1 (10Th Session) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

(10th Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES”

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

Monday, the 24th March, 2014

(Originally Starred Question Nos. 51, 65, 66, 70, 77, 150 and 165 were set down for answer during the 9th Session)

51. *Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Ministry has database of all the students going abroad for higher studies; if not, the reasons thereof;

(b) if so, the year-wise total number of students returned from abroad during the last five years?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) Yes, Higher Education Commission (HEC) is maintaining the proper database of all the scholars sent abroad by HEC for higher studies.

(b) The year-wise total number of students returned from aboard during the last five years are as under:

Year Students Returned 2009 581 2010 642 2011 686 2012 468 2013 322 2014 17 Total 2716 2 3 65. *Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to reduce certain categories of employees of the public sector through the process of attrition; if so, the details thereof; and

(b) whether it is a fact that a benchmark has been fixed for such reduction of employees; if so, the details thereof?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) At the moment no proposal for reduction of certain categories of employees of the Federal Government’s Ministries/Divisions/ Departments, offices, etc., through the process of attrition, has been assigned to the Establishment Division by the Government.

(b) Therefore, fixing of benchmarks in connection with the above is not under consideration by the Establishment Division.

66. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) the steps being taken by the Government for improvement of higher education;

(b) the number of scholarships granted for higher education during the current year alongwith the criteria adopted therefor; and

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) The critical steps taken by the Government of Pakistan for the improvement of higher education are attached at Annex-A. 4 (b) A total of one thousand and thirty two (1032) scholarship (419 Overseas and 613 local scholarships) were awarded by the Higher Education Commission during the current financial year. The criteria of the selection is attached at Annex-B.

Year Number of scholars 2013-14 419 2012-13 646 2011-12 483 Total 1548

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

70. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) the present status of the National Internship Programme; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government for promoting youth employment?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) National Internship Program (NIP) was started in February 2007 for the benefit of unemployed educated youth all over the country. Consequent to the devolution exercise, National Internship Programme has been restricted to Federal Regions only w.e.f. 1st, July 2011 (i.e. ICT, FATA, AJK and Gilgit Baltistan). Placement of interns under the NIP-2012 (Phase-V) has been completed. In all more than 3000 eligible applicants have been placed in the federal regions by 31st December, 2013. The NIP 2013 (Phase-VI) is currently on hold as it was considered to be merged with PM’s Youth Training Programme announced in the budget speech for financial year 2013-14. The formal approval for PM’s Youth Training Programme is awaited. The future of NIP is thus on hold being part of PM’s Youth Training Programme. 5 (b) The current government has announced six programmes for promoting youth employment:

1. PM’s Youth Business Loans Scheme. 2. PM’s Interest Free Loans. 3. PM’s Fee re-imbursement Scheme. 4. PM’s Lap Top Scheme 5. PM’s Youth Skills Development. 6. PM’s Youth Training Programme.

77. *Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:

Will the Minister for Education, Training and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Allama lqbal Open University was one of the top 20 Universities in the HEC ranking till 2010;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the said University has been excluded therefrom; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(c) whether it is further a fact that the number of students of the said University has decreased; if so the reasons thereof?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) Higher Education Commission (HEC) has not published any University Ranking List of Universities prior to 2010, therefore, it cannot be said that Allama Iqbal Open University was one of the top 20 universities till 2010.

(b) Yes, Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Islamabad has been excluded from the University Ranking List HEC published in 2010, as universities imparting distance learning education were excluded from the aforementioned ranking.

150. *Shaikh Rohale Asghar:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct new airports in the country;

(b) if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the locations thereof?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) & (b) Proposal for the construction of new airports in the country is not under consideration of the Government.

165. *Mian Javid Latif:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the powers of contempt of Court have not been conferred upon the Federal Service Tribunal; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the time by which the said powers will be conferred upon the said Tribunal?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) The Service Tribunals Act, 1973, does not contain such provision.

(b) A Bill titled “The Service Tribunals (Amendment) Act, 2013” has been laid in the National Assembly on 30th August, 2013. Besides other amendments, an amendment in Section 5 of Service Tribunals Act. 1973 has been suggested by insertion of a new sub-section (3), which is as follows:

“(3) A Tribunal shall have the power to execute its decision as may be prescribed.” 7

1. *Begum Tahira Bukhari:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct new Airport Terminal Buildings in the country in the near future; if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the locations thereof?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: New Terminal Buildings have been planned for construction at the following location:—

(a) Multan International Airport (completed). (b) Islamabad International Airport Fateh Jhang (under construction). (c) Gwadar International Airport (Planned). (d) Thar Airport (Methi) (Planned). (e) Peshawar & Quetta being planned subject to avail of fund and land.

@2. *Begum Tahira Bukhari:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state whether there any proposal under consideration of the Government to unblock the Youtube in the country; if so, when i will be implemented?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: • Blasphemous movie “Innocence of Muslims” was uploaded on Youtube in September 2012, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) has taken stringent measures to demand its removal and limit its access on the internet in Pakistan.

• The videos stirred violent protests and public outcry in Pakistan and across the world. Ministry of IT approached management of Google and Facebook on 13 Sep 2012. In response Google refused to block the blasphemous movie links/ URLs in the absence of Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty. However, management of Facebook agreed to block secured website links. —————————————————————————————— @ Transferred from Information Technology and Telecommunications Division. 8 • The Honorable Supreme Court ordered in constitution Petition No 104 of 2012 to block offending material on YouTube website or any other website.

• However, there is no technical solution which can block 100% objectionable material on the internet.

• PTA has taken a number of steps to proactively search for objectionable material.

• So far, 31,819 objectionable links have been blocked.

3. *Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the financial assistance is being provided to small businessmen in the country under the financial rehabilitation programme of the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mall; if so, the details thereof?

Reply not received.

4. *Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the number of private airlines operating in the country at present; and

(b) whether the Government is satisfied with the performance of said airlines; if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) There are three (03) private airlines operating in the country, namely, Airblue, Shaheen Air International and Air Indus.

(b) The performance of the above airlines has remained satisfactory so far, as no serious complaint has been reported either by the passengers or any other agency. 9 5. *Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Pakistan Railways has sold its scrap during the last five years till date; if so, the quantity and rates thereof?

Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique) : The year-wise position of scrap material sold by Pakistan Railways during the last five years till date are as under:— —————————————————————————————— Year Quantity Sold Amount/Rates (Metric Ton) (Rs. In million) —————————————————————————————— 2008-09 5447.700 167.33 2009-10 13787.000 626.862 2010-11 8787.987 426.415 2011-12 4869.350 219.734 2012-13 6970.000 318.801 *2013-14 10855.672 452.889 (till date) —————————————————————————————— Total: 50717.709 2212.031 —————————————————————————————— * The sale orders of amount Rs.452.889 million were initiated in previous years and recovered in the year 2013-14.

6. *Ms. Shakila Luqman:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that China has offered to provide locomotives to Pakistan Railways;

(b) if so, the rates thereof alongwith the time by which those locomotives will be provided?

Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique) : (a) No fresh offer has been received from China for provision of Locomotives.

(b) Not applicable. 10 7. *Ms. Shakila Luqman:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

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

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

Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique) : (a) The year-wise deficit of Pakistan Railways during the last three year is provided in the following table:

(Rs. in Billion) —————————————————————————————— Year Gross Expenditure Deficit Increase in Earnings Deficit —————————————————————————————— 2009-10 21.889 42.042 20.153 — 2010-11 18.613 45.56 26.947 6.794 2011-12 15.449 44.798 29.349 2.402 2012-13 18.078 48.582 30.504 1.155 2013-14 Not (till Feb-28) 15.524 32.812 17.288 Applicable as yet —————————————————————————————— The increase in deficit during the current financial year (2013-14) will be worked out after closing of accounts on June 30, 2014.

(b) Ministry of Railways is taking following steps to control the said deficit. i. Right mix of passenger and freight services is the key. Passenger service has been caped at 96 trains a day and most of the resources are being allocated to freight sector, which has produced encouraging results.

ii. Improve availability of locomotives through special repair of existing locomotives and procurement of new locomotives. (From 8 to 25 locomotive per day only for freight thereby resulting in increase of daily freight train from almost nil to three trains ex-Karachi). 11 iii. HSD Oil reserve was limited for two days, which has been enhanced to 12 days to streamline the train operation.

iv. A comprehensive policy for advertising and branding on Pakistan Railways network is being formulated.

v. Encouraging public-private partnership.

vi. All these measures have resulted in improved punctuality of passenger trains (from 10% to 55%), and reliability of service besides increased revenues. The revenue streams have registered significant increase during the tenure of present government. From 10th June 2013 to 28th February 2014, Pakistan Railways managed to earn Rs. 15967.139 million as against Rs.11497.220 million when compared with the same period of corresponding year. Thus registered an increase of Rs. 4469.919 million (39%).

8. *Mr. Asad Umar:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) the progress made for implementation of the notification issued on 5-11-2012 by the Higher Education Commission to establish the National Technology Council (NTC);

(b) whether it is a fact that the posts of said notified council are lying vacant; if so, the reasons thereof alongwith the time by which the said council will be made functional; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government to secure the future of more than 15 lac students due to non, implementation of notification thereof?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) The Commission has approved the Establishment of National Technology Council (NTC) in its 27th meeting held on August 27, 2012. Accordingly the notification for establishment of the NTC was issued on November 5, 2012. Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) had raised certain observations on the Byelaws of NTC. A meeting of PEC with HEC was held on August 31, 2012 to discussed the observation raised by PEC; subsequently it was decided to amend the Byelaws in the light of discussion of said meeting (Minutes attached). 12 The proposed amendments in the Byelaws were presented for the consideration of Commission in its 28th meeting held on April 9, 2013 and the Commission made following decision “The Commission deferred the items and desired that the proposed amendments in the Byelaws of the National Technology Council may be discussed with all concerned while emphasizing that the term “engineering” may be used carefully and in the manner to maintain focus on “technologies” rather than “engineering” besides providing for inclusion of all accredit technologies within its scope”.

As per directive of Commission a meeting of HEC with Ministry of Science and Technology and Pakistan Engineering Council was held on January 17, 2014 in which it was decided that as per Commission’s decision the scope of the Council should be enhanced while emphasizing on technologies rather than engineering (Minutes attached).

The case will now be presented in the forthcoming meeting of Commission for consideration.

(b) The positions, as per the Byelaws of NTC are still vacant as the Byelaws are not being approved by the Commission. The said Council will be made functional after the approval from the Commission.

B. Tech (Pass) is equivalent to 14 years schooling B. Tech (Hons) is equivalent to 16 years schooling BSc. Technology is equivalent to 16 years schooling

Furthermore HEC encourages the engineering Technology graduates to pursue their academic carrier in their field of interest.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

9. *Mr. Asad Umar:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to deal with increasing shortage of water supply in Islamabad? 13 Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: Following steps are being taken to deal with increasing shortage of water supply in Islamabad:—

(i) Installation of new Tube Wells. (ii) Construction of Chirah Dam. (iii) Conduction of water from Indus River system of Tarbela Dam.

10. *Ms. Belum Hasnain:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the post-wise quota reserved for disabled persons in various Federal Government Ministries/Divisions/Departments at present;

(b) whether it is a fact that the appointments were not made in accordance with the allocated quota for disabled persons during the last five years;

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) Under Section 10 of the Disabled Persons (Employment & Rehabilitation) Ordinance, 1981; “Not less than 2% of the total number of persons employed by an establishment at any time shall be disabled persons”.

The disabled persons employed against any post shall be entitled to the terms and condition which are not less favorable then those of the other persons employed by the establishment against similar post.

When calculating the percentage of the posts in an establishment for the purposes of employment of disable persons, the fraction of 0.5 and above shall count as a whole number.

(b) Instead of the repeated requests to the Ministries/ Divisions by the CA&DD, the Disability quota is not fully implemented by the Ministries/ Divisions. 14 (c) After 18th Constitutional Amendments, CA&DD approached all Ministries / Divisions for the implementation of the disability quota on the total number of their employees since 13th April, 2012, the data provided by the Ministries / Divisions along with its shortfall till date is as under;

——————————————————————————————————————————— Number of Ministries/ Total Total Actually Short Division Working Share Employed Fall ——————————————————————————————————————————— 40 357,040 7,141 2,926 4,215 Percentage — 2% 0.82% 1.18% ———————————————————————————————————————————

11. *Ms. Belum Hasnain:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the CDA to operate all the street lights in Islamabad with Solar Energy; if so, when it will be implemented; and

(b) whether it is a fact that the work on the said project has been started; if so, the details thereof?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) There is no proposal under consideration in the CDA to operate all the street lights in Islamabad with Solar Energy as yet.

(b) No work has been started on the said project.

12. *Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of houses being used for commercial activities in the residential sectors of Islamabad at present;

(b) the total number of houses where in beauty parlours, guest houses, furniture shops, clinics restaurants, gyms, schools, offices of NGOs and such other commercial offices are opened alongwith thi details thereof; and 15 (c) whether these commercial activities are against the building byelaws; if so, the action taken by the Government so far against the responsibles thereof?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) 2080 number of houses are being used for commercial activities in the residential sectors of Islamabad.

(b) Total number of houses being used as

Beauty. Parlour; 77 Guest Houses; 175 Shops; 219 Clinics; 83 Restaurants 16 Gyms; 04 Schools 339 Offices 747 NGO’s 06 Miscellaneous; 414

(c) Such commercial activities in the residential premises are against the building by-laws. Action against the responsible ones has been taken in accordance with provisions of Building Regulation-2005. The action Included issuance of notices, referring such violations of the Court of Deputy Commissioner CDA for eviction i.e. imposition of fine, evacuation from property and cancellation of allotments.

13. *Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) the total amount outstanding against the public subsidiaries of the Pakistan Railways at present; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Ministry to recover the said amount, improve the overall condition of the Pakistan Railways including vacation of land and Godowns worth billions of rupees from illegal occupants and cancellation of lease agreements thereof? 16 Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique) : (a) The total amount outstanding against public subsidiaries of the Pakistan Railways at present is 784 million.

(b) (i) Most of the Godowns were leased out to Provincial Food Departments during 1960-70 in the Flood emergencies in order to ensure the Food security in the country. Efforts were made in the past and resultantly some outstanding was cleared by Food Department, Punjab but still a huge amount is pending against other Provinces.

(ii) During the present regime, the issue was taken up by the Minister for Railways with the Chief Ministers of all the provinces through official communication and as well as by personal contacts. Only the Government of Punjab responded, whereas other provinces did not respond. Reconciliation of accounts were made with the District Food Controllers of Punjab and an amount of Rs. 787 million was recovered from Food Department, Punjab and now there is nothing outstanding against the Food Department, Punjab.

(iii) In the similar way, accounts are being reconciled with Food Departments of other provinces, and it is expected that all outstanding amount will be recovered during the current financial year.The present position of recovered and outstanding amount from Food Godowns is as under:— —————————————————————————————— S. Province Amount Outstanding No. Recovered amount (Rs. in million) (Rs. in million) —————————————————————————————— 1. Punjab 787.00 — 2. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — 292.676 3. Balochistan — 23.606 4. Sindh — 664.372 —————————————————————————————— Total 787.00 980.654 ——————————————————————————————

(iv) In addition to above, an amount of Rs.531.617 million has also been recovered on account of short term leasing form the individuals. 17 (v) In order to retrieve the encroached railway land, an anti-encroachment campaign was lodged in February 2012. A survey of encroached land was conducted and 5663 acres land was found encroached.

(vi) In the first phase, from February 2012 to May 2013, land measuring 2537 acres was retrieved from encroachers. 2nd phase of the campaign was started in June 2013 and 426 acres land has been retrieved from encroacher up till now. Efforts are underway to retrieve the remaining railway land.

14. *Rai Hasan Nawaz Khan:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the steps being taken to make PIA profitable during the period from 1st June, 2013 till date;

(b) the total loss suffered by PIA till 31st May, 2013 alongwith the average annual increase made therein; and

(c) the total income earned and expenditures incurred by the PIA during the first six months of current financial year alongwith the total amount of loss suffered by PIA during the said period?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) Present Government has taken numerous steps to revive the PIA. Salients are as under:—

(i) A cash injection of PKR 16 (billion) for debt servicing and to acquire aircraft on lease.

(ii) Development of a viable Business Development Plan.

(iii) Acquisition of four narrow body aircraft on wet lease from Turkey and Czech Republic for 03 months.

(iv) Govt. financing for acquisition of 5 narrow body aircraft (A-320- 200) on dry lease approved. These aircraft will start to join PIA from April, 2014 to Oct., 2014. 18 (v) ECC allowed PIA to acquire additional 5 narrow body aircraft on dry lease for which funding will be provided.

(vi) ECC approved sovereign guarantees to GE Company for overhauling of 777 engines.

(vii) Rationalization of domestic/international manpower/offices.

(viii) Cost cutting measures in every sector amounting to billions of rupees.

(ix) Fuel rationalization.

(x) Route rationalization.

(xi) Plan to divest 26% share of PIAC to a strategic partner with complete management within one year through the Privatization Commission to stop recurring bleeding of resources.

(b) The loss sustained by PIA during five month period ending May, 2013 is PKR 15,906 million.

Revenue : Rs. 47,672 (million) Expenditure : Rs. 66,055 (million) Loss : Rs. 18,383 (million)

15. *Rai Hasan Nawaz Khan:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) the base lines of present Government for re-structuring the Pakistan Railways alognwith the stage-wise details thereof; and

(b) the total amount incurred thereupon alongwith the source of amount thereof?

Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique) : (a) The present Government is making sustained efforts to revitalize Pakistan Railways. Following are some of important initiative in this regards: 19 1. Performance benchmarking and development of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Pakistan Railways has been launched. It would help management to target right areas for improving service delivery, business processes and financials.

2. Revival of Railways Board is being actively pursued as part of overall reform agenda.

3. Tariff is being regularly rationalized based on the market dynamics mainly to improve occupancy and increase revenue of Pakistan Railways.

4. Right mix of passenger and freight services is the key. Passenger service has been caped at 96 trains a day and most of the resources are being allocated to freight sector, which has produced encouraging results.

5. Improve availability of locomotives through special repair of existing locomotives and procurement of new locomotives. (From 8 to 25 locomotive per day only for freight thereby resulting in increase of daily freight train from almost nil to three trains ex-Karachi)

6. HSD Oil reserve was limited for two days, which has been enhanced to 12 days to streamline the train operation.

7. Improved land management as more than 426 acres of land has been retrieved during the tenure of present government, the value of which is approximately 1623 million.

8. To eliminate the ghost pensioners, Automation System for pension payment has been introduced as a pilot project in Lahore and will be expanded to the entire railway system.

9. Procurements in railways including PSDP portfolio used to be contractor driven and the contractors determined its priority. Now the PSDP projects are executed according to the priority of Pakistan Railways in the best national interest.

10. A comprehensive policy for advertising and branding on Pakistan Railways network is being formulated. 20 11. Encouraging public-private partnership.

12. A comprehensive policy for disposal of surplus scrap has been introduced with the aim to improve financials through an open, fair and transparent process.

13. Improved human resource management by placing right person for the right job through a merit based placement policy.

14. To put in place effective accountability mechanism, several cases have been referred to National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

15. Investment planning through a system approach rather than functioning in isolation is being pursued. Under this approach, investment in all the components of railways system including infrastructure development, rolling stock availability, business development and governance is being made. The strategy is expected to bring significant improvement in near future.

16. Rationalization of projects by giving priority to implementable projects having visible impact on the performance of Pakistan Railways.

17. Economic Corridor development and regional connectivity are important initiatives, which are expected to play vital role in national economic growth. Upgradation of Mainline-1 (ML1) and construction of dry port and cargo handling facility have been included, as Early Harvest Projects (EHP) under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and preparatory work on these projects has been initiated.

18. All these measures have resulted in improved punctuality of passenger trains (from 10% to 55%), and reliability of service besides increased revenues. The revenue streams have registered significant increase during the tenure of present government. From 10th June 2013 to 28th February 2014, Pakistan Railways managed to earn Rs. 15967.139 million as against Rs.11497.220 million when compared with the same period of corresponding year. Thus registered an increase of Rs. 4469.919 million (39%).

(b) There are only policy decisions and no expenditure involved in the restructuring. 21 16. *Dr. Arif Alvi:

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that part two of the report has been submitted in the Supreme Court by the Media Commission;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the PEMRA has mentioned on page 103 in the said report that some Media Groups are receiving foreign funds;

(c) if the answers to part (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative, the steps taken by the Ministry to investigate those allegations; and

(d) whether it is further a fact that the Media Houses received foreign funds for their programmes; if so, the total amount received during the last three years till date alongwith the purposes thereof?

Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage (Mr. Pervaiz Rashid): (a) Yes. The part two of the Report has been submitted in the Supreme Court of Pakistan vide letters of June 3, & June 10, 2013 respectively of the Media commission.

(b) PEMRA had not leveled any allegations against any media group.

(c) In view of the position explained in parts (a) & (b) above, the Ministry is not required to initiate action in this regard.

(d) PEMRA does not have any information that media houses have received foreign funds for their programmes. However, some TV channels were involved in airing of programme of Voice of America (VOA) illegally. The channel was issued show cause notice not to air the programme. The show cause notice was challenged in the Honorable Sindh High Court. Subsequently the programme was off aired.

Moreover, some FM Radio Stations were involved in airing BBC Programmes/News Bulletin. However, the same has also been stopped on the instructions of PEMRA. 22 17. *Mr. Mehboob Alam:

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of telephone connections of NTC which are functional in the country at present; and

(b) the total number of internet connections given by the Ministry during the last five years till date?

Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications: (a) At present, 117,122 telephone connections of NTC are functional in the country.

(b) NTC has installed 49,553 internet connections since FY 2008-09.

18. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the present status of the Civil Service Reforms in Pakistan; and

(b) whether there is any proposal/plan under consideration of the Government to reform the Civil Service of Pakistan; if so, when it will be implemented?

Transferred to Prime Minister’s Office for answer on Next Rota Day.

19. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state:

(a) the total amount of expenditures incurred on advertisements of the Government given on electronic media during the period from 1-6-2013 till date; and

(b) whether it is a fact that the amount of advertisements has been paid to channels concerned; if so, the names thereof? 23 Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage (Mr. Pervaiz Rashid):

Press Information Department (PID)

(a) The total expenditure incurred on the Government advertisements on electronic media/channels during the period from 01-06-2013 is amounting to Rs. 159,603,942/-. The list showing the above expenditure alongwith the name of channels may be seen at “Annexure-I”.

(b) Press Information Department only verifies the electronic media bill and has no record of payments made by the concerned clients to the advertising agencies. Annexure-I

STATEMENT OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA TELECAST DURING FINANCIAL YEAR 2013-14 —————————————————————————————— Name of Channel Amount —————————————————————————————— A Plus 81,900 Aaj News 6,463,118 Ab Tak 2,915,526 ARY TV 13,130,893 Ary Zauq 73,710 ATV 5,583,801 AVT Khyber 2,774,682 Awaz TV 965,034 Buniness Plus 910,924 Capital TV 7,771,418 Channel-5 2,484,528 City 42 446,600 CNBC News 1,059,476 Dawn News 16,697,252 Din News 122,850 Dunya News 13,670,690 Express News 21,259,048 Geo News 24,125,597 Hum TV 438,165 Jaag TV 514,500 Khyber News 2,490,555 KTN News 6,135,305 —————————————————————————————— 24 —————————————————————————————— Name of Channel Amount —————————————————————————————— Masala TV 87,633 Mehran TV 2,135,735 News One 122,850 PTV Home 2,460,615 QTV 73,710 Rohi TV 372,708 Poyal News 1,620,554 Roze news 612,255 Sama TV 10,168,194 Sindh TV 2,092,083 Sohni Dharti 175,266 TV One 122,850 Uruj TV 81,900 Wash TV 3,611,607 Waqt News 5,750,410 —————————————————————————————— Grand Total 159,603,942 ——————————————————————————————

20. *Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of scholarships for Ph.Ds given by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) during the last six months; and

(b) the total number of students of Ph.Ds studying abroad at present alongwith the country-wise details thereof?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) A total of nine hundred and seventy seven (977) scholars have been given Ph.D. Scholarships by Higher Education Commission (HEC) during the last six months as per the following detail: 25 —————————————————————————————— Category Number of Scholarships —————————————————————————————— Local Ph.D. Scholarships 718 Foreign Ph.D. Scholarshps 259 —————————————————————————————— Total 977 —————————————————————————————— (b) A total of two thousand seven hundred and forty four (2744) scholars are pursuing their PhD. Program in 31 countries. The Country wise list is attached at Annex-I.

Annex-I —————————————————————————————— Ph.Ds Studing Abroad —————————————————————————————— No. of Scholars ————————————————————— Sr. Through No. Country Directly By HEC Universities Total —————————————————————————————— 1 Australia 22 67 89 2 Austria 68 3 71 3 Bangkok 0 1 1 4 Belgium 4 5 9 5 Canada 8 60 68 6 China 67 53 120 7 Czech Republic 0 2 2 8 Denmark 0 17 17 9 Finland 0 10 10 10 France 152 11 163 11 Germany 259 75 334 12 Hong Kong 14 5 19 13 Ireland 0 1 1 14 Italy 100 4 104 15 Japan 0 5 5 16 Malaysia 3 95 98 17 Netherland 56 20 76 18 Newzeland 89 24 113 —————————————————————————————— 26 —————————————————————————————— Ph.Ds Studing Abroad —————————————————————————————— No. of Scholars ————————————————————— Sr. Through No. Country Directly By HEC Universities Total —————————————————————————————— 19 Norway 24 3 27 20 Oman 0 2 2 21 Portgal 0 1 1 22 Sapain 0 1 1 23 Scottland 0 3 3 24 Singapore 0 1 1 25 South Korea 164 14 178 26 Sweden 82 50 132 27 Switzerland 0 1 1 28 Thailand 43 29 72 29 Turkey 72 1 73 30 United Kingdom 87 567 654 31 USA 203 96 299 —————————————————————————————— Total 1517 1227 2744 ——————————————————————————————

21. *Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho:

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state the steps being taken to, promote Information Technology in the country?

Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications:

STEPS TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN TO PROMOTE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE COUNTRY

The following summarizes the efforts carried out by the Government of Pakistan to promote Information Technology in the Country: 27 • Establishment of state of the art IT Park in Islamabad, as Pilot Project, in collaboration with World Bank.

• Establishment of National Information Technology Board (NITB) by merging Pakistan Computer Bureau (PCB) and Electronic Government Directorate (EGD).

• Implementation of E-Government system through the implementation of common E-Government Application named “E-office Suite” for the automation of core businesses of the government.

• Spectrum Auction, in line with Government priorities.

• Establishment of Universal Telecentres.

• Review and Integration of Telecom Sector policies.

• Finalization of draft “Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill”.

• 12 Software Technology Parks have been set up in major cities of Pakistan.

• Establishment of Network to connect Ministries/Divisions through Fiber Optic Ring (about 72 km).

• Promoted entrepreneurial culture in Pakistan by launching new IT startup companies.

• Provided Internships to IT Graduates in IT companies.

• Assistance provided to 11 Software companies for Certification of ISO 27001 (IT Security Standard) and to 23 companies for Certification on CMMI level 2 and above.

• Provision of IT Training to 8600 Govt. Employees.

• Setup of Virtual University of Pakistan which is providing modern Distance Learning through internet and TV. Currently, more than 100,000 students are enrolled with VU.

• Due to Government efforts, Export Figures for Software has reached to US $ 331 million as recorded by the State Bank of Pakistan. 28 22. *Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that after devolution of the Ministry of Education to the provinces, the provinces have committed to implement the National Education Policy 2009 in letter and spirit;

(b) if so, the steps taken by the Federal Government for establishing an effective forum for coordination, policy making and implementation thereof at Federal level?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) The National Education Policy was approved by the Cabinet in 2009. However, the complete implementation of the NEP 2009 was stalled due to the abolition of the concurrent list under 18th Constitutional Amendment in 2010. A high level meeting on education was held on 16th September, 2011 under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The Chief Ministers of all the Provinces and the Prime Minister of AJ&K attended the meeting. A Joint Declaration on Education was signed between the Government of Pakistan and the Provincial/Area Governments .Article II of the Joint Declaration states as under:

“National Education Policy 2009, subject to such adaptations as are necessitated in view of the 18th Constitutional Amendment, shall continue to be jointly owned national document”.

(b) The Ministry is developing a coordinating mechanism through Interprovincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) to undertake review of National Education Policy 2009. In this regard the first meeting on IPEMC was held on 11thFeburary,2014. The matter will be discussed in detail in the next IPEMC meeting.

23. *Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standard in Higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) the total estimated public sector financial requirement to meet Education For All (EFA) targets in the three themes i.e. primary education, adult literacy and early childhood education in Pakistan by 2015 separately; 29 (b) the total actual/current amount spent in each of the said areas during financial year, 2013-14;

(d) the steps taken by the Government to achieve 86% literacy rates in education till 2015?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) As yet, no study is available to determine the financial requirements to meet EFA targets by 2015. Moreover, after the devolution of the subject of ‘education’ under 18th constitutional amendment, the Provincial Governments are undertaking plans and policies to improve the status of education in their respective provinces and achieve the EFA targets. The Ministry of Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education has prepared a National Plan of Action to accelerate the NER in Primary Education from 68% in 2011-12 to 91% in 2015-16 through various targeted interventions. Approximately Rs. 188 billion are needed to implement this Plan.

(b) We have requested the Provincial Governments for the relevant information and their reply is still awaited.

(c) During 2011-12, Rs. 132.15 billion, and in 2012-13 Rs. 178.25 billion were spent in Primary Education in the country, according to PRSP Secretariat’s Expenditure Table.

(d) The following steps have been taken by National Commission for Human Development(NCHD):

(a) Established 21,639 feeder schools to provide schooling for the un- served population.

(b) Provision of 13,606 additional teachers in existing government schools, where the enhanced enrollment adversely affected the teacher student ratio.

(c) NCHD in collaboration with different district education departments re-opened 3300 schools through provision of additional teachers (feeder teachers); these schools were closed due to non-availability of teachers.

(d) BCES project established 13,000 community schools for unnerved children. 30 24. *Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that many flights are diverted during every winter season from one airport to another due to zero visibility and thick fog;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the loss of billions of rupees has been suffered by PIA every year therefrom;

(d) the steps being taken to install ILS Cat.III (C) system that allows aircraft to land at zero visibility at major airports of the country?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) Yes, it is fact that many flights are diverted due to fog in the winter.

(b) Yes, PIA suffers huge losses every year due to such diversions.

(c) Year-wise loss suffered by PIA under the said head during the last five years is a huge data and its collection is underway. The comprehensive, consolidated response will be furnished in due course of time, upon completion of the same.

(d) So far the survey work has been carried out for installation of the Air Filed Lighting System and ILS CAT-Ill (C) at Lahore and Islamabad airports.

25. *Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of aeroplanes acquired by the PIA on lease, except from Turkey during the year 2013-14 alongwith the period of lease thereof; and 31 (b) whether it is a fact that the food items being served on board to passengers during flights have been curtailed; if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) PIA had inducted two Czech Republic registered Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Travel Services and 02 from Corendon Airline on wet lease. These aircraft were inducted in PIA fleet during end of November, 2013 initially for a period of two months (extendable). Subsequently, the wet leased agreement for the two (02) aircraft has been extended up-to May, 2014.

(b) PIAC Board has taken a policy decision to replace major meals (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner) with snack box services to cut down expenditure.

26. *Shaikh Rohale Asghar:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the name of those countries with whom Pakistan Railways has cargo and passengers train connection/links at present?

Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique) : The names of countries with whom Pakistan Railways has cargo and passenger train connections are: a. India b. Iran c. Turkey (cargo only)

27. *Shaikh Rohale Asghar:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to start Metro Bus Service from Islamabad to Rawalpindi;

(b) if so, the time by which the Metro Bus Service will be started? 32

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) Yes, there is a proposal under consideration of the Government to start Metro Bus Service from Islamabad to Rawalpindi.

(b) Metro Bus Service will be started by earlier 2015.

28. *Mr. Abdul Qahar Khan Wadan:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Hernai-Sibi Railway Section has been closed since February, 2006; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to re-open/repair/re-construct the said railway section; if so, the time by which the work will be started thereupon?

Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique) : (a) Yes, The Sibi- Hernai Section of Pakistan Railways has been closed since February -2006 when seven major bridges were damaged by bomb blasts/rocket attacks by the terrorists, causing suspension of train operations. After that another three bridges were also badly damaged due to severe flash floods.

(b) In order to assess viability of re-opening of the closed section, feasibility study was assigned to M/s PRACS (Consultant). The condition survey has been received from the consultant. However tasks could not accomplish due to law & order situation in the Province.

According to the recommendations of consultant, the bridges needs reconstruction/rehabilitation by replacing damaged girders and construction of piers. The re-construction/rehabilitation of damaged bridges is not possible under the current law & order situation of the Province.

Pakistan Railways will undertake reconstruction/rehabilitation work at site subject to security clearance and assistance by concerned law enforcing agencies. 33

29. *Syed Waseem Hussain:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Managing Director alongwith two officials of PIA were sent to Turkey during September, 2013; and

(b) whether it is also a fact that the lucrative routes of PIA are being sold to Turkish Airlines; if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) Yes, because of Prime Minister’s visit.

(b) No, there is no such proposal under consideration.

30. *Ms. Shahjehan Munir Mangerio:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) the total land of the Pakistan Railways in Karachi sold and purchased by the Ministry during the year 2013-14; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to recover the land of Pakistan Railways from illegal occupants; if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the steps taken in this regard so far?

Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique) : (a) No land has been sold or purchased by Pakistan Railways during the year 2013-14 in Karachi.

(b) Pakistan Railway has retrieved 2964 acres railway land from illegal occupants from February 2012 to February 2014 out of total encroached land of 5663 acres. This includes 427 acres land retrieved during the tenure of present Government. Efforts are underway to retrieve the balance encroached land. Detail is enclosed as Annexure-A. 34 Annexure-A

The Division-wise detail of retrieved land in the 1st phase (Feb: 2012 to May 2013) is as under: —————————————————————————————— Area (in acres) S. Division ——————————————————— No. Encroached land as on Retrieved land in the first 01-12-2011 phase —————————————————————————————— 1. Peshawar 395.152 103.293 2. Rawalpindi. 145.601 41.130 3. Lahore 2631.88 1757.431 4. Moghalpura/Workshop 43.72 1.249 5. Multan. 686.127 374.698 6. Sukkur. 750.49 80.185 7. Karachi. 370.87 158.691 8. Quetta. 638.727 20.489 —————————————————————————————— Total 5662.667 2537.166 —————————————————————————————— Say = 5663 acres Say = 2537 acres ——————————————————————————————

The Division-wise detail of retrieved land in the 2nd phase (June 2013- Feburary 2014) is as under:—

—————————————————————————————— Area (in acres) S. Division ——————————————————— No. Encroachments as on Retrieved land in the as were existing 2nd phase on 23-06-2013 —————————————————————————————— 1. Peshawar 291.859 11.291 2. Rawalpindi. 104.471 9.834 —————————————————————————————— 35 —————————————————————————————— Area (in acres) S. Division ——————————————————— No. Encroachments as on Retrieved land in the as were existing 2nd phase on 23-06-2013 —————————————————————————————— 3. Lahore 874.449 8.296 4. Moghalpura/Workshop 42.471 1.085 5. Multan. 311.429 305.877 6. Sukkur. 670.305 17.948 7. Karachi. 212.279 69.452 8. Quetta. 618.238 3.606 —————————————————————————————— Total 3125.501 427.389 —————————————————————————————— Say = 427 acres ——————————————————————————————

Total land retrieved up till now = 2537+427 =2964 acres. Balance encroached Railway land = 2699 acres

ISLAMABAD: KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, The 23th March, 2014. Secretary.

PCPPI—395(14) NA—23-3-2014—650. 1 (10th Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Monday, the 24th March, 2014

(Originally Unstarred Question Nos. 114, 117, 267, 270, 320, 145, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 69, 72, 73 and 79 were set down for answer during the 9th Session)

114. Mr. Najaf Abbas Sial:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state the number of Consultants hired by the PIA from 1-1-2008 to 30-03-2013 alongwith their salary packages?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat:PIAC hired/appointed following consultants during the period 2008 to 2013:

(i). M/s A.F Ferguson and Company for Tax Consultancy (2010-2011).

(ii). Consultancy services of M/s M.G Associates for Marketing Consultancy.

(iii). Mr. Saleem Sayani, Deputy Managing Director.

(iv). Mr.Christopher Richard Julyan Bate, Director Special Projects.

Amount paid to the said Consultants is as under:-

(i). M/s A.F Ferguson and Company Rs.4,500,000 per annum.

(ii). M/s M.G Associates for marketing consultancy fee Rs.900,000 per month.

(iii). Mr. Saleem Sayani, DMD was drawing salary US$ 20,000/- per month with annual increment by 7%. He was paid an amount of PK 2 Rs.46.218 million by PIAC. Other details regarding his lucrative, pay, perks and privileges is attached as Annexure-A.

(vi). Mr. Christopher Richard Julyan Bate, Director Special Projects was drawing salary US$ 20,000/- per month. Other details regarding his lucrative, pay, perks and privileges is attached as Annexure-B.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

117. Mr. Abdul Waseem:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the number of consultants hired by PIA during the period from 1-4-2013 to 31-12-2013; and

(b) the salary package admissible to the said consultants at present?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) PIAC hired/ appointed following consultants during the period 2008 to 2013:

(i). M/s A.F Ferguson and Company for Tax Consultancy (2010-2011).

(ii). Consultancy services of M/s M.G Associates for Marketing Consultancy.

(iii). Mr. Saleem Sayani, Deputy Managing Director.

(iv). Mr.Christopher Richard Julyan Bate, Director Special Projects.

( b). Amount paid to the said Consultants is as under:-

(i). M/s A.F Ferguson and Company Rs.4,500,000 per annum.

(ii). M/s M.G Associates for marketing consultancy fee Rs.900 000 per month.

(iii). Mr. Saleem Sayani, DMD was drawing salary US$ 20,000/- per month with annual increment by 7%. He was paid an amount of PK 3 Rs.46.218 million by PIAC. Other details regarding his lucrative, pay, perks and privileges is attached as Annexure-A.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

267. Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state whether the verification of educational certificates of all Doctors and other staff of PIMS, Islamabad has been completed; if so, the details thereof?

Reply not received.

270. Ms. Kishwar Zehra:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the aircrafts purchased and got on lease by the PIA during the last five years alongwith the description, mode of payment and name of country/company thereof; and

(b) the amount of profit earned by the PIA therefrom?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) PIAC has not purchased any aircraft during the last five years. Details of aircraft acquired on lease are as follows:- ______S. No. Description Name of the Name of the Mode of Company Country Payment ______1. 2 x B-747-200 aircraft M/s. Hellenic Greece Rental payments wet leased in 2011 for Imperial deposited were Hajj Operation Airways through Swift Wire Transfer

2. 2 x B-737-800 aircraft M/s. Corendon Turkey - do for domestic schedule Airlines. flights as stop gap arrangement till ______4 ______S. No. Description Name of the Name of the Mode of Company Country Payment ______leasing of five (05) narrow body (A-320) aircraft on dry lease.

3. 2 x B-737-800 aircraft M/s. Travel Czech - do for domestic schedule Services Republic flights as stop gap arrangement till leasing of five (05) narrow body (A-320) aircraft on dry lease. ______

(b) Profit on direct operating cost of flights operated on wet lease B737- 800 aircraft for the month of November, 2013 is PKR 4.303 million.

320. Sahibzada Tariq Ullah:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the sewerage/polluted water is being used for cultivation at several places particularly at Khanna and Tarlai in Islamabad;

(b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) Khana and Tarlai are out of jurisdiction of CDA and fall in rural area of ICT.

(b) -do-

145. Mr. Sher Akbar Khan:

Will the Minister for Education Training and Standard and Higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) the steps being taken by the Government for Human Resource Development in the country; and 5

(b) the year-wise amount allocated for the said purpose during the last three years alongwith the head-wise utilization thereof?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC).

(i) National Vocational & Technical Training Commission is proficiently involved in policy making strategy formulation, regulation & revamping of TVET system. Inline with its provided mandate, NAVTTC always acknowledged the worth of skilled Human Resource Development in the country and successfully executed 02 Training programs from PSDP fund in country as mentioned below;

• Prime Minister’s Hunar-mand program & President’s Fanni Maharat Program, through these programs NAVTTC equipped 153,640 individuals upto December 2013 since its inception.

• NAVTTC’s steps to reform TVET in country envisage the capacity building of Human Resource, providing adequate access to sustainable employment, alleviation of poverty and marginalization, ensuring region’s economic development,

• Apart from PSDP funded training programs NAVTTC successfully attained following steps for human Resource Development in country in collaboration with TVET Reform Support Program;

Successful promulgation and execution of National Skills Strategy (2009-13) to address the TVET challenges in the country.

Accreditation of 23 TVET institutes to assure / improve the quality of TVET institutes and Human resource concerned.

Development of 169 competency based Curricula for unified training mechanism all over country.

Development of “National Vocational Qualification Framework” to provide vertical & horizontal progression to the Human resource under training. 6 Review of Apprenticeship Ordinance 1962 is under process in collaboration with public/private stakeholders to address the latest training challenges of employees/employers.

NAVTTC developed Code of Conduct and professional ethics for TEVT institutes in year 2011, which describes principles established to guide the Technical & Vocational Training (TVT) institutes to create their identity ad institutional brand.

NAVTTC, developed a framework “National Qualification System for Teachers (NQST)” in consultation with stakeholders to standardize the qualifications and pays of TVET teachers.

NAVTTC established a dynamic system of National Skill Information System on modern lines which will be helpful for vocational guidance of skilled human resource.

Establishment of 08 sector specific centers of excellence to play a pivotal role in promoting innovation and excellence in training.

National Commission for Human Development (NCHD)

(i) In the year 2009-12, 35986 Adult Literacy Centers were established where 882,551 illiterate learners are made literate.

10937 Feeder teachers provided multigame teaching service to 300,000 children.

NCHD helped Districts and provincial governments to enroll 2.2 million children in primary schools.

National Training Bureau (NTB)

(i) National Training Bureau (NTB) is the attached department of Ministry of Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education established in 1976 with the objective to assess existing and future training needs, provide training to youth, impart training to Instructors and to conduct trade tests for certification of institutional as well as skilled workers of the private sector. 7 The synopsis of manpower trained during the last five year is summarized as follows:—

- Training of Trainers 951 - Training of Youth 7815 - Trade Testing and Certification 46207

(b) NAVTTC

(ii) Year-wise amount allocated through PSDP fund and respective utilization to run the above mentioned training programs for last three years is as tabulated below:— —————————————————————————————— Year Amount Allocated Human Resource Trained —————————————————————————————— 2010-11 300- 15,085 2011-12 300- 15,405 2012-13 240- 13,227 2013-14 350- Under progress ——————————————————————————————

The aforementioned fund utilized on following heads.

Remuneration of Instructional & Non-instructional staff, purchase of training material, over-heads, testing and certification tool kits and stipend for trainees

NCHD

(ii) Budget allocation in the last three years: —————————————————————————————— Year Allocation Release —————————————————————————————— 2009-10 2339 m 1400 m 2010-11 3296 m 1488 m 2011-12 2513 m 1385 m —————————————————————————————— 8 NTB (Rs. In million) —————————————————————————————— Year Allocation Expenditure —————————————————————————————— ii. 2010-11 -Other 0.382 0.382 (Training material). -Repair of Machinery & 0.098 0.098 Equipment

2011-12 -Other (Training material). 0.462 0.105 -Repair of Machinery & 0.100 0.030 Equipment.

2012-13 -Other (Training material). 0.696 0.696 -Repair of Machinery & 0.200 0.200 Equipment. ——————————————————————————————

48. Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that a statue of Shaheed Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto has been removed from the Lok Virsa Museum, Islamabad;

(b) if so the reasons thereof?

Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage (Mr. Pervaiz Rashid): (a) The statue of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was temporarily shifted to the Museum Conservation Laboratory for maintenance, which has been re-displayed at the allocated space. 9 (b) The day-to-day maintenance and upkeep of the three-dimensional cultural displays at Pakistan National Museum of Ethnology, popularly known as Heritage Museum, is an on-going feature at Lok virsa.

@49. Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state the total amount allocated for Education in Islamabad during the year 2013-14?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: Total amount allocated for Education in Islamabad during the year, 2013-14 is Rs.7408.611 million as per Annex-A.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

50. Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) the details of non-teaching staff appointed on regular and contractual basis in Federal Urdu University, Islamabad during the period from 2008 to 2013; and

(b) the details of contractual employees who have been regularized during the said period?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) A total of one hundred and seventy six (176) non-teaching staff appointed on regular and contractual basis in Federal Urdu University, Islamabad during the period of 2008-13. The detail is attached at Annexure-I.

(b) A total of one hundred and twenty six (126) contractual employees have been regularized in Federal Urdu University, Islamabad during the said period. The detail is attached at Annexure-II.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library) —————————————————————————————— @Transferred from Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education Divsion. 10

51. Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state:

(a) the year-wise total number of new connections given by PTCL during the period from 2009-2013;

(b) the province-wise total income earned therefrom during the said period alongwith the details thereof; and

Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications: (a) (a) Year-wise new PSTN (Telephone) connections by PTCL are as follows:

482,114 (2009), 444,944 (2010), 531,088 (2011), 491,102 (2012), 678,349 (2013)

(b) (Amount in Millions) —————————————————————————————— 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ———————————————————————————————————————————

FEDERAL 2,856 3,279 3,673 4,069 4,700

Baluchistan 878 899 1,029 1,114 1,246

KPK 2,908 3,274 3,752 4,172 4,802

PUNJAB 25,609 26,952 30,203 33,248 38,489

SINDH 8,605 8,936 9,628 10,050 10,825 ——————————————————————————————————————————— Total 37,122 39,163 43,583 47,470 54,117 —————————————————————————————— (c) Year-wise new DSL (Internet) connections by PTCL are as follows:

335,020 (2009), 437,802 (2010), 515,974 (2011), 523,050 (2012), 679,275 (2013) 11

52. Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state the airlines-wise total amount of parking fee collected during the last five years till date?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: Requisite detail is placed at Annexure-A.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

54. Mr. Abdul Waseem:

Will the Minister for Information Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state:

(a) the year wise total amount collected in the country under the head of the PTV licences during the last three years till date; and

(b) the number of officers and employees working in the PTV at present alongwith the province wise details thereof?

Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage (Mr. Pervaiz Rashid): (a) The total amount collected in the country under the Head of PTV Licence fee during the last three years is as under:

(Rs. in Million) —————————————————————————————— Year Amount —————————————————————————————— 2010-11 4,637.516 2011-12 4,908.562 2012-13 5,526.442 2013-14(upto January 2014) 3,314.209 —————————————————————————————— (b) Province/group wise details of officers and employees working in PTVC are attached at Annexure- “A”. 12 13

60. Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of male and female students whom education and skill development has been provided by the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) during the last five years till date; and

(b) the total number of institutions/departments working in the country under NCHD at present?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a), (b) I. In the year 2009-13, 35,986 Adult Literacy Centers established where 882,551 illiterate learners were made. literate 90 % of whom are female.

II. 10937 Feeder Teachers provided multigrade teaching services to 300,000 children, in which 135000 are Male students and 165000 are Female students.

III. NCHD helped 14,050 people in provision of skill development trainings (300 in Khyber Agency and 13,750 in Sindh Province)

IV. In the country 5883 Feeder Schools are operational where 6451 Feeder teachers are placed and providing multigrade teaching to students.

61. Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) the number of persons recruited on ad-hoc and contract basis in the Swabi University during the year 2013-14 alongwith the details thereof;

(b) the procedure adopted for the said recruitment; and 14 (c) whether it is a fact that the merit lists were prepared for said appointments; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) A total of fourteen (14) persons were recruited on contract basis initially for a period of six months w.e.f. January 30, 2014 in University of Swabi during the year 2013-14. A consolidated list containing the name and designation alongwith details is attached at Annex-A. No person was recruited on adhoc basis.

(b) The procedure was adopted for the recruitment in the University of Swabi is attached at Annex-B.

(c) Yes, proper merit lists were prepared by the Committee who scrutinized and evaluated the applications forms. The Committee after scrutiny and evaluation recommended 10 candidates per vacancy for each category in BPS-16, 17 and 18. A list of Scrutiny Committee and Category-wise merit lists are attached at Annex-C.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

62. Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the name of controlling authority of Chatter Park, Islamabad at present;

(b) the name of present contractor thereof and the date on which the said contract was awarded alongwith the amount of said contract;

(d) whether it is also a fact that the said park is in a dilapidated condition at present; if so, the steps being taken by the Government to improve the said recreational and health resort; 15

(e) whether the legal procedures was adopted while awarding the said contract; and

(f) the number of said contracts awarded during the last five years alongwith the income earned by the Government therefrom?

Transferred to Interior Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

64. Ms. Maiza Hameed:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the measures taken by the Government to implement the Article 25-A of the Constitution;

(b) the total funds allocated for the up gradation of existing facilities therefor;

(c) the time by which the Government will notify rules for the ICT and FATA under Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2012;

(d) the funds allocated for the implementation of the said Act;

(e) the steps taken by the Government to protect children from maltreatment and corporal punishment in schools and madreassas?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) Since in post devolution scenario, education in ICT is being regulated by Capital Administration and Development Division, hence, for Implementation of Article 25-A, an Act titled “Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2012” specifically for Islamabad Capital Territory, has been enacted. The following measures have so far been taken regarding implementation of Act:

CA&D Division launched admission campaigns for enrollment of Out of School Children at the start of Academic Session and on literacy day (September 9-11, 2013). About 16000 new students have been enrolled in Federal Public Sector educational institutions. 16 All existing funds being charged from students particularly the student funds, are abolished.

Free Textbooks to the students up to Secondary level are provided.

Uniform syllabi and English as medium of instructions in all Federal Public Sector educational institutions has been introduced.

The by-laws on Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2012 are being drafted and would be notified after vetting from Ministry of Law and Justice.

(b) An additional demand for budget of approximate 400 Million (Rs) as per provisions of Act, has been proposed for the coming fiscal year 2014-15 for ICT public Sector Institutions.

(c) To frame by-laws/rules for implementation of Act in true letter and spirit, series of consultative meetings were held with all the stakeholders to develop consensus. The by-laws so drafted, are in pipe line/process to be vetted by Law Division for further notification/ implementation. This Act is meant for ICT only and education related matters of FATA do not fall under the purview of CADD.

(d) There is no allocation of funds so far approved for the fiscal year 2013-14. However, additional demand for budget of approximate 400 Million (Rs) as per provisions of Act, has been proposed for the coming fiscal year 2014- 15 for ICT public Sector Institutions.

(e) Corporal punishment is strictly prohibited in the public sector institutions of ICT under FDE. In this regard, several circulars/notification have been issued to the institutions. Moreover. Deeni Madrassas are not administratively governed by CADD.

65. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state the time by which elections will be held after restoration of students unions in the educational institutions in Islamabad?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: There is no concept of Student Union in the educational institutions under the administrative control of FDE. However, Students councils are functioning in female institutions. The students elect their representatives on yearly basis. 17

69. Choudhry Muhammad Shahbaz Babar:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the CDA in collaboration with Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has made a plan to setup Industrial sector in Sector I-17, Islamabad;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the CDA has failed to acquire required land and land acquired so far therefor has been occupied by the land grabbers; and

(c) whether it is further a fact that sufficient time is required to shift factories causing environmental pollution from sector I-9, to Sector I-17, Islamabad; if so, the reasons therefor?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) CDA has not prepared any plan with Islamabad Chamber of Commerce &, Industry to setup Industrial Sector I-17, Islamabad as the land has not been acquired as yet. Planning & Development of Sector I-17 is possible only after land acquisition of the area.

(b) The land for development of Sector I-17 was acquired through Dy. Commissioner, CDA award announced on 15-01-2009 under the provisions given in CDA Ordinance 1960. The owners / affectees of the area were not willing for Land Sharing Basis acquisition. The award was announced @Rs. 8,30,000 per Kanal. The mozas falling in Sector I-17 are Noon, Kot Kolian, Bajnial, Narhala, Lakhu, Sheikhpur, Bhadana Kalan Jhangi Syedan.

Payment status of Sector I-17:

• Total area: 7971 K - 14 M • Rate per kanal: Rs. 8,30,000/- • Total Amount: Rs. 6,61,65,11,000/- • Paid Amount: Rs. 1,12,30,34,565 /- • To be paid: Rs. 5,49,34,76,435/-

Currently there is a pending liability of Rs. 11.698 Billion on account of acquisition of land in Sector I-17 & H-16 acquired by CDA. Because of current financial crunch faced by CDA, it is not possible for the department to immediately 18 discharge its full liability. On the directions of the Honorable High Court an exercise was made to make a payment schedule, accordingly a list was prepared for payment of land falling in category of 1, 2, 5, 10 Kanals and above holding.

The Honorable Islamabad High Court directed vide order dated 27-02-2014 to discharge the liability to small land owners upto 2 Kanals holding by 30-04- 2014. CD A accordingly has made the payment schedule in accordance with the direction of Islamabad High Court and the possession will be taken as soon as possible. It is also submitted that the delay has also occurred due to the fact that affectees were no cooperating with CDA for survey of Built Up Properties.

(c) Maximum efforts are being under taken by CDA to clear the outstanding payment and survey of BUP so that BUP award be announced and to take over the possession after disbursement of Rehabilitation benefits to the affectecs. When the possession is taken over from affectees, the industrial Sector will be opened in Sector I-17.

Recently, there is no plan of CDA for shifting of factories from Sector I-9 Sector I-17, Islamabad. However, to control the environmental pollution, CDA is taking following suitable measures alongwith Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) : —

i. Change of trade from Negative List, to permissible trade is allowed without payment of any fee and change of trade, to a trade, except those mentioned in Negative List, is allowed subject to payment of prescribed fee.

ii. All industrialists shall have to take appropriate measures to bring the hazardous emissions according to Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency standards. In case they fail to do so, action under the law would be taken by PAK EPA.

iii. Pak EPA advises the industrialists regarding installation of devices for pollution control, specifying the time period needed for the installation of same.

iv. CDA has also established Environment Protection Cell (EPC) under the control of Directorate General (Environment ) manned by a Director which is responsible to liaise with controlling agencies and take necessary measures for the protection of environment of Islamabad. 19 72. Shaikh Rohale Asghar:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state the number of Doctors and other staff working at the Burn Centre in PIMS, Islamabad at present alongwith the qualification and experience thereof?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: 145 persons including doctors, nurses and other staff are appointed at the Burn Care Centre (BCC) in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad. List along with the qualification and experience is at Annex-A.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

73. Shaikh Rohale Asghar:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the date of establishment of the Burn Centre in PIMS, Islamabad; and

(b) whether it is a fact that the said centre is 100% functional at present; if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) Burn Care Centre, RIMS was inaugurated by the Honorable President of Pakistan on 6th December, 2007.

(b) Burn Care Centre, PIMS is 100% functional since its inauguration and bed occupancy is 100%.

79. Mr. Junaid Akbar:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) the year-wise number of FATA students who got admission in M. Sc Chemistry in the Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad during the last three years alongwith their names, father names and registration numbers; and 20 (b) the year-wise number of FATA students who got admission in M. A. History in the University of Peshawar during the last five years alongwith their names, father names and registration numbers?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) A consolidated list containing the year-wise number of FATA students who got admission in M.Sc. Chemistry in the Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad during the last three years alongwith their names, father’s names and registration number is attached at Annex-A.

(b) A consolidated list containing the year-wise number of FATA students who got admission in M.A. History in The University of Peshawar, during the last five years alongwith their names, father’s names and registration number is attached at Annex-B. 21

1. Begum Tahira Bukhari:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state

(a) the date by which the construction work of Bari Imam Complex, Islamabad was started; and

(b) the name of firm constructing the same alongwith the rates thereof?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) Date of start 14-02-2008.

(b) M/s United Engineers & Contractors Pvt. Ltd. Rates, approved are 49% above 2004 Market Rates. 22 2. Begum Tahira Bukhari:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the total land of Lake View Park, Islamabad at present; and

(b) the facilities available for the public in the said park at present?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) The total area of the said park Acres (Phase-I= 60 Acres and Phase-II = 100 Acres.)

(b) There are many facilities available for the general public in the said park. These are as follows:—

Phase-I:-

(i) Drinking water Filtration plant alongwith water fountains/water coolers at different places. (ii) First Aid Centre. (iii) Loss and Found Centre. (iv) Public Address System. (v) Gazebos/Sitting areas. (vi) Beautiful Soil/Hard landscaping. (vii) Water decks (viii) Walk in Aviary. (ix) Kids Play Area. (x) Golf Carts (xi) Wheel Chairs. (xii) Bar B.Q. Area. (xiii) Fishing/angling facilities (xiv) Provision of adequate lights for visitors. (xv) Street Performers (Vocalist, Flute Players etc) (xvi) Provision of adequate No. of kiosks/carts of eatables/ drinkable.

Phase-II:-

(i) Horse riding, Camel and Ponny Ridding. (ii) Rock-climbing. (iii) Family fun house. 23

(iv) Kids activities area with play structure, swings, sliders etc. (v) Concerts festivals and exhibitions areas. (vi) Youth gaming zone, Arts and Cuisines, heritage and fashion related activities. (vii) Quad Bikes/Dirt bike and off road gaming activities. (viii) Day & Night Golf driving range. (ix) Formula-I racing for adults and kids. (x) Polo grounds. (xi) Paint ball and shooting range. (xii) Music amphitheater.

3. Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mall has planned any scheme of financial assistance for women to start small business in the country; if so, the details thereof?

Reply not received.

4. Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state whether it is a fact that arrangements have been made for the maintenance of locomotives/bogies in the country; if so, the locations thereof?

Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique) :

Locomotives

Yes it is fact that Pakistan Railways has a vast network of maintenance facilities both for major overhauling and running maintenance for DE Locomotives is as under:—

a. Back Workshops for major overhauling.

(i) Central Diesel Locomotive Workshop, Rawalpindi (for major overhauling of locomotives). 24 (ii) Loco Workshop/Mughalpura (for major overhauling of locomotives).

(iii) Diesel Shop/Karachi (for major overhauling of locomotives).

(iv) New establishment for maintenance/operations of newly inducted 58 Locos at Lahore ET Shed has been approved under the control of SME/DME-III by posting staff from closed ET Shed detail as per Annex-A.

b. Major Maintenance Sheds in Divisions

(i) Loco Shed, Kundian (Peshawar Division). (ii) Loco Shed, Rawalpindi (Rawalpindi Division). (iii) Diesel Shed, Lahore (Lahore Division). (iv) Loco Shed, Khanewal (Multan Division). (v) Loco Shed, Multan (Multan Division). (vi) Loco Shed, SAMASATA (Multan Division). (vii) Loco Shed, Sukkur (Sukkar Division). (viii) Diesel Shed, Karachi ( Karachi Division). (ix) Loco Shed, Kotri (Karachi Division). (x) Loco Shed, Quetta (Quetta Division). (xi) Loco Shed, Sibi (Quetta Division). (xii) Loco Shed, Dalbadin (Quetta Divison).

Carriages & Wagons

Pakistan Railways is quite capable to handle the maintenance of passenger coaches/bogies, Pakistan Railways have two carriage & wagon (C&W) maintenance workshops at Moghalpura and Hyderabad. Similarly, Pakistan Railways have C&W maintenance depots (washing lines/sicklines) all over the Pakistan Railways network which are located at:—

Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, Sukkur, Karachi and Quetta.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library) 25 5. Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to declare model villages in Islamabad Capital Territory in the near future; i so, when it will be implemented alongwith the names of said villages?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: As present there is no such proposal to declare new model villages in Islamabad.

6. Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the location-wise total number of more than one kanal area’s houses of Pakistan Railways at present alongwith the names of occupants/allottees thereof?

Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique): The detail of residential accommodations having area more than one kanal is as under: —————————————————————————————— Railways Division Number of accommodations —————————————————————————————— Peshawar Division 47

Rawalpindi Division 156

Lahore Division 221

Workshop Moghulpura Division 138

Headquarter Division 79

Multan Division 145

Sukkur Division 76

Quetta Division 25

Karachi Division 31 —————————————————————————————— Total 918 —————————————————————————————— 26 The location-wise detail indicating the names of occupants is enclosed as annexure-A.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

7. Mr. Khalil George:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that five percent quota has been fixed for minorities for appointments in each department of the Government;

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to increase the said quota;

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) Yes.

(b) No.

8. Mr. Asad Umar:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the action taken against the violations of environmental laws in Sector D-12, Islamabad during the year 2013-14;

(b) whether it is a fact that the Government authorized the CDA to establish a dumping site in residential area of the said sector;

(d) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish a waste to energy project in Islamabad; if so, when it will be implemented? 27 Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) No action has been taken so far.

(b) As per decision of the Authority dumping site at D-12 was established purely on temporary basis. The said site was closed on 30-11-2013 fir disposal of all kind of wastage and site has also been treated properly.

(i) Sector H-17 south of Motorway Toll Plaza, Zone-I.

(ii) Mouza Tummair, Zone-IV

(iii) Monza Kirpa, Zone-V

Environment Wing has been requested to check the suitability of this site in the light of environmental parameters. After section of suitable of Suitable site, Member Estate will be requested to initiate process of acquisition and possession of land.

(d) Subject to finalization of permanent land fill site, the following steps will be proposed to be adopted for proper disposal of garbage and its best utilization.

(i) proposals from experts firms will be sought through press/media within specific time with regards to final disposal of 550 - 600 metric tons of garbage/ municipal solid waste on daily basis i.e. compositing recycling, bio-gas, refuse deriver fuel (RDF) etc.

(ii) Said proposals will be evaluated, by the team of experts (selected/ formulated by the Authority).

(iii) Accordingly, in the light of expert opinion, one of the viable proposals will be decided later on as per rules / policy.

9. Ms. Belum Hasnain:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the names and designation of those employees presently working in National Disaster Management Authority who have recently 28 been granted honorarium alongwith the per head amount thereof;

(b) the head of account from which the said honorarium has been granted; and

Reply not received

10. Ms. Belum Hasnain:

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state the sites of Pakistan included in international archaeological list at present?

Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage (Mr. Pervaiz Rashid):There are six Archaeological sites/monuments of Pakistan included in the International Archaeological List i.e. World Heritage List of UNESCO. The names of these Archaeological Sites are as under:- ______Sl. No. Name —————————————————————————————— (g) Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro (h) Archaeological Ruins at Taxila (i) Buddhist Ruins at Takht-e-Bahi and neighboring city at Sehr-e-Behlol, Mardan (j) Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta (k) Fort and Shalamar Garden, Lahore (l) Rohtas Fort, Jhelum ——————————————————————————————

11. Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state: 29 (a) the post-wise names of persons appointed on permanent basis in Sawabi University during the year 2013-14 alongwith the procedure adopted therefor;

(b) the names of newspapers in which advertisements were given for the said appointments alongwith the details thereof;

(d) whether it is a fact that the merit lists were compiled therefor; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) So far, no recruitment have been made on permanent basis in the Swabi University during the year 2013-14. However, permanent recruitment is in process and will be finalized after constitution of Selection Board.

(b) The advertisement was published in The Daily Mashriq, The Daily Aaj and The Daily News on 2nd May 2013. A copy of the advertisement is attached at ANNEX-I.

(d) Merit list will be finalized after the interviews.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

12. Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:

Will the Minister Incharge Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) the location-wise plots allotted by CDA in Islamabad which are under illegal occupation of residents of Kachi Abadies at present; and

(b) whether it is a fact that the said abadies have occupied the green belts in Islamabad; if so, the details thereof?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) 487 plots allotted by the CDA in Sector 1-11/1 are under the illegal occupation of residents of Katchi Abadi.

(b) Yes, green belts of the said Sector are being occupied by illegal occupants of Katchi Abadies. 30 The Afgan Refugees are continuing to stay in and multiplying in numbers in the green belts of H-12 & I-12 and H-10 & I-10. They were allowed temporary stay on the condition that they will shift to Government designated camps like Kot Chandana.

13. Rai Hasan Nawaz Khan:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the son/dependent children quota for appointment is in vogue in all Federal Government Departments;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the said quota for the State Bank of Pakistan has been abolished; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to restore the said quota; if so, when it will be implemented?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat: (a) No

(b) Relates to Finance Division.

14. Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Government has called back ‘Press Attaches from various countries;

(b) if so, the names of the countries thereof?

Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage (Mr. Pervaiz Rashid): (a) The Ministry has recalled Press Attaches and staff members from three Missions. The decision was taken by the Special committee constituted by the Prime Minister to review the posts in Foreign Missions under chairmanship of Finance Minister, Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar. The Committee had decided to close down the Information Sections at Kuwait, Jakarta and 31 Kuala Lumpur under austerity drive in consultation with M/o I,B&NH. Similarly, the post of Press Attaché, PAHIC London has also been abolished. The committee has agreed that Press Attaché will continue to work till Minister Press takes charge against presently vacant post.

Meanwhile, Press Attaché, Kuala Lumpur, Mr Hamid Raza Khan has reported back to headquarter. The following officers have requested for extension till the completion of their children’s academic year;

• Kuwait: Mr.Kashif Zaman, Press Attaché upto 23-06-2014

• Jakarta: Ms.Ayesha Tasuddiq, Press Attaché up to 30-06-2014

• London: Finance Division has allowed Mr. .Munir Ahmed to work till the joining of Minister (Press)

Final decision is yet to be taken on the request of the above mentioned officers.

(b) The names of the countries wherein information section /post have been abolished are as follows:

• Kuwait

• Jakarta (Indonesia)

• Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

• London , UK, wherein post of press Attaché has been abolished.

15. Dr. Arif Alvi:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Chairman of Higher Education Commission has not been appointed so far; if so, the reasons thereof;

(b) whether it is also a fact the names proposed by the three members search committee for the said appointment have been rejected; if so, the reasons thereof; and 32 (c) whether it is further a fact that the said committee has been disbanded and a new five members committee constituted instead; if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) Yes. The case of appointment of Chairman Higher Education Commission is under process and will be finalized within short period of time.

(b) Yes. The Prime Minister has rejected the proposed names and approved constitution of a new Search Committee. The Prime Minister of Pakistan being controlling Authority has a discretion to accept or regret any proposal.

(c) Yes. The Prime Minister of Pakistan in place of three members “Search Committee” has constituted six(06) members new “Search Committee” and being controlling authority, he has a right to constitute, abolish or re-constitute any committee.

16. Mr. Mehboob Alam:

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state the grade-wise total number of persons appointed in the Ministry during the years 2012-13 and 2013-14?

Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage (Mr. Pervaiz Rashid): ————————————————————————————————————— S. No. Total No. of Total No. of Remarks persons/officers persons/officers appointed in appointed in BS-17 during BS-17 during 2012-13 2013-14 ————————————————————————————————————— 1 2 3 4 ————————————————————————————————————— 1 7 11 According to Recruitment Rules of Information Group, 75% posts in BS-17 are filled in through Annual Competitive (CSS) Examination conducted by FPSC and remaining 25% by promotion. Allocation of candidates to Information Group is made by Establishment Division/ FPSC. All posts in BS-18 and above are filled in by promotion. ————————————————————————————————————— 33 • It is stated that E.I Section is dealing with the administrative matters of officials from BS-7 TO BS-16 and officers from BS-16 to BS-22 personnel, excluding Information Group Officers. Due to imposing of ban on recruitment by the Government, no recruitment has been made during the year 2012-2013 till date by E.I Section except of Mst. Asia Bibi who was appointed as Assistant on contract basis w.e.f. 17-12-2012 under “Assistance Package for families of Government Employees who die in Service”.

• The requisite information in respect of appointment of Employees from BS-01 to BS-04 of GA Section during financial year 2012-2013 & 2013- 2014 may please be treated as “Nil.”

17. Mr. Mehboob Alam:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state the technical staff appointed in PIA during the year 2013-14 alongwith the details thereof?

Reply not received

18. Dr. Nafisa Shah:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in higher Education be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Higher Education Commission (HEC) is without a Chairperson; if so, since when; and

(b) whether it is also a fact that the Prime Minister has directed for reconstitution of the HEC Chairman Search Committee for the third time; if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education: (a) The post of, Chairman, Higher Education Commission (HEC) is vacant since 26th August, 2013. However, the Prime Minister in his capacity as the Controlling Authority of the HEC, assigned the charge to Eng. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani to act as Chairman (HEC) under 8(3) of the HEC’s Ordinance No.LIII of 2002 which provides “In the case of vacancy occurring in the office of the, Chairperson, the Controlling Authority may nominate any Member of the Commission to act as Chairperson for a maximum period of three months during which period the Controlling Authority shall fill in the vacancy by appointing regular chairperson” 34 (b) The Prime Minister of Pakistan has approved re-constitution of the Search Committee for the first time initially constituted Search Committee was comprising of three members. Whereas now Search Committee is comprising of six members.

19. Dr. Nafisa Shah:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state the total number of contractual employees of various Divisions of the Government who have been terminated from services during the last nine months alongwith the criteria adopted therefor?

Reply not received

20. Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho:

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state the semester-wise fee charged by the Federal Government Universities separately during the year 2012- 13 till date?

Reply not received

KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, Secretary. ISLAMABAD: The 23rd March 2014.

PCPPI—395 (2014) NA—23-3-2014—650.