reply not received.

37. *Ms. Nuzhat Pathan:

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to explain the per pilgrim expenditure regarding the Hajj-2019 in comparison with the Hajj-2018? 7 Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony (Mr. Noor- ul-Haq Qadri): Detail of expenditure of Hajj-2019 in comparison to Hajj -2018 is as under: —————————————————————————————— Year of Hajj North Region South Region —————————————————————————————— 2018 Rs. 280000/- Rs. 270000/- 2019 Rs. 436000/- Rs. 426000/- —————————————————————————————— The increase in Hajj Package in 2019 in Comparison to Hajj 2018 is Rs. 156975(56%) as detail below:—

(i) Increase in Exchange Rates : Rs. 63110 (ii) Increase in Hajj Items +Component. : Rs. 76865 (iii) Increase in Air Fare : Rs. 17000 Total Rs. : Rs. 156975

38. *Rana Iradat Sharif Khan:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the amount of compensation paid to the victims of railway accident occurred on 15-05-2019 at Arifwala?

Minister for Railways (Sheikh Rashid Ahmed): No compensation was paid to the victims of Railway accident occurred on 15-05-2019 at Arifwala, as there is no provision of compensation to a tress passer under section 82-A of Railways Act, 1890.

39. *Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:

Will the Minister for Water Resources be pleased to state the per day power generation capacity of the Mohmand Dam?

Minister for Water Resources (Mr. Muhammad Faisal Vawda): Total installed capacity of Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project is 800 MW.

 After completion, annual energy generation (as per approved PC-1) of the project will be 2,862 Million Units (2,862 GWh). 8

 The estimated average per day power generation of the project is 7.84 Million Units.

40. *Ms. Munawara Bibi Baloch:

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

(a) the steps being taken for the fruits storage in Balochistan;

(b) whether it is a fact that Balochistan will have direct access to the local markets after the completion of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor; and

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan): (a) After 18th amendment, the subject of Agriculture has been devolved to the provinces. However, the M/o NFS&R, is in close liaison with Provincial Governments increase, the shelf life and storage quality of different Fruits in Balochistan.

(b) Yes.

(i) A number of farmers have been trained to address the issues related to fruit production in Balochistan.

(ii) Under WTO, to address the Sanitary & Phytosanitary (SPS) measures for agro-product trade are mandatory. The Provincial Government has been sensitized and farmers of the Balochistan have also been trained to address the SPS issues for successful export of various fruits to different countries.

(iii) The M/o Commerce, through Pakistan Horticulture Export & Development Company (PHDEC) is also addressing the fruit storage issues related to different fruits in the country. 9 41. *Jam Abdul Karim Bijar:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) the financial losses, suffered by Pakistan Railways due to different accidents since August, 2018;

(b) whether such incidents have been inquired into; if so, the details thereof;

(d) what steps are being taken to avoid such incidents, in future?

Minister for Railways (Sheikh Rashid Ahmed): (a) From August, 2018 to July, 2019 the losses suffered by Pakistan Railways are mentioned as under:—

Cost of damages from July, 2018 June, 2019 in (PKR) —————————————————————————————— Track (P-Way) 89, 925,178 Rolling Stock (Carriage & Wagons) 16,575,490 Mechanical (Locomotive) 17,588,144 Electrical 3,026,600 Signal 10,000 —————————————————————————————— Total 127,125,412 (PKR) —————————————————————————————— (b) Since August 2018 to June 2019 a total of 74 notable accidents occurred in the system of Pakistan Railways. Out of these 74 accidents, 44 accident inquiries have been finalized. 22 accidents relating to goods trains are being dealt by respective divisions in accordance with rule SR. 162/72 of the General & Subsidiary Rule Book of Pakistan Railways. The remaining 8 inquiry reports are under process and will be finalized in due course of time.

Detailed break up of accident inquiries is attached herewith for ready reference. 10

(c)  Accidents at unmanned level crossings attributed to the negligence of road users. In these cases the responsibility entirely lies on the road vehicle drivers in accordance with section 91/1 of Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1965 and Section 128 & 129 of Railway Act 1890.

 Disciplinary action has been taken against the staff held responsible after the enquiry.

(d) STEPS TAKEN TO PREVENT THE ACCIDENTS:

1. Steps have been under taken for up-gradation of 550 vulnerable unmanned level crossings throughout the Pakistan Railways network in collaboration with the respective Provincial Governments. So far the Punjab Government has expeditiously undertaken the up-gradation of vulnerable railway crossings and about 75 number of unmanned level crossings have been upgraded to manned level crossings. Efforts are underway to upgrade 150 unmanned level crossings. Government of Sindh has also agreed to provide funds for the upgradation of 44 vulnerable unmanned level crossings. On the same lines, the Government of KPK is also providing funds for the upgradation of 06 vulnerable unmanned level crossings.

2. The Directorate of Public Relations has circulated different video messages over Social Media for the awareness and information of general public regarding crossing the Railway crossings in a safe way.

3. Conversion of old age Kerosene oil based signals with LED’s on main line, which have better visibility.

4. Training and refresher courses are conducted regularly at the Pakistan Railway Academy, Walton. Special attention is being given to the training of the locomotive crews, guards, station masters and other staff concerned with train operations.

5. Regular inspections in accordance with prescribed standards and quota are conducted by the officers and officials of Pakistan Railways to maintain safety standards. This process is being constantly monitored at appropriate levels. 11 6. Special Bulletins/instructions are issued regularly for guidance of staff. 7. Inquiries into accidents are held, responsibility fixed and remedial measures on the basis of their findings are promptly taken. 8. Inspections of all manned or unmanned level crossings is being carried out by all concerned in accordance with laid down schedule regularly. 9. Warning signs in Urdu language have already been clearly displayed to sensitize the road users at unmanned/manned level crossings.

42. *Mr. Ali Gohar Khan:

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state as to why the outstanding dues are not being paid to the contractors who supply commodities to Utility Stores Corporation alongwith the amount outstanding against the Government? Minister for Industries and Production: USC’s current payables to vendors including Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP), are worked out to be Rs. 30,379 million. USC is currently in the process of rehabilitation and trying to revive itself by introducing the structural changes. At the moment, USC is making the phased payments to its vendors. However, USC is facing the financial crunch and is unable to pay 100% payment to each vendor in the present situation. The break-up of payment is given as under:— Rs. in Million —————————————————————————————— TCP Payables 26,541 Vendors 3,838 —————————————————————————————— Total payables 30,379 —————————————————————————————— USC’s receivables from the Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan (GoP) are Rs. 18,122.688 million. The detail of which is narrated below:

TCP Sugar Subsidy Receivables (Payable to TCP) = Rs. 18,088.925 PM Relief Package = Rs. 33.542 Ramzan Relief Package = Rs. 0.221

Total = Rs. 18,122.688 Million PKR 12 43. *Mr. Muhammad Aslam Khan:

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

(a) the names of farmers, belonging to Balochistan, who were imparted training by National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad during the last five years; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to conduct more such trainings for the province in future; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan): (a)  During the last five years, Agriculture Poly-technique institute of PARC-National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) imparted training to 1524 farmers/officers/students from 31 districts of Balochistan selected by provincial Agriculture Extension Department in best management practices of Cereals, Horticultural Crops & Livestock.

(b)  Balochistan Agriculture Research & Development Center (BARDC) Quetta is organizing trainings in various fields of agriculture technologies to train the local farming community on regular basis.

 Two projects have been planned to conduct more trainings for the farmers/officers/ students of Balochistan in future:

1. JICA funded Project “The Project for Capacity Development of Agriculture Extension Services in Balochistan Province” was initiated in April 2019. 25 Master Trainers through Training of Trainers (ToT), 250 Field Assistants and 150 Agriculture Officers will be trained. Under this project, training programme has been initiated and two (2) batches of 50 persons (25 in each batch) trainings have been completed.

2. Italian soft loan project is in process of approval at Ministry of NFS&R for the “Professional Capacity Building and Extension in Agriculture (PCBEA)”around 6400 farmers will be trained. 13 44. *Ms. Nusrat Wahid:

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to promote industrialization in the country, at present?

Minister for Industries and Production: Ministry of Industries and Production (M/o I&P) is executing 18 ongoing/new projects through Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) to promote industrialization in the country (Detail at Annex-I).

 The development portfolio of M/o I&P is worth Rs. 10.950 Billion and total allocation made to this Ministry’s projects during FY 2019-20 is Rs. 2343.293 Million out of which Rs. 607.073 Million has been allocated to 09 ongoing projects and remaining Rs. 1736.220 Million to 09 new/un-approved projects.

(Million Rupees) —————————————————————————————— Projects No. of Projects Total Cost Allocation (FY 2019-20) —————————————————————————————— Ongoing 09 4,269.597 607.073

New 09 6,680.938 1736.220 —————————————————————————————— Total 18 10,950.535 2343.293 ——————————————————————————————

 The Development Projects are being implemented for:

 Skill development

 Common training facilities and common machinery pools

 Transfer of technology

 Increasing efficiency and improving productivity

 Value addition and diversification of products

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library) 14 45. *Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali:

Will the Minister for Water Resources be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the local candidates, belonging to Chitral District, submitted applications to the Chief Engineer, Warsak for recruitment against vacancies in Golen Gol Hydel Power Station, Chitral;

(b) whether it is also a fact that sidelining the local candidates, appointments were made from other districts; and

(c) if the answers to part (a) and (b) above are in affirmative, reasons thereof alongwith the detail of appointees, particularly the ones not belonging to Chitral?

Minister for Water Resources (Mr. Muhammad Faisal Vawda): (a) Yes, applications are being received by WAPDA from local candidates however, as per WAPDA Recruitment Policy 2018, posts are advertised / published in Newspapers in order to provide equal opportunity to everyone.

(b) No.

(c) The following 02 Nos. officials were appointed against Deceased Employees Children Quota (during service death cases) vide office order dated 19-06-2018 in order to facilitate bereaved families as per agreement with CBA, which states that:

“To appoint eligible one child (son / daughter) for the post of BPS-1 to 14 on Contract of those WAPDA employees who die during service without advertisement irrespective of 20% quota reserved for employee’s children”.

However, these officials were transferred to other offices and resultantly posts in the office of Resident Engineer, Golen Gol Hydel Power Station, Chitral have become vacant. The detail of said appointees are as under: 15 —————————————————————————————— Sr. No. Name Designation Remarks —————————————————————————————— 1. Mr. Abdullah S/o Mali (BPS-01) During service Mr. Abdul Jabbar (Late) death case.

2. Mr. Muhammad Asem S/o Sanitary Worker During service Mr. Muhammad Ayaz (Late) (BPS-01) death case. —————————————————————————————— 46. *Ms. Shams Un Nisa:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the number of new hospitals/health- care units established by the Federal Government during the last one year alongwith the names and number of Federal Hospitals functioning in each province, at present?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: During the last one year no new hospital / health-care units has been established by the Federal Government in ICT or any province. However, the following new hospitals / health care units are under process of construction. 16

In addition to the afore-said facilities, a number of projects under Federal Government Polyclinic (FGPC), Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS), National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (NIRM) and District Health Office (DHO) Islamabad are underway/likely to be undertaken during financial year 2019-20, which primarily pertain to replacement of medical equipment and strengthening/ up-gradation of different departments of aforesaid hospitals (Annex-I).

Furthermore, presently no hospital is functioning under administrative control of M/o NHSR&C in any province.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

47. *Ch. Muhammad Barjees Tahir:

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

(a) the number of tobacco related deaths in the country over the last three years;

(b) the country’s global ranking on the issue of pictorial warnings on tobacco products; and 17 (c) the measures being taken by the Government to discourage the sale and use of tobacco and tobacco products?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) In Pakistan, tobacco is a cause of death of around 160,100 persons every year(Tobacco Atlas, 2018). In this context, the number of tobacco related deaths in the country over the last three years were 480,000.

(b) Pakistanis ranked at 56th position (with 60% size)amongst 118 countries on the issue of pictorial warning on cigarette packs. In EMRO, Pakistan is at TOP position on the issue (Canadian Cancer Society, International Status Report, September 2018). According to Country’s law, other tobacco products do not require pictorial warning.

(c) Tobacco Control Cell of Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination is taking demand and supply reduction measures to discourage the sale and use of tobacco and tobacco products in the country. Following are the main tobacco control laws that are available to the Cell:

 Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non-Smoker’s Health Ordinance, 2002

— Ban on smoking in places of public work or use — Ban on smoking in public service vehicles — Regulation of tobacco advertisements — Ban on sale of cigarettes to under-18s — Ban on sale or storage of cigarettes/tobacco products in/near educational institutions. — Mandatory display of “No Smoking” signs at public places.

 Cigarette (Printing of Warning) Ordinance, 1979: Amendment in 2002

— Ban on possessing, selling or offering for sale packets of cigarettes without health warning.

To discourage the sale and use of tobacco and tobacco products in the country, following measures have been taken: 18 Policy / Legislation Level Interventions: a. Enhanced size of pictorial health warning on cigarette packs to 60%. b. Banned sale of cigarettes in loose form. c. Banned manufacturing and sale of cigarettes packs having less than 20 cigarette sticks. d. Banned import of Sheesha (tobacco and non-tobacco) and related substances. e. Banned tobacco products advertisement in print, electronic and outdoor media.

f. Banned free samples, cash rebates, discounts and sponsorship of events. g. Illegalized “Designated Smoking Areas”. h. Increased FED on cigarette packs in Finance Act, 2019. Minimum FED on lower tier has been increased from Rs. 25 to Rs. 33 (32% increase in FED), and on upper tier, it has been increased from Rs. 90 to Rs. 104 (15.5% increase). FBR has announced to earmark additional cigarettes revenue to Health’s budget.

Infrastructure development / Institutionalization:

i. Established Tobacco Control Cell in KPK. Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan committed the same.

j. Committee on Tobacco Advertisements Guidelines (CTAG) reconstituted. k. National Technical Advisory Group (TAG) formed.

l. Provincial Implementation Committees/ Taskforces for tobacco control in the provinces formed and activated. 19 m. District Implementation & Monitoring Committees on tobacco control in model districts formed and activated.

Awareness interventions:

 Launched 2 national mass media campaigns on tobacco control (2015 & 2016).

 Launched a pilot advocacy campaign in cinema theatres across Pakistan, with the support of Federal Film Censor Board.

 Coordinated with PEMRA to air tobacco control messages as mandatory airing of public service messages.

 Conducted 402 capacity building sessions with law enforcement officers & authorized persons.

 Developed, printed and direct disseminated communication materials to districts (1,157,000 units)

 Plates/Posters/Boards carrying “Smoking is an Offense” message installed at public places.

 Two documentary films in national and regional languages produced and aired.

 Carried out outdoor branding on tobacco related diseases i.e. Streamers, banners etc. in multiple cities.

Enforcement measures:

 Built capacity of law enforcement officers / authorized persons. Resultantly, 1400 cases were registered across the country under various sections of 2002 Ordinance.

 Coordinated with Provincial Chief Secretaries and Chief Commissioner ICT to ensure enforcement of tobacco control laws. Resultantly, Provincial IGs issued instruction to enforce tobacco control laws. 20 48. *Mst. Shaheen Naz Saifullah:

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

(a) whether there is any powerful and completely independent Drug Authority with judicial powers in Pakistan; if yes, what is the selection criteria of its Head;

(b) whether this selection criteria is the same as applied in other autonomous bodies; and

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) There is no powerful and completely independent Drug Authority with Judicial Powers in Pakistan. However, there is a Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP). Appointment of its head is well defined in its Act, 2012, reproduced as under:

“Postgraduate degree in Pharmacy or medicine with an age not less than 45 years or more than 56 years, with a minimum of twenty years experience in management or pharmaceutical field or regulatory affairs, in public sector, or if no such person of aforesaid qualifications is available in the public sector, then a person possessing above qualifications and experience from the private sector.

(b) Selection criteria is not the same as applied in other autonomous bodies because every autonomous body has its own criteria defined in its legislation.

(c) Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination is taking measures to safeguard future generations’ from physical as well as mental health. A Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Cell has been established in this Ministry. The Cell is raising awareness on cardiovascular diseases (like heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes. A healthy lifestyle is being promoted. Simple cost effective measures are being promoted to reduce the burden of NCDs, including incorporating exercise in the daily routine, having a balanced diet by decreasing 21 junk food consumption, decreased intake of sugar and salt in everyday cooking and decreasing tobacco use.

A comprehensive programme for immunization to the children for their physical as well as mental health care is functioning in the country under administrative control of this Ministry. Although, health is a devolved subject, but the Ministry is performing its tremendous role to provide all facilities to the provinces and the federally administrative area in kinds like vaccines, syringes medicines, equipment. Technical support like training, workshops to the Doctors and health workers is also providing accordingly in the Pakistan for taking care of future generations.

Malnutrition/ stunting also affecting mental and physical growth of the children. Government has started following programme to reduce malnutrition:

Programs/ Initiative to reduce Malnutrition

 Immediate:

 Expansion of Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) for Children in Districts with high burden of acute malnutrition (Emergency intervention)

 Management of Malnutrition among mothers (going side by side with CMAM).

 Stunting Prevention with the support of UN-World Food Program in selected districts of Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and AJK

 Long Term:

 Behavior change about infant and young child feeding practices especially breast feeding by Provincial DoH,

 Supplementation targeting Pregnant & Lactating Women, Women of Reproductive Age and Adolescents

 Food Fortification 22  Large Scale Food Fortification  Home Fortification and Supplementation  Universal Salt Iodization – continued/ sustained

 Nutrition screening in schools

 Nutrition awareness: children, adolescents, caregivers

49. *Mr. Abdul Majeed Khan: Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that Layyah Sugar Mills, Layyah prepares secret Cane Purchase Receipt (CPR) @ Rs.180/40 kg; (b) whether it is also a fact that the farmer, who braves the weather hardships and arranges inputs like fertilizers, pesticides etc. mostly through loans to meet the food requirements of the country, is not paid the same rate i.e Rs.180/40 kg; and (c) if the answers to part (a) and (b) above are in affirmative, what is the Government policy to ensure full payment to the sugarcane growers to avoid sugar crisis in the country?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan): (a), (b) & (c) In line with Sugarcane Factory Act 1950, the provincial governments are responsible to fix the sugarcane indicative prices in their respective provinces. The related issues pertaining to sugarcane industry and prices including announcement of crushing season and pending payment are dealt by the provinces.

50. *Ms. Nuzhat Pathan:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that export of medicines remained low since 2017 and there looks no sign of recovery even in 2019; and

(b) if so, the reasons thereof? 23 Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) No, the exports of medicines from Pakistan have shown growth as compared to overall trend of exports. As per the data available, export figures of last three (03) financial years i.e. 2016-17 to 2018-19 are as follows: —————————————————————————————— Financial year Export Figures (in million US $) —————————————————————————————— 2016-17 194.000* 2017-18 211.674* 2018-19 215.860 —————————————————————————————— *Data obtained from TDAP Official website (https://www.tdap.gov.pk/tdap-statistics.php)

(b) The exports of pharmaceutical products increased during last three (03) financial years. The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) under the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination, is continuously improving to effectively regulate and facilitate the compliance in the field of drugs, biologicals, medical devices, alternative medicines and health products.

The export of drugs is regulated by DRAP under the provisions of The Drugs (Import & Export) Rules, 1976 framed under The DRAP Act, 2012

DRAP operates in five field offices namely Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta where cases related to exports of drugs are processed on priority basis. It is pertinent to mention here that no fee is charged by DRAP on the grant of NOC for export of medicines from Pakistan.

An Export Facilitation Desk has also been established in DRAP (headquarter) Islamabad, with an aim to expedite the pharmaceutical exports by providing a prompt implementation mechanism and effective evaluation system. It facilitates exporters of drugs regarding the issuance of export NOC’s, the officers assigned at this desk assist/guide the applicants/exporters on followings:

 Requirements as per rules & procedures for issuance of export NOCs

 Issuance of Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product (CoPP) 24

 Registration of drugs for export purpose

 Issuance of Certificates of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)

 Any other matter related to export facilitation

51. *Mr. Gul Dad Khan:

Will the Minister for Water Resources be pleased to state whether it is a fact that Mohmand Dam is being constructed in the areas of the three ex-Agencies, Bajaur, Malakand and Mohmand; if so, the details of area covered by the Dam Project?

Minister for Water Resources (Mr. Muhammad Faisal Vawda): The Main Dam and appurtenant structure of Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project are constructed in Mohmand Tribal District. Reservoir (56 Km) of the project extends from Mohmand Tribal District to Bajaur and Malakand ex- agencies.

The area wise break-up of three ex-agencies for Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project is as under:

1. Mohmand = 6,796.58 Acres 2. Bajaur = 519.33 Acres. 3. Malakand = 770.47 Acres

52. *Ms. Mussarat Rafiq Mahesar:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) the year-wise deficit of the Pakistan Railways during the last three years; and

(b) the steps taken to control the said deficit?

Minister for Railways (Sheikh Rashid Ahmed): (a) The detail of deficit of Pakistan Railways for the last three years from 2016-17 to 2018-19 is given below:— 25 (Rs. in Million) —————————————————————————————— Financial Revenue Expenditure Surplus /(Deficit) Years —————————————————————————————— 2016-2017 40,082 692 80,784.474 -40,701.782 2017-2018 49,575.670 86,197.719 -36,622.049 2018-2019 54,514.090 87,283.210 -32,769.120 —————————————————————————————— The deficit shows a declining trend as compared to last three (03) years. The deficit was decreased to Rs. 32.769 billion despite that Pakistan Railways had to spend an additional amount of Rs. 3.033 billion on account of increases in High Speed Fuel prices, Pay, Pension and depreciation of Pak Rupee against US Dollar.

(b) Following steps have been taken to improve financial position of Pakistan Railways:

 Pakistan Railways has started 24 new trains with the same rolling stock and human resources which resulted in additional revenue earning of Rs. 4.938 billion (54.514 49.576 = 4.938) as compared to the last financial year (2017-2018).

 Introduction of EFI locomotives and Trains Tracking System has contributed in reducing the fuel consumption by 2.000 million liters.

53. *Ms. Uzma Riaz:

Will the Minister for Maritime Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) the number of foreign ships that anchored at Port Qasim and Karachi Port or used these ports’ facilities during the last five years (2013 to 2018); and

(b) the revenue earned by Provincial/ Federal Government from these ships during the said period with year-wise details? 26 Minister for Maritime Affairs (Syed Ali Haider Zaidi): (a)

i. Port Qasim Authority has informed that during the period of last five year (2013-18) 6,493 Ships arrived at Port Qasim, details is as under:— —————————————————————————————— Financial year No. of Vessels —————————————————————————————— 2013-14 1002 2014-15 1212 2015-16 1342 2016-17 1383 2017-18 1554 —————————————————————————————— TOTAL VESSELS 6,493 ——————————————————————————————

ii. Karachi Port Trust has informed that during the period of last five year (2013-18) 9,608 Merchant Ship arrived at Karachi Port and handle 316,499,840 GRT, the ships, in question, were of different commodities. The detail of ships during the last 5 years is as under: —————————————————————————————— Financial years Ships handled —————————————————————————————— 2013-14 1,708 2014-15 1,785 2015-16 1,941 2016-17 1,998 2017-18 2,176 —————————————————————————————— TOTAL 9,608 —————————————————————————————— 27 (b)

54. *Pir Syed Fazal Ali Shah Jillani:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the Polyclinic administration has not taken action to repatriate the doctors, working in Polyclinic, to their parent institutions/hospitals (Provincial and Federal) inspite of clear orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan;

(b) whether it is also a fact that recently one doctor, working on deputation, has been promoted by the Polyclinic superceding the most senior lady doctor who is a permanent employee;

(c) if the reply to the above is in affirmative, the reasons thereof and action to be taken to provide justice to the lady doctor? 28 Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) The issue of repatriation of doctors in the light of Supreme Court of Pakistan decision has not been finalized as yet. The issue is, however, is under consideration from all legal aspects.

(b) No doctor or deputationist has been promoted against the rules.

55. *Ms. Shazia Marri:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that in and outdoor patients in Federally Administered Hospitals are required to buy a number of medicines by themselves and get laboratories tests from private laboratories on regular basis;

(b) if so, whether a comprehensive study has been made, in recent times, to identity the exact quantum of medicines and laboratories tests which are required to be arranged by patients themselves on daily basis and structural administrative weaknesses to provide such services by the Government itself;

(c) if so, the details thereof alongwith corrective measures, which are being taken to provide such services by the Government; and

(d) the annual funds reserved, released and utilized for the aforesaid purpose during the last five years including the current year?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a)

PIMS

It is not fact that in and outdoor patients in PIMS are required to buy a number of medicines by themselves and get laboratories tests from private laboratories. PIMS never refer any test to private laboratories. 29 The PIMS has extensive list of available medicines in all components for Outdoor & Indoor patients. These lists of medicines fulfill maximum needs of the patients. Time and again it is circulated by administration directing doctors to prescribe drugs within the hospital formulary.

Copies of list of available medicines for all components are attached at (Annex-A).

For poor and Mustahiq patients like Cancer, Haemophilia. Thalessemia etc and expensive implants for surgeries are provided from Zakat & Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal funds. The patients visiting emergency are provided all the medicines and surgical disposables free of cost from the hospital.

There are budgetary constraints and therefore PIMS is not in position to provide 100% medicines/test.

General Labs test are clone in PIMS laboratories however, few test are referred to AFIP and NORI”.

NIRM

The National Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine is a tertiary level facility meant to provide comprehensive, effective and free of cost health care to the handicapped patients on priority basis. The National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Islamabad has been designed to provide services to patients with all types of disabilities i.e. Physical, Hearing, Visual and emotional/ Psychological impairments. At NIRM these patients are provided services on priority basis which include free of cost medicines. indoor admission, lab and radiological investigations including MRI and CT scan, surgeries, provision of wheel chairs, crutches, hearing aids, artificial limbs and skeletal supports through Zakat and PBM funds

FGH

The Federal General Hospital has adequate medicines available in its stores to cater for its daily requirement. It is rarely that some medicines not available in hospital has to purchased from outside. The quantum would be less than 5%. Similarly, the Federal General Hospital Lab is performing all routine tests to cater for its daily demands. Seldom some rare test are done from outside. The quantum would be less than 2%. 30 FGPC

The Essential medicine list and laboratory tests are available in the hospital and provided to all indoor & outdoor patients on free of cost basis.

A few specialized lab tests are referred to NORI or NIH (Govt Institutions), in case the need arises(However, the tests will be available free of cost in the coming weeks and directions in this regrad have been issued.

(b) PIMS

N/A

NIRM

The National Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine is a tertiary level facility meant to provide comprehensive, effective and free of cost health care to the handicapped patients on priority basis.

FGH

The quantum is negligible.

FGPC

No study was required since all the basic / essential test are being performed at FGPC, free of cost, without any discrimination, list of all essential test being performed at FGPC.

N/a

NIRM

Not applicable.

FGPC

No study was required since all the basic / essential test are being performed at FGPC, free of cost. without any discrimination, list of all essential test being performed at FGPC.

(d) PIMS The detail of last 05 years budget allocation and utilization of Drugs & Medicines in PIMS Hospital is given as under: —————————————————————————————— Sr. No. Financial Year Allocation Utilization —————————————————————————————— 1. 2014-15 456.210 454.745 2. 2015-16 559.153 559.032 3. 2016-17 663.916 663.929 4. 2017-18 658.104 658.058 5. 2018-19 663.703 662.970 6. 2019-20 510.324 - —————————————————————————————— NIRM

The annual funds reserved, released and utilized for the aforementioned purpose during the last five years including the current year is detailed below:— —————————————————————————————— S.No. F/Y Amount in (Million) —————————————————————————————— 1. 2015-2016 Rs. 16 million 2. 2016-2017 Rs. 13.566 million 3. 2017-2018 Rs. 13 million 4. 2018-2019 Rs. 17 million 5. 2019-2020 Rs. 30 million —————————————————————————————— FGH

Annex-I. 32 FGPC

The annual funds allocated, released and utilized by FGPC aforesaid purpose during last five years is as under:— —————————————————————————————— S.No Years Budget Expenditure —————————————————————————————— 1. 2014-15 583,169,00 582,790,950 2. 2015-16 637,419,824 637,261,939 3. 2016-17 604,678,000 603,458,962 4. 2017-18 550,041,000 543,595,962 5. 2018-19 725,144,000 725,448,487 6. 2019-20 510,438,000 - —————————————————————————————— (Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

56. *Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur:

Will the Minister for Water Resources be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that no survey was ever conducted to identify the dam sites and hydro power potential of the River Chenab;

(b) if the answer to part (a) is in affirmative, the reasons thereof; if otherwise, the details thereof?

Minister for Water Resources (Mr. Muhammad Faisal Vawda): (a) WAPDA is currently carrying out studies of following Water Resources Projects on Chenab River: —————————————————————————————— Name of Project Storage (MAF) / Hydropower (MW) —————————————————————————————— Chiniot Dam 0.85 / 80 Wazirabad Dam 0.90 / 90 Midh Ranjha Dam 1.20 / 80 Shah Jeewna Dam 1.20 / 80 —————————————————————————————— 33 (b) Present status of above mentioned projects is as under:

Chiniot Dam: The Feasibility Study has been finalized and PC-II for Detailed Engineering Design is in process examination by the office of Chief Engineering advisor office of Ministry of Water Resources since Apri1, 2019.

Wazirabad Dam: The conceptual report has been prepared and PC-II for Feasibility Study will be submitted shortlyfor approval of competent forum.

Midh Ranjha & Shah Jeewna Dams: The Project has been identified by Hydro Planning Organization, WAPDA in the year 2018. The conceptual study of the project is under preparation.

57. *Ch. Muhammad Barjees Tahir:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: (a) whether Government is planning to make any relaxation in the food procurement norms; (b) if so, the details thereof?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan): (a) & (b) No relaxation is proposed in food procurement norms.

58. Lapsed under Rule 247 (3).

59. *Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) the number of trains launched during the tenure of present Government till today; and (b) the number of trains, amongst these, running in loss? 34 Minister for Railways (Sheikh Rashid Ahmed): (a) During the tenure of present government following new trains has introduced;

PASSENGER TRAINS

FREIGHT TRAINS

Number of freight trains has been increased from 8 to 12 trains per day during last one year. Two new container trains has been introduced during the one year.

(b) There are 10 (5-Up & 5-DN) number of trains covering the operating expenses. Overall these trains are earning Rs. 86.191 million per month over and above the expenditure.

60. *Syed Agha Rafiullah:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the number of defective/non-operational locomotives, at present alongwith the reasons for not making them operational to facilitate the passengers and enhance the earning of Pakistan Railways? 35 Minister for Railways (Sheikh Rashid Ahmed): There are 474 Diesel Electric Locomotives owned by Pakistan Railways. At present, out of these 140 are out of service, detailed as under. Remaining 334 D.E Locomotives more than sufficient for passenger and good operation of Pakistan Railways:

It is worth mentioning here that all the present operational requirements are being full-filled successfully.

ISLAMABAD: TAHIR HUSSAIN, The 15th September, 2019 Secretary.

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Monday, the 16th September, 2019

7. Ms. Shams Un Nisa: (Deferred during 8th Session) Will the Minister for Water Resources be pleased to state whether the Government has any plan for recharging water aquifers for groundwater management and to develop the economical and sustainable technology for aquifer recharging to cope with water crises? Reply not received.

101. Ms. Nusrat Wahid: (Deferred during 9th Session) Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to prevent publications of provocative sectarian literature in the country?

Reply not received.

12. Dr. Samina Matloob: (Deferred during 13th Session)

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) how much subsidy has been given to Sugar Mills in South Punjab; and (b) what are the names of those sugar mills and the amount of subsidy given to them individually?

Transferred to Commerce Division for answer on Next Rota Day. 2 14. Begum Tahira Bukhari: (Deferred during 13th Session)

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to control Hepatitis-C?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: In 2011, the National Ministry of Health was devolved into Provinces; therefore, the Prime Minister’s Program was devolved into four independent Provincial “Chief Minister’s Hepatitis Control Programs”.

Since 2015, a lot of work has been done to reduce the cost of treatment. First Sofosbuvirs was imported on low cost. Than it has been now manufactured in Pakistan by generic name. Sofosbuvirs is available at 20 $ for 3 months treatment and dactlatasvirs is also made available on low cost.

To curb the huge disease burden of hepatitis B and C, Recently, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHSRC) has established National Task Force on injection safety and will launch the National Injection Safety Plan on the upcoming World Hepatitis Day (WHD) July 28, 2019. In addition to this National Action Plan for Safe blood Transfusion and National Infection Control Guidelines will be launched on World Hepatitis Day WHD. A National Focal Point for Hepatitis control and prevention has been notified.

27. Ms. Kishwer Zehra: (Deferred during 13th Session)

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state:

(a) the complete list of the entities, nationalized in the past alongwith the names of their owners;

(b) the entities which were returned to the actual owners including their names and dates of return;

(c) the entities which were given in the possession of persons other than the actual owners alongwith their names, particulars; and

(d) the list of remaining entities? 3 Minister for Industries and Production: (a), (b), (c) & (d) Ministry of Industries and Production (MOIP) has undergone structural changes by way of bifurcation and mergers a number of times during last three decades. Record of the Ministry was shifted from one place to another during the process that disturbed the record keeping in strict sense of the word. Owing to it and as per the available record, this Ministry is not in a position to reply to the question with precision and accuracy.

However, Privatization Commission is better placed to respond to the question due to its access to the State Owned Units/Enterprises which were nationalized and presently on privatization list.

14. Prof. Dr. Shahnaz Baloch:

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state:

(a) the steps taken to set up new industries in Balochistan other than Gwadar in the year 2018-19;

(b) the names of new industrial zones established for industrialists and investors in Balochistan;

Minister for Industries and Production: (a) Ministry of Industries & Production (MoIP) has established a common facility centre in Hub, Lasbela Balochistan through a PSDP project titled “Light Engineering Up gradation Centre (LEUC)” which is being executed by Technology Upgradation and Skill Development Company (TUSDEC). The project was approved by CDWP meeting held on April 7, 2011 at a total cost of Rs. 250.570 Million.

The objectives of the project is to reduce dependency of industrial cluster of Lasbela on Karachi for services and the cluster will be able to utilize the testing, inspection and consultancy services provided in the Centre. The Centre will train the local manpower on skills which are needed in the local industry. This would lead to higher employability of skilled local workforce in the industry.

The construction of building has been completed and all utilities are in place. Twenty two machines have been procured and being commissioned. 4 Twelve staff members have been hired as per requirement and now the centre is under operations. Trainings & services to the industry has been initiated.

An amount of Rs. 20.182 Million was allocated to the aforesaid project in the last FY 2018-19. In the CFY 2019-20 an amount of Rs. 23.068 Million have been allocated for completion of the project. The overall physical progress of the project is 91%.

(b) MoIP is implementing 05 ongoing/new PSDP projects in Balochistan which are being executed by various departments/executing agencies for establishment/infrastructure development of Industrial estate/zones/ parks for potential industrialist and investors to establish new industrial units in Balochistan. The overall detail is as under: —————————————————————————————— Total Total Expenditure Allocation Projects Cost up to 30-06-2019 FY 2019-20 Rs. Million Rs. Million Rs. Million

—————————————————————————————— 05 3293.99 840.269 654.025 —————————————————————————————— The names and details of the PSDP projects is at Annex-I.

15. Pir Syed Fazal Ali Shah Jillani:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) whether Pakistan Railways intends to construct over head bridge over Railways crossing Mehrabpur-Thari, Mirwah road Mehrabpur to resolve inconvenience to the people of District Khairpur and Naushahro Feroze;

(b) if so, when will this project start; and

Minister for Railways (Sheikh Rashid Ahmed): (a), (b) & (c) It is apprised that as per Railway Engineering Code, if any flyover or underpass is required to be constructed over any level crossing the concerned Road owning authorities place requisition to Pakistan Railways, and their request considered according to the policy in vogue. Moreover, the Road owning authorities have to bear the cost of the proposed flyover or underpass. In the instant case, Highway Department District Khairpur is the authority, who has not yet approached Pakistan Railways.

Pakistan Railways will facilitate in approval/construction of ROB (road over bridge) as and when the Road owning authority will approach.

16. Pir Syed Fazal Ali Shah Jillani:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the date of repair and whitewash of the Category-IV Flats situated in I-8/1 Islamabad?

Deferred for answer on Next Rota Day. 6 17. Mr. Ramesh Lal:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the time by which PHA Flats, constructed in Sector I-16, Islamabad will be handed over to the allottees?

Deferred for answer on Next Rota Day.

18. Mr. Riaz Ul Haq:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) the reason for the closure of railway crossing 146-A in Okara City; and

(b) what steps have been taken by the Government for provision of basic facilities in the newly constructed railway station in Okara?

Minister for Railways (Sheikh Rashid Ahmed): (a) Level Crossing No.146-A at KM. 1095/14-15 between Okara - Kissan Stations is operational and never been closed. However, another Level Crossing No.145-A at KM.1088/9-10 existing in Okara Yard has been closed on account of non-payment of outstanding, maintenance/ operational charges amounting to Rs. 12,667,065/- By Chairman Zila Committee, Okara.

(b) All basic facilities / amenities like Washrooms, waiting room, tea stalls, water filtration plant, chillers, shelter on platforms, benches on platforms, public address system, reservation office, enquiry office and parking stand has been provided on newly constructed Okara station.

19. Ch. Muhammad Barjees Tahir:

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

(a) whether estimates were made for renovation and repairing works of House No.8, Category-II, Street No.49, Sector G-10/3, Islamabad; if so, the item wise details thereof;

(b) whether such estimates have been prepared at a number of times; if so, the justification thereof; and 7 (c) the time by which said works will be started and completed alongwith the details thereof?

Deferred for answer on Next Rota Day.

20. Mr. Muhammad Aslam Khan:

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

(a) the private agency/testing service which conducted tests and interviews for admission in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Nursing College in 2018;

(b) the number of girls who applied for nursing and the number of girls who were called for tests and interviews alongwith the detail of their names, domiciles and educational qualification; and

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS) advertised the specialized Nursing Diploma Programs and Post RN B.Sc. Nursing Degree in the National press. The written test and interview for specialized Nursing Diploma Programs were conducted by the PIMS, while written test or the Post R.N B.Sc. Nursing was conducted by Shaheed Zulfiqar All Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad through NTS.

(b) —————————————————————————————— Total application received including 06 PIMS Nurses 100

Candidates absent on Written test 16

Candidates appeared in the Written test 84

Passed in Written test 84

Appeared in Interview (02 found absent) 82 —————————————————————————————— 8 All candidates possess Metric Science certificate and 03 year General Nursing diploma from any nursing examination with marks obtained written test and department is placed at Annex-I.

Detail of post RN BSc admission process for the session 2018 is as under:— —————————————————————————————— Total application received with 50 > marks 171

Candidates not fulfill the requite admission criteria 06 (department candidates with no NOC)

Total candidates interviewed 165

Candidates selected against quota seats (No. candidate 18 from defense Services. Sindh, Balochistan and GB Govt. applied for admission vacant quota seats allotted to other departmental candidates on merit)

Candidates selected for waiting list/ alternate 08 —————————————————————————————— Candidates possessing the following criteria are eligible for the course:—

(1) 03 years General Nursing and Midwifery Specialty Diplomas & Marks sheets.

(2) Metric Science/ FSc Premedical.

(3) Valid Pakistan Nursing Council, Islamabad registration card.

(4) At least 02 years’ experience of clinical job in any recognized hospital.

(5) NOC from parent Department.

(c) List of selected candidates of one year specialization is attached at Annex-I And merit list of all candidates for 02 year post RN BSc Degree Program 2018 is placed at Annex-II.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library) 9 21. Ms. Shamim Ara Panhwar:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the total number of new hospitals established by the Federal Government till to date and the locations thereof?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: Presently four major hospitals are working under administrative control of M/o NHSR&C. The details are as under:—

However, in addition to above mentioned four hospitals, following new hospitals are also under process of construction: 10

In addition to the afore-said facilities, a number of projects under Federal Government Polyclinic (FGPC), Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS), National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (NIRM) and District Health Office (DHO) Islamabad are underway/ likely to be undertaken during financial year 2019-20, which primarily pertain to replacement of medical equipment and strengthening/ up-gradation of different departments of aforesaid hospitals (Annex-I)

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

22. Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal:

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state the steps taken to reform and rehabilitate Pakistan Steel Mills, Karachi?

Minister for Industries and Production: The present Government has taken number of steps to make PSM functional. To start with, the CCoP in its meeting of 31st October, 2018 has delisted PSM from the active list of Privatization. Subsequently, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet in its meeting of 7th November, 2018 has directed MoI&P to submit a viable operationalization plan for PSM. Later on, a summary submitted by the Privatization Division regarding Privatization of PSM, the CCoP on 17th June, 2019 has directed Privatization Commission to place PSM on the privatization list and asked for early recruitment of a Financial Advisor for 11 this purpose i.e., to bring in a party for the revival of Pakistan Steel Mills without transfer of full ownership. Accordingly, PC has advertised the post on 13th July, 2019 and presently is in process to ensure due diligence and transparency required to be exercised for the said purpose. Moreover, Ministry of Industries & Production has invited Local/ Foreign Firms, interested in revival of PSM, to visit the Mill for their assessment. The visit of the firms, accepting the invitation, has been arranged accordingly. In addition to fill in the vacant post of CEO, PSM advertisement has been published in Daily Newspaper of 20th August, 2019.

ISLAMABAD: TAHIR HUSSAIN, The 15th September, 2019. Secretary.

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