1 (18th 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 8th January, 2020
54. *Ms. Rubina Irfan: (Deferred during 17th Session)
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state:
(a) details of programmes initiated for human resource development in Balochistan during the last five years;
(b) the outcome of such measures/programmes; and
(c) whether post-evaluation has been conducted to evaluate whether or not such programmes are beneficial; if so, the detail thereof?
Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood): (a) NAVTTC as an apex agency for technical and vocational training sector in Pakistan is focused to prepare skilled human resource in country and primarily targeting uplift of youth belonging to under- developed areas like Balochistan, tribal areas of KPK, Rural Sindh, Southern Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan and AJ&K. During past 05 years, NAVTTC equipped more than 200,000 youth with technical hands-on skills enabling them earn through fair means of livelihood. Out of which, more than 16,000 youth were belonging to Balochistan. Youth was provided skill development trainings at their door-steps as well as in state of the art institutes of developed cities like Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta and for the purpose facility of boarding and lodging was also provided to such youth. Youth were provided market oriented skills in the following sectors; 2
i. Construction ii. Energy & Renewable energy iii. Textile including garments iv. Agriculture, Horticulture, Livestock, Dairy, Poultry & Fisheries v. Manufacturing (Small, Medium & large Industry) vi. Services vii. Hospitality, Tourism& Hotel Management viii. Transportation& Logistics ix. Business & Information Technology Skills x. Fashion Designing / Stitching xi. Beautician xii. Creative Arts xiii. Electronic & Print Media xiv. Regional / Traditional Trades (List of trades / occupations for skill development attached)
(b) The outcomes of such measures are intangible and can only be ascertained in long run as these programs are expected to improve human development index of lower middle class families belonging to Balochistan region. The youth enrolled in Balochistan under this program were belonging to less-privileged segments of society i.e. low educated and low income groups. This training program converted them into valuable human resource to enhance their earning opportunities and eventually living standards of their families, helping them to come into national mainstream and play their role in socio- economic development. Due significance was also given to preparation of skilled workforce belonging to Balochitan for China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and prioritized Special Economic Zones (pSEZs), which are expected to generate significant job opportunities and Balochistan youth was trained in required skills for Gawadar port and CPEC routes.
(c) The process and impact evaluation of previously completed phases of the program were carried-out by impartial Third Party Evaluation firms (COMSATS etc) and the outcomes of report revealed that NAVTTC followed comprehensive institutional assessment criteria to select training institutes (Impact Evaluation Report, Phase-III: COMSATS institute). The trainees’ selection was jointly done by NAVTTC and the training institutes where the focus was to select the most deserving and suitable candidates. 3
NAVTTC regional offices in provinces especially Balochistan made active effort to engage women and youth from marginalized groups. Almost 30% of the trainees enrolled in all phases of programs were females. Women participation in the trainings wasn’t only limited to the traditional trades but females were also given due priority for enrollment in Business & IT, Hospitality, Hotel Management & Tourisms. In relation to the training venues and other facilities, some 90% of the respondents considered that these were adequate. Further, 89% of the respondents either agreed or strongly agreed that the training was as per their needs. From the perspective of impact on employment, based on the survey findings, 59% of the PMYSDP trainees enrolled under PMYSDP (Phase-III) were employed. Of the 59% of respondents who were employed, 54% had salaried employment, 41% were self-employed, and 5% had other types of employment such as working with family or friends (Impact Evaluation Report, Phase-III: COMSATS institute). As per Impact Evaluation report, special preference for enrollment was given to demographic and geographic needs of the society likewise remote areas of the country were accessed for the skills development and widows, orphans, divorced women, Madrassa students & eunuchs. Response of NCHD 1. Under NCHD Literacy Programme; 720 literacy Centers were established in Balochistan during the last 5 years.
2. Under Universal Primary Education Programme NCHD has been running 510 Feeder schools with 525 teachers for last 5 years.
3. 15,477 learners got basic literacy and numeracy skills, whereas 792 Supervisors and teachers were trained in functional literacy and community mobilization & teaching role etc.
4. 27,419 children have been enrolled in these feeder schools to obtain primary level education. 525 teachers have been regularly trained on quality education.
A third party validation exercise (by consultants & Phoenix Pvt Ltd.) was conducted to validate the existence and functioning of program activities on ground. The reports validated 100% existence and functioning of NCHD Program interventions. 4 A core committee constituted by the Planning Commission of Pakistan conducted a detailed study of NCHD programmes in 2016, which stated that the concerned communities were satisfied with NCHD’s program proqress.
(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)
85. *Syed Agha Rafiullah: (Deferred during 17th Session)
Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state:
(a) number of vehicles, which are at the pool of each division, attached departments and subordinate offices and any other department under the administrative control of the Ministry at present alongwith annual expenditure on account of such vehicles for the last five years;
(b) detail of each vehicle and the name of person alongwith post and grade who is using that vehicle at present;
(c) whether authorities concerned have taken notice of misuse of vehicles placed under each of above department contrary to monetization of transport facility;
(d) if so, whether any inquiry has been made in this regard; if so, the details thereof and what steps are being taken for accountability of those responsible for such misuse of vehicles?
Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division: (a) The question No. 85 was forwarded to the attached Departments, Sub-ordinate Offices and other Organizations under the administrative control of Cabinet Division for the provision of required details. The responses received from the respective Organizations have been compiled and are enclosed herewith. Number of vehicles and maintenance expenditure’s details for last five years may be perused at Annex-I.
(b) 38 officers of NEPRA and 11 officers of PTDC who are not authorized for the Transport Monetization Allowance are using the vehicles as per their entitlement and Organizational policy. Detail may be perused at Annex-II. 5 (c) No such report from any of the organization under the administrative control of Cabinet Division, which has adopted the transport monetization policy, is received. However, appropriate action will be taken, if any report about the misuse of official vehicle received in the Cabinet Division.
(d) Organizations under the administrative control of Cabinet Division have forwarded the nil report, in this regard.
(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)
127. *Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali: (Deferred during 17th Session)
Will the Minister In-charge of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that the budget allocated for Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal has been exhausted since September 2019;
(b) the detail of funds allocated and released to Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal during fiscal year 2019-20;
(c) the heads under which the said funds were spent; and
(d) the number of persons from Chitral District, who have got assistance from Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal under various heads?
Minister In-charge of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division: (a) It is incorrect. It is stated that an amount of Rs. 5653.000 million has been allocated to the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) for the F.Y. 2019-20. Total funds released by the Finance Division to the PMB for first two quarters of the current F.Y amounts to Rs. 2261.200 million. Out of released funds, an amount of Rs. 2108.267 million have been exhausted/ utilized by the PBM as on 30-11-2019, whereas, remaining amount of Rs. 152.933 million is available to meet salary expense of the PMB Employees for the month of December 2019. Further, the funds amounting to Rs. 3391.800 million are yet to be released by the Finance Division for last two quarters of the current financial year as per annual budgetary allocation for F.Y. 2019-20. 6 (b) Details of annual budget allocated to the Pakistan PBM for the F.Y. 2019-20 and its utilization/ exhaustion is as under:—
(c) Head wise detail of spent/ utilized funds is as under:— —————————————————————————————— Heads Utilization Rs. Million —————————————————————————————— Individual Financial Assistance (IFA) 825.512 Projects 701.912 School for Rehabilitation of Child Labour 2.937 (SRCL) is functional in Chitral Women Empowerment Center (WEC) is 2.740 functional in Chitral Institutional Rehabilitation through NGOs 16.044 Administration 564.799 —————————————————————————————— Total 2,113.944 —————————————————————————————— (d) Detail of number of persons from Chitral district, who got assistance from PBM under the head of Individual Financial Assistance (IFA) during FY. 2019-20 is as under:— 7 142. *Ms. Mehnaz Akber Aziz: (Deferred during 17th Session)
Will the Minister In-charge of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division be pleased to state:
(a) total amount alongwith percentage of funds against budget allocation released to Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) during first three quarters of financial year 2018-19; and
(b) total disbursement by BISP to the target beneficiaries by 30th April 2019 with break-up of expenditure on various components of BISP like Waseela-e-Taleem and Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) etc.?
Minister In-charge of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division: (a) Funds released by the Government of Pakistan to BISP during first three quarters of FY 2018-19. —————————————————————————————— Quarter GoP funds released Percentage of (Rs. In million) total budget allocation —————————————————————————————— 1st 28,175.00 25% 2nd - 0% 3rd 28,174.50 25% —————————————————————————————— Total = 56,349.50 50% —————————————————————————————— (b) Total disbarments by BISP by 30th April, 2019 (FY 2018-19) in CCT & UCT: —————————————————————————————— Initiative / Program Amount Paid (Rs. in million) —————————————————————————————— Unconditional Cash Transfer 51,684 Conditional Cash Transfer 1,805 —————————————————————————————— Total = 53,489 —————————————————————————————— 8
@66. *Ms. Munawara Bibi Baloch:
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state whether the Quetta Medical University is insufficient in view of increasing population of Balochistan; if so, as to when more Medical Colleges/Universities will be established by the Government there?
Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood): Establishing a university or college though a charter is the domain of Provincial Government after 18th Amendment. Thus, this does not pertain to the Federal Government. However, Federal Government though Higher Education Commission supports the process in establishing the Universities.
82. *Dr. Darshan:
Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that PTV has not yet launched Direct-to- Home services project; if so, then the year of its initiation and the amount spent on salaries, perks and TA/DA of employees working on project; and
(b) whether it is also a fact that after spending huge amount and around two decades this project has not yet been completed; if so, then the time by which this project will be completed?
Minister for Information and Broadcasting: (a) & (b) Yes, it is a fact that PTV has not yet launched DTH service. The work was started in 2004, but could not be materialized due to the huge upfront cost and legal issues with reference to the PEMRA Act involvement. However, a consultant was hired for a very short period of time for DTH Project, but at the moment the project is discontinued.
______@ Transferred from National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Division. 9 83. *Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur:
Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state:
(a) the names of Corporations, Autonomous Organizations and Semi-Autonomous Organizations under administrative control of the Ministry;
(b) the share holding of Federal Government in each of above said Corporations, Autonomous Organizations and Semi Autonomous Organizations;
(c) the names of CEOs/MDs/Chairmen of each of above said Corporation, Autonomous Organization and Semi Autonomous Organization;
(d) the Compositions of the Board of Director, Board of Governor, Board of Trustee of each of above said Corporation, Autonomous Organization and Semi Autonomous Organization; and
(e) the names and status of each of Director, Trustee and Governor mentioning their dates of appointment, Tenure and Province of belonging in each of above said Corporation, Autonomous Organization and Semi Autonomous Organization?
Minister for Information and Broadcasting: (a) The names of organizations are as under:—
(i) Pakistan Television Corporation (PTVC) (ii) Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) (iii) Associated Press of Pakistan Corporation (APPC) (iv) Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) (v) Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) (vi) Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) (vii) Pakistan Information Commission
(b) All the above said Corporations, Autonomous and Semi- autonomous organizations are fully controlled by the Federal Government. 10 (c), (d) & (e) The requisite information is as below:—
(i) PTVC (Annex-I) (ii) PBC (Annex-II) (iii) APPC (Annex-III) (iv) PCP (Annex-IV) (v) PEMRA (Annex-V) (vi) IRS (Annex-VI) (vii) PIC (Annex-VII)
(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)
84. *Sheikh Rohale Asghar:
Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state:
(a) the steps taken by the Government to control the smog in last four months in the country; and
(b) the names of cities where such steps have been taken?
Minister of State for Climate Change (Ms. Zartaj Gul): (a) After 18th constitutional amendment, Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) is mandated with its function under Pakistan Environmental Protection Act’ 1997 for protection, conservation and rehabilitation of environment in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) only.
In order to tackle the issue of smog in ICT while controlling the air pollution of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Pak-EPA has notified the following National Environmental Quality Standards;
NEQS for ambient air under S.R.O. No. 1062(I)/2010 (Annex-I)
NEQS for industrial gaseous emission under S.R.O No. 549(I)/2000 (Annex-II) and
NEQS for vehicular emission standards under S.R.O No. 72(KE)/ 2009 (NEQS for motor vehicle exhaust and noise) (Annex-III). 11 According to above NEQS, all the industries of ICT are bound to control air emissions through installation of anti-pollution devices.
Pak-EPA ensures strict compliance of above NEQS by the industries and motor vehicles for industrial gaseous emissions and vehicular emission, respectively, on routine basis.
The likely contributing causes of smog in ICT are;
Cold and continuously dry conditions due to delayed winter rainfall
Industrial emission (particularly steel industries and brick kilns in ICT)
Vehicular emissions
Crop residue and Solid-waste burning (particularly a trans-boundary issue)
Actions taken by Pak-EPA to control the smog in last four months in ICT are stated below;
(A) INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS:
In Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) there are approximately 185+ industrial units including different scale of sizes.
Major industries in Islamabad are steel furnaces, marble industries and pharmaceutical industries which are also under observation by Pak-EPA.
Among all, Steel Industries are being considered as a major air polluting Industries in ICT.
(i) Steel Industries:
All the operational steel furnaces (06) situated in ICT have installed pollution abatement technology which have been monitored by Pak-EPA during previous four months through routine visits of Environmental Monitoring Team (EMT) and online surveillance cameras for stack emissions in order to ensure the compliance of NEQS. 12 (ii) Brick Kilns:
Pak-EPA directed brick kiln owners to adopt zigzag technology on immediate basis. The technology was introduced with the cooperation of the All Pakistan Brick Kiln Owners Association (APBKOA).
During previous four months, Pak-EPA has sealed six (06) Brick Kilns who were operation their kilns in Sectors H-15 and H-16, Islamabad without installation of pollution control technology.
Further, as per Governments anti-pollution measures, the Brick kilns will be given financial aid to use zigzag technology which is environmentally friendly,
(B) VEHICULAR EMISSIONS
The major factor of vehicular emissions pollution is old age diesel truck and buses. Diesel vehicles due to overloading, faulty injection nozzles and weak engine emit excessive graphite carbon (visible smoke). Previously, Pak- EPA in collaboration with Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) conducted several seasonal and need based campaigns for testing of vehicular emission.
As per Excise & Taxation Department, ICT, over the last 2 years, huge jump was observed in the number of vehicles in Pakistan which was about 125 thousands from the year 2016 to 2017.
According to ITP, daily 25,000 to 30,000 vehicles enter in ICI by three main entrances. Total number of vehicles registered has reached to 78,082 in 2017 by Motor registering authority, Excise and Taxation department ICT.
(Data source: Excise and Taxation Department, Islamabad and Islamabad Traffic Police, Islamabad)
The government’s anti-air pollution measures to control vehicular emissions are stated below;
Oil that meets EU’s Euro-4 emission standard will now be imported. By the end of 2020, a shift will be made to oil that meets the Euro-5 emission standard. 13
Oil refineries will be given a three-year warning period to improve the quality of oil produced, If they fail, they will be shut down.
The auto industry will be asked to shift towards electric vehicles. All buses will either be hybrid, electric or CNG-based.
(C) National Electric Vehicle Policy
The Government of Pakistan is committed to curb emissions to mitigate and adapt to the harmful effects of climate change. Transportation accounts for 43% of the airborne emissions in the country. Therefore, the Government of Pakistan has approved mandated minimum penetration targets for Electric Vehicles. The National Electric Vehicle Policy is developed to ensure meeting the penetration numbers set forth. This policy will begin an era of clean air in the country that we desperately need for our future generations.
(D) Vehicular Inspection System The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Government of Punjab have introduced Vehicular Inspection System in Province to check and control vehicular emissions.
(E) TRANSBOUNDARY EMISSIONS Solid Waste / Crop Residue Burning: Solid waste / Crop residue burning has become a major environmental problem causing health issues as well as contributing to Smog issues. As per Governments anti-pollution measures, imported machinery will bring to assist farmers to make use of the post-harvest rice crop, rather than burn it. However, as far as ICT is concerned, there is no crop residue burning practices exercising in ICT, whereas, due to trans-boundary movement of Air Pollution from surrounding areas, ICT has been the victim of air pollution and smog in winter season, specifically. (b) The above actions have been taken by Pak-EPA in ICT and the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Government of Punjab have introduced Vehicular Inspection System in Province to check and control vehicular emissions.
(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library) 14 85. *Ms. Naz Baloch:
Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication be pleased to state what steps have been taken to create job opportunities in IT sector?
Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication (Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui): Pakistan is a youth dominated country. Ministry of IT & Telecom is trying its best to address the issue of employment for this large segment of our population.
Many initiates have been taken to create jobs, provide skills to enable them to get jobs in the local and international market and promote entrepreneurship and freelancing by the Ministry and its organizations.
Some important steps are at annexure-A.
(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)
86. *Ms. Shamim Panhwar:
Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state:
(a) the number of brick kilns in Islamabad wherein zig zag technology has been installed; and
(b) as to when the said technology will be installed in the remaining brick kilns?
Minister of State for Climate Change (Ms. Zartaj Gul): (a) In ICT, five (05) out of sixty-four (64) brick kilns have now turned over their kilns on newly environment friendly zig-zag technology. The zigzag kiln technology has been established to embellish fuel efficiency, energy savings and lessening in emissions.
(b) All the owners of brick kilns who have not yet submitted Affidavits to convert their kilns environment friendly zig-zag technology have been directed to convert by the end of 2020. 15 87. *Mr. Muhammad Hashim Notezai:
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state the province-wise number of employees of BPS-2 to 22 working in each Federal Public Scetor University in Islamabad?
Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood): Currently a total of 15 (fifteen) Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) are in Islamabad. The HEls & Province-wise number of employees of BPS-02 to 22 working in each Federal Public Sector Universities in Islamabad is at Annex-I.
Note: Currently a total of 15 universities / HEIs are in Islamabad. The data from 10 universities / HEIs have been received. The remaining data is being compiled and will be provided shortly.
(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)
88. *Mr. Saad Waseem:
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that Government has recently changed annual examination system of Matric and Intermediate, across the country; if so, the justification thereof;
(b) whether the Government has conducted any assessment prior to make such change; if so, the details thereof; if not, the reasons thereof; and
(c) how will such change impact the overall quality of the education?
Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood): (a), (b) & (c) During 14th meeting of Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) held on 24-09-2019, following was recommended: “IPEMC has recommended Provinces / Areas to start Board exam for 8th class and issue certificate to the students. Provinces / Areas may also examine stoppage of class 9th and 11th exams at boards level.” The matter is under consideration of IBCC forum. However, no Change 16 in annual examination system of Matric & Intermediate across the country has been made for Annual Examination 2020. Federal Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education (FBISE) shall conduct its forthcoming examination for Matric & Intermediate on annual basis as per past practice.
89. *Rana Iradat Sharif Khan:
Will the Minister for Aviation Division be pleased to state:
(a) minimum NTS marks a candidate needed to be selected for interview for the post of ASI and Corporal;
(b) names of applicants who were selected for interview alongwith NTS test marks obtained by each candidate for said posts;
(c) list of candidates who obtained the minimum marks for interview but were not called for interview;
(d) the weightage of NTS test marks and interview in final selection; and
(e) marks in interview obtained by each candidate, alongwith NTS test marks and the status as to whether candidate was selected or not?
Minister for Aviation Division (Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Khan): (a) According to Establishment Division letter No. F.53/1/2008-SP, dated 16th January, 2015, 5 candidates against each vacant post will be required to process through interview phase. A candidate who has scored the minimum marks in ITS objective test as per quota wise threshold is eligible for interview.
(b) Out of final result provided by the Testing Agency, 2154 candidates for ASI and 10076 candidates for Corporal have been called for interview against vacant posts on merit.
(c) As at “ b” above.
(d) The weightage of NTS test marks and interview in final selection is being followed exactly in accordance with Establishment Division’s O.M.No. F.53/1/2008-SP 16th January, 2015 (Annex-A) i.e. the score in the written test have 70% and interview has 30% weightage. 17 (b) The Departmental Selection Committees (DSCs) were formed in accordance with the instructions of Establishment Division and comprises senior officers (Grade 20 & 19) of ASF and one officer of Aviation Division. The DSCs have concluded the interviews at Karachi, Quetta. Multan, Lahore while interviews at Islamabad and Peshawar are in progress on daily basis. The interview process will be completed on 22nd Jan, 2020 after which, the data of six centers will be compiled to prepare a region / quota wise result. After the scrutiny & signature of DSCs and approval of Director General ASF, candidates will be called for basic training.
(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)
90. *Mr. Saad Waseem:
Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state:
(a) whether data of air pollution in Islamabad is collected; if so, the month-wise figures of such data for the last one year alongwith mechanism which is adopted to collect such data and points from where such data is collected;
(b) what steps have been and are being taken to reduce the air pollution of the Islamabad; and
(c) the funds, which have been spent for the propose of reducing air pollution in Islamabad in year 2018-19 and funds reserved for the same in year 2019-20?
Minister of State for Climate Change (Ms. Zartaj Gul): (a) Pak- EPA monitors the ambient air quality data of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) on daily basis. The data consists of environmental parameters such as SOx, NOx, CO, O3 and particulate matter which are being analyzed by using Fixed ambient air monitoring station set at sector H-8/2, Islamabad in the premises of Pak-EPA in accordance with the methods and procedures prescribed by USEPA.
The daily and monthly air quality data generated by Pak-EPA for ICT is available at the official website (www.environment.gov.pk) and TWITTER account @PakEpaIslamabad. 18 (The month-wise air quality monitoring data for the duration from June 2019 – November 2019 is enclosed at Annex-I)
In addition to above, Pak EPA monitored air quality assessment of the entire industrial areas of ICT in February 2018 through mobile air quality monitoring stations. (Annex-II).
(b) After 18th constitutional amendment, Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) is mandated with its function under Pakistan Environmental Protection Act’ 1997 for protection, conservation and rehabilitation of environment in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) ONLY.
The contributing causes of air pollution in ICT are stated below;
Industrial emission (particularly steel industries and brick kilns in ICT).
Vehicular emissions.
Crop residue and Solid-waste burning (particularly a trans boundary issue).
In order to control the air pollution of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Pak-EPA has notified the following National Environmental Quality Standards;
NEQS for ambient air under S.R.O. No. 1062(I)/2010 (Annex-III)
NEQS for industrial gaseous emission under S.R.O No. 549(I)/2000 (Annex-IV) and
NEQS for vehicular emission standards under S.R.O No. 72(KE)/ 2009 (NEQS for motor vehicle exhaust and noise) (Annex-V).
According to above NEQS, all the industries of ICT are bound to control air emissions through installation of anti-pollution devices.
Pak-EPA ensures strict compliance of NEQS by the industries and motor vehicles for industrial gaseous emissions and vehicular emission, respectively, on routine basis. 19 The major factors that contribute to air pollution are;
Industrial emission (particularly steel industries and brick kilns in ICT).
Vehicular emissions.
Crop residue and Solid-waste burning (particularly a trans boundary issue).
(A) INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS:
In Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) there are approximately 185+ industrial units including different scale of sizes.
Main industries in Islamabad are steel furnaces, marble industries and pharmaceutical industries which are also under observation by Pak-EPA.
Among all, Steel Industries are being considered as a major air polluting Industries in ICT.
(i) Steel Industries:
All the steel furnaces situated in ICT have installed pollution abatement technology and Pak-EPA regularly monitors these steel units for ensuring the compliance of NEQS. Gradually every industry situated in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) are being taken in loop for the installation of pollution abatement technology.
(ii) Brick Kilns: Pak-EPA directed brick kiln owners to adopt zigzag technology on immediate basis. The technology was introduced with the cooperation of the All Pakistan Brick Kiln Owners Association (APBKOA). Many brick kilns in Islamabad and Lahore has now turned over their kilns on newly environment friendly Zig-Zag technology. The zigzag kiln technology has been established to embellish fuel efficiency, energy savings and lessening in emissions. 20 Recently, Pak-EPA has sealed 05 Brick Kilns on November 25, 2019 who were operation their kilns in Sector I-16, Islamabad without installation of pollution control technology.
Further, as per Government’s anti-pollution measures, Brick kilns will be given financial aid to use zigzag technology which is environmentally friendly.
(B) VEHICULAR EMISSIONS
As per Excise & Taxation Department, ICT, over the last 2 years, huge jump was observed in the number of vehicles in Pakistan which was about 125 thousands from the year 2016 to 2017.
According ITP, daily 25,000 to 30,000 thousand vehicles enter in ICT by three main entrances. Total number of vehicles registered has reached to 78,082 in 2017 by Motor registering authority, Excise and Taxation department ICT.
(Data source: Excise and Taxation Department, Islamabad and Islamabad Traffic Police, Islamabad)
The major factor of vehicular air pollution is the emissions of old age diesel truck and buses. Diesel vehicles due to overloading, faulty injection nozzles and weak engine emit excessive graphite carbon (visible smoke).
Previously, Pak-EPA in collaboration with Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) conducted several seasonal and need based campaigns for testing of vehicular emission.
The government’s anti-air pollution measures to control vehicular emissions are stated below;
Oil that meets EU’s Euro-4 emission standard will now be imported. By the end of 2020, a shift will be made to oil that meets the Euro-5 emission standard.
Oil refineries will be given a three-year warning period to improve the quality of oil produced. If they fail, they will be shut down.
The auto industry will be asked to shift towards electric vehicles. All buses will either be hybrid, electric or CNG-based. 21 With a view to sensitize the masses on the issue of vehicular pollution, a mass awareness campaign is being developed consisting of 10 seconds and 20 seconds media messages that will be disseminated through electronic media.
(C) TRANSBOUNDARY EMISSION
Solid Waste / Crop Residue Burning:
Solid waste / Crop residue burning has become a major environmental problem causing health issues as well as contributing to Smog issues.
As per Governments anti-pollution measures, imported machinery will brought to assist farmers to make use of the post-harvest rice crop, rather than burn it.
However, as far as ICT is concerned, there is no crop residue burning practices exercising in ICT, whereas, due to trans-boundary movement of Air Pollution from surrounding areas, ICT has been the victim of air pollution and smog in winter season, specifically.
(c) Pak-EPA has been allocated an amount of PKR. 14.24 Million and PKR. 14.22 Million for the year 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively on account of operational expenses of Pak-EPA (except salaries).
However, as far as the funds for reducing air pollution is concerned, no funds has been allocated to Pak-EPA for the purpose of reducing air pollution specifically is Islamabad in year 2018-19 and 2019-20.
(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)
91. *Ms. Fauzia Behram:
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state:
(a) the steps being taken by the Government to impart modern training to the teachers teaching in Government schools; and
(b) the steps being taken to improve the standard of education in Government schools? 22 Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood): (a) & (b) In order to improve the educational standard of the teachers advanced teaching strategies through capacity building of teachers focusing on modern teaching methodologies has been introduced. For this purpose, a comprehensive teacher training program for more than 1000 teachers has been completed in June 2019, the detail is as under:—
Training on Pedagogical Skills for Primary School Teachers.
Training on Pedagogical Skills for Secondary School Teachers.
Communication Skills.
Moreover, teachers have been engaged in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS), which is one of the most convenient and affordable way to improve professional capacities. In first phase 300 teachers have been enrolled in various online courses. This will also provide an opportunity to acquire qualifications from internationally renowned universities.
In addition Federal Directorate of Education in collaboration with Universal Services Fund, a project of Ministry of Information Technology has established 226 Computer Labs in girls educational institutions (primary level) with allied facilities to provide equitable opportunities to excel and to spread the benefits of the telecom revolution to students in ICT. Under this project, 200 IT teacher have been placed in schools with collaboration of USF. Theses trained teachers have been placed in schools being engaged in imparting ICT skills to untrained teachers.
In order to improve the educational standards, the presence of teachers in their respective institutions is necessary. For this purpose, FDE has completed a project for the installation of Face Detection Biometric System in all the educational institutions under FDE. 440 biometric devices are installed for the purpose and 12000 teaching and non-teaching employees have enrolled themselves and are marking their attendance at morning and at the time of departure.
Thousands of teaching and non-teaching staff have been trained in order to enhance their capabilities for betterment of educational institutions through foreign and local trainings. 23
FDE conducts Centralized Annual Examination for Class-V and middle standard scholarship exam to develop a sense of competition among students as Academic performance is reflected through results of Centralized Annual Examination for Class-V, X and XII. Detail of last 05 years are as under:— —————————————————————————————— CLASSES 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 —————————————————————————————— V 91.23% 93.32% 92.22% 94.96% 94.65% VIII 92,03% 91.91% 86.69% 95.42% 90.86% X 85.45% 84.33% 86.81% 85.60% 87% XII 75.44% 73.56% 67.86% 72.86% 75.49% —————————————————————————————— All the institutions have been affiliated with Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad at Degree level.
The students of FDE enthusiastically participate in Federal Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education (FBISE) and University level sports competitions where they earn positions not only for their institutions but also for FDE.
FDE aims for providing access to equitable quality education for ensuring sustainable national growth through active participation of the civil society, non-government organizations and private sector in terms of introducing educational technology in FDE’s schools. In this regard FDE has partnered with JAZZ, USF, Teach the World Foundation, Taleem Foundation etc. Due to these interventions, FDE teaching faculty has been trained to embed technology in routine lesson plans and learning has been made meaningful and productive for FDE’s students with the usage of tablets, computers, interactive smart boards and digitized learning content. For meeting shortage of staff, FDE also entered into partnership with Teach for Pakistan where competent young graduates are recruited from eminent universities of Pakistan to render services as teaching faculty at FDE’s schools for 02 years supported financially by teach for Pakistan as fellows. The quality of teaching in particular and education in general has been raised with the advent of these initiatives taken by FDE. 24
Moreover, school adoption program on a small scale has also been taken in Sihala, Tarnol and Nilore sectors where development in literacy, SUNBEAMS and Moawin Foundation are working closely with the administrative, teaching staff and students to enhance quality education by providing soft skills and missing facilities.
FDE in order to provide equitable quality education to all, is engaged in massive drive of brining OOSC in ICT. 11000 children have been identified as OOSC and 7000 have been enrolled in FDE’s schools and non-formal education centers designated by FDE so far. 92. *Mr. Muhammad Afzal Khokhar: Will the Minister In-charge of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration by the Government to grant monthly allowance to all disable persons in the country; (b) if not, the reasons therefor? Reply not received. 93. *Ms. Nusrat Wahid: Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the temporary and daily wages Lecturers are being appointed in the Federal Government Colleges/ Universities in Islamabad; (b) whether it is also a fact that the standard of education is being adversely affected due to said policy; if so, the steps being taken in this regard? Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood):
Higher Education Commission (HEC).
(a) At present, total 15 (twenty five) Higher Educational Institutions (HEls) are in Islamabad. The HEIs are following the HEC’s faculty appointment 25 laid down criteria for faculty appointment. There is no such practice in vogue to appoint Faculty Members on daily wages. Nonetheless, courses are offered/ advertised to hire the faculty on contract, visiting, and part time basis to fulfil shortage of regular faculty in HEls. However, a transparent and stringent procedure is followed to hire the contractual faculty, which fulfills the minimum eligibility criteria of qualification and experience. The performance of contractual faculty continuously monitored by Head of Department (HOD)/ Deans. The extension in contract granted on the basis of the performance of the faculty member.
Not applicable in the view of above.
Federal Directorate of Education (FDE)
a. It is not correct, infact, Federal Directorate of Education, Islamabad has imposed ban on the engagement of temporary and daily wages (teaching and non-teaching staff). Moreover, the Honorable Islamabad High Court has passed the following directions in ICA No.340/2017 vide Para No.123(i) upheld by the Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding regularization of daily wages employees working under the FDE which have been conveyed to the Head of Institutions:-
“No one is allowed to hire any person on daily wagers, contract basis, in Any project, organization office ministries, etc., except in accordance with law”.
(b) It is not a fact that the standard of education is being adversely affected due to said policy. The steps being taken in this regard is placed at Annex-A.
(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)
94. *Mr. Raza Rabani Khar:
Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state:
(a) whether Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (PEPA) has taken notice of discharge of industrial toxic across the country and in particular in District Muzaffargarh through different rivers, nallas, streams, etc.; if so, the details thereof; and 26 (b) the steps being taken by the PEPA to prevent all such industrial units from discharging industrial toxic in the water courses?
Minister of State for Climate Change (Ms. Zartaj Gul): (a) Since, Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) is mandated with its function under Pakistan Environmental Protection Act’ 1997 for protection, conservation and rehabilitation of environment in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) only after 18th constitutional amendment.
(b) However, as far as ICT is concerned, there are no such industrial units who are discharging industrial toxic in water sources. Pak-EPA regularly monitors the liquid industrial effluents of industries falls in ICT jurisdiction to ensure the NEQS as per Annex-I of S.R.O No. 549(I)/2000.
(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)
95. *Ch. Muhammad Hamid Hameed:
Will the Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that Secretariat Training Institute (STI) conducts “ten minutes” proficiency test for LDC; and
(b) if so, under which law/rule the same is conducted?
Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division: (a) Secretariat Training Institute (ST) conducts “ten minutes” proficiency test for LDCs.
(b) Secretariat Training Institute (STI) has been assigned this role by the Establishment Division vide O.M. No. 10/2/79-F.I/D.5, dated 17-2-1983. The details are available at Annex-I.
(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)
96. *Ms. Naureen Farooq Ibrahim:
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: 27 (a) the number of on going scholarship programmes of Pakistan with China;
(b) the number of students benefitted from these scholarships so far in detail; and
(c) the number of such programmes expected in next five years?
Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood): (a) The following 4 ongoing scholarship programs of Pakistan are with China:
i. China Scholarship Council (CSC) Chinese Government Scholarship Programme is for undergraduate, Masters and PhD.
ii. Yes China Youth of Excellence Scheme for Masters Programme
iii. Xi’an-Jiao-tong University Scholarship Program for Masters and Ph.D
iv. HEC-CRBC Scholarship Programme for Masters
(b) A total of 100 (hundred) students benefited from these scholarship Programmes. The detail is as under:
i. China Scholarship Council (CSC) Chinese Government Scholarship Programme is for undergraduate, Masters and PhD: Seventy (70) students were nominated by HEC under Chinese Government Scholarship Program however Forty (40) of them were awarded scholarship by China at Undergraduate, Master’s & PhD levels.
ii. Yes China Youth of Excellence Scheme for Masters Programme: One (01) slot was given to Pakistani professionals under “Yes China Youth of Excellence Scheme” but no one was finally selected by the Chinese Embassy.
iii. Xi’an-Jiao-tong University Scholarship Program for Masters and PhD: Ten (10) slots were given to Pakistani students for Masters and PhD under Xian-Jiao-tong University Scholarships four (04) for Masters & six (06) for PhD have been awarded. 28 iv. HEC-CRBC Scholarship Programme for Masters: A total of 50 (fifty) students are enrolled under this program.
(c) HEC is hopeful that these 4 Chinese Government funded programmes will be continued. Furthermore, 3 to 4 new scholarship programmes proposal are under consideration for future.
97. *Sheikh Fayyaz Ud Din:
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state the reasons to handing over the administration of twelve departments of the Ministry of Education to Ministry of Human Rights?
Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood): The administrative control of following departments was transferred to the Ministry of Human Rights with the approval of Cabinet vide Cabinet Division Memo No. 4-1/2019-Min-I, dated 05-08-2019. These departments /Offices functions were related to Welfare and Human Rights rather than Education.
Name of the departments:—
i. National Council of Social Welfare (NCSW) ii. National Council for Rehabilitation of Disabled Person (NCRDP) iii. National Trust for Disabled (NTD) iv. Social Welfare Training Institute (H-8/4, Islamabad) v. Women Welfare Development Centre, G-7/1, Islamabad. vi. Rural Community Development Centre Punjgran. vii. Pilot Comprehensive Community Development Centre Sohan viii. Community Welfare Development Centre Noon (Fateh Jang Road) ix. Pilot School Social Work Centre, F-6/2, Islamabad x. Social Services Medical Center, Polyclinic xi. Model Child Welfare Centre, Hummak, Islamabad. 29 98. *Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:
Will the Minister for Aviation Division be pleased to state the city- wise, total value of moveable and immoveable assets of Civil Aviation Authority at present?
Minister for Aviation Division (Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Khan): The city /location wise, total value of moveable and immovable assets of Civil Aviation Authority as at 30th November, 2019 are at Annexure-‘A’.
The assets have been categorized based on Generally Accepted International Accounting principles wherein immovable assets are those that cannot be moved from their place, such as Land and Buildings; and include those fixtures that could not be removed from their place without impairing their parent asset to which they are attached.
On the other hand assets not covered under definition above are all immoveable properties.
(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)
99. *Ms. Munawara Bibi Baloch:
Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that most of the land of Balochistan is barren and unproductive; and
(b) the quota allocated for Balochistan under Green Pakistan Project and to what extent the work have been completed on it alongwith details thereof?
Minister of State for Climate Change (Ms. Zartaj Gul): (a) Balochistan has entirely different climatic, edaphic and geographic conditions as compared to other parts of the country. Balochistan, in fact, is having altitudinal range from sea level to highest peak 3,600 m. It also has 60% mountainous area and rest is plains and deserts. Besides, more than 65 % of provincial area has pasture / rangeland land-use. The province, on average, receives 150 to 300 mm precipitation, which depict arid to semi-arid climate. These are the reasons, the Barren and Un-productive Areas including deserts 30 and sand dunes in Balochistan are reported in the Land cover atlas of Pakistan - The Balochistan Province (Published by United Nation’s Food & Agriculture Organization of Pakistan-FAO 14/07/2017) as 21.1% of the total province.
(b) The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) in its meeting held on 29th August, 2019 has approved the umbrella project “Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme Phase-I, Up-scaling of Green Pakistan Programme (Revised)” with the total cost of Rs. 125.184 billion; the Balochistan Specific details are as under:
a. The Forestry Component-Balochistan is approved with the total cost of Rs. 16.668 billion (Rs. 8.355 billion through Federal financing; and Rs. 8.333 billion through Provincial financing). The component is planned to be implemented from Financial Year (FY) 2019-20 to 2022-23.
b. The total targets of planting in the Balochistan Component are 100.814 million plants.
c. The Balochistan Component is in inception phase and the planned targets for FY 2019-20 are 3.130 million plants planting targets with raising of 11.272 million Nursery plants.
100. *Mst. Shaheen Naz Saifullah:
Will the Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state whether the quota for disabled persons in Government Services has been increased from 2% to 5%; if so, the time by which it will be implemented by the Government alongwith the complete detail thereof?
Transferred to Human Right Division for answer on Next Rota Day.
101. *Ms. Shunila Ruth:
Will the Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state:
(a) the details of services quota reserved for minorities; 31 (b) the number of employees hailing from minorities recruited in all federal departments under the said quota; (c) department-wise number of posts lying vacant against said quota; and (d) the time by which said vacancies would be filled?
Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division: (a) The Federal Government has reserved 05% quota for employment of Minorities (Non-Muslims), to all posts across the board in the Federal Government Services /jobs to be filled by direct recruitment including CSS, in addition to their participation in the open merit. (Annex-I & II). The above reservation will not apply to:— (i) The percentage of vacancies reserved for recruitment on the basis of merit. (ii) Recruitment made by promotion or transfer in accordance with the relevant rules. (iii) Short terms vacancies likely to last for less than six months; and (iv) Isolated posts in which vacancies occur only occasionally; (b) The number of employees from minorities working in Federal Governrnent arc as under: —————————————————————————————— Category Number of Employees —————————————————————————————— Federal Government Civil Servant 16612 Employees of Autonomous Bodies 7109 —————————————————————————————— Total 23721 —————————————————————————————— (c) Detail of department-wise number of posts lying vacant against 5% minorities quota, is readily not available. However, letters have been issued to all the Federal Government Ministries / Divisions to collect the information (Annex-III). The compiled report will be submitted after data collection. (d) Information will be submitted after data collection. (Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library) 32 102. *Mr. Muhammad Hashim Notezai:
Will the Minister for Aviation Division be pleased to state whether Government will pursue other airlines to start flights on Karachi- Turbat-Dalbandin-Karachi route if PIA have not enough source to start flights operation on said route?
Minister for Aviation Division (Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Khan): Currently amongst the three airlines namely, PIA, Airblue & Serene none of airlines are operating on the route Karachi-Turbat-Dalbandin-Karachi. Also only PIA has the compatible / suitable aircraft i.e. ATR to operate on the said locations. At present PIA is operating five (05) flights on Karachi-Turbat-Karachi. However, PIA has suspended operations on Karachi-Dalbandin-Karachi effective from September, 2019 due to limited market demand / passenger load factor.
103. *Mr. Ramesh Lal:
Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that in Sector I-16, Islamabad mobile signals are either extremely or almost nil due to non-availability of towers in the vicinity of the said sectors; and
(b) the steps intended to be taken by the concerned department to resolve the said issue?
Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division: (a) Licensees are providing mobile communication service (voice & data) as per the rollout obligations under their respective licenses whereas, it is pertinent to mention here that Licensees already exceed the minimum network rollout obligations imposed in line with the terms and conditions of their respective Licenses. As per record, none of the Licensees have defaulted on rollout obligations, As far as provision of services at a particular location in addition to the rollout obligations is concerned the licensees make such decisions after necessary evaluation and comprehensive commercial feasibility analysis.
PTA receives requests for provision of service to a certain population which are duly analyzed and taken up with the licensees. Status of network coverage in Sector I-16 is appended below; 33 a. Ufone : Satisfactory b. Jazz : Moderate c. Zong : Moderate d. Telenor : No coverage
(b) In addition to (i) above, matter has been referred for on-ground verification of the coverage and Licensees have been instructed to take appropriate measures to improve coverage in the area.
104. *Ms. Shahida Rehmani:
Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to promote classical art and music?
Transferred to National History and Literary Heritage Division for answer on Next Rota Day.
105. *Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali:
Will the Minister for Aviation Division be pleased to state:
(a) the income and expenditure of PIA during the financial year 2018-19;
(b) whether audit of the statistics of the year has been carried out according to the prevailing law or otherwise; and
(c) the deficit being faced by the PIA at present?
Minister for Aviation Division (Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Khan): (a) Fiscal year of PIA is from January - December. Therefore, Summary of Profit and Loss of PIACL from Jan-Dec, 2018 is as under:
PKR in Million Revenues 103,490 Operating expense Fuel & Oil 43,552 Other than fuel 92,019 Operating loss other than exchange loss (32,081) 34 Exchange loss (14,953) Operating loss (47,033) Finance cost (20,385) Loss before tax (67,418)
(b) These statistics has been audited by PIA’s external auditors, as per the prevailing law.
(c) The total deficit figures as on December 31, 2018 is 437.7 Billion. Further, the financial accounts for year 2019 are not finalized but a declining trend in losses is expected.
106. *Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur:
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state:
(a) the names of Corporations, Autonomous Organizations and Semi-Autonomous Organizations under the Ministry;
(b) the share holding of Federal Government in each of above said Corporations Autonomous Organizations and Semi Autonomous Organizations;
(c) the name of CEOs/MDs/Chairmen of each of above said Corporations, Autonomous Organizations and Semi Autonomous Organizations;
(d) the Compositions of the Board of Directors, Board of Governors, Board of Trustees of each of above said Corporation, Autonomous Organization and Semi Autonomous Organizations; and
(e) the names and status of each of Directors, Trustees and Governors mentioning their dates of appointments, Tenures and Province of belonging in each of above said Corporation, Autonomous Organization and Semi Autonomous Organization? 35 Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood): (a), (b), (c), (d) & (e)
National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC).
a. National Vocational & Technical Training Commission (an autonomous body) M/o Federal Education & Professional Training.
b. Not applicable
c. Syed Javed Hassan is Chairman and Dr. Nasir Khan is Executive Director of NAVTTC.
d. The composition of NAVTTC Board of Management BOM is at Annex-I.
e. The names, status, date of appointment & province of members is at Annex-II.
National Commission for Human Development (NCHD).
a. National Commission For Human Development (NCHD)
b. Not Applicable.
c. Dr. Amir Ullah Khan Marwat
d. Public Sector Members 05 Ex-Officio Members 02
e. Name of Director /Member Province Year of Appointment (1) Dr. Amirullah Marwat KPK 10th Jan. 2019 (Chairman) (2) Mrs. Roshan Khursheed Baluchistan 04th December 2002 Barucha (3) Dr. Sono Khangharani Sindh 01st Feb. 2013 (4) Dr. Saba Gul Khattak KPK 01st Feb. 2013 (5) Dr. Mobashir Ahmed Bhatti Punjab 15th March 2016 36 All Members / Directors except Chairman are inactive as the ministry is in the process of reconstituting of the Commission / Board. Higher Education Commission (HEC). a. Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad, is an Autonomous Origination established under section 4 of the Ordinance No. LIII of 2002. b. Not applicable. c. Mr. Tariq Banuri, Chairman HEC Islamabad. d. The Composition of the Governing Body of HEC viz. Members of the Commission is at Annex-III. e. A consolidated list containing the Section of HEC Ordinance, Status of each Member, names, dates of appointments/Tenures, and Province of belonging is at Annex-IV. Federal Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education (FBISE). a. Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) b. FBISE is an autonomous body working under administrative control of Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training. (Note Applicable) c. Dr lkram Ali Malik, Chairman, FBISE. d. Composition of the Board of Governors (BoG) of FBISE as per FBISE Act, 1975 is enclosed at Annexure-V. e. List of the current Members of BoG of FBISE with requisite details is enclosed at Annexure-VI. Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA). a. Islamabad Capital Territory – Private Education Institution Regulatory Authority (ICT-PEIRA). b. Not applicable in case of ICT-PEIRA. c. Ms. Zia Batool, Chairperson (ICT-PEIRA). d. Not applicable in case of ICT-PEIRA. e. Not applicable in case of ICT-PEIRA. National Education Foundation (NEF). a. National Education Foundation (NEF) was established in 1994 through Cabinet Resolution and became operational in 1996. NEF 37 was later on restructured through Presidential Ordinance XX/2002 as autonomous body with its own Board of Governors (BoG). NEF having its geographical outreach in FATA. GB, AJK and ICT. b. National Education Foundation (NEF) working as autonomous body under the administrative control of M/o Federal Education & Professional Training. (Note applicable) c. Presently, the post of the Managing Director NEF is vacant. Mr. Shafqat Mahmood Minister for Federal Education & Professional Training acts as Chairman Board of Governor BOG -NEF. d & e. The composition of Board of Governor, (Name & Designation of members Province. Tenure of appointment enclosed at Annex-VII). National Book Foundation (NBF). a. National Book Foundation. b. Purely Federal Government owned organization. c. Managing Director (BS-21) vacant w.e.f. 12-12-2019 (required to be Filled by Cabinet Division. d. Composition of BOG is mentioned as per clause 4 of the NBF Act 1972. As Annex-VIII & Annex-IX and copy of Act is enclosed. e. The constitution of Board of Governors (BOG) of NBF is in process. Last meeting was held on 7th November, 2003. The tenure of BOG members for three years. (Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)
107. *Dr. Darshan: Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that PTV has always increased house rental ceiling for its employees as and when announced by the Government of Pakistan for Federal Government employees in the past; if so, the term-wise detail of previous increases made during last three times; and (b) whether it is also a fact that the 50% increase in this regard announced by the Government of Pakistan w.e.f 01-07-2018 has not yet been approved by BOD for PTV employees; if so, the reasons thereof? 38 Minister for Information and Broadcasting: (a) Yes, the increase announced by the Government also applies to PTV employees in Pay Group-1 to 9 as per ASI-74 part-X para (i) notified vide no. HSA/90l/2454 dated 17-09-1996, which states that the rent of hired accommodation shall be increased as and when decided by the Government and also notified by PTV subject to approval of Board of Director. The detail of last three times increases is as under: (i) In the year 2008, PTV increased the house rent ceiling vide Office Order No. HP/2613/2626 dated 25-08-2008 with effect from 01-07-2008 @ 25% as approved by the PTV BOD in its 181st meeting held on 18-08-2008. (ii) In the year 2011, PTV increased the house rent ceiling vide Office Order No. HP/2613/4075 dated 23.01.2012 with effect from 01-07-2011 @25% as approved by the PTV BOD in its 197th meeting held on 23-12-2011. (iii) In the year 2015, PTV increased the house rent ceiling vide Office Order No. HP/2613/44 dated 13-01-2015 with effect from 01-01-2015 @ 35% as approved by the PTV BOD in its 209th meeting held on 31-12-2014. (b) The Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Housing & Works, Islamabad vide letter No. F.4 (8)/92-Policy, dated 25-06-2018 has revised the rental ceiling for hiring of residential accommodation for Federal Government employees @ 50% w.e.f. 1st July 2018. As per policy in vogue, increases in rental ceilings are allowed to PTV employees with the approval of the Board of Directors which is the rule making authority of the Corporation. Accordingly the matter for increase in rental ceiling of PTV employees was presented to the Board of Director for consideration & approval in its 216th meeting held on 10-05-2018, 223rd meeting held on 14-01-2019 and 224th meeting held on 28-01-2019, but it was deferred keeping it view financial position of the Organization. 108. *Syed Mehmood Shah: Will the Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state:
(a) the total number of registered private institutes which are working as testing service institutes; (b) the total number of such institutes which are under the registration process; 39 (c) whether it is a fact that the said institutes conduct the tests of different vacancies on same day with same questions for the post of grade 1-5 and grade 7-16 and most of the questions are found irrelevant;
(d) whether it is further a fact that the helpline numbers of said institutes are not responding properly even some time the calls are not attended due to which candidates face difficulties?
Reply not received.
109. *Dr. Mahreen Razzaq Bhutto:
Will the Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state: (a) the total number of vacancies in Federal Public Service Commission; (b) as to when recruitment will be made on said vacancies;
(c) the number of posts vacant against promotion quota; and
(d) the reasons for not promoting the employees against said vacancies?
Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division: (a) Total Number of vacancies are 75
26 Gazetted posts meant for direct recruitment 32 Non-Gazetted posts meant for direct recruitment 17 Gazetted and Non-Gazetted posts meant for promotion
(b) Recruitment to 26 gazetted posts is under process within the Commission. Similarly, the recruitment against 32 non-gazetted posts is under various stages of recruitment process. FPSC is actively pursuing the process to fill up the said vacancies under the rules.
(c) Number of posts are 17 as referred in (a) above.
(d) Cases against 02 posts has been forwarded to CSB recently, 06 posts will be filled after meeting of DSB in near future & DPC shortly, 05 post are vacant due to non-availability of eligible persons and work on 05 posts are under process. 40 110. *Dr. Shazia Sobia Aslam Soomro:
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state whether it is a fact that Government is planning to introduce uniform education curriculum for all in Pakistan; if so, please share the details of the program and reasons for adoption of this policy?
Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood): (a) National Curriculum Council (NCC) Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training initiated the process of developing Single National Curriculum, with input from all federating units of Pakistan. (b) The exercise of development of single national curriculum is planned in three phases:
Phase I: Grade Pre-I to V (By Mar 2020) Phase II: Grade VI to VIII(By Mar 2021) Phase III: Grade IX-XII (By Mar 2022)
For this purpose, the first draft of curriculum for grade Pre-I to V has been developed by NCC, with input from the subject, curriculum, assessment and teacher training experts from public sector as well from renowned private institutions for inclusive curriculum development process.
This first draft has been shared with all the provinces and Area education departments for their input. At each place four-day curriculum review meetings are scheduled after which the input will be submitted to NCC.
This input will be incorporated into the first draft and be presented in a national level conference where the presence of experts from all federating units will be ensured.
The next step will be to take this curriculum document to National Curriculum Council after the approval of which, it will be presented to Inter- Provincial Education Ministers’
ISLAMABAD: TAHIR HUSSAIN, The 7th January, 2020 Secretary.
PCPPI—27(2020) NA—7-1-2020—600. 1 (18th Session)
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT
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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”
For Wednesday, the 8th January, 2020
55. Mr. Saad Waseem: (Deferred during 16th Session)
Will the Minister In-charge of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division be pleased to state:
(a) number of persons, who have been working in Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal and its projects including Dar-ul-Ehsaas either on contract basis contingency basis or ad-hoc basis at present alongwith dates of their appointments;
(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to place the services of aforesaid employees/persons on regular basis;
(c) if so, the details; if not, the reasons thereof?
Reply not received.
54. Ms. Rubina Irfan: (Deferred during 17th Session)
Will the Minister In-charge of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division be pleased to state:
(a) the funds allocated for ”Ehsaas” programme in the financial year 2019-20;
(b) the percentage of above said funds which are to be utilized in Balochistan? 2 Minister In-charge of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division: (a) The details of funds allocated for Ehsaas programme in the financial year 2019-20 are as under:—
(i) Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP):
The budget allocated for Ehsaas programme for Financial Year 2019-20 is Rs.180.00 billion.
(ii) Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF):
An amount of Rs.5 billion is allocated for Interest Free Loan Programme (IFL) under Ehsaas in the budget of Financial Year 2019-20.
(iii) Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM):
The Federal Government has allocated Grant / Budget amounting to Rs. 5,653.000 Million to Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal for Financial Year 2019-20 under the Ehsaas Programme. The break up details of allocated funds are as under: —————————————————————————————— Sr. Budget head Allocated 2019-20 No. (Rs. In Million) —————————————————————————————— Individual Financial Assistance 2,430.000 i. Medical 1,830.000 i. ii. IFA General 150.000 iii. IFA Special Friends 100.000 iv. Education 350.000
Projects 1,659.000 i. Dar ul Ehsas 748.000 ii. ii. Schools for Rehabilitation of Child Labour (SRCLs) 467.000 iii. Women Empowerment Centres (WECs) 422.000 iv. Pakistan Great Homes 22.000
iii. Child Support Programme - Out of available balance of CSP Account —————————————————————————————— 3 —————————————————————————————— Sr. Budget head Allocated 2019-20 No. (Rs. In Million) —————————————————————————————— iv. Institutional Rehabilitation through NGOs 40.000
v Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology 100.000 (GATE) for people with disabilities
vi. Administration 1,424.000 —————————————————————————————— Total 5,653.000 —————————————————————————————— (b) The details of the percentage of above said funds which are to be utilized in Balochistan.
(i) Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP):
BISP is serving extreme poor of Balochistan who are eligible according to its transparent targeting criteria. BISP will extend its subsistence allowance called Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) to 196,115 number of beneficiaries in Balochistan during FY 2019-20. The amount allocated exclusively for Balochistan under UCT is Rs. 5 billion (approx.) during this period which is roughly 4% of the total BISP unconditional cash transfers.
BISP has also earmarked Rs.185.00 million for disbursement to eligible children under its Waseela-e-Taleem Programme which incentivizes poor families to enroll their out of school children (4-12 years). Furthermore, budget to the tune of Rs. 338.00 million (approx..) has been allocated for poverty data collection through the National Socio Economic Registry (NSER) update in Balochistan during 2019-20.
(ii) Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF):
An amount of Rs. 700 Million is allocated for Balochistan. At present IFL Programme is being implemented in 10 districts of Balochistan. Further the detail of disbursement of Rs. 700 million in 6 additional districts is mentioned in the below table for the Financial Year 2019-20. 4 —————————————————————————————— # Districts No. of No. of On-lending funds allocation UCs loans (FY 2019-20) per UC No. of Loans Amount (Rs.) —————————————————————————————— 1 Sibi 10 500 5,000 125,000,000 2 Gwadar 10 500 5,000 125,000,000 3 Killah 10 500 5,000 125,000,000 Saifullah 4 Awaran 10 ‘ 500 5,000 125,000,000 5 Kech 8 500 4,000 100,000,000 6 Sherani 8 500 4,000 100,000,000 —————————————————————————————— Total 56 3,000 28,000 700,000,000 —————————————————————————————— The percentage of the above said funds which are to be utilized in Balochistan is 14% for the Financial Year 2019-20.
(iii) Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal:
Funds amounting to Rs.388.700 Million are to be utilized in Balochistan which is 7% of the above budget.
45. Dr. Seemi Bokhari:
Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state whether it is a fact that PTV management has not increased the salary of its employees according to the announcement of the Government of Pakistan for employees at the eve of every year in Budget Session since 2016; if so, reasons thereof alongwith year-wise detail of Government of Pakistan’s percentage-wise increases and PTV’s increase in juxtaposition?
Minister for Information and Broadcasting: This is to inform that PTV is an autonomous body registered under the Companies Act-2017. Its affairs are managed by Board of Directors duly nominated by the Government of Pakistan. The financial terms related to the employees are settled through MOU agreed between the Management and CBA Union. The BOD approves pay scales of the employees. 5 The detail of revision of basic pay scales & allowances and Adhoc Relief announced by the Government of Pakistan for civil servants from 2016 to 2018, while PTV has given increase only in 2018. —————————————————————————————— Govt of Pakistan PTV —————————————————————————————— Year Increase Year Increase 2016 10% of the 2016 NIL Running Basic pay 2017 10% of the 2017 NIL Running Basic pay 2018 10% Adhoc relief 2018 10%Adhoc relief on the Running Basic pay on the Running Basic pay 2019 5% Adhoc relief 2019 NIL on the Running Basic pay —————————————————————————————— 46. Mr. Muhammad Afzal Khokhar:
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state the educational institutions under Federal Government in which admission quota is reserved for students from minorities alongwith details thereof?
Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood):
Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Currently a total of 25 (twenty five) Higher Educational Intuitions (HEIs) are under Federal Government. The HEIs/University-wise admission quota reserved for students from minorities alongwith detail is at Annex-I.
Federal Directorate of Education (FDE).
No specific admission quota is observed for admission for students from minorities in educational institutions under Federal Directorate of Education, Islamabad.
(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library) 6 47. Mr. Asmatullah: Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the criteria devised by HEC for appointment of Lecturer (BS-18) in the Universities; (b) whether it is a fact that the University of Balochaistan is not implementing the HEC criteria for appointment of Lecturer Archeology (BS-18); if so, the reasons thereof; (c) whether it is also a fact that test has been conducted for the post of Lecturer Archeology (BS-18) in the University of Balochistan on 09-11-2019; if so, provide the names, marks obtained in the test, district of domicile and qualification/grade/ marks/division obtained from Matric to M.Phil of all candidates separately; and (d) whether it is further a fact that third division candidates were allowed for test; if so, the detail and reason thereof alongwith action taken?
Reply not received. 48. Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb: Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state the names and total number of Federal Ministers, Ministers of State, Advisors and Special Assistants at present? Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division: It is submitted that at present total number of Federal Ministers / Ministers of State and Advisers / Special Assistant to the Prime Minister are as follows: i. Federal Ministers 25 ii. Ministers of State 04 iii. Advisers to the Prime Minister 05 iv. Special Assistants to the Prime Minister 13 The list of Federal Ministers / Ministers of State and Advisers / Special Assistants to the Prime Minister is attached. (Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library) 7 49. Mr. James Iqbal: Will the Minister for Aviation Division be pleased to state the names of operational and non-operational airports in the country at present? Minister for Aviation Division (Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Khan): The requisite information is placed at Annexure-A. (Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library) 50. Mr. James Iqbal: Will the Minister for Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of airports including Bannu and Sargodha Airports which are non-operational throughout the country; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration to make them operational; if so, the time by which same will be operational? Minister for Aviation Division (Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Khan): (a) The requisite information is placed at Annexure-A. (b) At present there is no proposal under consideration for operationalization of Bannu & other scaled down/closed airfields as there is no request received from any airline/operator for starting operation on these airports. However, Sargodha is not Civil airfield thus being operated by PAF. (Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library) 51. Ms. Shahida Rehmani: Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the number of teachers who have been promoted from BPS 19 to 20 and BPS 20 to 21 by after 25th July, 2009; and (b) whether it is a fact that said teachers have been demoted; if so, the reasons and details thereof? Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr. Shafqat Mahmood): (a) Fact is that no post of BPS-21 exists in Federal Directorate of Education and its allied Educational Institutions. Maximum promotional avenue are provided to the teachers of Islamabad Model Colleges/ Islamabad Model Schools to BPS-20. Total number of 53 teachers were promoted from BS-19 to BS-20 during the period from 2009 to 2019. (b) Fact is that 01 female teacher has been demoted from BS-19 to BS-18 due to misconduct under rule 3(b) of Government Servants (efficiency 8 and discipline) Rules 1973 with the approval of Secretary, M/o FE&PT, Islamabad. 52. Ms. Shahida Rehmani: Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication be pleased to state: (a) the payment made to international organizations for the use of Internet, data transfer, fiber optics, satellite and such other services during the fiscal year 2018-19; and (b) whether the Government intends to set up its own infrastructure for such services; if so, the detail thereof? Transferred to Cabinet Division for answer on Next Rota Day. 53. Ms. Shahida Rehmani: Will the Minister Inchange of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division be pleased to state the total amount collected under the head of Zakat and Ushr in Islamabad during the last one year and the amount distributed to the deserving persons alongwith the detail thereof? Minister Inchange of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division: As per Rules of Business, 1973, PA&SS Division is responsible for collection of Zakat and its bulk distribution to Provinces/ Federal Areas as per distribution formula approved by the Council of Common Interest (CCI). The Amount of Zakat collected from Islamabad Capital Territory during the last financial year 2018-19 was Rs.1440.697 million and an amount of Rs. 181.476 million was released as share of ICT in accordance with the Zakat distribution formula approved by CCI. The distribution of Zakat in ICT to Mustehqeen is with ICT Administration M/o Interior. The Quarter concerned has been requested for detail of Zakat distribution to Mustehqeen in ICT during the last Financial Year (2018-19) which will be provided at floor of the house once received from ICT Administration.
ISLAMABAD: TAHIR HUSSAIN, The 7th January, 2020. Secretary.
PCPPI—27(2020) NA—7-1-2020—600.