Questions for Oral Answers and Their Replies”

(48th Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES”

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

Thursday, the 13th December, 2012

(Originally Starred Question No. 47 was set down for answer during the 47th Session)

47. *Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:

Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the twenty million voters have been deprived of from their enrolment in the new Electoral Lists;

(b) if so, the steps taken by the Government to Include missing voters in the Electoral Lists?

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs (Mr. Farooq Hamid Naek): (a) Under Section-4 of the Electoral Rolls Act, 1974 (ACT NO. XXI OF 1974), Preparation and computerization of electoral rolls for election to the Assemblies is the responsibility of the Election Commission of Pakistan. Therefore, the question was referred to Election Commission of Pakistan for Reply. Their reply to the Question is as follows:—

It is not a fact that the twenty million voters have been deprived of from their enrolment in the Electoral Rolls.

(b) The Election Commission is making utmost efforts for enrolment of the names of left out eligible voters in the Electoral Rolls by adopting a number of steps. 2 42. *Ms. Shireen Arshad Khan:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:

(a) the names of oil companies/firms supplying fuel/oil to the planes of PIA at present; and

(b) the year and firm-wise total quantity of oil/fuel purchased/ obtained therefrom during the last five years?

Minister for Defence (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) The requisite detail regarding the names of oil companies/firms supplying fuel/oil to the planes of PIA at present is attached as Annexure-A.

(b) Year and firm wise total quantity of fuel purchased in last five years is attached as Annexure-B. Annexure-A List of Current Regular Jet Fuel Suppliers

S. No. SUPPLIER Domestic 1. SHELL PAKISTAN 2. PAKISTAN STATE OIL International 1. SHELL INTERNATIONAL 2. AIR TOTAL 3. BAKRI 4. Air BP 5. KPI 6. ARAMCO 7. PETRONAS 8. ABUDHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY (ADNOC) 9. KUWAIT AVIATION FUELLING COMPANY 10. CHINA NATIONAL AVIATION FUEL 11. CONOCOPHILLIPS 12. WORLD FUEL SERVICES 13. QATAR JET FUEL COMPANY 14. PADMA OIL COMPANY 15. CHINA AVIATION OIL COMPANY 16. BAHRAIN PETROLEUM COMPANY 17. BAN RAT PETROLEUM 18. NEPAL OIL COMPANY 19. HADID International Services 3 4 43. *Mrs. Shagufta Sadiq:

Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) the steps being taken by the Election Commission of Pakistan to make fair and transparent forthcoming General Elections; and

(b) the total amount to be incurred thereupon?

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs (Mr. Farooq Hamid Naek): (a) Under Article 218(3) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Section 5(3) of the Election Commission Order, 2002 (Chief Executive Order No.1 of 2002), it shall be duty of the Election Commission Constituted in relation to an election to Organize and conduct the election and to make such arrangements as are necessary to ensure that the election is conducted honestly, justly, fairly and in accordance with law. The Question was referred to ECP for Reply. They have informed that:—

The Election Commission of Pakistan has taken the following steps for conduct of forthcoming General Elections in fair and transparent manner;

(a) Updation/Preparation of Electoral Rolls in collaboration with NADRA. (b) Re-description of Constituencies (under process) (c) Cases of Conduct (d) Procurement of election materials (e) Establishment of Permanent Polling Stations (f) Training of Polling Staff (g) Voter Education (h) Security measures (i) Appointment of Election Tribunals (j) Results management process (k) Election Observation Mission (l) Appointment of Judicial Officers as DROs, ROs 5 (b) The ECP has incurred an amount of Rs.400 million on account of Printing of Ballot Papers etc. for the forthcoming General Elections to the PCP, Press only. However, an estimate of Rs.5,099,962/- as supplementary grant for the forthcoming General Elections has been sent to the Finance Division, which is being examined in that Division.

44. *Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:

Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the pick/drop transport facility will be provided by the Election Commission of Pakistan to the voters, in the forthcoming elections; if so, the details thereof?

Pursuant to the Judgment dated 08.06.2012 passed by the Supreme Court of the Pakistan in Constitution Petition No.87 of 2011 (Workers Party Pakistan and Others Vs. the Federation of Pakistan and others), the matter with regard to provision of transportation facility to the voters during the forthcoming General Election whose residence will be at a distance of more than 2 Km from the polling station, is under consideration in the Election Commission of Pakistan.

45. *Ms. Tasneem Siddiqui:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) the location-wise reserves/mines of salt in the country at present; and

(b) whether those mines/reserves of salt are sufficient to meet the domestic requirements of the country; if so, the period thereof? 6 Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources: (a) Very large/ deposits of rock salt are known to occur in Salt Range spread over 300 kilometers length in Districts of Chakwal, Jhelum, Khushab & Mianwali (Punjab Province). Huge rock salt deposits are also found in Karak & Kohat Districts (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province). At present, rock salt mines are operative at the following locations in the country:— —————————————————————————————— Location No. of operative rock salt mines —————————————————————————————— Punjab Province:

Chakwal District(Jutana,Vasnal,Nilla Wahan) 14 Jhelum District (Khewra, Pir Khara) 05 Khushab District(Warcha, Golewali) 14 Mianwali Distrcit (Kalabagh, Marmandi). 03

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province: Karak District (Jatta, Bahadurkhel, Nari 10 Panos, Garuzi, Barbara Banda, Nari Idal Khel, Banda Spina, and Manzoor Garh etc.) Kohat District (Spin Khel) 01 —————————————————————————————— Total: 47 —————————————————————————————— (b) Yes. The known rock salt reserves are sufficient to meet domestic requirements of the country for more than 100 years.

46. *Ms. Tasneem Siddiqui:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) the name and location-wise reservoirs of precious stones being excavated it the country at present; and

(b) the year-wise quantity of those stones excavated during the last four years alongwith the value thereof?

Reply not received. 7

47. *Mrs. Nisar Tanveer:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:

(a) the statutory mandate of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) with regard to ensure safe, efficient and properly coordinated civil air transport services; and

(b) whether it is a fact that CAA has failed in discharging Its aforesaid statutory functions; If so, the steps being taken to ensure safe, efficient and properly coordinated civil air transport services?

Minister for Defence (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) Civil Aviation Ordinance, 1982 stipulates the responsibilities of Civil Aviation Authority which include safety, efficiency and properly coordinated civil air transport in Pakistan. The mandate of CAA is as under:—

(i) provision of civil airports and aerodromes in the country;

(ii) provision of air traffic services to aircraft;

(iii) provision of navigational services to aircraft;

(iv) provision of communication services at the civil airports and aerodromes in the country;

(v) provision of aeronautical and flight inspection services to all aircraft registered in Pakistan;

(vi) provision of search and rescue services;

(vii) provision of crash, fire and rescue services at all airports and aerodromes to aircraft in need;

(viii) management of estates at airports and aerodromes; and

(ix) any other matter facilitating the achievement of the objects of this Ordinance. 8 (b) No. CAA is doing its best to ensure safe skies according to ICAO Regulations. Following steps have been taken to further improve safety and efficiency of civil air transport in Pakistan:—

(i) The regulatory role of CAA has been separated from service provider.

(ii) Accident Investigation function has been transferred from CAA to the Government

(iii) States Safety Programme (SSP) as prescribed by ICAO has been implemented.

(iv) Aviation Safety Management System (SMS), as prescribed by ICAO, has been implemented in CAA as well as other service providers (airlines, ground handlers etc).

(v) Introduction of Technology, Training and Regulation is in the process to improve the existing processes.

48. *Mrs. Nisar Tanveer:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) the year-wise Petroleum Development Levy (PDL) collected during the last four years;

(b) the details of projects completed by the utilization of said levy alongwith the cost of each project thereof;

(c) whether it is a fact that said levy transferred to other sector or used to finance the national budgetary deficit; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(d) the steps being taken to evolve an integrated mechanism to ensure spending the development levy only on financing future gas infrastructure?

Transferred to Revenue Division for answer on next Rota Day. 9 49. *Mr. Muhammad Rehan Hashmi:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the year-wise foreign companies interested in mines and exploration of minerals in the country during the last four years till date alongwith the details thereof?

Reply not received.

50. *Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) the location-wise names of projects of discovery of gas under completion at present alongwith the expected date of completion thereof; and

(b) the quantity of gas to be generated therefrom separately?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources: (a) The requisite information is at Annexure-l.

(b) Technically, it is not possible to estimate the volumes of gas to be produced before completion of any oil/gas well.

Annex-I Name of projects of exploration of gas under completion —————————————————————————————— S.No. Well Operator Spud Date Province T.D (M) Status ——————————————————————————————————————————— 1. Ajuwala-1 OGDCL 20-06-2011 Punjab 4566 Under Completion 2. Sadrial-1 POL 12-02-2012 Punjab 4579 Under Completion 3. Narang Shah-1 OGDCL 29-05-2012 Punjab 2456 Under Completion 4. Aradin-1 OGDCL 30-06-2012 Sindh 4031 Under Completion 5. Raja-1 OGDCL 15-07-2012 Sindh 3759 Under Completion 6. Rahim North-1 UEP 23-09-2012 Sindh 3234 Under Completion 7. Qasim Deep-1 UEP 09-10-2012 Sindh 2856 Under Completion 8. Bijoro-1 UEP 28-10-2012 Sindh 2628 Under Completion 9. Naimat West-1 UEP 19-11-2012 Sindh 672 Under Completion 10. Shekhano Deep-1 UEP 20-11-2012 Sindh 1362 Under Completion 11. Qabul-1 UEP 22-11-2012 Sindh 654 Under Completion ——————————————————————————————————————————— 10 51. *Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the steps being taken to handle Geo-political situation with Iran in order to implement the Iran-Pakistan (IP) Gas Pipeline Project?

Transferred to the Foreign Affairs Division for answer on next Rota Day.

52. *Mrs. Munira Shakir:

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to promote Science and Technology in the country during the last four years till date?

Minister for Science and Technology (Mir Changez Khan Jamali): Ministry of Science & Technology has always been instrumental in the, promotion of Science and Technology in the country and during last 04 years a number of steps have been taken in the area. of International cooperation, Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Establishment of Educational Institutions, Scientific and Industrial Research, Water Resources, Renewal Energy Technology, Applied Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Standards and Quality Control, Electronics, Housing Research and Popularization of Science in the society.

2. Details/steps taken for promotion of Science and Technology in the country during last 04 years are at Annex-A.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

53. *Mrs. Munira Shakir:

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state the plans made/steps taken by the Government to provide speedy and cheap justice to general public in the country except under Access to Justice Programme during the last four years till date?

Reply not received. 11 54. *Malik Shakir Bashir Awan:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state whether it is a fact that Government has to bear additional expenses of one million US dollars in connection with CNG consumption on daily basis as compared to imported fuel; if so, the reasons thereof?

Reply not received.

55. *Shaikh Rohale Asghar:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration to purchase gas from Turkmanistan; if so, the steps, taken in this regard so far; and

(b) the totail amount incurred thereupon so far alongwith the time by which thi, supply of gas will be started therefrom?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources: (a) At present, for the import of Natural Gas from Turkmenistan, Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan- Gas Pipeline Project is under negotiation phase by ISGS.

Project Highlights: Gas Volume 3.2 Bcfd Gas Supplier Turkmenistan Gas Buyers Afghanistan (500 MMcfd), Pakistan (1,325 MMcfd) and India 1,325 MMcfd) Pipeline Dia 56-Inch First Gas Flow 2017 planned.

 Turkmenistan-Pakistan and Turkmenistan-India bilateral GSPAs were signed by the heads of respective commercial entities on 23rd May 2012. On the same day, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on “Long Term” Cooperation in Gas Sector. 12

 Transit Fee: During trilateral meeting between Pakistan- India-Afghanistan took place in Islamabad from 16th – 17th April 2012, parties agreed to a transit fee figure.

 Road Shows to verify Project Sponsor held during 11th – 20th September 2012 in Singapore, New York and London. Very good response received from leading IOCs and Financiers.

(b) Currently the Project is under negotiation phase. As per initial estimates the total project cost of TAPI Gas Pipeline project will be around US $ 7.6 Billion. It is expected that ADB will act as the transaction advisor and will be responsible for raising debt and equity necessary to meet expenses related to construction of the pipeline.

Construction and Commissioning of the project is planned to be completed by 2017.

56. *Shaikh Rohale Asghar:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) the province and region-wise rates of CNG in the country at present; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration to decrease the said rates; if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the details thereof?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources: (a) OGRA has reported that as per their notification the rates of CNG w.e.f. 25.10.2012 are as under:—

KPK, Baluchistan and Potohar region Rs. 61.64/KG (Rawalpindi, Islamabad & Gujar Khan) @ 1040 BTU

Sindh and Punjab (excluding Potohar Rs. 54.16/KG Region) 950 BTU 13

(b) The honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan vide its order dated 19.11.2012 has directed all stake holders to discuss amongst themselves and come up with an acceptable price formula, keeping in view the interest of all of them particularly, the consumers.

Accordingly, CNG consumer price formula, has been developed/ worked out by OGRA and submitted to the Federal Government for review and policy guidelines as per OGRA ordinance, 2002 provisions, which will be formally issued after approval of the ECC of the Cabinet.

57. *Mr. Muhammad Riaz Malik:

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state whether any work is in progress to operate vehicles through water kits in the country; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Science and Technology (Mir Changez Khan Jamali): No work is in progress to operate vehicles through water kits in the country.

Scientists/Engineers have shown apprehensions about success of any such attempt as they think that such exercise is in negation of basic scientific principles.

However some individuals have made attempts to develop water fuelled kits for vehicles on experimental basis without any authentication by R&D organizations of the Government. This has been promoted by the local media without any proper investigation into the matter, resulting in creation of media hype over the issue.

58. *Mr. Muhammad Riaz Malik:

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of project completed under access to justice programme during the period from 15-3-2008 till date; and

(b) the total number of pending projects under the said programme at present alongwith the reasons thereof? 14 Minister for Parliamentary Affairs (Mr. Farooq Hamid Naek): (a) A total number of 196 projects 1 under Access to Justice Programme completed during the period 15-03- 2008 till date.

(b) A Total number of 97 schemes are ongoing under Access to Justice Programme.

Reasons for Delay in execution of ongoing projects.

(a) Low PSDP allocations, especially during the last three years.

(b) Low releases against the PSDP allocations.

(c) Delay in approval of releases by Finance Division and delay in transfer of funds to the implementing agencies by Accountant General Pakistan Revenues.

(d) Delay in approval of schemes from competent forums

(e) Delay in approval of building designs by the regulatory bodies like CDA, LDA etc.

(f) Land Acquisition problems.

(g) Managerial and administrative problems of the implementing agencies

59. *Mrs. Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the impacts upon load shedding of sui gas and weekly closure of CNG stations after Imposing ban on the installation of CNG kits in new vehicles in the country?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources: Ban on import of CNG kits has restricted further usage of CNG in automobiles.

Any restriction on entry of new CNG vehicles will not affect the present consumption of gas as this step will only stop induction of new vehicles into system which if allowed will enhance the demand, resulting in the increase/ enhancement of gas curtailment for CNG sector. 15 60. *Mrs. Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli:

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state the steps being taken to control the preparation and sale of unhygienic and sub-standard ghee and cooking oil in the country?

Minister for Science and Technology (Mir Changez Khan Jamali): There are Two Conformity Assessment Divisions administratively working under Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) i.e North Region (Punjab & KPK) South Region (Sindh & Baluchistan) are responsible to monitor the Quality of the products within Compulsory Certification Marks Scheme.

At the moment, 78 items are covered under Compulsory Certification Marks Scheme of PSQCA out of which 37 items are Food Items including Edible Oil (Banaspati ghee / Cooking Oil).

PSQCA has following standards to cater the Banaspati Ghee / Cooking Oil. The details are as under:— —————————————————————————————— Pakistan Standards Title Use for: Specification (PSS) —————————————————————————————— PS No.221/2010(R) Banaspati To check quality of Banaspati,

PS No.2858/2012(R) Cooking Oil To check quality of Cooking Oil —————————————————————————————— Step-I:

As per Pakistan Conformity Assessment Rules rule-2011 quarterly inspection is done to check the quality 01 products,

Step-II:

During Quarterly Inspection, an inspector is deputed to visit the unit, where he collects the samples of the product randomly and get them tested within the labs of unit in his presence. In case of conformity with tht relevant Pakistan Standards, he further takes the sample from the same batch and makes 03 sets & seals them in presence of owner or authorized representative of the unit containing sign and stamp of both i.e Field Office & Representative of Unit & forward the same to: 16 (i) one sample to independent Laboratories as a third party verification

(ii) one for unit (to keep it within the unit, until decision is taken by Standard Development Center (SDC) in respect of grant /renewal of Certification Marks (C.M. Licence)

(iii) One for Conformity Assessment Standard Development Centre (CA- SDC) to keep it within the custody of PSQCA for re-test, in case of any dispute, may be got tested.

Step-III:

However, for proof of their packaging about hygiene / quality (whether it is fit for human consumption or not) test certificates of raw material of packages i.e. container, bags, pouches or wrapping sheet is obtained from the concerned unit as an objective evidence.

Step-1V:

In case, where sample / samples is / are failed during test within labs of unit, the inspector issue the notice of non-conformity containing instructions to rectify the non-conformity within fortnight and no further process of sampling is done. The relevant failure batch is seized so that it can not be marketed.

Besides quarterly inspection following steps are also taken to eliminate sub-standards un-hygienic products—

(a) Open market sampling / testing through PSQCA Mobile Lab. (b) Quarterly inspection of edible oil is carried out. (c) Issuance of notices to stop the illegal product. (d) Especially adhered the hygienic condition of unit.

Step-V:

As per Section 14 of PSQCA Act VI of 1996:

Power to prohibit, manufacture, keeping in stock and sale of certain articles.—(1) The Federal Government may, in consultation with the Authority and by notification in the official Gazette, prohibit, with effect form such date as may be specified in the notification, the manufacture, storage and sale of any article specified therein which does not conform to the Pakistan Standard. 17 (2) The Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, require any article which conforms to a particular Pakistan Standard to be marked with such distinctive mark as may be specified in the notification.

As per Section 22 of PSQCA Act VI of 1996

Penalty for other contraventions.—Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or any rule made or notification issued there under, including a notification issued under section 14, prohibiting, manufacture, storage or sale of any article not conforming to the Pakistan Standard shall, if no other penalty is elsewhere provided under this Act, be punishable with imprisonment of either description for term which may extend to one year, or with fine which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees, or with both.

61. *Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:

(a) the total income received by FWO under the head of Toll Tax from Highways and Motorways in the country during the years 2008-09, 2009-10,. 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13; and

(b) the head-wise utilization of the said amount during the said period?

Minister for Defence (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) FWO is collecting toll tax on behalf of NHA from Motorways only (M-1, M-2 and M-3). Detail of total toll collected is as under:— —————————————————————————————— Sr. YearToll Collected (Rs in Million) No. ——————————————————— NHA Share FWO’s Share Total —————————————————————————————— a. 2008-09 1,718.706 463.840 2,182.546 b. 2009-10 1,828.325 486.960 2,315.285 c. 2010-11 2,326.932 506.990 2,833.922 d. 2011-12 2,753.601 529.310 3,282.911 e. 2012-13 (upto Sep) 653.4 138.060 791.460 —————————————————————————————— Total 9,280.97 2,125.16 11,406.124 —————————————————————————————— 18 (b) FWO is utilizing its share of toll on Pay and Allowances of Staff, purchase of POL, rations, repair of vehicles, payment of utility bills (telephone, electricity, gas, water etc) and purchase of stores for the manpower employed on operations and maintenance of Motorways.

62. *Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister for National Heritage and Integration be pleased to state the steps taken for making Improvement in the Ministry and its attached departments since its establishment?

Minister for National Heritage and Integration (Mrs. Samina Khalid Ghurki): Ministry of National Heritage and Integration was established on 26th October, 2011 vide Cabinet Division’s Notification No .4-14 / 2011- Min-I . The following organizations with their assignments under Rules of Business have been transferred to this Ministry on its creation :

1. National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage of Pakistan 2. Pakistan National Council of Arts 3. Department of Archaeology and Museums. 4. Federal Land Commission 5. Pakistan Academy of Letters 6. National Language Authority 7. Urdu Dictionary Board, Karachi. 8. Urdu Science Board 9. Aiwan-i-lqbal Complex, Lahore 10. lqbal Academy Pakistan, Lahore. 11. Quaid-e-Azam Mazar Management Board (QMMB), Karachi 12. Quaid-e-Azam Academy, Karachi 13. Quaid-e-Azam Papers Wing, Islamabad. 14. Aiwan-e-Quaid/ Nazriya Pakistan Council.

On completion of one year, we have successfully established a functioning Ministry after getting resolved initial problems being new Ministry such as:— 19 • Secretariat of the Ministry has been established at 3rd floor, Evacuee Trust Complex, Islamabad after completion of 1st phase.

• Refurbishment/partitioning of phase-II is under process. Request for advertisement of tender has been made to PID and the same is being sent to PPRA for posting of tender on website.

• Ministry has been sufficiently equipped with human capital as more than 76% of the posts have been filled.

• 07 meetings of Departmental Accounts Committee were conducted and the audit paras pertaining to the period 2004-2010 of the departments under the umbrella of Ministry of Culture (Devolved) have been settled.

• PAC Audit paras pertaining to the periods 2004-05, 2006-07, seven paras and 4 grants have been settled by the PAC.

This Ministry is now tailoring the all important cultural and heritage issues to the needs and aspirations of the post 18th amendment Federation as well as projecting soft image of Pakistan to the outer world.

In order to improve working of the Ministry we have successfully convinced High Powered Committee constituted to resolve post devolution issues under Federal Minister Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah for transfer of various allied entities to this Ministry which were earlier part of the then Ministry of Culture and are now irrelevantly placed under various other Ministries/Divisions. A fresh summary on the subject is under consideration of the honourable Prime Minister.

Functioning of the attached Departments/ subordinate organizations of the Ministry has also been streamlined and is on the track of improvement. Various Board of Directors and Board of Governors of the above departments have been reconstituted as well as some top positions which were lying vacant in certain Departments have been filled during this period enabling them to perform their functions efficiently.

To fill the vacant posts in the Ministry and its departments, case has been taken up with the Establishment Division for issuance of NOC. 20 63. *Rana Mahmood -ul- Hassan:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) the location and province-wise total number of oil and gas reserves in the country at present;

(b) the reserve-wise total quantity of oil and gas being excavating therefrom; and

(c) whether there is any proposal under consideration to explore new reservoirs of oil and gas in the country; if so, the province- wise locations thereof?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources: (a) The requisite information is at Annexure-I.

(b) The requisite information is at Annexure-I.

(c) During the current fiscal year (2012-13) forty four (44) exploration wells have been planned to drill / untap oil/gas reservoirs of the country. Province- wise detail is at Annexure-II.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

64. *Ms. Qudsia Arshad:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that gas loadshedding is adversely affecting the production of industries. in Punjab Province;

(b) if the answer to part (a) above is In the affirmative, the steps taken to supply gas to those industries so far?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources: (a) Currently, SNGPL is facing major gas shortfall on their system. Against demand of 2678 MMCFD, 1877 MMCFD gas is available for sales. The Demand on SNGPL’s 21 system increases due to additional load during winter. In order to meet the shortfall and to save their system from collapsing, the company is constrained to carryout load management in different sectors.

(b) SNGPL is carrying out load management in different sectors as per following schedule:

Fertilizer Sector As and when available on rotational basis CNG Sector 3 holidays per week Industrial Sector 3 to 4 holidays per week (As per requirement) Cement Sector No gas.

65. *Rana Mahmood -ul- Hassan:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that despite taking steps to make PIA profitable, the losses of PIA have been increasing day by day; if so, the reasons thereof;

(b) whether any integrated and fact findings study has been conducted to control the losses of PIA; if so, the details thereof; and

Minister for Defence (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) Yes, strenuous efforts have been made to, make PIA profitable, but bear to following reasons it did not bear, desired fruit :—

(i) Soaring, fuel prices since 2008. (ii) Rupees to dollar disparity. (iii) Aging and insufficient aircraft fleet. (iv) Mis-management within the Organization.

(b) Numerous studies have been carried- out to make the corporation profitable. New Business Plan-2012 is the outcome of various studies. The Business Plan focuses on the following:— 22  Organizational Restructuring.  Operational Restructuring.  Financial Restructuring.  Fleet Renewal Plan.  Aggressive Marketing Plan.  A comprehensive cost cutting programme.

66. *Dr. Nahid Shahid Ali:

Will the Minister for Human Resource Development be pleased to state:

(a) the role/functions of the Employees Old Age Benefit Institution {EOAB) for the welfare of old age workers in the country; and

(b) the achievement gained by the EOAB during the last four years till date?

Minister for Human Resources Development (Ch. Wajahat Hussain): (a) Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) has been established to fulfill provision of the Article-38 (c) of the constitution of Pakistan, which is reproduced below:—

“The state shall provide for all persons employed in the service of Pakistan or otherwise social security by compulsory social insurance or other means.”

2. The Institution provides monetary benefits to the workers of all such industries and establishments registered under EOB Act, 1976 where five (5) or more persons are employed. The benefits are extended to the persons of industry or establishment which has less than five (5) persons and applied for voluntary registration. In the light on the Labour Policy 2010, benefits have been extended to self employed persons if get registered under EOB Act, 1976.

3. EOBI provides the following monetary benefits to eligible insured persons and their survivors fulfilling the prescribed conditions regarding qualifying age, payment of contribution etc.: 23 (a) Old-Age pension on attaining superannuation.

(b) Invalidity pension on sustaining invalidity affecting, insured person’s earning more than one third of normal.

- Surviving spouse till life. - Surviving children till 18 years of age. - Surviving un-married female child till marriage. - Surviving disabled child till life. - Surviving parents for 5 years, if an insured persons/ pensioner not survived by spouse or children.

(d) Old-Age Grant not meeting the benchmark for old-age pension.

4. Pensions are paid on monthly basis. The minimum pension is Rs. 3,600/- per month which may raise upto Rs. 5,160/- depending upon the period of insurable employment and wages of the insured person. Old-age grant is paid in lump sum.

5. The present Government enhanced the minimum monthly EOB pension from Rs.1,500/- to Rs. 3,600/- in the following manner:—

• From Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 2,000 and 15% increase in pensions of existing pensioners w.e.f. July 1, 2008.

• From Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 3,000 and 15% increase in pensions of existing pensioners w.e.f. July 1, 2010.

• From Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 3,600 and 20% increase in pensions of existing pensioners w.e.f. January 1, 2012.

6. The present Government has also allowed Survivors’ pension to female child till her marriage and life time pension to the disabled child w.e.f. July 2010:

(b) The achievements of EOBI during the last four years till date are contained in the statement attached as Annexure-I. 24 Annexure-I Achievements of EOBI during the last four years till date —————————————————————————————— 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 (Till October 2012) ———————————————————————————————————————— Beneficiaries * Old-Age 231,105 246,821 266,713 285,420 292,534 Pensioners * Invalidity 5,437 5,875 6,397 7,330 7,569 Pensioners * Survivors’ 99,596 108,067 117,827 128,322 132,284 Pensioners * Old-Age 14,275 16,053 18,317 21,237 22,103 Grant ———————————————————————————————————————— Total 350,413 376,816 409,254 442,309 454,490 ———————————————————————————————————————— Pension/ Grant 5,787 5,863 9,366 10,589 4,599 Disbursed (Rs. in Millions) ———————————————————————————————————————— 67. *Dr. Nahid Shahid Ali:

Will the Minister for Human Resource Development be pleased to state: (a) the progress made In respect of the implementation on Child Labour Law during the year 2011-12; and (b) the action taken against the violations of said law during the said period?

Minister for Human Resource Development (Ch. Wajahat Hussain): (a) After the 18th Constitutional Amendment, labour laws, including Employment of Children Act, 1991, have been transferred to the provinces. They are also responsible for implementation of laws relating to child labour. The provinces have been asked to intimate progress in respect of implementation of Child Labour Law during 2011-12. As the information is received, the same will be presented before the Honourable House. The report has been sought from the provinces and the same will be presented before the Honourable House when received.

ISLAMABAD: KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, The 12th December, 2012. Secretary.

PCPPI—1286(12) NA—12-12-2012—700. 1 48th Session

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Thursday, the 13th December, 2012

(Originally Unstarred Question Nos. 75, 89, 56, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33 and 35 were set down for answer during the 47th Session)

75. Ms. Shireen Arshad Khan:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state the strength of employees in PIA is less or more than its requirements at present alongwith the details thereof?

Minister for Defence (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) At present the strength of employees i.e 20468 is more then its required strength. The overall approved HRB (Human Resource Budget) of PIA is 19159, whereas the actual strength of PIAC employees (as on 30th June 2012) is 17,410. Apart from this, 3058 employees are working on daily wages hired with the annual financial impact of PKR Rs. 338,570,148/- incurred by PIA upon the third party manpower supplier contractor.

89. Mrs. Nisar Tanveer:

Will the Minister for Human Resource Development be pleased to state:

(a) the names and addresses of Overseas Employment Promoters (OEP) in the country at present alongwith the permission number issued to those OEP; and

(b) the total demand of persons alongwith the persons sent abroad by OEP during the year 2011-12?

Reply not received. 2 56. Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the government to hold Local Government Elections before the General Elections in Islamabad;

(b) if so, when it will be implemented?

Transferred to the Interior Division for answer on next Rotd Day.

22. Ms. Qudsia Arshad:

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that District Courts are functioning in rented buildings in Islamabad;

(b) if so, the date on which said Courts started functioning in the rented buildings; and

Reply not received.

23. Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state the total number of domestic/foreign flights of PIA whose arrival/departure was delayed in the last two months till date alongwith the reasons thereof?

Minister for Defence (Syed Naveed Qamar): A total of 2540 domestic/ international flights of PIA were delayed out of 7031 operated flights during the last two months (i.e. September-October 2012). Following were the main causes of delay:— (i) Weather conditions. (ii) Operational limitations like non-availability of aircraft, poor passengers load, and security checks etc. (iii) Technical reasons. 3 24. Ms. Tasneem Siddiqui:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state;

(a) the total number of airports throughout the country at present; and

(b) the names of above said airports which are earning profit alongwith those which are running in losses at present?

Minister for Defence (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) There exist 43 airports in the country out of which 26 are serviceable / operational.

(b) Out of 26 operational airports, following are earning profit:— (i) Jinnah International Airport, Karachi. (ii) Allama Iqbal International Airport), Lahore. (iii) Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad. (iv) Bacha Khan International Airport, Peshawar. (v) Sialkot International Airport, Sialkot (Private) (c) Following 21 airports are running into loss: —————————————————————————————— S. No. Name of Airport S. No. Name of Airport —————————————————————————————— 1. Bahawalpur Airport 2. Chitral Airport 3. Dalbandin Airport 4. D.G. Khan Airport 5. D.I.Khan Airport 6. Faisalabad Int’l Airport 7. Gilgit Airport 8. Gwadar Int’l Airport 9. Hyderabad Airport 10. Moenjodaro Airport 11. Multan Int’l Airport 12. Panjgur Airport 13. Nawabshah Airport 14. Quetta Airport 15. Pasni Airport 16. Saidu Sharif Airport 17. Shaik Zayed Int’l Airport 18. Begum Nusrat Bhutto Airport Sukkur 19. Skardu Airport 20. Zhob Airport 21. Turbat Airport —————————————————————————————— 4

25. Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state the achievements gained by PIAC through Business Development plan?

Reply not received.

27. Khawaja Sohail Mansoor:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that two years extension in service is being given to the Pilots and First Officers of the PIA after their retirement; if so, the justification thereof; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to control such practice in future; if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the steps taken in this regard so far?

Reply not received.

28. Ms. Shahnaz Saleem:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of free tickets issued to the employees of PIA during the year 2010 and 2011 alongwith the criteria adopted therein; and

(b) the grade-wise free tickets issued to those employees by PIA during the said period?

Reply not received.

29. Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the refreshments or Lunch Boxes being served in the PIA aircraft during domestic flights; 5 (b) if so, the amount spent on lunch boxes providing in one ATR aircraft from Islamabad to Lahore, Bahawelpur and Karachi respectively during the year, 2012-13?

Reply not received.

32. Mrs. Munira Shakir:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of persons appointed in the Civil Aviation Authrority (CAA) during the period from 15-3-2008 till date; and

(b) the procedure and criteria adopted therefor?

Minister for Defence (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) Total 579 persons have been appointed in CAA w.e.f 15-03-2008 till - date through due process of recruitment.

(b) CAA follows Federal Government Rules for recruitment & selection. As per policy, all vacant positions are published in the leading newspapers and application are accepted only against the advertised post(s) In case, a person with the required qualification / experience is not available in the market, then, the option for acquiring services on deputation/transfer of personel from other organization / department is explored to man the vacant slot.

33. Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that a number of Pilots in PIA are holding fake educational degrees/certificates at present; if so, the names thereof; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Government against those Pilots?

Minister for Defence (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) Yes, according to PIAC, 05 pilots of PIAC are holding fake educational Certificates/degrees as under:— 6 —————————————————————————————— S.No P. No Name Designation Certificate —————————————————————————————— 1. 54867 Muhammad Jehanzeb First Officer B777 FSC 2. 64723 Zahid Haneef Butt Cadet Pilot FSC 3. 51792 Arshad Mehmood Capt. ATR FSC 4. 45614 Asmat Mehmood Capt. A310 SSC 5. 60693 Faisal Younas Cadet Pilot Inter —————————————————————————————— (b) The equisite disciplinary action against all the defaulters is being taken by PIAC, accordingly.

35. Disallowed on re-consideration.

23. Ms. Shireen Arshad Khan:

Will the Minister for Postal Services be pleased to state the names of departments working under the Ministry at present alongwith the objectives and functions thereof separately?

Minister for Postal Services (Sardar Al-Haj Muhammad Umar Gorgeij): Pakistan Post Office Department is working under Ministry of Postal Services at present to provide Postal facilities to public. The organizational setup of Pakistan Post Office Department is enclosed herewith as annexure “A& B”.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

24. Mrs. Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to upgrade number of airports in the country in the near future;

(b) if so, the names thereof?

Reply not received. 7

25. Mrs. Nisar Tanveer:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) the names and addresses of residents of Street No.3, Ali Town, Tehsil Renala Khurd, District Okara who applied for provision of natural gas since 1st January, 2010 till date;

(b) whether it is a fact that a number of residents of the said street/ area have not been provided natural gas even after the lapse of three years; if so, the reasons thereof; and

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources: (a) The names and addresses of resident of Street No.3 Ali Town, Tehsil Renala Khurd, District Okara who applied for gas connection since 1st January, 2010 till date are as follows:— —————————————————————————————— S. No. Name Address —————————————————————————————— 1 Mr. Muhammad Nasrullah Ali Town, Renalla S/o M. Saleem 2 Mr. M. Yousaf H#94, Ali Town, Renalla S/o Saad Muhammad 3 Mr. Muhammad Yousaf H#94, Ali town, Renalla S/o Saad 4 Mr.Gulshad Umer St # 3, Ali Town, Renalla S/o Abdul Latif. —————————————————————————————— (b) Gas connections have been provided to Sr.No.1 to 3, whereas, gas connection to Sr.No.4 namely; Mr. Gulshad Umer, who applied vide application ID No. 6727049535 dated 19-01-2012 will be provided on its turn/merit.

(c) The application of Mr. Gulshad Umer is not on merit at present. Gas connection to the above applicant shall be provided as per company policy. 8 26. Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state the findings of inquiry committees of accidents of Air Blue and Bhoja Airline separately?

Minister for Defence (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) An investigation into fatal accident of Air Blue (28 July, 2010), was conducted by the Safety & Investigation Board (SIB) of CAA. Subsequently, on the direction of Peshawar High Court, Peshawar, the investigation report was revisited by international experts of ICAO. On their recommendations, CAA Pakistan is currently engaged in revising the investigation report of this accident. The findings of the same will be provided once the Revised investigation report is finalized / approved by the Federal Government.

(b) Investigation of Bhoja Air Crash is in progress. The findings of this investigation will be provided once the investigation is finalized / approved by the Federal Government.

27. Mrs. Munira Shakir:

Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of voters registered in the country in the General Elections-2002;

(b) the total number of voters registered in the country in the General Elections-2008; and

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs (Mr. Farooq Hamid Naek): (a), (b) and (c) Under section-4 of the Electoral Rolls Act, 1974 (ACT NO.XXI OF 1974), Preparation and computerization of Electoral Rolls for Elections to the Assemblies is the responsibility of the Election Commission of Pakistan. Therefore, the Question was referred to Election Commission of Pakistan for Reply. Their Reply to the Question is as follows:—

The total number of Register Voters of General elections, 2002, 2008 and 2012 is as under; 9

—————————————————————————————— General General Final Elections, Elections, Electoral 2002 2008 Rolls, 2012 —————————————————————————————— 71,913,850 81,032,013 84,365,051 —————————————————————————————— 28. Mr. Muhammad Riaz Malik:

Will the Minister for Postal Services be pleased to state:

(a) the district-wise total number of postmen in the country who have official cycles and motorcycles at present;

(b) the total number of postmen working in the country at present?

Minister for Postal Services (Sardar Al-Haj Muhammad Umar Gorgeij): (a) The District wise details of number of Postmen in the Country having official Motor Cycles and Cycles is available at Annexure-A.

(b) At present 5615 Postmen are working throughout the Country in Pakistan Post Office Department

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

29. Malik Shakeel Awan:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the pipelines of one and two inches were laid for supply of domestic utilization of sui gas in many years ago in Rawalpindi (NA-55);

(b) whether it is also a fact that the said pipelines are in a dilapidated condition at present;

(c) if the answers to parts (a) and (b) are in the affirmative, whether there is any proposal under consideration to replace said pipelines with three inches pipelines to maintain gas pressure therein in winter season; if so, when it will be implemented?

Reply not received. 10 30. Mr. Mohammad Afzal Khokhar:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that there is a low pressure of sui gas in Village Hetum Sohu, Tahsil Nasirabad, District Qamber Shandad Kot Sindh;

(b) if so, the steps being taken or proposed to be taken to increase the pressure of gas In the said village?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources: (a) Yes. SSGCL has informed that Village Haitum Sohu is situated at the tail end of gas distribution system and few consumers are facing low pressure problem due to increase in gas consumption with advent of winter season.

(b) SSGCL has increased their system pressure to overcome low pressure problem and to provide gas at required pressure to the customers. At present, there are no complaints of low pressure.

SSGCL has planned reinforcement of the gas network with bigger dia pipeline for the area which would further minimize low pressure complaints.

31. Sheikh Muhammad Tariq Rasheed:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:

(a) the year-wise total number of Assistant Directors have been appointed in the Ministry during the last five years alongwith the names and qualification thereof; and

(b) whether those employees did apply for those posts; if so, the details thereof?

Reply not received. 11 32. Rana Mahmood -ul- Hassan:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration to supply sui gas to the residents of Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir;

(b) if so, the total estimated cost to be incurred to lay the pipeline for the said purpose; and

Reply not received.

33. Mrs. Nisar Tanveer:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the survey has been conducted for supply of sui gas to the Village Kot Abbas Shaheed, Tehsil and District, Muttan during the last four years till date;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the funds for supply of sui gas to the said village has been released during the said period;

(c) if the answers to parts (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative, the time by which sui gas will be supplied to the said village?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources: (a) Yes.

(b) No funds/directive have been received so far.

34. Ch. Abid Sher Ali:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: 12 (a) whether it is a fact that the sui gas pipeline was laid at Village Bhoon, Tehsil Kalar Kahar, District Chakwal during the year 1999;

(b) whether it is also a fact that sui gas connection has not been provided therein; if so, the reasons thereof;

(c) the number of persons of the said village to whom demand notices for supply of sui gas issued alongwith the number of persons to whom such demand notices have not been issued so far; and

(d) the reasons for not providing sui gas to the said village so far?

Reply not received.

35. Mr. Mohammad Pervaiz Malik:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to refer to Un-Starred Question No.34 replied on 15-11 - 2012 and to state:

(a) the details of welfare schemes launched by Army Welfare Trust for the welfare and rehabilitation of children/families of retired/ deceased army personnel; and

(b) the procedure and criteria being adopted for grant of financial assistance to those children for study and marriage under the said schemes?

Reply not received.

36. Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) the year in which the approval was given to supply sui gas to residents of Tehsil Murree;

(b) the year in which sui gas connection will be given to those residents of said area; 13 (c) whether the work for installation of pipelines has been started therein; if so, the date thereof; and

(d) the main supply line from which sui gas connection will be given to those residents alongwith the exact location thereof?

Reply not received.

37. Disallowed on re-consideration.

38. Ms. Imrana Saeed Jamil:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that Government has levied petroleum leavy on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG);

(b) if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources: (a) Yes, Government had levied Petroleum Levy on Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG).

(b) Petroleum Levy amounting to Rs. 11,486 per MT was imposed on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) produced in the country vide Notification dated 16-Jan-2012. However. due to few legal lacunas, the LPG Producers obtained stay orders from Lahore High Court against the imposition of Petroleum Levy. The GoP has withdrawn the said notification and the relevant petitions have been disposed of by the Lahore High Court. After the fulfillment of the legal requirements, a fresh notification will be issued in due course of time.

39. Dr. Nahid Shahid Ali:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:

(a) the criteria prescribed to check the fitness of an aircraft of PIA;

(b) the total number of repairable aircrafts of the said airline at present; and 14 (c) the total number of non-repairable aircrafts in the Junkyard at present?

Reply not received.

40. Moulvi Asmatullah:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that delaying tactics are being used by the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL), Balochistan for installation of sui gas meters in Killa Jamalabad Kuchlak, Quetta during the last one year; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the time by which sui gas meters will be installed in the said area?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources: (a) Gas pipeline of Killa Jamalabad Kuchlak has been laid (4" dia 1152 meters and 2" dia 354 meters) in the month of February, 2012 and commissioned in May, 2012. So far we have received 65 applications for new gas connections from the residents of said killa. Sui Southern Gas Company provides gas connection on first come first serve basis.

(b) We had recently initiated installation of meter in the area and five gas meters have been installed. Remaining gas connections would be provided in approximately three months time.

KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, Secretary. ISLAMABAD: The 12th December, 2012.

PCPPI—1286 (2012) NA—12-12-2012—700.