1 (49Th Session) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

(49th 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 31st January, 2013

(Originally Starred Question Nos. 10, 16 and 19 were set down for answer on 21-01-2013)

10. *Mrs. Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) the main reasons of losses of Pakistan Railways at present; and

(b) the steps taken to control the said losses during, the last five years?

Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour): (a) The main reasons of losses of Pakistan Railways are as under :—

1. Less availability of locomotives due to deferred maintenance of old fleet on account of paucity of funds which has badly affected passenger and freight train operations, the main source of earning for Pakistan Railways.

2. Pakistan Railways is a public service entity and does not operate purely on commercial lines. It has to keep operative some un- remunerative and un-economical routes in larger public interest.

3. Increase in salaries of Government employees, and relief provided to pensioners has added to the financial burden.

4. Increase in fuel, gas and electricity costs, have also contributed to rising deficit. 2 5. Damages to Railways assets worth Rs. 6.73 billion due to floods of 2010/2011 is another contributory reason causing losses.

6. Deficient investment in rolling stock, which would have enhanced the capacity to reduce the deficit.

(b) Following steps are being taken by the Government to control the said losses:—

1. To overcome the present crises, Pakistan Railway is procuring upto 275 new locomotives and repairing old ones through various sources.

2. Railway has involved private sector to participate in different activities of P.R. i.e. rehabilitation of ageing locomotives, development of Dry Ports and commercial management of passenger trains etc.

3. Through Track Access Regime, private sector has been invited to operate freight trains on Pakistan Railways infrastructure on payment of track access charges to PR. The idle capacity available with PR will be utilized and additional revenue for PR will also be generated.

4. Doubling of track between Karachi and Lahore will be completed by December 2013, providing additional capacity to run more trains.

5. Installation of modern signalling system is in progress, which will facilitate in smooth train operations.

16. *Mr. Sajid Ahmed:

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state:

(a) the names of government departments which monitor to explore new trade markets;

(b) the performance shown by those departments during the year 2011-12 till date; and

(c) the names of countries with whom Pakistani exports have reduced during the last five years alongwith the reasons thereof?

Reply not received. 3 19. *Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state:

(a) the year-wise total quantity of used edible oil imported during the last five years;

(b) the names of countries/firms from where the said oil was imported; and

Minister for Commerce (Makhdoom Muhammad Amin Fahim): (a) No import of used edible oil has taken place during the last five years.

(b) Nil.

(c) There is no specific provision/procedure for import of used edible oil. However, the import of all edible products are regulated as per provisions of Serial No. 13 of Appendix-B of the Import Policy Order which are reproduced below:—

“Imports of edible products shall be subject to following conditions:—

(i) It must be fit for human consumption;

(ii) They shall be free of any ‘haram’ element or ingredients;

(iii) Edible products shall have at least 50% (fifty per cent) of the shelf life, calculated from the date of filing of Import General Manifest (IGM);

(iv) Where conditions at (iii) above are not printed on the packing, certificate issued by the Manufacturers or Principals in respect of these conditions shall be accepted by Customs Authorities;

(v) That, in case of meat, it was obtained from ‘halal’ animals and slaughtered in accordance with the Islamic injunctions;

(vi) Import of edible oil in bulk quantity shall be on landed weight and quality basis.” 4 92. *Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the State Bank of Pakistan has allowed sugar mills to export 0.5 million ton sugar during the year 2012-13 as per decision of ECC; if so, the basis of estimate determined for the surplus of said sugar; and

(b) whether it is also a fact that the ECC has allowed to export said sugar during the beginning of the year 2012; if so, the reasons of issuing permits thereof by the said bank at the end of said year?

Minister for Commerce (Makhdoom Muhammad Amin Fahim): (a) Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has actually allowed sugar mills to export 1.2 million MT from January 2012. State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has been mandated to monitor the export of sugar. Accordingly, SBP has allocated a total quantity of 649,477 MT of sugar during beginning of the year 2012 to 23rd January, 2013.

The surplus was determined in consultation with the stakeholders on the basis of available stock of sugar, projected/anticipated production and annual average domestic consumption.

(b) The ECC has allowed said export in five different phases. Break up is as under:— —————————————————————————————— S. No. Date Quantity —————————————————————————————— 1. 31-01-2012 0.1 Million MT 2. 15-05-2012 0.2 Million MT 3. 03-10-2012 0.2 Million MT 4. 22-11-2012 0.2 Million MT 5. 11-12-2012 0.5 Million MT —————————————————————————————— TOTAL : 1.2 Million MT —————————————————————————————— Since, ECC has allowed export during beginning to the end of the year, 2012 in different phases, therefore, SBP is allocating quota to the sugar mills for the export of sugar accordingly. 5

93. *Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that 700 tons of sugar has been imported for Utility Stores Corporation (USC) during the year 2012-13; if so, the details thereof; and

(b) whether it is also a fact that the USC has refused to purchase said sugar from the Ministry due to substandard quality; if so, the reasons to import said sugar?

Minister for Commerce (Makhdoom Muhammad Amin Fahim): (a) In pursuance of the directive of the ECC of the Cabinet dated 12.01.2010, Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) imported 1,104,605 MT sugar from worldwide sources during 2010-2011 and the same was stored in TCP Pipri Godown which was later On delivered to Government’s nominated agencies including Utility Stores Corporation (USC).

(b) In January, 2012 while lifting sugar, USC raised objection on the quality of Indian origin sugar Renuka Brand, 700 MT. USC refused to take delivery of the sugar in question on the plea of excessive moisture content. In order to resolve the issue, TCP decided to approach USC with analytical report of this sugar verifying its suitability and fitness for human consumption through a Lab Report. TCP sent the sample to Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) Laboratories for examining the suitability- and fitness for human consumption and the report received on 18-07-2012 (Annex-A) revealed that the sugar is fit for human Consumption and also within standard limit of Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) for moisture. According to standard specification of PSQCA, 0.08% moisture is acceptable whereas the sugar sample of “Renuka” Brand contains 0.046% moisture which is within permissible limit and the stocks are not harmful for human consumption. 6 7

94. *Mrs. Shagufta Sadiq:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the percentage of success achieved by the Government to control the losses of Pakistan Railways during last four years?

Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour): The success achieved by the Government to control the losses of Pakistan Railways during the last four years is given as under:—

• PR generated revenue of Rs. 1.40 billion from July to December, 2012 over and above the revenue generation during the corresponding period of previous financial year 2011-12.

• PR will be able to save an amount of Rs.4.00 billion (approx) per annum on account of interest on overdraft due to imposing moratorium during the current financial year 2012-13. it is hoped that this saving will continue during the next two financial years.

• PR registered an overdraft of Rs.4.600 billion with SBP during the year 2009-10 but after that no overdraft has been taken so far in 1 2 /2 years.

• The subsidy which covered the expenditures of salary, pension, fuel, electricity, materials etc prior to 2011-12 is now being taken to defray the expenses of salary and pension only. The other operating expenses are being met out of railways revenue receipts.

• Foreign debt servicing has partially been taken over by Economic Affairs Division and for remaining portion, no deduction at source is being made by Finance Division.

• Train operations are presently being run within generated revenue as only economically viable trains are being run. Only the burden of salary and pension is being provided by the Federal Government. 8 95. *Mrs. Shagufta Sadiq:

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that Pakistanis are living in worst conditions in Syria at present;

(b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to shift those Pakistanis therefrom?

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar): (a) Pakistanis presently left in Syria mainly belong to three categories:

(i) The caretakers at the mausoleum of Syeda Zeinab,

(ii) Pakistani nationals who are married to Syrians or Palestinians, and

(iii) Others, who still want to stay on despite the current situation in Syria.

The ones who wanted to leave Syria have mostly left. Those remaining are voluntarily continuing to stay in Syria.

(b) Almost no Pakistani is living in miserable conditions as explained above. The government has, however, put in place a mechanism to help those who require evacuation from Syria. Pakistan Embassy in Beirut has been made responsible to extend facility in this regards. The Embassy is in constant touch with the local employees in our Embassy in Damascus after the Mission was temporarily closed recently. The local employees have also been instructed by the Ministry to forward requests from the Pakistanis for transfer back to Pakistan, to our Mission in Lebanon. All possible help is being extended to the Pakistanis remaining in Syria.

96. *Ms. Imrana Saeed Jamil:

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration by SAARC countries for the relaxation of rules to release prisoners;

(b) if so, the steps taken in this regard so far? 9 Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar): (a), (b) Currently there is no such proposal under consideration by SAARC for relaxation of rules to release prisoners. However, with some SAARC countries we have bilateral arrangements for release/exchange of prisoners, such as, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

97. *Ms. Shireen Arshad Khan:

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state:

(a) the names of countries where from edible oil imported by Pakistan during the last five years; and

(b) the quantity and kinds of said oil imported during the said periods?

Minister for Commerce (Makhdoom Muhammad Amin Fahim): (a), (b) Pakistan is importing palm oil and soyabean oil. A list showing the name of countries where from edible oil is being imported along with quantity and kinds of said oil is placed at Annex-I.

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98. *Ms. Shireen Arshad Khan:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Locomotive Factory, Risalpur has the capacity to manufacture railway engines; if so, the details thereof; and

(b) whether railway engines are not being manufactured in the said factory at present; if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour): (a) Pakistan Locomotive Factory Risalpur has no capability of manufacturing of locomotive independently. However, locomotives can be manufactured provided that Foreign manufacturer share their patents and transfer technology for this purpose.

(b) Pakistan Locomotives Factory Risalpur was established in the year 1992 for assembling of the locomotives with the capacity of 25 per annum on single shift basis.

Due to non finalization of any locomotives procurement/manufacturing project at present no manufacturing work is being done. However, manufacturing of locomotives spares is being carried out in the factory against the work order of Operating Divisions.

99. *Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that ban has been imposed by the Government on the export of livestock/animals;

(b) if so, the reasons alongwith the present status of implementation thereof?

Transferred to National Food and Security Research Division for answer on next Rota Day. 13

100. *Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state:

(a) the year and country wise quantity of fruits and vegetables exported during the last three years; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Government to increase the exports thereof?

Minister for Commerce (Makhdoom Muhammad Amin Fahim): (a) The year and country-wise quantity of fruits and vegetables exported during the last three years is at Annex-I & II.

(b) Government of Pakistan has taken following steps to increase the exports:—

i. Pakistan Horticulture Development & Export Company (PHDEC) was created to work for production, development and export of horticulture products which include fruits and vegetables.

• PHDEC is also focusing on developing cool chain infrastructure to reduce post harvest losses in horticulture sector.

• PHDEC is undertaking activities for the capacity building of farmers/growers to comply with the global food standards.

ii. Strategic Trade Policy Framework (STPF) 2009-12 provides support for initiating the exports of processed food by reimbursing R&D cost at 6% of the exports.

iii. Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) is undertaking various export promotional activities through trade exhibitions and delegations for enhancing exports of horticulture products.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library) 14 101. *Mr. Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the steps taken by the Ministry to get evacuated the land of Pakistan Railways occupied in the country during the period from March, 2008 till date?

Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour):

• Strict monitoring of the encroachments has been implemented through SOP where, officials of Traffic and Police disciplines have been made responsible for new encroachment.

• The issues regarding illegal occupation of Railway land by Government departments Institutions have already been taken up with concerned departments and settlements have been made with Pak Army. Pakistan Rangers, whereas it is being pursued with other concerned departments.

• Regular anti encroachment operations are being conducted by each Railway Division with the help of Railway and District Police, which is being monitored by Divisional Superintendents at Division level and General Manager/Operations at Headquarters level.

• FIR’s are being lodged and Police Memos are being issued against illegal occupants.

• Cases of encroachments have been registered with Special Judicial Railway Magistrate under Section-134 of Railway Act 1890.

• Land measuring 2502.633 acres has been retrieved/regularized by Pakistan Railways upto December 31, 2012 out of total 5662.664 acres.

102. *Mr. Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) the names of countries with whom agreements have been signed to bail out the Pakistan Railways from crisis during the year 2011-12 till date; 15 (b) if so, the time by which the implementation will be started thereupon?

Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour): (a) No agreement has been signed with any country during the year 2011-12 till date.

(b) Nil.

103. *Mrs. Nisar Tanveer:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Pakistan Railway Advisory and Consultancy Services (PRACS), were established to improve the services of Pakistan Railways, if so, the objectives set and results gained therefrom during the last five years;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the 4% income of Pakistan Railways is being deposited in the account of PRACS; if so, the justification thereof;

(c) whether it is further a fact that reservation and ticketing systems of Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi Railway stations have been awarded to PRACS; if so, the justification thereof; and

(d) whether the performance of PRACS was evaluated with regard to its objectives and achievements during the said period, if so, the details, if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour): (a) M/s Pakistan Railway Advisory & Consultancy Services (PRACS) was not established to improve the services of Pakistan Railways. Its main objective was to provide Consultancy and Advisory services in the execution on operation of rail related projects in Pakistan and abroad.

(b) No income of Pakistan Railways is being deposited in the Accounts of PRACS.

(c) To provide Railway tickets at the doorstep of the general public. M/s PRACS operates Railway Reservation & Enquiry Offices in major cities of 16 Pakistan including Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi, on receipt of 4% service charges thereon, to meet with its expanses.

(d) As to evaluation of PRACS performance, the Board of Directors of PRACS meets in each quarter to evaluate its performance. Its financial performance is audited/evaluated by a firm of Chartered Accountants appointed with concurrence of Auditor General of Pakistan. Uptill now the company has performance well and achieved its objectives.

ISLAMABAD: KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, The 30th January, 2013. Secretary.

PCPPI—2122(13) NA—30-1-2013—700. 1 49th Session

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Thursday, the 31st January, 2013

(Originally Unstarred Question Nos. 45, 2, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18 and 19 were set down for answer on 21-01-2013)

45. Dr. Darshan:

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that there is a shortfall of employees belonging to Sindh and Balochistan in Pakistan Tobacco Board, Peshawar; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the steps being taken or proposed to be taken to make up the said deficiency?

Minister for Commerce (Makhdoom Muhammad Amin Fahim): (a) & (b) Yes, it is a matter of fact that some posts are lying vacant in Pakistan Tobacco Board belonging to Sindh. PTB has recently advertised these posts (Annex-I) and appointment shall be made observing the Sindh Regional and Provincial Quota. As far as Balochistan is concerned PTB has already appointed two officers in BPS-17 and one official in BPS-02 under Balochistan Quota. It may be pointed out that the Board has purchased land for establishment of a permanent Tobacco Model Farm at Pishin, Balochistan. The following staff will be appointed there, who will generally belong to the area:

1. Farm Manager/BPS-17 1No 2. UDC/BPS-09 1No 3. LDC/BPS-07 1No 4. Beldaar/ BPS-02 1No 5. Naib Qasid/ Beldaar/ BPS-02 1No 6. Sanitary Worker 1No 2 It is pertinent to mention that Provincial/Regional quota had not been observed in the past recruitments in PTB. Shortfall and domicile-wise position may be seen at Annex-II. The advertisement has been given in the press strictly as per recruitment rules and Provincial quota of the vacancies and the shortfall will be adjusted in future vacancies. Further the posts allocated to Sindh and Balochistan, especially BPS-16 and below are lying vacant due to non-availability of suitable candidates. PTB seldom receives applications for the post of Office Assistants, Stenotypists, UDC’s and LDC’s etc from Sindh and Balochistan despite publication of the advertisements in the national press. The new recruitment process is underway.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

2. Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that new appointments are being made in the Pakistan Railways at present; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the year-wise appointments made in the Pakistan Railways during the period from 15-3-2008 till date?

Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour): (a) Yes, in order to run the operational work smoothly, vacancies in the essential operational categories have been announced in newspaper to be filled in through recruitment.

(b) 4107 persons have been appointed in Pakistan Railways during the period from 15-03-2008 till date, as under:— —————————————————————————————— Year 15-3-2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total —————————————————————————————— 182 1593 1802 356 197 4107 ——————————————————————————————

11. Mr. Muhammad Rehan Hashmi:

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of employees working in Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) at present; and 3 (b) the total number of employees of TDAP working in Pakistani Embassies abroad alongwith the details thereof?

Reply not received.

12. Dr. Imtiaz Sultan Bukhari:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Ministry has advertised posts of various categories for recruitments in Peshawar Division recently;

(b) whether it is also a fact that all posts of above category IV have been reserved for Khyber-Pakhtun Khawa (KPK) and FATA;

(d) if the answers to part (a), (b) and (c) above are in the affirmative, the justification thereof?

Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour): (a) The Federal Government has relaxed the ban on recruitments in Pakistan Railways so as to fill up vacant posts. All Divisional Superintendents including Divisional Superintendent, Peshawar, was allowed to make recruitments up to BS-10 in accordance with prevalent rules / policy, whereas recruitments from BS-11 to BS-15 will be made at Pakistan Railways, Headquarters Office level.

(b) All Divisions in Pakistan Railways have been directed to make recruitment of BS-1 & BS-2 on local basis and BS-3 to BS-10 at Divisional level keeping in view the Provincial/Regional and other quotas as per prevalent rules / policy of the Federal Government.

(c) Recruitments in BS-3 to BS-15 are to be made on the basis of provincial quota and the regional quotas, if applicable shall be observed strictly as per prevalent policy.

(d) Being a Federal Department, Pakistan Railway is observing all Government rules and polices during recruitment. Moreover, the vacant posts have been calculated after setting aside vacancies for regularized employees and only the posts essential for railway operations are to be filled. 4 16. Mr. Iqbal Mohammad Ali Khan:

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state:

(a) the year-wise total number of appointments made in the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) during the last five year, alongwith the criteria adopted therein;

(b) the total sanctioned posts of officers/official in TDAP alongwith the province-wise details of vacant posts of all cadres at present;

(d) the promotions made against the promotional quota during the said period?

Minister for Commerce (Makhdoom Muhammad Amin Fahim): (a) The statement showing the year-wise appointment made in TDAP from 2008—2012 (last five years) is as under:— —————————————————————————————— S. No. Year Nos. of officials appointed —————————————————————————————— 1. 2008 01

2. 2009 94

3. 2010 02

4. 2011 Nil

5. 2012 10 —————————————————————————————— Total: 107 ——————————————————————————————

The criteria adopted by TDAP for the above appointments was that all appointments were made under Federal Government Recruitment Rules prescribed by the Establishment Division, Government of Pakistan. 5

(b) The statement showing sanctioned strength/ working position and vacancy position in BS-17 and above in respect of TDAP Headquarters and its Regional /Sub-Regional Offices may be seen at Annex-I. The province-wise details of vacant posts of all cadres may be seen at Annexure-II.

(c) Yes the said posts were advertised in the leading newspapers of Pakistan. Copies of the advertisements may be seen at Annexure-III.

(d) The statement showing the promotions made against the promotional quota during the last five years may be seen at Annexure-IV. A total of sixty five officers/officials were promoted during the last five years.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

17. Ms. Shireen Arshad Khan:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the incentives excluding salary being provided by the Pakistan Railways to its employees?

Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour): There are no special incentives provided to the Railway employees, however following facilities are available to them:

1. Travel passes to the employees & their families.

2. Medical Facilities, in Railway Hospitals.

3. Education in railway schools for employee’s children;

4. Other facilities subject to availability, such as access to railway clubs, rest houses etc.

5. Quota in recruitment to Railway employees’ families. 6

18. Mrs. Munira Shakir:

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state the name of the department of the Government which monitors and ensures that Insurance Companies operating in the country are implementing terms and conditions made with their clients in letter and spirit?

Reply not received. 19. Mrs. Munira Shakir:

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state the department which determine the quality of vegetables and fruits being imported from India at present?

Minister for Commerce (Makhdoom Muhammad Amin Fahim): Import of vegetables and fruits from India is subject to compliance of phytosanitary requirements, drawing of samples and testing quality by Department of Plant Protection and Federal Seed Certification & Registration Department of National Food Security and Research Division.

Detail trade figures of Pak-India is at Annex-I.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

81. Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the authority who approves the prices of the edible items being sold in trains and at Railway Stations in the country at present?

Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour): Additional General Manager/Traffic, Pakistan Railways, Headquchirters Office Lahore, is the authority to approve the prices of edible items being sold in trains and at Railway station in the country. 7

82. Ms. Tasneem Siddiqui:

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state the names and designations of employees of Foreign Affairs who or their spouses/ children have dual nationality at present?

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar): As per the information provided by the officers/officials of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as of 29 January 2013, the spouses/children of following officers/officials of Ministry of Foreign Affairs hold dual nationality:— 8 9 83. Ms. Tasneem Siddiqui:

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) the country-wise buildings hired by the Government of Pakistan during the last four years till date; and

(b) the details of rent of those buildings separately?

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar): (a) & (b) The Information is attached as Annexure “A”.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

84. Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) the location-wise schools and colleges of the Pakistan Railways functioning in the country at present;

(b) the total number of teachers working in those schools and colleges separately at present; and

Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour):

(a) 1. P. R Boys Axis College, G.T Road, Lahore. 2. P. R Girls Axis College, G.T Road, Lahore. 3. P. R Lady Griffin Girls College, Lahore. 4. P. R Girls College Mughalpura, Lahore. 5. P.R St. Andrews Girls High School, Lahore. 6. P. R Lady Griffin Girls High School, Lahore. 7. P. R Boys High School, Engine Shed Lahore. 8. P. R Girls High School, Mayo Garden, Lahore. 10

9. P. R Girls High School, Mughalpura, Lahore. 10. P. R Boys High School, Mughalpura, Lahore. 11. P. R Primary School, Faisalabad. 12. P. R Girls High School, Khanewal. 13. P. R Girls High School, Samasatta. 14. P. R Boys High School, Samasatta. 15. P. R Boys High School, Sukkur. 16. P. R Girls High School, Sukkur. 17. P. R Girls High School, Rohri. 18. P. R Boys High School, Kotri. 19. P. R High School, Pipri. 20. P. R Boys High School, Karachi Cantt. 21. P. R Girls High School, Karachi Cantt.

(b) Railway Schools Teachers = 171 Non Railway Schools Teachers = 188 Non Railway College Teachers = 46 . (c) Total Number of Students = 8425 Non Railways Students = 833

85. Mrs. Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) the names of Railway Stations in the country where security arrangements are satisfactory at present alongwith the details thereof; and

(b) the names of Railways Stations in the country where the said arrangements are not satisfactory at present?

Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour): (a) The security arrangements at major Railways stations over the system are satisfactory, where the Railway Police is employed round the clock to ensure security besides this the 11 improvement in the system keeps on taking place. Two X-Ray/Scanning Machines are in process of installation at Karachi and Lahore Railway Stations.

Closed Circuit TV Cameras have been installed at Karachi, Rohri and Lahore Railway Stations. CCTV Cameras for 23 other major Railway Stations are under purchase and will be installed in two phases In the first phase 12 bigger Railway Stations will be provided with CCTV system while remaining 11 Railway Stations will be provided with the system in the 2nd phase.

Twenty Two Walk through gates have been installed at Major Railway Stations over the system.

Beside Pakistan Railway Police staff is deputed to maintain security at these Railway Stations.

(b) Owing to the budgetary constraints, the above mentioned equipment can not be provided to all Railway Stations. However, Pakistan Railway Police staff equipped with Arrns/Ammunitions and metal detectors, is performing security duties at all stoping Railway Stations.

86. Mrs. Shagufta Sadiq:

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state the country- wise total amount spent by Foreign Missions during the financial year 2012-13 alongwith the head-wise details thereof?

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar): The expenditure incurred so far under Demand No. 43 (Missions Abroad) are as under:— —————————————————————————————— Expenditure for current Financial Year under S. No Demand No.43 (Mission’s Abroad) —————————————————————————————— Year Expenditure —————————————————————————————— 1 2012-13 4,901,955,472 —————————————————————————————— The head-wise expenditure is attached at Annexure “A”.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library) 12 87. Mrs. Shagufta Sadiq:

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis be pleased to refer to Starred Question No.78 replied on 14-12-2012 and to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to increase the amount of the compensation being given to the bereaved families of the Pakistani workers who died abroad; if so, when it will be implemented?

Minister for Overseas Pakistanis (Dr. Muhammad Farooq Sattar): OPF had introduced Financial Aid Scheme in 1980-81 to provide financial assistance to the destitute families of Overseas Pakistanis in the even of sudden death or disability of Overseas Pakistanis. It is amid at helping the bereaved family to overcome their initial financial problems soon after the demise or disability of their earning members. This is one time grant and the limit of this grant has been enhanced to Rs. 150, 000/- per family i.e., from Rs. 100, 000/- per family, w.e.f. July, 2012.

—————————————————————————————— Total No. of Total Amount Beneficiaries (upto Disbursed 31-12-2012) —————————————————————————————— 5513 Rs.237.17 million ——————————————————————————————

Year wise detail and criteria of the scheme are at Annex-I & II.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

88. Shaikh Rohale Asghar:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) the station-wise total number of new kiosks, stalls and shops allotted by the Pakistan Railways in the country during the last five years till date; and

(b) the procedure and criteria adopted therefor? 13 Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour): (a) ) The station wise total number of “New” kiosks, stalls, shops allotted by the Pakistan Railways in the country during the last five years till date is given as under:—

Peshawar Division —————————————————————————————— Station No. of Stalls Kiosks Shops —————————————————————————————— Attock City 4 - -

Haripur Hazara 2 - —————————————————————————————— Total 6 - - ——————————————————————————————

Rawalpindi Division

No new stall, shop or kiosk has been installed in Rawalpindi Division during the last five years.

Lahore Division

—————————————————————————————— Station No. of Stalls Kiosks Shops —————————————————————————————— Khudian Khas 2 - -

Mughalpura 1 - -

Chawinda 1 - -

Buchiana 1 - -

Narang 1 - -

Okara - - 1

Sheikhupura - - 2 —————————————————————————————— Total 6 - 3 —————————————————————————————— 14 Sukkur Division —————————————————————————————— Station No. of Stalls Kiosks Shops —————————————————————————————— Khanpur - - -

Rohri - 05 -

Rahim Yar Khan - - - —————————————————————————————— Total - 5 - ——————————————————————————————

Multan Division —————————————————————————————— Station No. of Stalls Kiosks Shops —————————————————————————————— Khanewal - 2 -

Bahawalpur - 2 - —————————————————————————————— Total - 4 - —————————————————————————————— - Karachi Division —————————————————————————————— Station No. of Stalls Kiosks Shops —————————————————————————————— Landi 1 2 -

Zero Point 1 - -

Hyderabad - 4 -

Drigh Road 1 - -

Drigh Colony 1 - - ______Total 4 6 - —————————————————————————————— 15 Quetta Division —————————————————————————————— Station No. of Stalls Kiosks Shops —————————————————————————————— Sibi 1 (Book Stall) - - —————————————————————————————— Total 1 - - —————————————————————————————— Grand Total 17 15 3 ——————————————————————————————

(b) 1. Contracts of Stalls & Shops are awarded through open auction as per policy in vogue after publication of notice for pre-qualification/auction in newspapers. The highest bidder in the auction is awarded the contract after approval of the competent authority i.e. Divisional Superintendants.

2. Kiosks are special advertisement points installed by franchise companies i.e. Messers Coca Cola.

89. Ms. Shireen Arshad Khan:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the names of trains to be made functional in the near future?

Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour): At present 58 pairs of trains are non-functional due to acute shortage of locomotives. The rehabilitation work is being carried out on a fast pace. As the situation gets improved, the non-functional trains are made functional. Up till now seven pairs of non- functional trains have been restored and with improved availability of locomotives, other trains will also be made functional gradually. However, no time schedule can be promised at this stage.

90. Mr. Sajid Ahmed:

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) the authority who granted approval of the amount incurred on all Pakistani Diplomatic Missions sent abroad during last five financial years alongwith year-wise details thereof; and 16 (b) the location wise Pakistani Embassies working in its owned buildings at present?

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar): (a) ) Details regarding authority granting approval are given at Annexure “A”. The Budget of Pakistan Embassies/Sub-Mission during last five years under Demand No. 43 (Missions Abroad) are as under:— —————————————————————————————— Previous Five year Budget under Demand No. 43 (Mission’s Abroad) —————————————————————————————— S. No. Year Budget —————————————————————————————— 1 2007-08 5,527,593,000

2 2008-09 6,061,181,000

3 2009-10 7,879,477,000

4 2010-11 8,827,494,000

5 2011-12 9,283,085,000

6 2012-13 9,736,811,000 ——————————————————————————————

(b) List attached at Annexure “B” Annexure “A”

(1) The Head of Mission is empowered to approve the recurring expenditures like salary, rent, POL, utility bills, medical bills and minor repairs.

(2) Repair of vehicles beyond US$ 2000 is approved by the Finance Division.

(3) Purchase of Furniture/ Fixture and Durable goods is approved by Finance Division for the last three years as ban is imposed on purchase of physical assets due to austerity drive. Before this period, the Ministry used to approve purchase of physical assets. 17 18 91. Mrs. Munira Shakir:

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state the name of Government department which checks the quality of tin packed food items being imported at present?

Minister for Commerce (Makhdoom Muhammad Amin Fahim): As per Import Policy,2009, the import of all edible products shall be subject to the following safeguard measures:—

(i) It must be fit for human consumption;

(ii) They shall be free of any ‘haram’ element or ingredients;

(iii) Edible products shall have at least 50% (fifty per cent) of the shelf life, calculated from the date of filing of Import General Manifest (IGM);

(iv) Where conditions at (iii) above are not printed on the packing, certificate issued by the Manufacturers or Principals in respect of these conditions shall be accepted by Customs Authorities;

(v) That, in case of meat, it was obtained from ‘halal’ animals and slaughtered in accordance with the Islamic injunctions;

Furthermore, as per the current Import Policy Order, the Customs is responsible to ensure the quality of tin packed food items imported in the country

92. Mr. Lal Muhammad Khan:

Will the Minister for States and Frontier Regions be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of posts lying vacant in Malakand Levies at present alongwith the date of vacancy;

(b) the authority who granted approval to keep the said posts vacant; and

(c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to fill up those posts; if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the criterion to be adopted for those appointments? 19 Minister for States and Frontier Regions (Engr. Shoukat Ullah): (a) At present 215 posts are vacant in Malakand Levies due to the retirement of Levy personnel on different dates.

(b) Due to the ban imposed on recruitment by the Federal Government previously and Provincial Government lateron (Annex-A).

(c) Yes, as soon the ban lifted by the Federal & Provincial government, the appointment will be made as per Provincial Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) Levies Force (Service) Rules, 2012 (Annex-B).

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

93. Dr. Darshan:

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis be pleased to state whether it is a fact that OPF College has not established in Larkana so far; if so, the time by which said college will be established therein?

Minister for Overseas Pakistanis (Dr. Muhammad Farooq Sattar): It is fact that no OPF College has so far been established in Larkana. However, OPF established a school up to Matric level at Larkana in June, 1989. The establishment of a college in Larkana will be considered in next financial year.

94. Mr. Wasim Akhter Sheikh:

Will the Minister for Narcotics Control be pleased to state:

(a) the province-wise total number of appointments made in the Ministry and its all attached departments/subsidiaries since March, 2008 till date alongwith details of mode adopted for each of the said appointments;

(b) whether it is fact that the prescribed criteria has not been adopted in the said appointments; if so, the justification thereof; and (c) the steps being taken to streamline the affairs of such illegality?

Minister for Narcotics Control (Haji Khuda Bux Rajar):

(a) Ministry of Narcotics Control

Ministry has filled up 09 vacant posts of different cadres since March, 2008 till date through direct recruitment as per quota reserved to the following Provinces. Detail is attached as under:— 20

———————————————————————————————————————— Sr. No. Quota Vacancies ———————————————————————————————————————— A Punjab 07 B Sindh-R 01 C Balochistan 01 ———————————————————————————————————————— Total 09 ———————————————————————————————————————— Anti Narcotics Force (An Attached department) Recruitment through FPSC Since 2008 ———————————————————————————————————————— Sr. No. Quota Vacancies ———————————————————————————————————————— A Merit 5 B Punjab 32 C Sindh 16 D KPK 7 E Balochistan 4 F GB/FATA 4 G AJK 2 ———————————————————————————————————————— Total 70 ———————————————————————————————————————— Recruitment at Departmental Level Since 2008 ———————————————————————————————————————— Sr. No. Quota Vacancies ———————————————————————————————————————— A Merit 31 B Punjab 289 C Sindh 93 D KPK 81 E Balochistan 91 F GB/FATA 10 G AJK 10 ———————————————————————————————————————— Total 605 ———————————————————————————————————————— (b) The prescribed criteria have been adopted during the recruitment process in the said appointments.

KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, Secretary. ISLAMABAD: The 30th January, 2013.

PCPPI—2122 (2013) NA—30-1-2013—700.