1 (29th Session) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT ———— “QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES” to be asked at a sitting of the National Assembly to be held on Thursday, the 4th March, 2021 21. *Mr. Naveed Aamir Jeeva: (Deferred during 27th Session) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Registrar Office being a regulator, has taken notice that Bahria Enclave, a Housing Project of Bahria Town in Islamabad, has failed to give physical possession of plots to their legitimate allottees, who have deposited full payment of their plots, despite the lapse of several years; if so, the details thereof; (b) did the Registrar Office make the administration of Bahria Enclave accountable in this regard; if so, the details thereof; (c) the corrective measure being taken by the Registrar Office to compel the administration of Bahria Enclave to give physical possession of the plots to allottees at an earliest; and (d) time by which, physical possession of the allotment of the above will be made to allottees? Reply not received. 3. *Mr. Abdul Qadir Patel: (Deferred during 28th Session) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: 2 (a) whether, Ministry or Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has taken notice that large number of people languishing in jails as their appeals are pending in respective appellate forums; (b) if so, the province and jail-wise number of such persons, who have been languishing in jails upon pendency of their appeals in respective appellate forums for the last three years or more; and (c) what steps are being taken by Government to formulate a comprehensive policy with collaboration of Provincial Governments to pay fines of such persons and ensure their release from jails? Minister for Interior (Sheikh Rashid Ahmed): (a) Matter pertains to Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. (b) The total number of criminals waiting for execution and prisoners convicted for life imprisonment in provincial governments are as under: ———————————————————————————————————————— Punjab Sindh Balochistan KPK Total ———————————————————————————————————————— Province wise number of prisoner 7617 1322 73 360 9732 whose appeals are pending before Hon Supreme Court, Military Court, High Court and Federal Shariat Court, and President of Pakistan from Last three years or more ———————————————————————————————————————— (c) In this regard a committee has been constituted by the Government consisting of following to examine such cases: a. Commissioner of the concerned Division (Chairman). b. Representative of Home Department not below the rank of Deputy Secretary (Member). c. Representative of the Prosecution Department not below the rank of Deputy Prosecutor General (Member). d. Superintendent of the Jail (Member / Secretary). 3 This committee will decide whether the Fine / Diyat / Daman / Arsh should be paid or not from Government / Public Exchequer after assessing the financial status of the prisoner and nature of the crime committed by him. Philanthropists are also engaged to pay the fines of deserving prisoners. During the financial year 2018­2019, the Provincial Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provided funds for release of those prisoners who are languishing in Jails due to non­payment of Diyat, Arsh, Daman, compensation & fine etc. the funds were accordingly utilized for the purpose, owing to which an amount Rs. 6951755/­ was incurred for the purpose and total 20 Nos prisoners were released from Jails in the regard. Rs. 8,296,595/­ paid by the Balochistan government for (05) five prisoners. 121. *Mrs. Shahida Akhtar Ali: (Deferred during 28th Session) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether the Assistant Commissioner (City) has been appointed as Inquiry Officer by the Deputy Commissioner, Islamabad to probe fraud committed in Jammu and Kashmir Housing Society Zone-II, Islamabad; (b) if so, the detail of cases for which responsibility has been given to him alongwith the number of meetings held with respective dates so far in this regard; (c) the names of officers participated therein alongwith other details thereof; and (d) the detail of amount misappropriated in these cases alongwith the time by which inquiry will be finalized and the time by which possession of G-15/4, Islamabad main roads, pockets would be got cleared? Deferred for answer on Next Rota Day. 4 85. *Ms. Mussarat Rafiq Mahesar: Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) according to global cyber security firms such as Symantec, Pakistan is among the ten most targeted countries for cyber- attacks in the world; (b) if so, what steps are being taken by the Government to cope with this threat; and (c) the National Policy framed on this issue, if not, the reason thereof? Minister for Interior (Sheikh Rashid Ahmed): (a) With the advent of 3G/4G, and other broadband technologies the number of internet users has increased, hence Pakistan is no exception of cyber attacks along­with many other advance countries. This trend is also obvious from the increasing number of complaints received at the Cybercrime Wing FIA. (b) The issue of cyber­attacks/security is multifaceted and a number of government entities including FIA/cybercrime Wing, PTA, NTISB and others are taking necessary steps in this regard. FIA/Cybercrime Wing under Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016. Sessions/seminars for awareness among general public. Blocking of illegal content etc. under Section 37 of PECA 2016. Amendments in PECA 2016 have also been drafted to cover emerging threats and potential challenges. (c) Cyber security policy is not the mandate of Ministry of Interior. The Ministry of IT and Telecom has formulated the Consultation Draft of National Cyber Security Policy 2021. 5 86. *Sheikh Rohale Asghar: Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether the number of police personnels in Islamabad is less than the required number or it is sufficient for the desired purposes; and (b) the total number of Police Stations and Police Check Posts in Islamabad? Minister for Interior (Sheikh Rashid Ahmed): (a) The current strength in the Capital is insufficient as the sanctioned number of Police Personnel in ICT are 11544 whereas the present number stands at 10183 (1361 less). (b) A total number of 22 police stations and 04 check posts have been established to control the crime and law & order situation in Federal Capital. 87. *Mr. Naveed Aamir Jeeva: Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that all Provincial District Judicial Officers particularly in BS-22 who are also Civil servants, are deprived from entitlement of official Passports; (b) whether it is a fact that some of Judges of Provincial District- Judiciary have been granted special permission to acquire official Passport; if so, details of those who have obtained official Passports at present; (c) what corrective measures are being taken by the Government to give entitlement of acquiring official passports to judges of provincial district judiciary who hold posts in BS-21 and 22 at present; and (d) time by which, the such entitlement will be granted to aforesaid grades Judicial Officers in District Judiciary? Reply not received. 6 88. *Dr. Nafisa Shah: Will the Minister for Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the trafficking of drugs is increasing all over the country specially in educational institutes; and (b) what steps are being taken to protect the society from curse of drugs? Minister for Narcotics Control (Mr. Ijaz Ahmad Shah): (a) The alarming drug production in Afghanistan is the main factor influencing the drug situation not only in Pakistan but World over. Afghanistan is producing almost 85% of the total world opium and is the largest producer of cannabis. 30% of Afghan opiates / drugs transit through Pakistan. Being a transit country Pakistan is subjected to domestic spread / use of drugs, as well. The flow / smuggling of precursor chemicals to Afghanistan also pose serious challenges to Pakistan. Owing to porous border, poor border management and availability of numerous frequented and un­frequented routes, huge quantity of drugs is smuggled / proliferated into Pakistan from Afghanistan. The ever evolving drugs threat from Afghanistan and to a lesser extent from other parts of the world, needs constant evaluation for initiating response measures. (b) Within the meager resources, MNC/ANF has been implemented “Counter Narcotic Policy” strategy and has implemented two pronged strategies to counter narco drugs supply and addiction to the society through the country:— a. Drug Supply Reduction Prong. b. Drug Demand Reduction Prong. a. Following seizures have been made during 2020 in the surrounding areas of education institutions. Most of the education institutions were closed due to prevailing situation of COVID­19. —————————————————————————————— RD Case Seizure (in Kgs / Lits) Opium Heroin Ice Hashish —————————————————————————————— KP 2 0 0 0 0.158 North 4 0 0.600 0.050 0 Punjab 15 3.600 10.425 0 54.880 —————————————————————————————— Total 21 3.600 11.025 0.050 55.038 —————————————————————————————— 7 b. In the domain of drug demand reduction, on the vision of PM, “Drug Free Islamabad 2020” campaign is being launched throughout the year. In this regard joint operations followed by routine operations basis on information gathered from arrested individuals will be carried out with ICT Police Islamabad. a. FM-101. Dedicated time from 03:00 pm to 04:00 pm has been earmarked for MNC/ANF where masses are being given awareness on drug and its adverse effects. b. MNC/ANF in collaboration with Government of Sindh is running 3x Models Addictions Treatment’s Centres at Karachi, Sukkur and Hyderabad and 1 x Model Addiction Treatment Center at Islamabad. Since today 19954X addicts have been treated in different MATRCs by ANF, Free of Cost. c. Awareness activities carried out by the Ministry in educational institutions throughout the country attached at (Annex-A).