1 (4Th Session) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

(4th Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES”

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

Thursday, the 29th August, 2013

(Originally Starred Question Nos. 77, 84, 85, 90, 93, 94, 100 and 101 were set down for answer on 21-08-2013)

77. *Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the year- wise total amount of funds utilized during the last five years for the up-gradation of transmission lines and transformers under the various DISCOS alongwith the details of works completed during the said period?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): The requisite information received from DISCOs is at Annex-A. Annex-A Funds Utilized For Upgradation of Transmission Lines and Transformers (Million Rs.) ——————————————————————————————————————————— Disco’s 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Total ——————————————————————————————————————————— LESCO 1936.100 2922.000 2277.900 1105.450 1996.000 10237,450 GEPCO 1699.782 1244.540 782.609 1868.880 1855.632 7451.443 MEPCO 1017.000 2150.000 2331.000 2025.000 4400.000 11923.000 FESCO 554.189 971.687 923.979 679.323 692.634 3821.812 IESCO 1137.319 352.124 2908.474 1178.599 1526.389 7102.905 PESCO 384.730 124.640 661.308 1008.499 — 2179.177 TESCO — 233.211 40.000 — 70.000 343.211 HESCO 1110.996 1118.580 1223.000 571.280 667.670 4691.526 SEPCO — — 292.000 330,000 241.000 863.000 QESCO 1090.532 662.816 2113.817 1788.705 808.437 6464.307 ——————————————————————————————————————————— Total 8930.648 9779.598 13554.087 10555.736 12257.762 55077.831 ——————————————————————————————————————————— 2

84. *Shahzadi Umerzadi Tiwana:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the time by which the electricity will be produced from Thar coal alongwith the estimated amount of funds to be allocated therefor?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): Government of Sindh is actively working on coal mining development for Power Generation based on Thar Coal. Currently Government of Sindh has issued three leases to mine developers in Thar. According to the planned timeliness of the existing lease holders at Thar, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company is planning to initiate Mining Activity early 2014 and it will take 3.5 years to reach Coal Production stage. SECMC plans to generate power based on Thar Coal in 2017-18. Similarly, the other lease holders M/s Sino Sindh Resources Limited & M/s Oracle Coalfields Pvt. Ltd have plans to initiate Mining Activity in Block-I &Vi during 2014.

Currently all the project developers are approaching various financial institutes to achieve financial close for both Mining & Power.

Ministry of Water & Power/NTDC Government of Pakistan has an allocation of Rs.50 Million during current Financial Year for construction of transmission network from Thar to Matiari (Total Cost Rs. 22 billion) and Planning Commission has approved a UCG Block-V Pilot project led by Dr. Samar Mubarakmand for 8-10 MW with an allocation of Rs.900 Million for FY 2013- 2014 (Total cost for the Pilot project Rs. 1.8 billion).

85. *Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli:

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

(a) the names of the under construction dams in the country, at present alongwith the time by which those dames will be completed; and

(b) the dam-wise quantum of electricity to be generated therefrom?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The following Dams are under construction and to be completed at present in the country:— 3 4 (b) The quantum of electricity to be generated is as under:— —————————————————————————————— S# Project Name Power Generation (MW) —————————————————————————————— 1. Mangla Dam Raising Project 120 2. Gomal Zam Dam Project 17.4 3. Satpara Dam 17.3 4. Diamer Basha Dam 4500 5. Darawat Dam 0.45 6. Kurram Tangi Dam 83.4 7. Nai Gaj Dam 4.2 ——————————————————————————————

90. *Belum Hasnain:

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government 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:

• Provided Internship to 5100 IT Graduates in IT companies.

• Studied and Analyzed 11 different segments of IT industry to improve efficiency.

• Established 1100 computer labs in ICT and the provincial areas to impart IT education.

• Assistance provided to 12 Software companies for Certification of ISO 27001 (IT Security Standard) and to 23 companies for Certification on CMMI level 2 and above. 5 • Provision of IT Training to 2000 Govt. Employees and 5000 End users.

• Provided online access to Statuary and Case Laws to Supreme Court, Lahore High Court and Peshawar High Court.

• Provided Automation Services to 50 industrial units in 4 industrial sectors including Readymade garments, Automobile parts and Textile.

• Setup of Virtual University of Pakistan which is providing modern Distance Learning through internet and TV.

• 12 IT Parks have been set up in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.

• E-Office application has been developed to automate all the Federal Ministries/Departments.

• Three (03) Telemedicine Centers have been launched at Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi, Jinnah Postgraduate Center Karachi & Mayo Hospital Lahore.

• Due to Government efforts, Export Figures for Software has reached to US $ 4 million as recorded by the State Bank of Pakistan.

93. *Muhammad Rehan Hashmi:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Ministry to establish new Power Generation Projects/Plants in the country?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): Following steps have been taken by Ministry of Water & Power to establish new power generation projects/plants in public sector. These projects are explained pointwise as below:—

Ongoing Projects:

1. 747 MW (Gross) CCPP, Guddu – This project is being installed at TPS, Guddu, Province Sindh. This project will run on gaseous fuel. Tentative date of first machine C.O.D is August 2014. 6 2. 425 MW, CCPP, Nandipur – This project is being installed in the premises of Nandipur Hydel Power Station, District Gujranwala. The work on the project is going to commence in short course of time.

New Projects:

1. 2 x 600 MW New Coal Fired Power Plant at Jamshoro – ADB is funding this project and they have hired their own consultants for preparation of feasibility study / PC-I. This project will run on coal.

Conversion Project:

1. Unit 1&2, TPS, Jamshoro – These units are running on RFO. These units are planned to convert from oil firing to coal firing.

2. Unit 3&4 TPS, Jamshoro – These units are also running on RFO. These units are planned to convert from oil firing to coal firing. It will reduce the cost/kwh.

3. 1350 MW Units 1-6 TPS Muzaffargarh – Presently these units are also running on RFO due to redundancy of gaseous fuel. These units will be converted from oil to coal firing.

94. *Dr. Nisar Ahmad Jatt:

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state the status of E-government Directorate and the project period initially fixed for making the whole government paperless/digital?

Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications: There are two parts of the question. a. Status of E-Government Directorate (EGD) b. E-office Project Time Period

a. Status of E-Government Directorate (EGD) Electronic Government Directorate (EGD) was established on 19th October, 2002. Currently, EGD has been transferred to PCB as a ‘Project Wing’ of Pakistan Computer Bureau (PCB) on 25th Oct, 2012. 7 b. E-office project time period

E-office suite replication project was initially approved on 30-04-2007. The project was revised on 4th February 2013 with a completion date August 2016.

The E-office suite was developed and implemented at Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) under a pilot project titled “e-Office at Ministry of IT”. The E-office Suite consists of six modules including e-filing module. The main purpose of the e-filing module to promote paperless/digital Government.

Presently, E-office suite is implemented in MoIT in parallel to manual business process Moreover, this Ministry is also in process to replicate the e-office suite in Planning Division, National Assembly and PM Office. After that this will be replicated in all Federal Government.

100. *Tahira Asif:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to enact law which provide that no map will be approved for the construction of new buildings, entertainment areas, Railway Stations, Bus Terminals, commercial buildings and parks etc wherein emergency entrance and exit points are not provided for disabled and senior citizens; if so, when it will be implemented?

Minister for Housing and Works: It is submitted that at present there no proposal under consideration in the Ministry for enactment of law regarding the matter. However, Ministry of Housing & Works formulated Building Code of Pakistan – 2007 which has been forwarded to all the Provincial Governments and Capital Development Authority for ensuring compliance of Safety standards in all buildings.

Further, all Provinces have their own Building Control Departments, Development Authorities and local Authorities which formulate their own Building Bye-laws and accordingly Building Plans are approved by the respective Development Authorities/ Local Authorities.

However, in light of subject question Ministry of Housing & Works will issued appropriate instructions to all Provinces and CDA for enactment of Laws/ 8 Building By-Laws to ensure that no map is approved for the construction of New Buildings, Entertainment Areas, Railway Stations, Bus Terminal, Commercial Buildings and Parks etc, unless there is a provision for entrance and emergency exit points for disabled, senior citizens and general public.

101. *Muhammad Riaz Malik:

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

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to purchase electricity from India; (b) if so, the quantity of electricity to be purchased therefrom alongwith rate thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Pakistan and India held trade secretary level talks during April 27-28 in Islamabad. The meeting was part of the resumed dialogue process between the two south Asian neighbours.

(b) Discussion was held on how much electricity should be imported from India and at what rate it will be supplied. As yet the quantity and the rate for the electricity have not been finalized.

172. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:

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

(a) the total number of Pakistanis visiting India for Liver transplantation every year alongwith the estimated cost incurred thereupon; and

(b) whether there is any plan of the Government to promote Liver transplantation in the country; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) • Pakistani Patients visit India privately, using their own resources therefore public sector has no record available with them. 9

(b) • In pursuant to 18th Amendment to constitution, Ministry of Health was devolved and implementation of preventive and curative health service delivery is a provincial subject. At federal level, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences was given grant in 2012 for establishment of liver transplant institute therefore the PIMS and its administrative division i.e. CA&DD may kindly be asked to provide the requisite information.

173. *Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the month- wise total quantity of electricity in MW generated during the period from 1-1-2013 till date alongwith the sources thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): the month wise total quantity of electricity in MW generated during the period from 01-01-2013 to 21-8-2013 (up to date) along with the sources, is given in Annex-I. 10 11 12 174. *Dr. Nikhat Shakeel Khan:

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

(a) the preventive measures taken against the menace of Dengue; and

(b) whether the Federal Government subsidises the price of platelets to facilitate the patients; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination:

(a) • In pursuant to 18th Amendment to constitution, Ministry of health was devolved and implementation of preventive and curative health service delivery is a provincial subject.

• However the newly defined role of the Mo/NHSR&C within the ambit of 18th Amendment includes coordination and international Health among other. Thus Ministry is providing support to the provinces through international technical agencies and various institutions under its administrative control like:

o Health services Academy which offers capacity building in Entomology and Dengue control and laboratory Insectory for research in vector control.

o National Institute for Health which issues guidelines, support surveillance of the vector borne diseases.

o Directorate of Malaria which providing support e.g. long lasting impregnated nets (LLIN) for vector control.

(b) • In all public sector federal hospital, transfusion services including blood and blood products are provided free of cost. However Federal hospitals are under administrative control of CA&DD and may be requested to provide detail information 13 175. *Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that Bhasha Dam Project is being executed by the Government on priority basis;

(b) if the answer to part (a) is in the affirmative, the tentative date of its completion and total estimated cost and expenditure made so far?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) It is a fact that Diamer Basha Dam is one of the top priority mega projects of Govt. of Pakistan.

(b) • The construction period is 10 years however, as per PC-I scheduled completion period is 2020-21(including one year post construction period).

• PC-I of the project was approved by GoP on 20.08.2009 for Rs. 894.257 Billion with F.E.C. Rs. 312.943 Billion.

• Total expenditure incurred uptill July 31, 2013 is Rs. 11.308 Billion. 176. *Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the steps being taken to control electricity theft in the country?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): It is the top priority of the present government to control the issue of electricity theft throughout the country. The Distribution Companies have been strictly directed to take immediate steps in this regard.

A number of steps are being taken by the DISCOs to control electricity theft in the country. The following are the main steps taken in this regard.

Proper installation and securing of metering equipment.

Shifting of metering equipment outside the consumer’s premise. 14 Surveillance and checking of metering equipment.

Installation of low capacity transformers.

Awareness of public through Media campaign )=. Random checking of consumers premises by FIA.

Replacement of LT Bare Conductor with Ariel Bundle Cable (ABC).

Registration of F.I.Rs against the culprits.

177. *Sajid Ahmed:

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

(a) the names of countries including India and Iran from where electricity is being purchased alongwith tariff thereof; and

(b) the quantity of electricity to be purchased by the Government in future?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Currently electricity is being imported from one country only i.e. Iran. The total amount of electricity being imported is 74 MW for the border towns of Balochistan, for which a formal contract was signed on 10-11-2002. (b) The tariff for this project is US 8-10 Cents/kWh and the Contract is for a period of 30 years.

Future plans for import of electricity from aborad include:—

(1) Import of 100 MW for Gwadar, Balochistan for which construction of 220kV transmission line and GIS Grid Station is underway which is expected to be completed by December 2014.

(2) MOU for import of a futher 1000MW electricity was also signed between NTDC, Pakistan and Tavanir, Iran in May 2012, The MOU is in the process of approval be ECC and further progress on the project shall be made when the approval is made. The triff of the electricity shall be 8-11 cents/kWh. 15 (3) Import of 1000-1300 MW of electricity is also planned from Tajiskistan and Kyrgyz Republic through a project named CASA-1000 under the auspices of World Bank. A750 km transmission line is planned to be constructed for the import of power which is expected to be completed by 2019. The tariff for the electricity has not yet been negotiated/determined but is expected to be less than 10 cents/kWh.

(4) The project for import upto 500 MW power from India is under consideration. A draft MOU has been prepared by Ministry of Water & Power which is being finalized.

178. *Syed Asif Hasnain:

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

(a) whether the water is not being distributed amongst the provinces according to the Water Apportionment Accord/Quota;

(b) if so, the steps being taken by the. Government to implement the said accord/quota in letter and spirit?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) IRSA strictly adheres to Water Apportionment Accord (1991) (WAA) and distributes water amongst the provinces in accordance with para 2, 4 and 14(b) of the “WAA”. However, during Rabi and Early Kharif Seasons, the Punjab and Sindh provinces has to face shortage on equal basis whereas Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan are exempted from the shortage in lieu of non-utilization of their allocated shares due to lack of infrastructure.

IRSA prepares/forecasts water budget for both cropping seasons (Rabi and Kharif) in consultation with all the stakeholders/provinces which is reviewed and approved by the IRSA Advisory Committee. Accordingly, releases are made to provinces.

(b) As evident from the record, all the provinces are fully satisfied with the distribution pattern of their allocated shares. Therefore, no steps are required by the government, in this regard. 16

179. *Shahzadi Umerzadi Tiwana:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to control the circular debt during the period from 15-3-2008 to 6-6-2013?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): The steps taken by the Government to control the circular debt during the period from 10-03-2008 to 06-06-2013 are as follows:—

• Increase in tariff keeping in view the socio economic condition of the people of the country.

• Capacity improvement in power generation and consumption mix.

• Improvement in the efficiency of power plants.

• Improvement in recovery position.

• Hectic efforts to get maximum gas for power plants.

• Effective measures through reduction of losses.

• To generate cheaper electricity, funds were arranged for ongoing Hydel projects. • Provincial Governments were directed to pay off their electricity outstanding dues.

• Maximum provision of energy to industrial sector to improve revenue and overall economy of the country.

180. *Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli:

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

(a) the dates of commencement and completion of Nelum Jhelum Power Project; and (b) the total estimated cost thereof? 17

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The date of commencement of the project is 30th January, 2008 with completion in November, 2016.

(b) The total estimated cost of the projects is Rs. 274.88 Billion.

181. *Choudhry Muhammad Shahbaz Babar:

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

(a) the prescribed procedure to distribute the fertilizer in the country at present; and

(b) whether the stock of fertilizer is sufficient to meet the requirements of the country; if so, the details; if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi): (a) The prescribed procedure to distribute the fertilizer in the country at present is at (Annex A).

(b) Yes, The available stock of fertilizers is sufficient to meet the requirement of the country (Detailed at Annex-B). Annexure - A PRESCRIBED PROCEDURE

All domestically produced fertilizers are marketed by private sector fertilizer manufacturers and importers. These companies have their own marketing networks through out the country. As far as the imported urea is concerned, it is imported by Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) in the required quantity from international market through bidding / contract and then pass on to National Fertilizer Marketing Limited (NFML) for distribution in the country. NFML distributes the imported urea in the country through its own dealer network. Both TCP and NFML are public sector organizations. DISTRIBUTION OF FERTILIZER BY NFML

1. NFML follows uniform & transparent distribution policy of fertilizer throughout the country strictly in accordance either its approved distribution and marketing manual. 18 2. this commitment of NFML management towards national obligation is further strengthened by company procedures & systems tailor made to make sure the efficient & transport distribution of fertilizer.

3. NFML distribution network comprises more than 3300 dealers having their penetration in all parts of the country.

4. Dealers are fed through our national presence of stores(warehouses).

5. Sales territory is divided into four regions so that demand of all the national geographical and administrative entities can be forecasted and met in true spirit.

6. NFML also collaborates & shares information with Govt. agencies like distribution of fertilizer.

7. Physical flow of fertilizer is further scrutinized & monitored by intra departmental collaboration of marketing, distribution and monitoring departments.

8. Effectiveness of NFML distribution mechanisms is reflected by increase in per acre yield at national level witnessed in last couple of years & insignificant level of complaints from farmer’s community regarding NFML operation. Annexure - B

AVAILABILITY OF FERTILIZER IN THE COUNTRY

Ministry of Industries & Production regularly review the fertilizer situation and accordingly for Rabi 2012-2013 and planned for stock of Kharif 2013. All stakeholders i.e. representative of four Provincial Governments, National Fertilizer Development Corporation (NFDC), National Fertilizer Corporation (NFC), Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP), Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources, Ministry of Food. Security and Research and all fertilizer manufacturers. It was concluded that during Rabi 2012-2013 sufficient urea is available however 0.330 million tons of urea is required including 0.2 million tons for strategic reserves for Kharif 2013.Accordingly Ministry of Industries and Production submitted a Summary to ECC of the Cabinet on 5th March2013 for the import of 0.33 million tons of urea to be imported however ECC approved 0.13 million tons of urea.. Subsequently Ministry of Industries & 19 Production submitted a summary for the ECC of the Cabinet on 2nd July 2013 for the import of 0.5 million tons of urea and ECC approved 0.3 million tons of urea which will start arriving in Pakistan in first week of September, 2013.

UREA AND DAP SUPPLY/DEMAND SITUTATION FOR KHARIF-2013

UREA (000 Tones) —————————————————————————————— Description APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP TOTAL ——————————————————————————————————————————— Opening inventory 220 309 304 164 41 77 220 Imported supplies 29 74 50 50 127 200 530 Domestic production 375 409 382 360 360 360 2,246 Offtake 314 485 567 533 451 450 2,800 Estimated inventory 309 304 164 41 77 187 187 ———————————————————————————————————————————

DAP ——————————————————————————————————————————— Opening inventory 197 212 221 227 167 147 197 Imported supplies - 24 88 - - - 112 Domestic production 67 65 68 60 60 60 380 Off take 52 80 150 120 80 170 652 Estimated inventory 212 212 227 167 147 37 37 ——————————————————————————————————————————— Source: NFDC

182. *Rai Hasan Nawaz Khan:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that certain financial and operational exemptions have been given to KESC during the year 2012-13 till date; if so, the details thereof alongwith the financial impact of such exemptions upon national exchequer; and

(b) the time for which such exemptions are being extended to KESC?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif):

(a) (i) KESC in accordance with a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) made on 26th January, 2010 with NTDC can draw Electric Power up to 650 MW from NTDC for a period of 5 year. 20

(ii) KESC is charged for the electricity with draw as per NEPRA provided mechanism.

(iii) Council of Common interest (CCI) for equitable distribution of Electricity has decided to reduce 350 MW Electricity from 650 MW being supplied to KESC from National Grid.

(iv) Said decision has been impugned in two different sets of proceedings which are pending before the Honorable High Court of Sindh. Honorable Court has issued status quo in this regard.

(b) Not applicable.

183. *Sher Akbar Khan:

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

(a) the projects of electricity generation to be completed in near future;

(b) the electricity in mega watts to be Included therefrom in the system; and

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) & (b) The following Hydel generation projects will be completed in near future:— —————————————————————————————— Name of Project Generation Status Capacity ———————————————————————————————————————— Gomal Zam Dam 17.4 Dam & Power House Completed, test operation performed on 24.6.2013. Over all Physical progress is 91%. To be completed by December, 2013.

Jinnah HPP 96 Substantially completed. The physical progress is 99.85%.

Duber Khwar 130 Project is Completed. The commissioning will Hydropower commence 6-8 weeks after energizing of Project transmission line Duber-Besham section by NTDC.

Rehabilitation of 22 Physical Works is 89% completed and expected Jabban Hydroelectric completion in Sep 30, 2013. Project 21

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(c) 747 MW, Combined Cycle Power Project, Guddu and 425 MW, Combined Cycle Power Project, Nandipur are expected to be completed in early 2015. After completion of these projects 1172 MW will be added in PEPCO Network.

184. *Sher Akbar Khan: Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that two transformers of 100 KVA installed in village Mari Danishmandan, Tehsil and District Rawalpindi sub division Chak Beli Khan are in a deteriorating condition resulting heavy loadshedding in the said area; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the time by which those transformers will be replaced?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Both transformers of 100 KVA each installed in village Mari Danishmandan Tehsil and District Rawalpindi are running with normal/under load and no heavy load shedding is carried out on the transformers listed below:— —————————————————————————————— Location of Transformer Running Load Position —————————————————————————————— 100 KVA R Y B ——————————————— Transformer near Darbar 60 53 49 Mari Danishmandan —————————————————————————————— Total No. of connections A-1 = 95, A-II =07 —————————————————————————————— 100 KVA 48 57 — Transformer near Masjid Mari Danishmandan —————————————————————————————— Total No. of connections A-1 = 79 22 ——————————————————————————————

(b) There, is no need for replacement of above both transformers because they are running with normal/under load as the permissible limit of 100KVA Transformer is 145 Amp per phase.

Transformer near Masjid Mari Danishmandan Tehsil & District Rawalpindi is running on 2/Phases. Although, the consumers are facing no low voltage problems, however, the same is replaced upto 28-8-2013.

185. *Belum Hasnain:

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

(a) whether the Government has planned to construct new Dams in the country in the near future; if so, the locations alongwith the names thereof; and

(b) the time by which construction of the said Dams will be completed?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) & (b) WAPDA has prepared a master plan to construct new dams in the country in near future. The detail of projects under construction, ready for construction and under planning are as under:— 23 24 25

186. *Belum Hasnain:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the Pakistan Steel Mills is running in loss, at present;

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

Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi): (a) Yes it is a fact that the Pakistan Steel Mills is running in loss, at present

(b) The following steps are being taken to control the losses of PSM:

(i) The posting of New Chief Executive Officer of PSM is under process.

(ii) The reconstitution of Board of Directors (BoD) of PSM is also under process.

(iii) Immediate financial assistance from Government of Pakistan (GoP) is being sought for revival of the PSM

187. *Shaikh Rohale Asghar:

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

(a) the project-wise total foreign aid received for Power Generation Projects during the last five years till date; and 26

(b) whether those projects have been completed?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) & (b) Project wise total foreign aid received for Hydropower Generation Projects during the last five years alongwith status of completion is attached as Annex-I. 27 28 29 188. *Shaikh Rohale Asghar:

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

(a) whether any research work is being carried out for power generation from the ocean waves in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Carrying out research work is the domain of Ministry of Science & Technology. National Institute of Oceanography under the Ministry of Science & Technology is the designated department for research in ocean waves in the country.

(b) As per the data available, the National Institute of Oceanography carried out a PSDP project named “Feasibility Studies for the extraction of Energy from Current and Haliohydrogravity along Pakistan Coast, 1984-1985”. The project was sponsored by Pakistan Science Foundation, Islamabad.

The details of these projects and further information on research on power generation from the ocean waves in the country pertain to Ministry of Science & Technology/National Institute of Oceanography.

Since the research work in ocean waves was started by institute of oceanography Ministry of Science and Technology before establishment of Alternative Energy Department Board (AEDB), therefore AEDB is not carrying out research in this field.

189. *Dr. Nisar Ahmad Jatt:

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

(a) the measures taken by the Government for achievement of health related targets mentioned in Millennium Development Goals; and

(b) the year-wise progress achieved thereof since 2008?

according to the terms and conditions of the Power Purchaser Agreements (PPAs) between the parties. Prior audit by NEPRA of such payments is not part of the prescribed procedure of payments.

However, the NTDCL Sections working / verifying the IPPs claims are working under following internal controls. 30

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination:

(a) • In pursuant to 18th Amendment to constitution, Ministry of health was devolved and Ministry of health was devolved and health preventive and curative services delivery is a provincial subject

(b) • After devolution certain health subject in Federal Legislative list I and II which at federal level were placed with various Federal ministries. The task of reporting health related MDGs was assigned to Planning and Development division.

• Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation& Coordination has been assigned the task recently and Ministry is in the process of retrieving the requisite record, therefore Ministry may be allowed sometime to prepare comprehensive report

190. *Sheikh Rashid Ahmed:

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

(a) the procedure adopted for the payment of Rs.500 billions of circular debt alongwith the amount paid to each department therefrom;

(b) whether prior audit was conducted therefor by NEPRA during the last five years; if not, the reasons thereof; and

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) In order to mitigate the shortage of electricity and to enhance the availability of IPPs plants to maximum on 28th June 2013 Rs. 341,958 million was paid against accumulated outstanding balance of IPPs and GENCO through PEPCO. The transaction was routed through National Bank of Pakistan and same day was transferred to the IPPs and oil and gas companies using online system of the NBP. On 21st July 2013 the balance amount was adjusted through book entities between government owned companies. 31

(b) Payments to IPPs are made by the Power Purchaser (NTDCL) according to the terms and conditions of the Power Purchaser Agreements (PPAs) between the parties. Prior audit by NEPRA of such payments is not part of the prescribed procedure of payments.

However, the NTDCL Sections working / verifying the IPPs claims are working under following internal controls.

• The office of the Auditor General Pakistan has a full time audit branch working under Director General Audit WAPDA monitoring the two sections of the NTDCL processing the IPPs invoices. The Audit general office regularly auditing the payments processed by the NTDCL including these invoices which are paid through this transaction.

• NTDCL’s Internal Audit department has also created a full time audit department to conduct 100% post audit of the of the processing / payments to the 1PPs.

• Annually the accounts of NTDCL are audited by the Chartered accountant firms Earnest and Young (Ford Rhode Sidat Hyder) and Delliot (Yousaf Adil Saleem and Company).

• For the adjustment in Ex-WAPDA DISCOs tariff for fuel price adjustment each month CPPA presents the EPP cost to the NEPRA and NEPRA conducts special verifications of the fuel payments to IPPs (approx. 92% of total cost) of the selected months.

Current Status:

The office of the auditor general of Pakistan is conducting the special audit of these payments and on instruction of the Ministry of Water & Power the engagement of the Chartered accounts firms to verify the payments is also in final stage. (c) Paid by the Finance Division. 32

191. *Sheikh Rashid Ahmed: Will the Minister for Ports and Shipping be pleased to state:

(a) the date by whcih the Pakistan Deep Sea Water Container Port, Karachi Project was initiated by KPT alongwith estimated cost thereof;

(b) whether KPT has sufficient funds to execute the said project;

(c) whether it is a fact that KPT negotiated to get loan from foreign agencies/donors for the execution of the said project; if so, whether mandatory approval of the Economic Affairs Division has been obtained prior to negotiations with financial agencies/ donors to obtain loan for the said project; and

(d) whether comprehensive study has been conducted to determine the viability of the said project before its inauguration; if so, the detail thereof?

Minister for Ports and Shipping (Mr. Kamran Michael): (a) The Feasibility Study of Pakistan Deep Water Container Port (PDWCP) was initiated by KPT during the year 2003 M/s Posford Haskoning Ltd.U.K, M/s HR Wallingford, U.K and M/s Techno Consult International Karachi Pakistan carried out the said feasibility.

The actual work on the project started in December 2008.

Engineer’s Estimate for the project = Rs. 44 Billion.

Hutchinson Port Holding (HPH) Terminal Operator’s Investment US$ 457 million.

(Detail at Annex-I).

(b) The project has been taken in hand on Public Private Partnership basis where in Infrastructure will be developed by KPT through its own funding and Terminal facilities including operational equipments will be developed by Terminal Operator M/s HPH. 33

(d) Comprehensive Feasibility Study have been carried out by reputed consultants (2003-05) and confirmed viability of the said project before its initiation. Details provided at (a) above.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

192. *Naeema Kishwar Khan:

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

(a) whether there is sufficient potential in KPK for generation of Coal and Hydel power at present;

(b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to generate

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Yes, there is sufficient potential available in KPK for generation of hydel power. At present about 25,513 MW Hydropower Resources are identified in KPK. However, Coal Power does not come under the purview of WAPDA.

(b) WAPDA is working on number of hydropower projects for generation of electricity in KPK. The detail of Projects under construction, ready for construction and under planning are as under:- 34 35

193. *Muhammad Riaz Malik:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct new houses/flats for Government employees; if so, the total number alongwith the locations thereof? Minister for Housing and Works: A number of Projects are in pipeline regarding construction of houses/flats for both the Government employees and general public. Details of some key projects are mentioned below:— 36 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES HOUSING FOUNDATION

The Housing Foundation has started the high rise apartment scheme under captioned “Life Style Residency” in Sector G-13/1&4, Islamabad. The total number of 2886 apartments/flats will be constructed and these will be distributed amongst Federal Government Employees (75% of total apartments) and general public (25% of total apartments). Applications are being invited from Federal Government Employees and General Public. The project will be completed in 48 months after launch. Final NOC is yet to be issued from CDA.

PAKISTAN HOUSING AUTHORITY FOUNDATION

Two projects for Government Employees are under planning in PHA Foundation whose locations and tentative number of units is given below:— —————————————————————————————— S. Project Location Tentative No. of No. Apartments —————————————————————————————— 1 Construction of Ground Sector I-12, 480 + 3 multi storey Islamabad apartments at Sector I-12, Islamabad.

2 Construction of Ground Sector I-16 1200 + 3 multi storey Islamabad. apartments at Sector I-16, Islamabad. —————————————————————————————— Further, the Ministry of Housing and Works is also in process of formulation of a comprehensive housing policy which would be placed before the Cabinet in future.

194. *Molana Ameer Zaman:

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to decrease the prices of food items at Utility Stores; if so, when, if not the reasons thereof? 37 Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi): (a) 1. At present, there is no proposal for further reduction of the prices of essential consumer items at USC outlets; The prices of essential consumer items at USC outlets are already 5 to 10 % lower than those prevailing in the open market. A comparison of the prices of essential commodities at Utility Store open market is placed at Annexure-A.

2. However, efforts are being made to obtain more discounts from the vendors and suppliers so as to provide further relief to the consumers.

ISLAMABAD: KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, The 28th August, 2013. Secretary.

PCPPI—3205(13) NA—28-8-2013—700. 38 39 1 4th Session

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Thursday, the 29th August, 2013

(Originally Unstarred Question Nos. 76, 77, 79, 81, 82, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 95, 96, 98 and 100 were set down for answer on 21-08-2013)

76. Mir Munawar Ali Talpur:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the month- wise water flow of Chashma Link Canal during the year 2012-13 till date?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): IRSA, makes allocations to the provinces for the complete season (Kharif or Rabi) and there is no restriction on any of the province as per Para 14(d) of the Water Apportionment Accord 1991 while remaining within its allocations, to draw water in its canals according to its own plan.

During the seasons Kharif 2012, Rabi 2012-13 and Kharif 2013, allocations of 85.974 MAF were made by the IRSA Advisory Committee to the Punjab Province. Out of its allocations the month-wise utilization in Chashma Jhelum Link Canal is annexed as Annexure-A as desired.. Annexure-A

CHASHMA JHELUM LINK CANAL (MAF) —————————————————————————————— Period Kharif Period Rabi Period Kharif 2012 2012-13 2013 —————————————————————————————— April 0.022 October 0.466 April 0.292 May 0.075 November 0.262 May 0.371 —————————————————————————————— 2 (MAF) —————————————————————————————— Period Kharif Period Rabi Period Kharif 2012 2012-13 2013 —————————————————————————————— June 0.060 December 0.312 June 0.978 July 0.888 January 0.010 July 0.986 August 0.541 February 0.000 Septemebr 0.857 March 0.052 —————————————————————————————— Total-Kharif 2.443 Total-Rabi 1.102 ——————————————————————————————

77. Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to integrate Federal Health Services and Programmes; if so, the time by which it will be complemented?

Reply not received.

79. Abdul Waseem:

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

(a) the total number of Utility Stores in the province of Sindh at present;

(b) the income earned by the said stores during the year 2012; and

Reply not received. 3 81. Engineer Usman Khan Tarakai:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the voltage of electricity is very low in District Swabi; if so, the reasons thereof alongwith the time by which the said shortage will be overcome?

Reply not received.

82. Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the monthly total free/concessional units of electricity allowed to the employees of KESC and WAPDA at present alongwith the designation/ grade-wise details thereof?

Reply not received.

87. Qari Muhammad Yousaf:

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

(a) the quantum of electricity generated from Allai Khwar Dam, District Batgram at present alongwith the area-wise utilization thereof;

(b) the total strength of employees in the said project;

(d) the number of employees hailing from District Batgram out of those recruited in said project; and

(e) whether there is any capacity to recruit more persons therein; if so; the details thereof? 4

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The Allai Khwar Hydropower project has installed capacity of 121 MW and will generate 463 GWh annually. The quantum of electricity generated from Allai Khwar since commissioning in March 2013 upto 21-07-2013 is 260.256 Million Units. The electricity generated is fed to the National Grid.

(b) 165 No. of employees are working on the project.

(d) 20 No. of employees out of 40 were recruited at AKP hailing from District, Batagram

(e) The total requirement of Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Staff has been fulfilled.

88. Dr. Nisar Ahmad Jatt:

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

(a) the names and period of posting of Heads of The Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project since its inception; (b) the amount utilized during the tenure of every one of them; and

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a), (b) & (c) The names and period of posting of Heads of the Project, amount utilized and percentage of progress achieved during their tenure is attached as Annex-I. 5 6 89. Sahibzada Tariq Ullah:

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

(a) the total number of Utility Stores so far established in the Malakand Region;

(b) whether Headquarter of the said Region is in District Upper Dir at present; if so, the amount spent on logistics up to said district during the last five years; and

Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi): (a) Presently, 61 stores are in operation in Malakand District.

(b) At present the Regional Headquarter of these stores is at Timargarah District Lower Dir. The expenses incurred on the transportation stocks for USC Warehouse is being ascertained for USC Dir Region and same will be placed before the house on rota day.

(c) Regional Headquarter has been shifted on May 2013. Maximum stores are located in Lower Dir and shifting of Regional Office/Warehouse to Timargarah District Lower Dir was economical.

90. Najaf Abbas Sial:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the subsidy given to the Agriculture consumers on Tube wells and electricity consumption during the period from 06-06-2013 till date?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): The position of subsidy of Agriculture Tubewells ending 06/2013 is as under: —————————————————————————————— Receivables Category ———————————————————— GoP Provincial Govt. Total ——————————————————————————————————————————— 25% Subsidy to Agri-Tubewells 966.97 5816.89 6783.86 Agri. T/Well in GoP @40% 1076.46 Baluchistan GoB @30% 140.72 1217.18 WAPDA / PEPCO @30% 0.00 ——————————————————————————————————————————— Total Subsidies 2043.43 5957.61 8001.04 ——————————————————————————————————————————— 7 • The daily average electricity generation/consumption during the period from 06-06-2013 to 15-08-2013 is attached as Annex -I.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

92. Rai Hasan Nawaz Khan:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that 5% maintenance charges are being deducted from allottees of government residences; if so, the year- wise amount collected under the said head during the last five years;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the maintenance of Government owned houses is not being carried out properly;

(c) if the answer to part (b) above is in the affirmative, whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to allow the allottees to maintain their houses in lieu of the said deduction?

Reply not received.

95. Sher Akbar Khan:

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

(a) the year and head-wise amount and ratio of duty/tax levied during the last three fiscal years and at present through electricity bills;

(b) the date by which said duty/tax has been levied along-with justification thereof;

(c) the head-wise utilization of such amount of duties/taxes alongwith present status thereof; and 8 (d) whether statutory audit of such funds has been conducted; if so, the details thereof?

Reply not received.

96. Sher Akbar Khan:

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

(a) whether any study has been carried out to evaluate the losses suffered by the industrial sector of the country since March, 2008 till date; if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether it is a fact that certain industrial units are being shifted to neighboring countries; if so the reasons thereof; and

Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi): (a) No such study has been carried out.

(b) Ministry of Industries & Production has no information about shifting of Industrial Units from Pakistan to neighbouring countries.

1. Power shortage i.e provision of Electricity, & Gas.

2. Law & Order situation.

3. High cost of doing business.

To meet and address the grievances of Industrial Sectors, Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA) on organization under the administrative control of Ministry of Industries & Production has established 08 Export Processing Zones (EPZs) in different parts of the Country.

To reduce the cost of doing business. EPZA has provided incentives including duty free import of Plant and machinery, no sales tax on inputs including 9 electricity and gas bills. Apart from above, Presumptive tax @ 1% is levied and only EPZA is authorized to collect Presumptive tax at the time of export of goods which is considered as final tax liability. Furthermore EPZ’s are safe and secure as these are closed bounded areas as such no law and order situation arises there.

Besides above, Lasbela Industrial estates Development Authority (LIEDA) is procuring bulk load from Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) and supplying electricity to the Industries established at Hub Industrial Trading Estate, in district Lasbela Balochistan through its own electrical network. LIEDA is one of the consumer of KESC and there is no regular electric break down within the above industrial estates.

Ministry of Industries & Production has planned PSDP related intervention aimed at minimizing the concernes of the Industrial Sector through 35 projects worth Rs.1880 Million with focus on;

i. Provision of technology through technological up-gradation; provision of sophisticated machines, equipment, tools & spares in Common Facility Centers.

ii. Targeted development of small and medium business entities to boost employment and reduce poverty.

iii. Industrial infrastructure development through Industrial Parks and development of Industrial Estates.

iv Innovation and efficiency in industrial sector.

v. Building high skilled human capacity through targeted workers’ skills development progrmmes

In order to acquire energy efficiency, SMEDA in collaboration with international partners has successfully implemented Energy Management System in: - 25 textile units leading to 10-15% energy saving in spinning & weaving;

- 25- 30% in processing Energy audit; in Marble Cluster in Jhelum;

- Four units of Light Engineering including one Auto parts unit in Karachi wherein key areas of energy wastages were highlighted along with remedial actions. 10

98. Aisha Syed:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that several persons/government employees were sent abroad for medical treatment on government expenses during the period from 01-01-2008 till date; (b) if so, the reasons thereof alongwith the names, designations and total amount of expenditure incurred thereupon, separately?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and. Coordination: (a) Yes it is a fact that several persons / Federal Government Employees were sent abroad for medical treatment on government expenses. It is relevant to mention here that after 18th Constitutional Amendment. in terms of rule 3(3) of Rules of Business. 1973. the Prime Minister of Pakistan has been pleased to transfer the subject of “International aspects of medical facilities abroad- from Economic Affairs Division and ; placed it under the newly created ministry i.e Ministry of National Health Services. Regulations and Coordination w.e.f 12-06- 2012.

(b) A total of thirteen (13) Federal Government Employees and twelve (12) persons of various other categories have got medical treatment abroad done on Government expenditure from Jan 2008 to date. Details are placed at Annex- I, Annex-II, Annex-III and Annex-IV. It may be mentioned here that information prior to 12-06-2012 was sought from Economic Affairs Division and the erstwhile Ministry of Health as relevant data was not transferred to this Ministry. However they have not replied officially to date but this ministry has obtained old data utilizing its own resources which has been incorporated in the reply.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

100. Sheikh Rashid Ahmed:

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

(a) the names of the Members of Parliament sent abroad for medical treatment during the period from March, 2008 to March, 2013 alongwith the total amount incurred thereupon, separately; 11

(b) the procedure adopted for sending those members abroad for treatment; and

(c) whether any medical board was constituted before sending those members abroad; if so, the recommendations for each member of said medical board?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and. Coordination: (a) After the 18th Constitutional Amendment, in terms of rule 3(3) of Rules of Business, 1973. the Prime Minister of Pakistan has been pleased to transfer the subject of International aspects of medical facilities abroad- from Economic Affairs Division and placed it under the newly created ministry i.e Ministry of Nation Health Services, Regulation and Coordination w.e.f 12-06-2012. A total of 10 Parliamentarians got that treatment done from abroad since 2008 till date. The details of which is placed at Annex-I.

(b) There is a ban imposed by the Federal Government vide cabinet division decision dated 6-11-1996 and Prime Minister’s directive dated 24-02- 1997 for Medical Treatment abroad as a routine practice. However, in case of deserving cases approval is solicited from the Prime Minister prior to commencement of treatment and the funds are disbursed directly through the Embassy/High Commission of Pakistan in the country where the treatment is undertaken. The Embassy/ High Commission of Pakistan directly disburses the funds to the concerned medical institution where the treatment was undertaken. In case of ex-post facto approvals the funds are disbursed to the concerned organization for onward reimbursement to the concerned individual after the claim has been verified by the Embassy/High commission of Pakistan in the country where the treatment was undertaken.

In cases where approval was obtained prior to proceeding aboard, views/ comments were obtained as a general rule from the concerned doctor/Medical board. In case of Ex-post- facto approval the claim/Medical bill of treatment is verified by the Embassy / High Commission of Pakistan in the country where the treatment was carried out. Due diligence is undertaken to ascertain, if there was no treatment available in Pakistan for the ailment or if the treatment of same level was not available in the country. 12 13 186. Dr. Nafisa Shah:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the monthly shortfall In billing as a result of difference of cost of generation and supply of electricity by the Government at present?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): The composition of generation cost depends on energy mix. In case of cheaper energy sources i.e. hydel, gas & coal are available for generation the cost would be comparatively on the lower side. On the other hand, in case of non-availability of cheaper energy sources generation cost would be higher. Monthly shortfall in as result of difference of cost of generation and supply of electricity by the Government for the months of June and July 2013 depicts the following results: —————————————————————————————— Months Cost Billing Shortfall —————————————————————————————— June 79,400 64,106 15,294 July 94,700 82,174 12,526 ——————————————————————————————

187. Shaista Pervaiz:

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

(a) the year-wise profit and loss of all the public sector companies controlled by the Ministry during the last five years; and

(b) the dividend paid to the Government by each of the above companies during the said period?

Reply not received.

188. Shaista Pervaiz:

Will the Minister for information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state the names, designation, qualification, experience and perks/privileges of MDs/CEOs/Heads of various autonomous, semi autonomous, attached, subordinate departments and project offices of the Ministry since 2008?

Reply not received. 14 189. Sajid Ahmed:

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

(a) the details of the facilities being provided to the Hajis by each of the Haj operators in Saudi Arabia as well as in Pakistan; and

(b) the year-wise details of the said facilities provided during last five years?

Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony (Sardar Muhammad Yousaf): (a) Facilities provided by Hajj Group Organizers (HGOs) to the hujjaj are varied. Each HGO offers different package and facilities and charge an amount proportionate to such facilities. At the time of booking an agreement is signed between HGO and Haji which includes details of all facilities to be provided by HGOs. The facilities provided in Pakistan are pre-hajj training and vaccination. In Saudi Arabia facilities of transport, accommodation, meals (if included in the package) and guidance during Hajj/Umrah/Ziarat are provided by HGO. Besides medical and welfare services are provided by the Pakistan Hajj Mission in KSA to all hujjaj.

(b) As above

190. Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli:

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

(a) the names of firms from which items have been purchased by Utility Stores during the last five years alongwith the procedure adopted therefor; and

(b) the prescribed procedure for checking the quality of those items?

Reply not received. 15

191. Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli:

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

(a) the city-wise total number of houses available for Federal Government employees in the country; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct new houses for said employees; if so, the details thereof?

Reply not received.

192. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the approval for up-gradation of Grid Station Chakdara, Temargaraha Sado and Taimer has been given;

(b) whether it is also a fact that work has not been started thereupon;

(c) if the answers to part (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative, the reasons thereof alongwith the time by which the work will be started?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif):

(a) 132 KV Gird Station Chakdara.

Augmentation of 10/13 MVA power T/F with 20/26 MVA Power T/F was carried out under ADB Tranche-I during April, 2011. Now another extension with 20/26 MVA Power T/F under PSDP is in progress. Civil work for T/F bay has been completed while extension in Switch Room & Control Room will be completed by the end of August, 2013. Power T/F has been shifted at site. The job will be complete by mid of September, 2013. 16 132 KV Grid Station Tamergara (Saddo)

Extension with 1x20/26 MVA Power T/F has been completed under ADB Tranche-I Finances during August, 2012. Another extension with 20/26 MVA Power T/F has been approved under ADB Tranche-III finances, PC-I for the project was submitted to Ministry of Water & Power and has been cleared by CDWP. However, final approval is awaited from ECNEC. It is worth mentioning that more than 30% capacity is available in the T/F installed during August, 2012.

66 KV Gird station Timergara (Timer)

66 KV system has become obsolete and material is no more available. Therefore, another extension with 20/26 MVA Power T/F has been approved under ADB Tranche-III at 132 KV Gird Station Timergara. The future demand of Timergara and suburbs will be met from this Gird Station.

(b) As explained above.

193. Belum Hasnain:

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

(a) the names of mobile phone companies working in the country at present; and

(b) the steps being taken to improve their performance?

Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications: (a) Five mobile companies are operational in Pakistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) & Gilgit Baltistan (GB) at present namely:

1. M/S Pakistan Mobile Communication Limited (Mobilink) 2. M/S Pakistan Telecommunication Mobile Limited (Ufone) 3. M/S Telenor Pakistan 4. M/S Warid Telecom 5. M/s CMPak (Zong) 17 In addition to above companies the Special Communication Organization (SCO) is working in AJK & GB only.

(b) As per Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is mandated to “regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance of telecommunication systems and the provision of telecommunication services in Pakistan”. PTA has taken several steps to improve the performance of Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs), few of them ar given as under:

Constitution of Consumer Protection Directorate (CPD): PTA rationalized Complaint Cell into Consumer Protection Directorate (CPD) at it Headquarters in Islamabad in September 2008 and complaint cells at Zonal Offices, Lahore, Karachi Rawalpindi, Quetta, Peshawar and Muzaffarabad PTA has been making utmost efforts to provide reliable platform to consumers for quick an efficient resolution of their complaints throug these complaint cells.

Telecom Consumers Protection Regulations, 2009: PTA notified Telecom Consumers Protectio Regulations, 2009 on 31st March, 2009 with th objective of promoting and protecting the right and interests of consumers of telecommunications services in Pakistan. Pursuant to this, detailed “Internal SOP on Complaint Handling an Redressal at PTA” was issued in 2009 for efficient and logical redressal of consumers’ complaints PTA.

Establishment of ‘Complaint Managemei System’ (CMS): The establishment of ‘Complaint Management System (CMS) in October 2010 at PTA giving independent access to all Zonal Offices an limited access to mobile operators’ focal persons ensured transparent monitoring of complaint redressal.

Measuring the Quality of Service (QoS): It is continuous process. PTA is mandated to monitc the QoS of cellular mobile companies in order I ensure provision of quality services to the end users. In order to monitor and improve the QoS of mobile companies, PTA has been conducting QoS Surveys/inspections on regular basis since 2002. Initially the survey were conducted manually, however, in line with the best international practices PTA has procured state of the art QoS computerized monitoring equipment and also acquired the 18 same from mobile companies which measures the performance and provide automated survey results.

Based on survey results, necessary action is initiated against defaulter company including issuing of warning and initiation of show cause to improve services etc. The results are published in the National press for public awareness and are also placed on PTA website. Further PTA is pursuing three court cases in Islamabad High Court filed by M/S Mobilink and M/S Telenor regarding QoS.

Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU): To encourage tower sharing among the telecom operators an MoU was signed by among CMOs and PTA in August 2010. Operators share tower subject to availability, commercial and technical feasibility. Tenancy ratio in September 2010 was 1.1, which has climbed to 1.23 in last 2.5 years.

194. Belum Hasnain:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the head-wise total amount of funds spent on different projects and programmes by the Ministry during the last five years?

Reply not received.

195. Qari Muhammad Yousaf:

Will the Minister, for Water and Power be pleased to state the total number of prospective sites for small Dams in District Batgram?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): There are no prospective sites under consideration for construction of Small Dams in District Batgram.

196. Dr. Nisar Ahmad Jatt:

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state whether cyber crime related laws and protections are available to the consumers; if so the details thereof? 19 Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications: At present Cyber Crime related laws are not in operation / promulgated in Pakistan. However, the Electronic Transaction Ordinance, 2002 is enforced in Pakistan. The Ministry of Information Technology has been vigorously pursuing the promulgation of Prevention of (Electronic Crimes Bill, 2013 (PECB, 2013). In this regard, final draft of PECB Bill, 2013 is under process and will be finalized soon; furthermore the same shall be presented before the Parliament, when in session, for deliberation and promulgation.

197. Maulana Muhammad Gohar Shah:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the steps taken by the present Government to safeguard the District Charsada from floods?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (1) Irrigation Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has proposed a flood protection scheme namely “Construction of protection wall in Attaki Nullah Shabqadar area, District Charsadda, Estimated cost Rs. 9.350 million” under federally funded program Normal/Emergent Flood Program 2013-14.

(2) Wapda is Planning for Detailed Engineering Design and tender documents to construct Mohmand (Munda) Dam having storage capacity 1.29 MAF. It will also help in mitigation flood effect of Sawat River in Charsadda Area.

(3) Irrigation Department, Government of KPK had initiated study under 2010-flood Damages Restoration project for preparation of Master Plan (Long Term Measures) for protection of Village abadies, agricultural land and other private as well as public infrastructure from flood flows of various rivers in District Peshawar, Charsadda and Nowshehra. The interventions proposed in Master Plan would be considered for execution under future programme/National Flood Protection Plan-IV 2014-24 which is under formulation.

198. Sher Akbar Khan:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state whether It is a fact that the Estate Office started to computerize the record of all Government houses in Islamabad, If so, the present status thereof alongwith the time by which said process will be completed?

Reply not received. 20 199. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:

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

(a) the increase made in the electricity generating capacity in Megawatts during the period from March, 2008 till date; and

(b) the steps taken during the said period to reduce the load-shedding of electricity in the country?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) & (b) In order to reduce load shedding in the country, two prong policy has been adopted which comprises of:

• Supply side measures i.e increase in power generation

• Demand side measures i.e reduction in demand through conversation measures

Supply side measures

New Power Addition

3321 MW Capacity Power Plants (IPPs) have been added in the system since March 2008 till todate, detail of which is give hereunder:— —————————————————————————————— Sr. No. Name of Project Capacity in MW —————————————————————————————— 1. Malakand-III 81 2. Attock Gen Limited 163 3. Atlas Power Project 219 4. Engro Power Project 226 5. Saif Power Project 225 6. Orient Power Project 225 7. Nishat Power Ltd 200 8. Nishat (Chunian) Project 200 9. Sapphire Electric Power 175 10. Liberty Power Tech 225 11. Foundation Power Project Dherki 200 —————————————————————————————— 21 —————————————————————————————— Sr. No. Name of Project Capacity in MW —————————————————————————————— 12. Hub Power Narowal 220 13. Halmore Power Project 225 14. Chashma Nuclear Power Unit-2 (C-2) 340 15. Khan Khawar HPP 72 16. Jinnah Hydero Project 96 17. Alai Khwar Hydel 121 18. New BongEscape 84 19. FFCEL Wind (Wind Power) 50 —————————————————————————————— Sub-total 3321 —————————————————————————————— In addition of above generation capacity in the national grid, attention remained focused to curtail the demand through adopting “Energy Conservation” and reduction of demand of 1125 MW of electricity has been achieved through various measures, detail of which is placed at Annex-A.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

200. Sahibzada Tariq Ullah:

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

(a) whether It Is a fact that a number of Housing Schemes launched during the last five years for the Federal Government employees including the employees of the National Assembly and Senate Secretariats;

(b) whether those schemes have not been completed so far; if so, the reasons thereof;

(c) whether it is also a fact that huge amounts have been paid by those employees in such schemes; if so, the details thereof alongwith the utilization thereof;

(d) whether it is further a fact that certain malpractices and embezzlements have been reported in the execution of such 22 schemes; if so, the details thereof alongwith the action taken against the responsibles; and

(e) the steps being taken to execute such schemes in letter and spirit?

Reply not received.

201. Sher Akbar Khan:

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

(a) the names of the government departments and private companies against whom electricity dues are outstanding for the last five years; and

(b) the total amount of outstanding dues recovered by IESCO and other distributing companies from government and private sectors during the said period?

Reply not received.

202. Aisha Syed:

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

(a) the total number of Khuddam-ul-Hujjaj sent to Saudi Arabia during Hajj-2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 alongwith the names, domicile, nature of duties and departments thereof; and

(b) the authorities who recommended the names of above Khuddam- ul-Hujjaj?

Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony (Sardar Muhammad Yousaf): (a) The year-wise number of Khuddam ul Hujjaj who proceeded to Saudi Arabia for performance of Welfare duties during Hajj 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 is given below:— 23

KHUDDAM UL HUJJAJ —————————————————————————————— Hajj Hajj Hajj Hajj Hajj 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 —————————————————————————————— 230 230 231 231 343 —————————————————————————————— The nature of duties performed by the Khuddam ul Hujjaj - and Seasonal Duty Staff during the years mentioned above are identical for each year and are placed at flag ‘A’ and ‘B’ respectively. For Khuddam ul Hujjaj the Ministry invites nominations from the concerned quarters i.e. Pakistan Armed Forces, Police, Boy Scouts and public sector organizations.

Khuddamul Hujjaj from the Armed forces are selected by the GHQ on merit, irrespective of the domicile of a candidate. As for the Khuddamul Hujjaj from Police and other Public Sector Organizations, these are selected by the concerned departments/provincial governments according to their quota. Domicile- wise selection was made for Hajj Seasons 2011 and 2012.

Lists of Khuddamul Hujjaj for Hajj Seasons 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 are at Annexures C,D,E,F & G.

(b) The heads of the Departments recommend the names, which in case of Ministries are Secretaries and Inspector General of Police in case of Police Departments of all the provinces and respective heads of Public Sector Organizations.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

203. Sahibzada Tariq Ullah:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the PHA Housing Scheme located in G- 10/2 Islamabad has not been completed so far; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the time by which the construction work of the said scheme will be completed alongwith the action taken against those responsible for delay?

Reply not received. 24 204. Muhammad Riaz Malik:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the number of new projects being implemented for generating electric power in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): The following new Hydropower Projects are being Implemented and under planning by Wapda for generation of electric power in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan:— 25

205. Rai Hasan Nawaz Khan:

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

(a) whether it is a feet that electricity bills are sent to consumers during the last week of the month; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the steps being taken to facilitate the consumers by sending electricity bills in the first week of every month?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif):

(i) Meter Reading and billing schedule consists of more than 20 batches in order to facilitate the Meter Readers to record meter reading every month.

(ii) Meter Readings and billing are carried out over all available days in a month in a complete cycle process in accordance with the billing/ meter reading schedule.

(iii) Meter Reading lists are prepared in advance by the DISCOs Computer Centers. They are sent to the Revenue Offices who arranges for meter readings to be entered on the lists by the meter reading staff in the Sub Divisional Office.

(iv) After entry of readings in the Sub Divisional Office, the Meter Reading lists are returned to the Revenue Office. After entry in the Revenue Office Records, the meter reading lists are collected together in a batch file for each Sub Division. The batch files are then passed to the DISCOs Computer Centers. 26 (v) Customers’ bills are prepared in the Computer Center and sent to the Revenue Office for distribution to the customers for payment.

(b) It is not possible to facilitate all the consumers by sending electricity bills in the first week of the every month

KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, Secretary. ISLAMABAD: The 28th August, 2013.

PCPPI—3205 (2013) NA—28-8-2013—700.