1 (28Th Session) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

1 (28th Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES”

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

Wednesday, the 13th January, 2016

99. *Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir: (Deferred during 21st Session)

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to control the adulteration in fresh/unpacked milk and unhygienic injections being injected to Cows and Buffaloes to increase production of milk therefrom in Islamabad?

Transferred to Interior Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

50. *Ms. Sajida Begum: (Deferred during 26th Session)

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

(a) whether it is a fact that for medical check up, the Doctors of private hospitals/clinics in Islamabad charge more than Rs.1000 as fee at present; and

(b) whether it is also a fact that the Doctors mostly do not sit in Government Hospitals resultantly people are compelled to visit said clinics/hospitals; if so, the steps taken by the Government to bound such Doctors to serve full time in the Government Hospitals?

Transferred to Capital Administration and Development Division for answer on Next Rota Day. 2 72. *Dr. Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari: (Deferred during 26th Session)

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to prevent the new publication of provocative sectarian literature in the country and remove the existing provocative sectarian literature?

Transferred to Interior Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

1. *Ms. Sajida Begum:

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

(a) the total number of seeds analyzed and experiments made by the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council during the year 2015;

(b) the total expenditure incurred thereupon and achievements made therefrom;

(d) the areas for which said seeds are suitable alongwith the details thereof?

Reply not received.

3. *Ms. Mussarrat Ahmadzeb:

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

(a) the authority who determine the prices of rice in the country at present; and

(b) whether there is any check and balance system for buying and selling therefor at present; if so, the details thereof? 3 Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): (a) Market forces.

(b) Open Market Operations; determine the price.

21. *Dr. Fozia Hameed:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to control sale of haram/ unhygienic meat in Islamabad?

Transferred to Interior Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

22. *Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:

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

(a) the details of advanced research accomplished by the National Agricultural Research Council in improving the seed quality as well as pesticides; and

(b) the expected benefits derived from the said advancements in our agriculture sector?

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

PARC has acquired a significant amount of germplsam of various crops from various sources for research.

PARC has developed 10 varieties/hybrids of maize, sunflower, canola, fodder and rice. The efforts are being made to develop rice & cotton hybrid.

Pesticides Research areas by PARC are;

Quality control of pesticide.

Pesticide residues in agricultural commodities and environmental samples contaminants. 4

Toxicological studies

Occupational exposures

Monitoring of pesticide resistance

Research to promote usage of pesticides.

(b) Benefits would depend on the volume of investments. However, they would be substantial for country’s economy.

23. *Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that National Agricultural Research Council has developed. a bio radiation model for waste water treatment for irrigation;

(b) if so, the benefits to be achieved by the said research for utilizing sewerage water for irrigation purposes?

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

(b) This technology reduces water related and water borne crop diseases and damages to national bio-diversity. This also minimises the pest population because the untreated water provides conducive conditions for pest propagation.

According to rough estimation Pakistan’s six major cities (Islamabad, Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Karachi and Quetta) produce wastewater equivalent to the capacity of which can contribute to establish 40 Rawal Dams. The treated water can be used for irrigation through establishing water channels towards rural areas. 5 25. *Rai Hasan Nawaz Khan:

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

(a) the year-wise funds allocated for repair of transformers in cities and rural areas of the country during the tenure of present Government separately;

(b) whether said funds were disbursed to each region separately;

(d) whether said transformers are being burnt due to over loading; and

(e) whether the employees of WAPDA collect money from the respective consumers to replace the said transformers?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) —————————————————————————————— DISCOs Year wise Funds Allocated for repair of Transformer (Rs. in million) —————————————————————————————— 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 —————————————————————————————— 1ESCO 177.815 234.593 203.767 MEPCO 192 215 295 FESCO 232 180 195 GEPCO 256 329 406 LESCO 360 720 861 PESCO 288.327 539.628 531.235 TESCO Nil Nil Nil QESCO 35.600 44.500 31.400 HESCO 350 325.385 208.085 SEPCO 179.070 146.257 91.520 —————————————————————————————— (b) No. Centralized payments were made.

(c) Yes. Audit is conducted regularly on annual basis. 6 (d) No transformer is burnt/damaged due to overloading rather due to internal fault, storm, lightening, heavy wind and road accidents etc.)

(e) No. Employees of WAPDA are not authorized to collect money from respective consumers for replacement of General Duty Transformers. However, the cost of replacement of dedicated/independent connections is recovered through Demand Notice/Bank Challan.

28. *Ms. Munaza Hassan:

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

(a) the steps taken by the present Government to stop food adulteration in Islamabad; and

(b) whether it is a, factthat a number of persons have been arrested in such cases during the last three years; ifso, the details thereof?

Transferred to Interior Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

151. *Ms. Sajida Begum:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government against the departments not paying the electricity bills monthly?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif):The Government is striving hard to effect recovery of electricity bill from consumers. In this regard the following steps have been taken against the defaulters:–

Timely execution of equipment removal orders against the defaulters.

Physical checking of the premises of the permanently defaulting consumers to make sure that the defaulters are not using electricity from any other source.

Follow up of Court cases/Settlement of billing disputes.

Timely delivery of electricity bills to consumers. 7

Provincial Finance Secretaries are being pursued for recovery of outstanding dues against the major defaulting departments of provincial government.

Reconciliation with Government Departments to recover the legitimate dues.

Meetings with Government of AJ&K are being convened to recover the long outstanding dues of GEPCO, IESCO and PESCO.

152. *Ms. Sajida Begum:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the total number of small Dams constructed in the country by the present Government alongwith the locations thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif):Ministry of Water and Power is sponsoring a number of water sector development projects pertaining to small dams. These projects are being implemented by WAPDA and Provincial Irrigation Departments.

The detail of small dams constructed in the country by the present Government alongwith location is given at Annex-I.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

153. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

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

(a) the present status of Export Processing Zone (EPZ), Sukkur; and

(b) the estimated completion date of the said EPZ?

Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi): (a) EPZA has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE), Sukkur in 1998 for establishment of Export Processing Zone (EPZ) at Sukkur on 100 acres it the Sukkur Industrial Estate. SITE under obligation for development of the project could not undertake the development work of EPZ due to lack of funds Hence, a revised MoU is under process with Government of Sindh and SITE Sukkur. 8 (b) The estimated completion date of the said zone is possible after the signing of the revised MoU.

154. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the Export Processing Zone (EPZ), has already been established at Gwadar; and

(b) whether it is also a fact that a new EPZ is being established therein; if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi): (a) There is no Export Processing Zone (EPZ) presently at Gwadar.

(b) The establishment of an Export Processing Zone (EPZ) at Gwadar is at preliminary planning stages. 1,000 acres of land has been leased by Government of Balochistan in 2006 at Karwat Gwadar. PC-II for appointment of consultant has been approved and EPZA has advertised notice for appointment of consultant for Planning and designing of Gwadar EPZ.

155. *Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that corruption cases have been registered in the Ministry regarding its employees by the Hujjaj and electronic and print media during the last three years;

(b) if so, the details alongwith the actions taken against the responsibles thereof?

Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony (Sardar Muhammad Yousaf): (a) Ministry does not “register” cases against employees. It can take disciplinary action against employees on receipt of complaints, if found guilty. In consequence of hue and cry raised by media after Mina tragedy during Hajj-2015, the Ministry has entrusted an inquiry to Sr. Joint Secretary for any kind of allegation of corruption against its employees during Hajj-2015. However, he has not submitted his report so far.

(b) As above. 9

156. *Ms. Musarat Rafique Mahesar:

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

(a) the total loss being suffered by the Pakistan Steel Mills during the last two years; and

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

Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi): (a) During the last two years Pakistan Steel has suffered Losses due to interrupted supply chain of raw material, insufficient fund position resultantly caused low capacity utilization of production. The financial position as per books of accounts for the year 2013-14 (Audited) and 2014-15 as per draft accounts (under audit) is given as under:

Rs. In million —————————————————————————————— 2013-14 2014-15 (Audited) (Draft) —————————————————————————————— Sales 7,674 7,032 Cost of Sates (25,940) (22,986) Gross Loss (18,266) (15,954) Operating Expenses (3,349) (3,155) Financial Charges (6,122) (6,036) Other Charges (631) (263) Other Income 1,871 790 Loss before Taxation (26,498) (24,618) Taxation 662 (44) Net Loss for the year (25,836) (24,662) —————————————————————————————— (b) The support provided by the government in 2013-14 and 2014-15 for the revival of the Corporation is elaborated at Annex-A.

(i) Supported by payments of monthly salaries of employees from June 2013 till approval of summary of restructuring of PSM by Privatization commission in April 2014. Total releases amounting to Rs.2.798 billion on this account. After full releases against Bailout Package, GoP is releasing net cash salary to employees of PSM at Rs.480 million per month and paid Rs.5.280 billion against salaries for November 2014 to September 2015. 10

Due to losses sustained by the Corporation and severe financial crises, the ECC of Cabinet in its meeting held on 25-04-2014 approved the summary submitted by the Privatization commission of Pakistan on “Restructuring option of PSM”. The amount of Rs.18.5 billion package was approved by the ECC including therein Rs.09 billion for raw materials L/Cs with NBP while remaining 9.5 billion included salaries Rs.4.5 billion, (three months outstanding and six months till October, 2014), Utilities Rs.2.2 billion, other procurements Rs.1.4 billion, PF and Gratuity Rs. 01 billion and Rs.400 million for essential repairs.

Reasons for not achieving Capacity Targets:

PSM could not achieve production targets as per restructuring plan due to delay in release of funds to clear outstanding payments and for iron ore (03 months and regular one month delay in releases of installments) causing 04 months working capital deficit of Rs.4.5 billion requested in November, 2014 / February, 2015 but not provided) besides twice each electricity tripping in July, 2014 to June, 2015 and gas reduction in January, 2015 to March, 2015 which affected the Blast Furnaces and thus production for 06 months. The plant is not producing steel since 10-06-2015 due to low pressure of gas supply ostensibly on non-payment of gas bills although arears are accumulating since 2008-09 but gas never disrupted while more than twice gas bill paid in 2014-15 viz-a-viz 2013-14 when gas was never disrupted in 2013-14. Also K-Electric owes SSGC Rs.63 billion, but its gas never disrupted.

(ii). Dumping of HR Material:

The sale of PSM suffered due to dumping of HR material from China starting February 2015 affecting PSM sales or ability to pay its bills for material and clearing L/C of NBP while piling up huge inventory of Rs.09 billion from June 2015. Billet manufacturers were allowed 15% RD in January 2015 and PSM was allowed only partial 12.5% RD on its HR products in end of March 2015 which allowed dumping of huge quantity of 450,000 ton alloy steel at zero duty.

PSM is suffering a loss of about Rs.2 billion per month since gas pressure reduction on 10th June, 2015 having gone to zero production while its vital Blast Furnaces and “hot blast stoves” are getting beyond revival range.

157. *Ms. Musarat Rafique Mahesar: Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: 11

(a) the total production of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), Karachi at the time when the present Government taken over the charge alongwith the production capacity thereof;

(b) the present production and capacity of the PSM; and

Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi): (a) the total production in FY 2012-13 was 159,016 MTN with capacity utilization of 14 %.

(b) the capacity of PSM is 1.1MTPY. The present production of the PSM is Zero due to stoppage of Gas supply by the SSGC since June 10th 2015. The quarter wise details of production is placed at tab At Aunex-A

(c) the Administrative expenses of Mill are reduced when capacity utilization is increased and profit is achieved at 77% and above capacity utilization.

Annexure-A —————————————————————————————— Production Capacity Period (MTN) Utilization Plan fulfillment —————————————————————————————— 1st quarter (July-Sep-2014) 37,339 13 % * 45 % 2nd quarter (Oct-Dec-2014) 43,272 28% 47% 3rd quarter ( Apr-June-2015) 76,385 28%** 47% 4th quarter (Apr-June-2015) 57,266 21%*** 66% Year 2014-15 216,173 ¾ 20% 46% 1st quarter (July-Sep-2015) 1,082 1% 2% 2nd quarter (Oct-Dec-2015) 0 0% 0% —————————————————————————————— * 13 electricity tripping at Gharo in July 2015 affected water pumping and reduced reservoir to dead level affecting Blast Furnace and hence production for two months (any Blast Furnace stoppage takes 30 to 45 days to restart production).

** Natural Gas stopped on 07 January 2015 when 50% capacity achieved followed by national electricity outage of 25 January 2015, which affected 12 production of two months. ¾ Gas again stopped on 10 March 2015 when 65% capacity had been achieved which reduced average production of the month and affected many plants.

*** Natural Gas has been stopped by SSGC since 10th June, 2015 to-date.

158. *Ms. Shamas Un Nisa:

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

(a) the year and province-wise total number of Dengue and Congo virus cases registered during the last three years separately; and

(b) the year and province-wise total number of persons died by said virus separately during the said period?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination:. (a) The year-wise summary of the Dengue Fever an CCHF cases is given in the table below:

(b) —————————————————————————————— CCHF Dengue Year Cases Deaths Year Cases Deaths —————————————————————————————— 2013 89 28 2013 20,710 104 2014 88 20 2014 1,991 18 2015 29 6 2015 9,899 7 Total 206 54 Total 32,600 129 —————————————————————————————— 2 The province wise details of Suspected, Confirmed Deaths due to Dengue Fever and CCHF are attached Annexure I and II.

3. The steps taken by the M/O NHSRC for the preventioand control of viral hemorrhagic fever are as below; i. Health professionals and authorities throughout the country are regularly sensitized through Seasonal Awareness and Alert Letters (SAAL) being issued by the National Institute of Health (NIH), 13 Islamabad thrice a year since 2004. ii. Advisories regarding CCHF are issued specially before Eid-ul-Azha when public and animal contact is increased hence causing high risk of infection transmission.

iii. The updated version of National Guidelines on Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF), including CCHF and Dengue Fever are made available at NIH website for ready reference.

iv. Considering the diseases transmission dynamics (human-to-human) and high mortality, the healt professionals have been trained country wide rule out CCHF through a careful history/clinical examination of the suspected patient strictly observing the prescribed hospital infection control measures.

v. Provision of Diagnostics Facilities for CCHF and Dengue Fever.

vi. Training on Rapid Response Teams on VHF for the provincial public health staff have been conducted.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library).

159. *Ms. Shamas Un Nisa:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the present status of the on going residential projects for the employees of the Federal Government alongwith the time by which those projects will be completed?

Minister for Housing and Works (Mr. Akram Khan Durrani): FGEHF Sincere efforts are being made by FGEHF to start and complete the six housing schemes for FG Employees. The details are at Annex-A

PHA Foundation

Currently there are 04 housing projects for PHA-F that is ongoing. Their present status alongwith date of completion are given below: 14

Annex-A Housing Foundation is trying hard to provide plot/apartments to its registered members. The details of the ongoing schemes are as follows and the number of plots in these schemes will be determined after preparation and approval of the layout plan. a. Green Enclave-I Scheme, Bhara Kahu, Zone-IV, (Phase-6) Islamabad

This scheme of 3,244 plots consisting of 3150 kanals land remained subjudice in Supreme Court of Pakistan from 2009 till 2013. After this, legal proceedings were initiated because of violation of contract from M/s Green Tree and the matter remained subjudice in the Islamabad High Court. Recently, with the intervention of NAB, an amended draft is going to be signed between the two parties which was approved by the Housing Foundation Executive Committee on 15-12-2015 under which M/s Green Tree is bound to provide developed plots. It is therefore expected that the development work will start soon. On the other hand, 1,669 eligible members have been issued consent letters alongwith brochure on “first come, first served” basis and the process of confirmation of their data from the concerned departments is under process. 15 b. Life style Residency Apartment Scheme

Housing Foundation has completed planning for construction of 2,886 apartments of different categories on land measuring 15 acres situated at G-13 Islamabad. The CDA board has accorded approval of layout plan / FAR. The project will start soon after the issuance of NOC from CDA, resulting in the allotment to the eligible members. According to the contract, the Scheme will be completed in 48 months after its launch. c. Housing Scheme in Sector F-14/15, Islamabad

The Prime Minister of Pakistan accorded approval of Sector F-14/15 on May, 2015. For the acquisition of 10,629 kanals, the notification of section-4 was issued on 20-05- 2015. The satellite Pictures of F -14 and F -15 are obtained on dated 22 June 2015 in order to determine the built-up property and Urban Unit Lahore has recorded the built-up property according to GST technology and its total number is 187 till 20-06-2015. Survey of Pakistan has demarcated Sector F-14 and F-15. Selection of consultants and contractors for the project is in final stages. The Selection process will be completed till February-2016. Section 17(4), and 6 Land Acquisition Act has been issued for F-14 through which the Housing Foundation has become the owner of land. d. Park Road Housing Scheme, Islamabad

In the light of Supreme Court’s decision, the notification of section-4 of 8,200 kanal land at Mouza Tamma and Morian Park Road, Islamabad has been issued on 29-04-2015 for Housing Scheme for FG Employees and members of the Supreme Court Bar Association and working on 3,000 kanals is in progress which can be added in this. For this, an advertisement for consultant has been given and selection is under process. e. Extension of Bara Kahu Housing Scheme

Housing Foundation has issued notification of section-4 of 7,000 kanals at Mouza Sakrilla on May,2014 for all the registered members of phase-I and M/s Usmani has been selected as a consultant which has started the survey and demarcation of this land. Moreover, Housing Foundation has issued a letter to LAC for notification of section-4 of 14,000 kanals land situated at Mouza Dohla Syedan, Phulgaran, Chak Malata, Dhkali Phulgaran in order to provide plots to all the members of phase-I. 16 f. Proposed Housing Scheme Thalian Interchange Near Islamabad Motorway Toll Plaza

M/s K.S. Developers & Builders in view of advertisement for EOI from Housing Foundation showed interest for starting a Housing Scheme in JV on a land of 7000 kanals situated at Mouza Morat , Chahan & Mandowal Tehsil Feteh Jang, District Attock/Rawalpindi and has signed an MOU on 03-07-2015, according to which developed plots would be provided to the registered members of Housing Foundation. The selection of price Evaluator has been completed according to the decision of the Executive Committee in order to determine the price of the land provided by the private parties. g. Proposed Housing Scheme through Joint Venture of M/s Alawal Group of Companies

M/s Alawal Group of Companies in view of advertisement for EOI from Housing Foundation showed interest for starting a Housing Scheme in JV on a land of 6,000 kanals situated at Mouza Barkat, Bhadana, Noon & Bajinal Tehsil & District Rawalpindi & Islamabad and has signed an MOU on 17-12-2015, according to which developed plots would be provided to the registered members of Housing Foundation. The selection of price Evaluator has been completed according to the decision of the Executive Committee in order to determine the price of the land provided by the private parties.

In addition to the above said schemes, Housing Foundation is also scrutinizing different schemes and the provided land for the acquisition of the land in order to provide plot/apartment to its registered members and to increase its land bank. Housing Foundation is striving hard in order to complete the above said schemes on fast track basis.

160. *Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

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

(a) the breakup of average production of hydel electricity in megawatts being produced against overall potential of hydel in the country at present; 17

(b) whether it is a fact that Pakistan has failed to utilize full potential of hydel electricity; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to utilize full potential of hydel electricity of the country?

Reply not Recevied.

161. *Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) have invoked their right to international arbitration for recovering their unpaid capacity payment of billions of rupees rest against the Government of Pakistan; if so, the details thereof;

(b) the impacts of said international arbitration of IPPs on national exchequer and power sector respectively;

(c) whether the act of IPPs is tantamount to failure of Government with regard to settle the financial issues with IPPs by its own;

(d) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to mitigate the negative impacts of said arbitration of IPPs on national exchequer and power sector?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) following Independent Power Producers have moved to international arbitration for implementation of expert mediation decision on account of recovery of their capacity payment (LDs): 18 —————————————————————————————— Sr.# Name of IPPs CPP (Rs.) —————————————————————————————— 1 Atlas Power Ltd. 1,077,506,234 2. Halmore Power Generation Co. Ltd. 1,090,770,325 3. HUBCO Narowal Ltd. 563,458,528 4. Liberty Power Tech Ltd. 985,268,823 5. Nishat Chunian Power Ltd. 940,289,794 6. Nishat Power Ltd. 802,978,139 7. Orient Power Co. Ltd 1,343,799,727 8. Saif Power Ltd. 479,897,616 9. Sapphire Electric Co. Ltd 545,455,809 —————————————————————————————— Grand Total 7,829,424,995 —————————————————————————————— These Liquidity Damages (LDs) have been imposed on IPPs on issues related to non-availability of plants.

(b) The final impact will be determined by the court of arbitration as the case is being contested at that level.

(c) The disputes referred to the international courts are of contractual nature which are dealt under the respective Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) as such there is no failure on part of GoP so this is a commercial dispute.

(d) As already stated under reply to part (b) of this question, negative impact on exchequer will not be reflected.

162. *Ms. Suraiya Jatoi:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that drug regulations are being implemented in the country;

(b) if so, the achievements made therefrom during the present Government?

19 Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) Yes. The Drugs Act 1976, the DRAP Act 2012, the rules and regulations framed there under are being implemented in the country.

(b) Annexed.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library).

163. *Ms. Suraiya Jatoi:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that a number of persons are illegally occupying Government accommodations in Islamabad; if so, the details thereof;

(b) the action taken by the Ministry since 1-6-2013 against the responsibles therefor?

Minister for Housing and Works (Mr. Akram Khan Durrani):(a) It is a fact that a number of 153 persons are illegally occupying government accommodation in Islamabad. Detail is attached at Annex-A.

(b) First of all they were served legal notices to vacate the houses. Most of the houses have been got vacated by enforcement branch of Estate Office. Some trespassers have got stay order from different courts which are being pursued by litigation branch of Estate Office to get vacated stay orders.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library).

164. *Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:

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

(a) the total number of Utility Stores established in Dir Lower so far; and

(b) the food items/facilities provided to said stores during the last three years?

20 Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi):(a) Presently 38 stores are in operation in Lower Dir District. The list of which is enclosed at Annex-A. The stocks to stores are supplied on daily, weekly and monthly basis from the Warehouse.

(b) The detail of stocks supplied to stores of District Lower Dir during the last three years is being obtained from USC Regional Office Upper Dir, which will take time. The information relating to part-b of the question will be placed before the august House after the receipt of information from USC Regional Office Upper Dir within next 15 days.

Annex-A

TOTAL NUMBER OF UTILITY STORES ESTABLISHED IN DIR LOWER

1. Detail of Regular Stores in District Dir Lower. —————————————————————————————————— S. Store Name Store in District Store in Tehsil Store in UC No —————————————————————————————————— 1 US Khazana Dir Lower Munda Khazana 2 US Temergara Dir Lower Balambat Balambat 3 US Timergara (U) Dir Lower Timergara Timergara U 4 US Khungi Dir Lower Balamabat Balambat 5 US Munda Dir Lower Munda Munda 6 US Mian Kalay Dir Lower Munda Mian Kalay 7 US SadbarKaly Dir Lower Samar Bagh SadbarKaly 8 US Miskini Dir Lower Samar Bagh Maskini 9 US Samar Bagh Dir Lower Samar Bagh Samar Bagh 10 US Kambat Dir Lower Samar Bagh Kambat 11 US Zimdara Dir Lower Lal Qala Zimdara 12 US Maidan Dir Lower Lal Qala Lalqila 13 US Hayaseri Dir Lower Balambat Hayaseri 14 US Haji Abad Dir Lower Balambat Hajiabad 15 US Koto Dir Lower Balambat Koto 16 US Munjai Dir Lower Balambat Munjai 17 US Rabat Dir Lower Balambat Rabat 18 US Khal Kaly Dir Lower Timargarh Shelpalam 19 US Toormang Dir Lower Timargarh Toormang 20 US Timergara Chowk Dir Lower Timergara Timergara Urban 21 US Tore Camp Dir Lower Munda Munda 22 US Odigram Dir Lower Balambat Munjai 23 US CDC Dir Lower Balambat Balabat —————————————————————————————————— 21 2. Detail of Franchise Utility Store in District Dir Lower.

—————————————————————————————— S.No Store Name Store in District Store in Tehsil Store in UC ————————————————————————————————————— 01 FUS Serai Bala Dir Lower Timargrah Noorah Khel 02 FUS Talash Dir Lower Timargrah Noorah Khel 03 FUS Mayyar Dir Lower Samarbagh Mayyar 04 FUS Kalpani Dir Lower Timargrah Bagh Durshkhel 05 FUS Bandagai Dir Lower Timargrah Bandagai 06 FUS Nasafa Dir Lower Timargrah Noorah Khel ——————————————————————————————

3. Detail of Regular Store in District Dir Lower under control of USC Swat Region.

—————————————————————————————— S. No Name of Store Store in District Store in Tehsil Store in UC —————————————————————————————— 01 Chakdara Dir Lower Timargrah Chakdara 02 MKD University Dir Lower Timargrah Chakdara 03 US Badwan Dir Lower Timargrah Badwan 04 US Gul Abad Dir Lower Timargrah Tazagram 05 US Ouch Dir Lower Timargrah Ouch 06 US Kotigram Dir Lower Timargrah Kotigram 07 US Tazagram Dir Lower Timargrah Tazagram 08 US Asbanr Dir Lower Timargrah Asbanr 09 US Khadagzai Dir Lower Timargrah Khadagzai ——————————————————————————————

Summary —————————————————————————————— S.No Particular No. of Stores —————————————————————————————— 1 Total Regular Stores in District Lower Dir 32 2 Total Franchise Stores in District Lower Dir 06 —————————————————————————————— Total Stores in Lower District Dir 38 —————————————————————————————— 22 165. *Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that there is no independent legislation on occupational safety and health issues in Pakistan;

(b) if so, the steps taken by the Government for promotion of safety, health and better work environment in the industries and businesses?

Transferred to Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resources Development Division for answer on next Rota Day.

166. *Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to make common line of action at National Level for protecting religious sects of the country; if so, the details thereof; and

(b) whether there is also any proposal is under consideration of the Government to collaborate with the Commission on Minorities Rights for the said purpose?

Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony (Sardar Muhammad Yousaf): (a) Various constitutional and legal provisions exist for protection of all religious sects of Pakistan.The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith at Harmony has already taken following steps which ensure protection of all religious sects of Pakistan:—

1. A National Committee on Sectarian Harmony has been set up in the Ministry to establish Interfaith/ sectarian harmony among all sects by elimination of hatred and sectarian prejudices existing among various sects, as it is the first step to ensure protection of all sects. lts membership contains prominent religious scholars of all sects from all provinces. 23 2. Intrafaith Conferences were held.

3. Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony held meetings with the Ulema of all Muslims sects in five big cities (Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Islamabad) to persuade them to abide by a common code of conduct which also contans avoidance from hate speech and hate provoking sectarian literature, which can play an important role in protection of all religious sects of Pakistan.

4. The Ministry has successfully prepared a calendar of Unified timings for azan and Prayers and has provided it to all mosques of Islamabad for implementation. This will also create sectarian harmony and tolerance among the public.

5. The National Commission for Minorities is reconstituted and since February,2015 .It operates under Interfaith Harmony wing of Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony. Three meetings of the NCM have been held on 13-11-2014, 13-01-2015 and 07-05-2015 in which many important issues have been considered.

6. The section 99 (A) of Code of Criminal Procedure and Section 295 (A) of Pakistan Penal Code provide punishments along with procedure for prevention of Sectarian speeches and literature.

(b) National Commission for Minorities is part and parcel of Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony.The Commission is mandated to frame National Interfaith Harmony Policy, on which work is in progress. On the recommendations of the Commission, Interfaith Harmony Conferences in all provinces have been held to take on board the people of all sects/ religions from all over the country and Ministry has also requested the provinces to establish/ re-activate District Interfaith Harmony Committees.

167. *Rai Hasan Nawaz Khan:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that meter readers do not go for meter reading every month regularly in Rural Areas of the country particularly in Sindh but bills of a specified amount are send after every three or six months; if so, the steps being taken by the Government to check the said practice; 24 (b) the steps taken by the Government to bound meter readers to take reading every month and issue the electricity bills to the consumers as per actual reading; and

(c) whether Government intends to install pre-paid electricity meters in Rural Areas; if so, the steps being taken in this regard?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) There have been some complaints of such nature. Mobile reading process has however, been initiated by DISCOs wherein the Meter Readers are now duty bound to go for meter reading every month in rural areas of Sindh to record actual reading for billing.

(b) Mobile meter reading has been started in several Sub-Divisions of rural areas of HESCO and SEPCO. The details are as under:

SEPCO: Mobile reading has been initiated in 23 out of total 40 Sub-Divisions. The remaining Sub-Divisions will be completed by February, 2016.

HESCO: Mobile reading has been initiated in 22 out of total 67 Sub-Divisions. The process will be completed by February, 2016 in 51 Sub-Divisions in total. The remaining 16 Sub-Divisions will, however be covered by June, 2016.

Pictures of meter with actual reading are now being printed on electricity bills. Meter Readers have, therefore, been functionally bound to visit the site and take picture of every meter and actual reading on it.

168. *Dr. Shazia Sobia:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the steps taken by the Ministry to prevent/minimize the loss by floods in future?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): Ministry of Water & Power through Federal Flood Commission (FFC) plays coordination 25 role among Provincial and Federal Government Organizations dealing with flood management activities in the country.

Necessary steps are carried out by the Ministry of Water & Power/Federal Flood Commission for managing flood water in order to avoid losses of human life, damages to agricultural lands and other public and private property, are given as under:

Pre-Monsoon Season Action by Ministry of Water & Power/FFC

FFC chalks out pre-emptive measures for safe passage of monsoon season.

The existing SOPS of Mangla reservoirs were revised in 2015 in the light of lessons learnt during 2014 floods so as to enhance its role in flood mitigation.

FFC organizes a series of Pre-flood meetings to review progress on the pre-emptive measures and necessary instructions issued to flood management organizations.

Annual meeting of FFC is organized in April-May under the Chairmanship of Federal Minister for Water & Power, which is attended by all stakeholders.

Follow up meetings to review the arrangements of flood management related organizations and also to evaluate progress on decisions taken in Annual Meetings of FFC are arranged in June under the Chairmanship of the Federal Minister for Water & Power.

FFC also coordinates the desilting work in critical reaches of Lai Nullah each year.

During Monsoon Season Action by Ministry of Water & Power/FFC

FFC issues Daily Flood Situation Report to higher ups and Flood Management related agencies, based on Weather Forecasts/ Advisories and Rainfall & Rivers flow data as received from FFD, Lahore/PMD, WAPDA & PIDs.

For that purpose Flood Communication Cell established in FFC works on round-the-clock basis during entire Monsoon Season. 26

Responsibility for response/ reaction to warnings issued by PMD/ FFD, Lahore & FFC rests upon concerned Provincial organizations/ District Administrations.

According to their mandate, Provincial Irrigation Departments perform Flood Fighting Activities during entire Monsoon Season. The rescue and relief activities are carried out by PDMAs/GB-DMA/ FDMA & SDMA in close consultations with NDMA.

Post Monsoon Season Role of FFC

FFC prioritizes the list of emergent flood protection schemes in consultation with Provincial Irrigation Departments and Federal Line agencies for execution under GOP funded Normal/Emergent Flood Programme each year.

FFC technically scrutinizes the PC-Is of flood projects and submits them to Ministry of Water & Power for approval of DDWP/CDWP;

Monitoring of flood protection schemes by FFC’s Teams are executed under Normal/Emergent Flood Programme during their course of execution.

Allocation for Dams in PSDP 2015-16.

One of the advantages of a Dam is to absorb flood water. A number of Dams are being funded through PSDP for construction, feasibility studies, and detail design to be executed by WAPDA or Provincial departments. Some of these are: Darawat Dam, Nai Gaj Dam, Kurram Tangi Dam, Ghabir Dam, Diamer Basha Dam, Mohra Shera Dam, Mujahid Dam, Naulong Storage Dam, Windar Dam, Munda Dam, Chiniot Dam, Papin Dam. Detailed Design & PC-I of small & medium Dams in Sindh, Construction of small storage Dams/Delay action Dams, Sindh, 20 small Dams in KPK, small Dams in District Mansehra, Snam/Palai & Kundal Dams in KPK, Shadicore Dam Gwadar, small Dam in Tehsil Dobandi, Kila Abdullah, small Dams in District Kalat, Mangi Dam Quetta, 100 Delay Action Dams, Balochistan, Toiwar Batozai Dam District Killa Saifullah, Feasibility study for water resources for construction of Dams in Balochistan, Basool Dam Tehsil Omara. 27

Preparation of a National Flood Protection Plan (NFPP-IV) 2015-25 for Flood Management in the country.

The draft NFPP-IV/investment plan of Rs. 177.661 Billion has been prepared and finalized after through review and deliberation by all the stakeholders. It is under process of approval by Council of Common Interest (CCI).

The formulation of National Flood Protection Plan-IV (NFPP-IV) aims at improving country-wise comprehensive flood management planning, implementation and monitoring through Integrated Flood Management Approach which emphasizes, in addition to structural measures, the use of a broad range of non-structural measures, which include the following:

1. Reservoir operations. 2. Flood forecasting and early warning systems. 3. Flood risk zoning. 4. Watershed management. 5. Flood proofing and insurance. 6. Disaster management and other measures.

169. *Dr. Shazia Sobia:

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

(a) the present status of construction work of the Chiniot Dam;

(b) the date of commencement and completion of construction work of the said Dam; and

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a)

PC-II of Chiniot Darn Project was approved by CDWP on 4-3-2015 at a cost of Rs. 146.330 million.

An amount of Rs. 50.00 million has been earmarked in PSDP 2015-16. 28

The feasibility study is in progress.

(b) Construction work on main dam will be started after feasibility study and detailed engineering design. It would take about 03 years to complete the construction. (c) The project cost will be established in the project studies.

170. *Ms. Munaza Hassan:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the present Transmission System is unable to bear the load of electricity from more than 17000 Megawatts; if so, the steps being taken by the Government for its improvement; and

(b) the time by which the faults of Transmission System will be removed?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) As of Dec. 2015, the existing 220/132 kV transformation capacity of NTDC system is 24,313 MVA, which corresponds to 21,882 MW at 100% loading conditions. However, the capability for transferring of power at 80% loading conditions is about 17,500-18000 MW.

(b) For further improvement in existing NTDC system, following additions has been planned in next five years.

500 kV Grid stations 8 Nos. with installed capacity of 12,500 MVA. 220 kV Grid stations 21 Nos. with installed capacity of 14,970 MVA. 500 kV T/Lines 3460 km. 220 kV T/Lines 1591 km.

171. *Ms. Munaza Hassan:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: 29 (a) the steps taken by the Government to provide seed varieties to farmers that are resistant to drought; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to provide the local seed varieties at cheap prices to the farmers; if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the details thereof?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): (a) The government has taken following steps to provide seed of these crop varieties that are resistance to drought:

i. The research system has developed a number of drought resistant varieties for various crops.

ii. Pre-basic and basic seed production of drought resistant varieties.

iii. Increased production of certified seed of major crops and ensured availability of good quality seed to the farmers.

(b) No.

172. *Shazia Marri:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the year- wise details of increase made in the installed electricity capacity of the country during the last five years till date?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): The year wise details of increase made in the installed electricity capacity of the country during the last five years till date is as under:— —————————————————————————————— Description 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 —————————————————————————————— Installed 18,892 20,985 20,499 20,850 22,104 22,648 Capacity (MW)

Year (MW) - 2,094 -487* 351 1,254 544 —————————————————————————————— 30

*In 2012, the Installed Electricity decreased due to Closure of Rental Power Projects on the orders of Supreme Court of Pakistan on 30-03-2012.

*The data has been obtained from NTDC Annual Report, 2014 (39th Edition).

173. *Shazia Marri:

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state the number of scholars exchange visits arranged by the Ministry during the last two years to improve the Islamic understanding and exchange of ideas with foreign countries?

Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony (Sardar Muhammad Yousaf): Nil

174. *Ms. Aisha Syed:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to improve the production and standard of peach alongwith the steps taken to export thereof?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): The following steps have been taken by Government to improve the production and standard of peach.

Introduced and identified selected high yielding early, mid and late season varieties of peach.

Introduced selected peach rootstocks resistant to biotic and a-biotic stresses to enhance orchard life span.

Standardized the production technology package and its demonstration/dissemination.

Value addition through improved packaging and postharvest loss reduction techniques for better returns.

Projects are being implemented on true to type and high quality nursery plant production. 31

Establishment germplasm units for bud-wood supply to commercial nurseries in private sector of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Trainings and capacity building of growers of orchards management (pruning, insect pest control, fertilizer application and irrigation etc).

The performance of Department of Plant Protection has been improved substantially and it has become one of the five best performing NPPO’s of the World. This would result in increase of all horticultural products including peaches.

175. *Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:

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

(a) the projects being funded/coordinated by the USAID under the head of electricity in Pakistan; and

(b) the share given to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa out of said funds alongwith the details of fields in which said funds have been utilized so far?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a)

WAPDA

Following hydropower projects are being funded by USAID: —————————————————————————————— Sr. Installed Commitment No. Name of Project capacity (MW) (US $ million) —————————————————————————————— 1. Gomal Zam Darn 17.4 116.68 2. Satpara Dam 17.3 26 3. Kurram Tangi Darn 18.9 81 4. Rehabilitation of Tarbela - 16.5 Power Station 5. Mangla Refurbishment and 310 150 Upgradation —————————————————————————————— 32

PEPCO

Company-wise detail of projects funded/coordinated by USAID is as under: 33

(b) WAPDA

The detail of projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province alongwith the funds utilized for construction so far is as under:— —————————————————————————————— Sr. Utilization/ No. Name of Project Commitment Disbursement (US $ million) —————————————————————————————— 1. Gomal Zam Darn 116.68 84.6

2. Kurram Tangi Darn 81 -

3. Rehabilitation of Tarbela 16.5 14.249 Power Station —————————————————————————————— 34

176. *Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that largest number of Polio cases in the country are being reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; if so, the total number of such cases reported during the last five years;

(b) the steps being taken by the Government to control the same; and

(c) whether it is also a fact that funds have not been allocated to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for eradication of polio in the budget 2015-16; if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) In 2015, the highest number of cases are reported from FATA (16) followed by KPK (15). Nevertheless, the last five years statement showing cases reported from KP vis-a-vis the province/area reporting highest number of cases is as follows: —————————————————————————————— Year Province/Area reporting Cases Reported maximum cases from KP —————————————————————————————— 2011 Balochistan 73 cases (37%) 30 (15%)

2012 KPK 27 Cases (47%) 27 (47%)

2013 FATA 65 cases (70%) 11 (12%)

2014 FATA 179 cases (58%) 68 (22%)

2015 FATA 16 cases (31%) KP 15 cases (29%) —————————————————————————————— The details of province wise cases reported during the last five years are as under: 35 Wild Polio Cases reported during last 5 years —————————————————————————————— Province 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 —————————————————————————————— BALOCHISTAN 73 4 25 7 FATA 52 20 65 179 16 G BALTI STAN 1 1 0 0 0 KPK 30 27 11 68 15 PUNJAB 9 2 7 4 1 SINDH 33 4 10 30 12 Pakistan 198 58 93 306 51 ——————————————————————————————

(b) The following steps have been taken by the Government to control the polio virus in all the Provinces / areas as a result of which, the number of cases have reduced by 83% in 2015 as compared to 2014 in the country:

1. The National Emergency Action Plan 2015-16 endorsed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan is being implemented all across. The plan aims to interrupt virus transmission through concerted efforts in 12 tier 1 districts carrying the highest risk of virus transmission while simultaneously maintaining desired immunity levels elsewhere.

2. Due to the highest level political commitment across parties, enhanced accessibility and strong coordination through Emergency Operation Centres, the turnaround in Polio situation has been duly appreciated by international bodies such as the Polio Oversight Board and Independent Monitoring Board etc. The progress was achieved through the following arrangements:

a. The National Task Force headed by the Prime Minister having all Chief Ministers, Governor KP/FATA and Prime Minister AJK overseas programme implementation. During the last Task Force meeting held on 10th September 2015, the Prime Minister termed Polio Eradication as Government’s top most priority along with economy and energy.

b. The Prime Minister’s Focus Group on Polio Eradication comprising of senior high level administrators; Secretary to the Prime Minister, Federal Secretary Health, all Chief Secretaries 36 and representatives from Army and Ministry of Interior has been established to regularly review the progress in all Provinces & FATA. c. The Cabinet Committee (Ministers Interior, Defense and National Health Services) constituted to ensure security for the polio workers and The Director General, National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) has been appointed focal point by the Ministry of Interior to coordinate with Security agencies and Home departments to meet the special security needs of various provinces and areas. d. Inter-Ministerial committee headed by the Minister of State, National Health Services spearheads generation of resources and also ensuring transparency. e. Provincial Task Forces chaired by the Chief Secretaries and District Polio Eradication Committees headed by the Deputy Commissioners are functional monitoring activities in all provinces / districts of the country.

f. To meet special challenges of Karachi, the Government of Sindh has constituted Karachi Task Force headed by the Commissioner Karachi with full power to ensure high quality implementation of polio campaign activities and exercise accountability. All forthcoming campaigns of Karachi from January onwards will be conducted in one phase. g. For effective and joint operational and security arrangements, the Governments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA are treating settled districts and bordering FATA Agencies / FRs as one area. A coordination committee has also been notified under the chairmanship of Commissioner Peshawar with membership of representative of HQs 11 Corps; relevant Deputy Commissioner and Political Agents; DIG Peshawar; District Health Officers and Agency Surgeons as well as partners’ staff. h. The Emergency Response Centre for Central Pakistan activities has been established in Sukkur Sindh to monitor the progress of districts included from Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh. 37 i. National Islamic Advisory Group has been constituted to work with local level religious leaders (Religious Support Persons) especially in high risk areas to minimize refusals and cover missed children by effectively addressing the negative propaganda.

j. In some areas of North Waziristan in FATA, door to door campaign started after around 5 years from Sep 2015. In some areas in South Waziristan, FR Tank, Khyber Agency, Kurram Agency and Mohmand Agency door to door campaign has resumed after a period of almost two years. k. The timely data sharing and response by the national and provincial EOCs has positively impacted the campaign preparedness. Accordingly, 100% coverage has been achieved during the campaigns conducted during 2015 against 94% achieved in 2014. The LQAS pass percentage also rose from 58% to 78% indicating improved campaign quality.

l. The Program has supplemented additional activities to reach inaccessible children mostly in high risk areas of the country through Health Camps, CCPV, Community Health Volunteers, provided 1.7 million Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) through campaign in 2015 and has added one dose IPV in childhood immunization schedule. m. To maintain record of missed children and track them for coverage, 4 dedicated Data Support Centres are fully operational covering High Risk Union Councils identified on standard criteria. The National EOC has also developed an online dashboard for real time monitoring and analysis of all the polio data (e.g SIAs, Surveillance and Security). This intervention helps in taking timely actions wherever required. n. In order to prevent the export of Polio virus to other countries, around 500,000 outbound travelers are being vaccinated against Polio on monthly basis. o. In order to ensure continued availability of required resources, the 2nd PC-1 for polio eradication for 3 years period (2016-18) has been cleared by the CDWP on 18th December 2015 at 38 the cost of USD 337.82 million for approval in upcoming meeting of ECNEC.

p. The National Task Force headed by the Prime Minister has also endorsed an accountability and performance management framework which is being implemented all across.

In conclusion, Pakistan is in mid of low transmission season and the programme has now come to a stage where the remaining gaps are being identified and addressed on real time basis. Led by the highest level political leadership, the entire Government apparatus is fully supporting the programme implementation the final push to interrupt virus transmission in the country.

(c) Factually, the Polio eradication is being dealt as a National Emergency and accordingly all campaigns and activities for all Provinces / areas including KPK are well covered in the PC-I of both phase (Phase-I 2012-2015 as well as Phase-II 2016-2018). In addition to this support, the provinces are also providing top ups to the frontline polio workers out of their own resources.

177. *Mr. Lal Chand:

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of Temples and Gurdwaras to be repaired by the Evacuee Trust Property Board during the current financial year alongwith the province-wise details thereof; and

(b) the total expenditures to be incurred thereupon?

Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony (Sardar Muhammad Yousaf): (a) The following Gurdwaras and Temples under repair or repaired during the current financial year, 2015-16 by the Evacuee Trust Property Board:—

Gurdwaras namely; Grudwara Janam Asthan Nankana Sahib , Gurdwara Punja Sahib Hasanabdal, Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, Narowal & Shamshan Ghat, Babu Sabu, Lahore and Mandirs namely: Krisna Mandir, Rawalpindi, Katas Raj Temple Chakwal, Krishna Mandir, Lahore, Smadhi 39 Sir Ganga Ram, Lahore, Alam Chand Mandir, Hyderablad, Join Mandir, Lahore, Shamshan Ghat, Babu Sabu, Lahore, Sadhu Bela, Sukkur Haled Prui Mandir, Multan were repaired.

(b) Details of total expenditures incurred is annexed.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library).

178. *Ms. Asyia Naz Tanoli:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the location of stores for the protection and storage of polio vaccines at present alongwith the details of the present stock therein?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination:

The freezer rooms and cold rooms for the protection and storage of the Polio Vaccines are located in Federal EPI ware house Chak Shahzad, Islamabad.

At present the stock position of different antigens of Polio Vaccine is as follows; —————————————————————————————— Antigen No of Doses —————————————————————————————— Trivalent Oral Polio Vaccine (tOPV) 1,364,69,40 Bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine (bOPV) 51,486,440 Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) 1,345,970 —————————————————————————————— The details of the cold rooms and freezer rooms are as follows:

o i. Cold rooms (2-8 C) are eighteen among these 09 cold rooms are installed in Ware House 01 and 09 are installed in Ware House 02.

ii. Freezer rooms (-15 to -25 °C) are six among these 05 freezer rooms are installed in ware house 01 and on freezer room is installed in ware house 02. 40 179. *Ms. Asyia Naz Tanoli:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the project- wise total amount of investment made by China in the energy sector in the country so far alongwith the locations thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): The project-wise details of investment in the ongoing projects made by China in the energy sector in the country are as under:

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT BOARD (AEDB)

China has so far invested more than US $ 1 billion in renewalbe energy power generation projects in Pakistan, as shown in the table below:

PRIVATE POWER INFRASTRUCTURE BOARD (PPIB)

Private Power Infrastructure Board (PPIB) is processing seven (7) coal based power generation projects of 7250 MW and four (4) hydropower generation projects of 3280 MW having Chinese investment alongwith other partners in the private sector. Details are at Annex-I. 41 42 H 43 180. *Dr. Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that work on expansion of Tarbela Dam Project has not been started so far; if so, the time by which said work will be started thereupon;

(b) the total amount of expenditures to be incurred on the expansion of the said Dam; and

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The construction work on Tarbela 4th Extension Hydropower Project (1410 MW) has already been started w.e.f 28-10-2013.

(b) Approved PC-I of Tarbela 4th Extension Hydropower Project costs Rs. 83,601 million (US $ 928 million).

Islamabad: ABDUL JABBAR ALI, The 12th January, 2016. Acting Secretary.

PCPPI— 087(2016) NA—12-1-2016—650. 1 (28th Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Wednesday, the 13th January, 2016

7. Mr. Sher Akbar Khan: (Deferred during 20th Session)

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

(a) whether it is a fact that there are no Government hospitals in the rural area of Islamabad Capital Territory including Tarnol and Bhara-kahu;

(b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to establish hospitals in the said areas?

Transferred to Interior Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

39. Ms. Khalida Mansoor: (Deferred during 20th Session)

Will the Minister for Water and Power pleased to state:

(a) the steps taken by the Ministry to prepare subject-wise list of titles of all laws and rules made there under with reference to business allocated to it and its attached departments under the Rules of Business, 1973;

(b) the subject-wise details thereof;

(c) whether steps have been taken by the Ministry to consolidate and amend the said laws and rules to keep pace with changes in the society, if so, the details; if not, the reasons thereof; 2 (d) the steps taken by the Ministry to determine the anomalies, inconsistencies and difficulties in the administration of said laws and rules; and

(e) the details of Officers/Branches designated therefor?

Reply not received. 11. Mr. Asad Umar: (Deferred during 24th Session)

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

(a) the details of all Federal Government Institutions which have outstanding electricity bills of more than 10 million rupees at present; (b) the details of all defaulters who have outstanding electricity bills of more than 10 million rupees at present; (c) the total number of cases which have been submitted/registered against said defaulters; and (d) the total amount recovered therefrom? Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The detail of all Private, Provincial and Federal Governments consumers against which electricity bills of more than Rs.10 million of all power distribution companies as on October, 2015 is attached as Annex-A.

(b) —————————————————————————————— Consumers Total Amount —————————————————————————————— Private 24,936,857,648 —————————————————————————————— Consumers Total Amount —————————————————————————————— Provincial Government 33,158,582,634 Federal Government 56,362,915,841 Total Government 89,521,498,475 —————————————————————————————— 3

(d) Nil.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

31. Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani: (Deferred during 27th Session)

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

(a) the total number of Flour Mills in Islamabad at present;

(b) whether monthly quotas have been prescribed by the Government for the said Flour Mills; if so, the details thereof; and

Transferred to Interior Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

1. Sheikh Salahuddin:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that allottees of the Government accommodation were asked to submit certain documents in 2008, 2013 and December, 2015; if so, the reasons for not updating the record of Estate Office;

(b) whether it is also a fact that records of a number of Government houses have been misplaced; if so, the addresses of houses thereof;

(c) the particulars of houses for which double allotments have been reported by the allottees in December, 2015 alongwith the reasons and responsibles thereof; and 4

(d) the names of allottees presently residing in ”C” type quarters in Sectors G-7/2 and G-7/3-3, Islamabad alongwith their designations, departments, date of birth, date of retirement, date of allotment and date of taking possession?

Minister for Housing and Works (Mr. Akram Khan Durrani): (a) Yes, it is a fact that allottees of Government accommodation were asked to submit certain documents in 2008, 2013 and December, 2015. Estate Office updated the record in 2008 but in 2013 another fire incident happened due to which enough record was burnt down. Current exercise is carried out to rebuild it.

(b) No it is not a fact that record of a number of houses have been misplaced.

(d) The requisite information of C-type quarters is attached at Annex-A

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

4. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that new projects for power generation were launched during the last five years in the country;

(b) if so, the capacity alongwith the locations thereof?

Reply not received.

6. Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:

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

(a) the percentage of quota against which the plots have been allotted to the constitutional bodies alongwith the number of plots given to each body; 5 (b) the number of employees of the said bodies to whom confirmation letters have been issued so far; and

(c) whether said letters dispatched to the Federal Employees Housing Foundation by the said constitutional bodies after confirmation; if so, the body-wise detail thereof separately?

Minister for Housing and Works (Mr. Akram Khan Durrani): (a) In Housing Scheme Phase-VI (Bhara Kahu), there is 4% quota reserved for the employees of Constitutional & Professional Bodies, which is further bifurcated into 2% for the employees of Constitutional Bodies & 2% for the employees of Professional Bodies. The employees of following nine Constitutional Bodies are eligible under their 2% quota,

1. Supreme Court of Pakistan

2. Islamabad High Court

3. Federal Shariat Court

4. Election Commission of Pakistan

5. Senate Secretariat

6. National Assembly Secretariat

7. Islamic Ideology Council

8. Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat

9. Federal Tax Ombudsman Office

As per tentative plot position, the number of plots under 2% Constitutional Body’s quota is as under; —————————————————————————————— Category Tentative No. of available plots —————————————————————————————— I5

II 7 —————————————————————————————— 6 —————————————————————————————— Category Tentative No. of available plots —————————————————————————————— III 11

IV 14

V12 —————————————————————————————— Total: 49 —————————————————————————————— As per criteria of the scheme consent letters are being issued on the basis of tentative plot position given above. On receipt of consent of the members allotment letters shall be issued alongwith schedule of payment in their favour.

(b) On the basis of tentative plot position of each category given above confirmation of service particulars letters were issued to departments of 49 employees as per following detail; —————————————————————————————— Tentative Cat Plot Detail of Confirmation Letters Position —————————————————————————————— Federal Shariat Court = 02 I 05 Election Commission of Pakistan = 01 Supreme Court of Pakistan = 02

Senate Secretariat = 01 II 07 National Assembly = 05 Federal Shariat Court = 01

National Assembly = 06 III 11 Wafaqi Mohtasib = 03 Election Commission of Pakistan = 02

National Assembly = 09 IV 14 Senate Secretariat = 01 Wafaqi Mohtasib = 04

V 12 National Assembly = 08 Senate Secretariat = 04 —————————————————————————————— Total: 49 —————————————————————————————— 7 (c) All Constitutional Bodies to whom confirmation of service particulars letters were issued (as per detail given above) have confirmed service particulars of their employees/members for issuance of consent letters.

7. Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:

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

(a) the names of employees of Constitutional Bodies to whom confirmation letters regarding Bhara Kahu Housing Scheme issued by the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation; and

(b) the Constitutional Body-wise names, designations, date of application and date of birth of those employees who applied for the said Scheme on first come first serve basis separately?

Minister for Housing and Works (Mr. Akram Khan Durrani): (a) The confirmation of service particulars were issued to their respective departments before issuance of consent letters in their favour as per detail at Annex-A.

(b) Annex-B.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

9. Rai Hasan Nawaz Khan:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state whether it is a fact that subsidy is being provided by the Government on purchase of Tractor; if so, the amount thereof?

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

11. Dr. Shazia Sobia:

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state the year-wise total number of persons performed Umrah since 2008?

Transferred to Capital Administration and Development Division for answer on Next Rota Day. 8 12. Mr. Sajid Nawaz:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the time by which the National Food Security Policy will be implemented?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): National Food Security Policy is in the process of finalization. After approval, the implementation time frame will be communicated.

14. Ms. Munaza Hassan:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that 52 billion rupees have been received by distributing companies; if so, the reasons thereof;

(b) whether it is also a fact that said amount received illegally; and

(c) whether it is further a fact that the said amount has been received on IMF’s terms and conditions as well as for payment to Independent Power Producers; if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a), (b) & (c) No such funds have been received by DISCOs from IMF on IMF terms and conditions. Such matters come under the purview of Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan.

15. Ms. Asyia Naz Tanoli:

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

(a) whether the Ministry allots plots to retired Government employees; if so, the total plots allotted to them so far in Phase-I of the Bhara Kahu Housing Scheme alongwith the percentage of quota thereof;

(b) the phase-wise quota reserved for the retired and in service employees of the National Assembly Secretariat under said scheme alongwith percentage thereof; 9 (c) whether no plot has been allotted to retired employees of the Constitutional Bodies (C.B) in the said scheme; if so, the reasons; if not, the details thereof;

(d) the name of employees of said Secretariat to whom plots have been allotted in said scheme; and

(e) whether plot has not been allotted to Mr. Muhammad Kamran retired employee of C.B whose serial number is 01, Cat.III in said scheme; if so, the time by which plot will be allotted to him?

Minister for Housing and Works (Mr. Akram Khan Durrani): (a) In Housing Scheme Phase-VI (Bhara Kahu), 10% quota is reserved for those Federal Government Employees who retired before 01-07-2009 and 10% quota is reserved for those Federal Government Employees who retired after 01-07-2009 and got membership after retirement. So far, only consent letters have been issued to eligible retired Government Employees and allotment letters will be issued in due course of time after proper verification of service particulars of the members/ employees from their respective departments.

(b) In Housing Scheme Phase-VI (Bhara Kahu), 2% quota is reserved for the employees of nine constitutional bodies including National Assembly Secretariat and the employees of National Assembly Secretariat will be considered for allotment of plots as per criteria of the scheme i.e. “First Come First Serve” within 2% quota alongwith employees of other eight organizations. No quota is reserved exclusively for any particular constitutional body.

(c) As per terms and conditions of Bhara Kahu Housing Scheme f 2% quota is reserved for the serving employees of Constitutional Bodies. However, the Executive Committee / Board of Directors of the Housing Foundation in its 136th meeting held on 05-11-2015 has enhanced 2% to 3% quota for the serving employees out of which 0.5% quota has been reserved for the retired employees of the Constitutional Bodies in future schemes of the Housing Foundation.

(d) The list of employees of National Assembly Secretariat to whom consent letters have been issued is at Annex-A. The allotment letters will be issued in due course of time. 10 (e) Mr. Muhammad Kamran has been informed to obtain membership against 0.5% quota reserved for the retired employees of the constitutional bodies in coming / future housing schemes as decided by the Executive Committee of the Housing Foundation. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— S. # Name Designation PARENT OFFICE SERICE Date of Deposit D.O.B BPS Cat. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

1. MUHAMMAD YAQUB Dy. Secy. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 10-Aug-51 19 2 SIDDIQUI

2. NASEER AHMAD Interpreter NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 24-Jun-52 18 2

3. SAID AFSAR SO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 6-Feb-58 18 2

4. MOHAMMAD FURQUAN Chief Reporter NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 31-Dec-62 19 2 English

5. TARIQ PARVEZ BHATTI Director NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 10-May-64 19 2

6. KHUDA DAD AD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 12-Aug-61 17 3

7. HUSEEN ELAHI Data Processing NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 22-Apr-68 16 3 Supervisor

8. FAZAL KARIM Supt NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 18-Mar-54 16 3

9. ALTAF HUSSAIN Supt NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 15-Jul-63 16 3

10. MUHAMMAD House Attendance NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 2-Apr-66 17 3 KURSHEED ANWAR Officer

11. MUHAMMAD ILYAS Sub-Engg NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 1-Nov-72 17 3

12. SYED IJAZ HUSSAIN Assistant NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 1-Apr-60 15 4 SHAH

13. MUHAMMAD HAMID DEO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 1-Mar-64 15 4

14. MUHAMMAD SALEH Assistant NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 1-Nov-64 14 4 RAZA

15. HAQ NAWAZ JADOON Assistant NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 7-Jan-66 15 4

16. ABDUL REHMAN DEO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 7-Sep-67 15 4

17. MUHAMMAD SAUD Assistant NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 7-Feb-77 14 4 AKHTAR

18. KHALDOON KHAN Steno typist NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 24-Feb-88 12 4 JADOON

19. MUHAMMAD ILYAS STG NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 4-Jan-63 15 4

20. MUHAMMAD RAIZ Driver NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 1-Jul-57 6 5

21. MUHAMMAD YAR UDC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 4-Mar-65 9 5

22. MUHAMMAD ARSHAD UDC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 3-Mar-68 9 5

23. MUHAMMAD PERVAIZ Naib Qasid NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 14-Jul-68 5 5

24. SYED ZAHID HUSSAIN LDC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 4-Apr-69 7 5

25. QASIM ALI LDC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 6-Sep-72 7 5

26. AZHAR IQBAL AWAN Naib Qasid NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 1-Jan-73 5 5

27. FAIZ AHMED Naib Qasid NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 29-Aug-09 1-Jul-74 5 5 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 11

18. Syed Waseem Hussain:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the Estate Office threatens the occupants of the Government accommodation to provide the allotment letters and relevant documents after every six months; and

(b) whether it is also a fact that the said office does not keep the said records?

Minister for Housing and Works (Mr. Akram Khan Durrani):(a)It is not a fact that Estate Office threatens the occupants of the Government accommodation to provide allotment letters and relevant documents after every six months.

(b) It is not a fact. Estate Office keeps the record of allottees in safe hand. The exercise to collect the data was made on the directions of Supreme Court as well as Prime Minister’s Office/Aduit team.

19. Mr. Ramesh Lal:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that electricity has been supplied to Dera Master Rashid Ahmed, Village Pela Gujrian, Tehsil Shakargarh without erecting proper poles; if so, the reasons thereof;

(b) the time by which the existing service cable will be replaced with silver cable in the said village; and

(c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to replace the improper electric poles overthere; if so, the time by which it will be replaced?

Reply not received. 12

20. Mr. Ramesh Lal:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the Meter Readers of electricity do not visit physically for taking readings in Village Rambari, Tehsil Zafarwal, District Narowal;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the estimated/wrong bills are being sent in the said village;

(c) if the answers to parts (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative, the steps being taken by the Government to send transparent electricity bills after taking actual readings in the said village?

Reply not received.

21. Malik Muhammad Amir Dogar:

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

(a) whether relief being given to the farmers on agriculture tools and equipments; and

(b) whether funds were allocated for farmers in respect of installation of Solar Tube Wells during the last two budgets; if so, the total number of Tube Wells installed so far?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): (a) In the current financial year budget the import duty and sales tax on the import of agricultural machinery has been reduced from 45% to 09%.

(b) No

22. Ms. Shaista Pervaiz:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to refer to Un-Starred Question No.36 replied on 25-11-2015 and to state: 13

(a) the role of Government for allocation of funds for allignment of LT and aerial electricity wires, transformers and other works; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Government to do the said work by itself instead of relying on sponsoring agencies/functionaries?

Reply not received.

@44. Mr. Abdul Waseem:

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

(a) the names of MNAs and Senators proceeded abroad for their medical treatment on Government expenses during the last five years; and

(b) the expenditure incurred on each of them during the said period?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): (a) & (b) After the 18th amendment this Ministry was established in May, 2013.Till date no government expenditure has been incurred on the medical treatment abroad of MNAs / Senators. Therefore the requisite information may be treated as nil.

92. Ms. Mussarrat Ahmadzeb

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

(a) Whether it is a fact that the Madian Grid Station was destroyed in floods-2010;

(b) If the answer to part (a) above is in the affirmative, whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to re-construct the said Grid Station; if so, when it will be re-constructed? 14

@ Transferred from Capital Administration and Development Division. Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Madian Grid Station was washed away during floods in July 2010. Power supply to the affected area has already been restored from 132 KV Khwazakhela Grid Station.

(b) Site for establishment of 132KV Madian Grid Station has been selected and tender for construction of boundary wall has been opened on 30-6-2014 by PESCO.

93. Ms. Mussarrat Ahmadzab

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Ioadshedding schedule for electricity in Swat has been fixed; if so, the details thereof?

Reply not received.

94. Ms. Musarat Rafique Mahesar

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the Mobile Meter Reading System in Mandi Baha-ud-Din is out of order;

(b) whether it is also a fact that reading of meters is not properly being taken due to faulty cameras in the said area;

(d) whether it is further a fact that the computer Staff of WAPDA in the said area is unskilled;

(e) the total number of excessive bills sent to customers in said area during the last two months alongwith the number of bills of said area corrected during the said period; and

(f) the steps being taken by the Ministry to solve the said issues? 15

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) it is not a fact that Mobile Reading System in Mandi Baha-ud-Din is out of order. The system is rather functional in an orderly manner since September, 2015.

(b) New Mobile Sets have been provided to the reading staff. As such, cameras of the new mobile sets are not faulty rather they are fully functional.

(d) Computers are being operated by the available staff of DISCOs especially trained for the purpose.

(e) As in Part (c).

(f) Additional D.G (IS) GEPCO has been directed to provide computer operation training and mobile software skills to the concerned staff so that better services could be provided to the customers in future.

95. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Ministry for the implementation on the comprehensive strategy formulated to handle the problems of the provision of energy and its prices, ineffective recoveries, governance and regulatory faults and lower capacity in distribution departments?

Reply not received.

96. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the total number of persons appointed in the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council and National Agriculture Research Centre since 2008?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): 1611 16

97. Dr. Shazia Sobia

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state the total number of Hajj applications received under the Government Hajj Scheme-2015?

Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony (Sardar Muhammad Yousaf): Under Government Hajj Scheme- 2015 total number of Hajj applications received for balloting was 269,368.

98. Ms. Munaza Hassan

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

(a) whether it is a fact that in order to solve the accommodation problems of Government servants they are being allotted temporary/provisional accommodations in Government Hostels and Lodges;

(b) if so, the total number of employees/persons who have been accommodated in said Hostels/Lodges during the last three years?

Reply not Received.

99. Ms. Shakila Luqman

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state the names of the Pakistani Shuhdas of Mina Incident to whom an amount of rupees five lac per head was given by the Government so far?

Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony (Sardar Muhammad Yousaf): As per Hajj policy in vogue, out of 82 Pakistani pilgrims of Mina tragedy, this Ministry compensated 30 nominees (list attached) of the deceased Hujjaj @ of Rs.500,000/- per head while the rest will be compensated/finalized on receipt of the supporting documents from their nominees. The nominees are being contacted through letters as well as through telephonic reminders. 17

HAJJ 2015 (1436 H)

MINA INCIDENT 24/09/2015

LIST OF THOSE 30 DECEASED PILGRIMS OF MINA STAMPEDE TO WHOM CHEQUES HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN FAVOUR OF THEIR NOMINEES ———————————————————————————————————————————

Sr. # Case # Passport No. Name of Deceased Nominee Name Pilgrims ——————————————————————————————————————————— 1 69 DS1150723 Gul Sher Ahmed Sufi Tabassum Gul

2 78 BL5159951 Gui Shehnaz Farrukh Rabbani

3 96 AR9003471 Ghulam Rabbani Farrukh Rabbani

4 116 GE1846891 Syed Ayaz Azhar Syed Azhar Hussain

5 1 1 9 DW3108961 Shala Bibi Zafar Khan

6 120 EE867651 I Nasir Javed Nousheen Nasir

7 126 EJ4134561 Khair Ullah Khan Rooh Ullah

8 127 EU5173931 Zahida Rooh Ullah

9 139 BB9093691 Kausar Rabia Abdul Hadi

10 159 CN1812821 Asghar Ali Ch. Muhammad Aslam

11 163 HX9158691 Abdul Rahim Muhammad Ilyas

12 174 CU0161681 Muhammad Saleh Amir Ahmad

13 179 JZ73997731 Khalida Parveen Ch. Muhammad Aslam

14 68 UQ4126371 Muhammad Qamar Muhammad Walid Khan Khan

15 81 CD1025151 Muhammad Ibrahim M. Zahid Ibrahirn

16 87 AC/4103562 Sher Afzal Khan Muhammad Sharif

17 91 PS1338211 Nasir lqbal Wasiq Khan

18 108 BE4136171 Haji Abbas Khan Mohibullah

19 109 DW8793901 Bas Pari Jan Shah Zeb

20 113 DW4138361 Muhammad Riaz Khan M. Tariq Khan

21 115 BC9097731 Siraj Nabi Hussain Khan ——————————————————————————————————————————— 18

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Sr. # Case # Passport No. Name of Deceased Nominee Name Pilgrims ——————————————————————————————————————————— 22 121 ED8799171 Begum Jana Muhammad Shahid

23 130 AG0199852 Haji Ghulam Mohiuddin Haji Ahmad Din

24 138 DC3342441 Nosheen Bukhari Nasir lqbal

25 140 MP3958651 Qaisera Begum lmran Khan

26 150 BF3102681 Zahira Bibi Muhammad Hazoor Khan

27 162 LA5140672 Syeda Narjis Shahnaz Syed Ayaz Haider

28 168 AD2223452 Muhammad Umar Muhammad Nadir

29 177 KJ9891821 Akhtar Nisa Ihtisham ud Din

30 180 BD9988701 Abdul Rauf Munawar Hussain ——————————————————————————————————————————— 100. Ms. Shakila Luqman

Will the Minister for Ports and Shipping be pleased to state the names of cities where the Port Qasim Authority has moveable and immovable property at present alongwith the details thereof?

Minister for Port and Shipping (Mr. Kamran Michael): Port Qasim Authority’s moveable and immovable properties /assets are detailed as under:—

(i) Immoveable Assets at Karachi City:

Detail of land – Total 1220 Acres:

(a) North Western Zone - 2920 Acres (b) Eastern Zone - 8300 Acres (c) South Western Zone – 1000 Acres

(ii) PQA Liaison Office:

Banglow No.39-Z-1, Block No.6, PECHS, Karachi. Area-1800Sq:Yd(s). 19 (iii) PQA House (Chairman’s Residence) at Karachi:

House Banglow No.12/B/1, 3rd Gizri Street, Phase-V, DHA, Karachi. Area-1000 Sq:Yd(s).

(iv) Moveable Assets at Karachi City:

Detail of Vehicles - Total 234 Nos.

(i) Kia Sportage Jeeps - 05 Nos.

(ii) Toyota Corolla Cars (1993 to 2013) -36 Nos.

(iii) Suzuki Cultus Car (2000 to 2013) - 95 Nos.

(iv) Nissan Van (1993) /Toyota Hiace Van (2008) -06 Nos.

(v) Suzuki Mehran Cars (2003) -05 Nos.

(vi) Toyota Pickup (2006 to 2012 /Shehzore (2003)/Ravi Pickup (2012) - 22 Nos.

(vii) Hino Coaster (1995 to 2004) - 07 Nos.

(viii) Hino Bus (2004) -04 Nos.

(ix) Suzuki Bolan Van (1996 to 2009) -26 Nos.

(x) Potohar /Jiminy Jeep (2003 to 2009) -09 Nos.

(xi) Ambulance -02 Nos.

(xii) Fire Tenders- 04 Nos.

(xiii) lsuzu Truck-02 Nos.

(xiv) Master Truck-05 Nos.

(xv) Water Bowzer (2006)-06 Nos. 20 (v) Vehicles of Port Qasim Authority at Islamabad:

(a) AHL-305 (2005) Suzuki Cultus Car.

(b) AHL-308 (2005) Suzuki Cultus Car.

Details of Crafts: -Total 18 Nos.

(i) Tugs - 04 Nos.

(ii) Pilot Boat - 04 Nos.

(iii) Survey Launch - 02 Nos.

(iv) Inspection Launch -01 Nos.

(v) Mooring Launch -02 Nos.

(vi) Survey Boat - 03 Nos.

(vii) Buoy Tender - 01 No.

(viii) Dredger - 01 No.

101. Dr. Muhammad Azhar Khan Jadoon

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the population of Pakistan has been increasing at the ratio of 2.3% annually;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the subject of population has been devolved to the provinces after the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010; and

(c) whether it is further a fact that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been least in focus by the Federal Government regarding the 21 population welfare where the increase in the ratio of population is comparatively more than other provinces; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): (a) Yes, the Population of Pakistan was increasing at the rate of 2.3% during 2006-7 as per Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey. Presently according to the Pakistan Economic Survey Report 2015 the population of Pakistan is increasing at the rate of 1.92% per annum.

(b) Yes, the subject of Population has been devolved to the provinces after 18th Constitutional Amendment.

(c) After18th Constitutional Amendment the subject of Population stands has been transferred to Provinces and the role of Federal Govt. is restricted to facilitation and coordination with its limited role. Like all other Provinces KPK is fully focused by the Federal Govt. as far as Population Welfare Programme is concerned. As regard the increase in Population of KPK is concerned the demographic data provided by the Secretary (Population Welfare Department) KPK is as under:— 22 23 It is further stated that Secretary (Population Welfare Department) KPK is one of the most active provincial authority responsible to participate and co- chair the National level activities organized by the Federal Govt. He along with his team has been very keen to participate in all the policy, planning, budget, advocacy and research related activities and innovative schemes like high level meetings/ forums. Technical Note is at Annex-I. Budget of KPK is at Annex-II.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library) 102. Mr. Ramesh Lal

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the electricity meters were installed in houses of Village Rambri, Tehsil Zafarwal, District Narowal with wrong names; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the time by which the distribution of electricity bills will be started with the actual name of consumers of the said village?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Electricity meters were installed at houses of village Rambri as per applications submitted by the consumers for installation of connections. Meter, if any, installed with wrong name, will be corrected on submission of case. (b) On correction, bills are immediately generated. 103. Mr. Ramesh Lal

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

(a) whether it is a fact that wrong electricity bills being issued to the electricity consumers of Village Rambri, Tehsil Zafarwal, District Narowal under the head of arrears; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the time by which the amount charged through over billings will be refunded to the electricity consumers of the said village? 24 Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a & b) Correct Electricity bills are being issued to the consumer as per snaps of meters. The bills under arrear head issued to the consumers on discrepancies/ having defective meters. Wrong electricity bills received to the consumers can be submitted to XEN (GEPCO) Shakargarh for correction.

ISLAMABAD: ABDUL JABBAR ALI The 12th January, 2016. Acting Secretary.

PCPPI—087(16) NA—12-01-2016—700.