Senate. 260Th Session 08-03-2017
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1 (260th Session) SENATE SECRETARIAT ————— “QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES” to be asked at a sitting of the Senate to be held on Wednesday, the 8th March, 2017 DEFERRED QUESTIONS (Questions Nos. 46 and 60-A deferred on 15th February, 2017, 259th Session) (Def.) *Question No. 46. Senator Muhammad Talha Mahmood: (Notice received on 12-01-2017 at 12:05 p.m.) Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of experts and technicians posted for checking aircrafts and issuance of fitness certificates to the aircrafts before their flights at each airport in the country; and (b) the names of technicians who checked the ATR aircraft which crashed near Havelian in December, 2016 and the action taken against them? Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division: (a) The data of technicians and certifying staff of Pakistan Airlines responsible for checking aircraft and issuance of certificate of release to service is at Annexed. (b) The details of Engineer who was on board for certification and certified ATR aircraft which crashed at Havelian are given below: ¦ Asim Waqas P-561 AML NO 1960 (Late). 2 3 (Def.) *Question No. 60-A. Senator Chaudhary Tanvir Khan: (Notice received on 30-01-2017 at 09:40 a.m.) Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) the make, model and engine power of official vehicles at the disposal of the Aviation Division, its attached departments and sub ordinate offices indicating also the names and grades of officers and officials who are using the same at present; (b) the expenditure being incurred on fuel, repair and maintenance of the said vehicles on annual basis; and (c) the number of non-functional vehicles at the disposal of the said Division, departments and offices indicating also the period for which the vehicles were used and the date since which the same has become non-functional in each case? Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division: Department wise replies of points a, b, & c are attached as under:— 1. Aviation Division (Annex-A). 2. Pakistan Meteorological Department (Annex-B). 3. Airport Security Force (Annex-C). 4. Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (Annex-D). (Annexures have been placed on the Table of the House as well as Library.) @*Question No. 18. Senator Chaudhary Tanvir Khan: (Notice received on 03-01-2017 at 11:15 a.m.) Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the names and locations of hospitals under the administrative control of the Federal Government being fully financed by foreign countries indicating also the date of operationalization of hospital, name of financing country and annual expenditure in each case? —————————————————————————————— @ The question has been transfered from Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination. 4 Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary: (i) There is no independent hospital under the administrative control of CA & DD, fully financed by foreign countries. (ii) Children Hospital, and MCH Centre at PIMS were built by finances extended by Government of Japan through J.I.C.A. (iii) Children Hospital got operational in December 1985 while MCH Centre was operationalised in 1998. (iv) Annual expenditure on both these components is borne by Federal Government. @*Question No. 138. Senator Muhammad Talha Mahmood: (Notice received on 05-01-2017 at 10:00 a.m.) Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) the names and value of medicines provided to each dispensary established in Islamabad during the last three years with year wise break up; and (b) whether the quantum of said medicines was enough to meet the requirements of the patients, if not, whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to increase the supply of medicines to those dispensaries? Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary: (a) The details of medicine providing to dispensaries alongwith last there year expenditure is placed at Annex-A. (b) The Federal Government Polyclinic is providing sufficient medicine to all dispensaries located in Islamabad/ Rawalpindi according to their demands/ indents. However, supplementary requirements of the dispensaries are also entertained and the medicine is provided as and when demanded. (Annexure has been placed on the Table of the House as well as Library.) —————————————————————————————— @ The Question has been transfered from Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control. 5 *Question No. 68. Senator Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh: (Notice received on 20-06-2016 at 12:35 p.m.) Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state; (a) the standard laid down for per plane ratio of employees in an airline at regional and international level; (b) the ratio of per plane employees of PIA since 2010 with year wise break up; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to decrease the said ratio, if so, the details thereof? Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division: (a) There is no international standard laid down for aircraft-to-employee ratio as such. The strength of employees of any cadre of an airline mainly depends upon the overall operational functionality being carried out. (b) The year wise detail of per plane employees of PIACL since 2010 are as under: —————————————————————————————— S. Years No. of No. of Employees No. employees Aircraft against each aircraft —————————————————————————————— 1. 2010 17,078 34 502 2. 2011 17,645 30 588 3. 2012 17410 30 580 4. 2013 16563 24 690 5. 2014 15700 27 581 6. 2015 14703 36 408 7. 2016 14317 38 376 —————————————————————————————— 6 (c) Different options of restructuring are under consideration of the PIACL Board of Directors. However, the acquisition of more aircraft is most feasible option in further reducing employee / aircraft ratio. PIACL is in process of acquiring 03 more aircraft on dry lease which will be inducted in the fleet by the end of this year. *Question No. 69. Senator Mohammad Azam Khan Swati: (Notice received on 12-07-2016 at 10:00 a.m.) Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) the names, designations, place of domicile and date of posting of the persons deputed for the look after / maintenance of Parliament Lodges, Islamabad; and (b) whether it is a fact that cleanliness and repairing work being carried out by the said employees in the said lodges is sub standard, if so, the steps taken / being taken by the Government to improve the same? Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary: (a) The detail of employees is attached at Annexure-A. (b) The cleanliness of Parliament Lodges building is being executed through contract. The previous contract of janitorial/ cleaning services of Parliament Lodges building expired on 15-10-2016. The tender for the new work has been opened which is still under acceptance by the competent Authority. Till the award of new work the cleanliness work of Parliament Lodges is being executed to limited scale specified mainly to corridors & external areas. As regards the repairing work being carried out by the employees of CDA the same is being executed with utmost care and as per the requisite standards and specifications. 7 Annexure-A 8 9 10 *Question No. 70. Senator Mohammad Azam Khan Swati: (Notice received on 13-07-2016 at 10:00 a.m.) Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to ensure safe disposal of hospital waste in Islamabad; and (b) whether any mechanism has been devised to check and ensure that waste of the private hospitals is disposed off safely, if so, the details thereof? Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary: (a) PIMS It is intimated that an agreement has been made by PIMS with national Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC) Morgah, Rawalpindi, to ensure safe disposal/ incineration of Hospital Infectious Waste. A covered vehicle of (NCPC) is collection hospital infectious waste from PIMS on daily basis. However, Hospital non- infectious waste is being collected by the Capital Development Authority (CDA), Islamabad for final disposal (b) FGPC The FGPC has its own latest three chamber plus incinerator which is installed and functioning since 2014 with the capacity of 125 Kg per hour for dispose of hospital waste. (c) NIRM The non-infectious waste (garbage) generated in the hospital in the form of leftover food, wrappers, papers kitchen garbage is disposed off in the dumper provided by the CDA. Whereas, the infectious waste including used syringes, blood bags, soiled sheets, soiled cloths and any other items contaminated by bold and other body fluids are safely disposed off in the incinerator safely disposed off in the incinerator installed in the hospital premises by the sanitary staff under the supervision of a Sanitary Inspector. 11 (d) FGH The Federal General Hospital is maintaining fairly good standard of hygiene. Aadequate measures are taken to ensure proper hygiene and cleanliness. (e) C.H Capital Hospital, CDA Islamabad has a proper waste management system since long. All the protocols of hospital waste management are followed according to international standards and as per instructions conveyed by the Pakistan Environment Protection Agency, Govt. of Pakistan. The salient features of our hospital waste management system are as follows: i. A waste Management Committee exists in the hospital headed by the Executive Director, Capital Hospital. ii. Waste Collection System