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 is in place.

iii. Waste Segregation System is in place,

iv. Waste of different types is disposed off accordingly.

v. Hazardous waste is disposed off through hospital incinerator.

(b) The administration of the private hospitals does not under the purview of CA&DD.

*Question No. 71. Senator Mohammad Azam Khan Swati: (Notice received on 29-07-2016 at 08:00 a.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to make it compulsory for all the private educational institutions in Islamabad Capital Territory to provide pick and drop facility to their students, if so, the details thereof?

Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary: There is no such proposal under consideration of the Government to make it compulsory for all the private educational institutions in Islamabad Capital Territory to provide pick and drop facility to their students. 12 *Question No. 72. Senator Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh: (Notice received on 25-08-2016 at 11:20 a.m.)

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state:

(a) the details of products exported by Pakistan which were included in top 10 six-digit HS codes during the fiscal year 2015-16;

(b) the percentage share of the exports of those products in overall exports of the country and in global trade at present separately; and

(c) whether it is a fact that the said export products are low value added items, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to replace the same with high value added items?

Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan: (a) The details of the top ten products exported by Pakistan at six-digit HS Codes during the fiscal years 2015-16, and

(b) The percentage share of the exports of those products in overall export of the country and in global trade at present, separately, are placed at Annex-I

(c) The said export items are largely low value-added products, however, items under the following HS codes are high value-added products:

i. 630260 (Toilet linen and kitchen linen, of terry towelling or similar terry fabrics of cotton).

ii. 630231 (Bedlinen of cotton).

iii. 630210 (Bedlinen, knitted or crocheted).

iv. 620342 (Men’s or boys’ trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, of cotton), and

v. 620462, (Women’s or girls’ trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton) are amongst the high value-added products. 13 The following steps have been taken under Strategic Trade Policy Framework 2015-18 by the Government to enhance exports of value added products:

i. Technology up-gradation support is provided in the shape of investment and mark-up support to industries related fans, home appliances, rice, cutlery and sports goods;

¦ 20% investment support upto a maximum of Rs. 1 (one) Million per annum per company will be available for import of new plant and machinery.

¦ 50% of markup support on up-gradation of technology will be provided for import of new machinery/plant, subject to a maximum of Rs. 1 (one) Million per annum per company.

ii. Matching grant upto a maximum of Rs. 5 (five) Million for specified plant and machinery or specified items to improve product design and encourage innovation in SMEs and export sectors of Leather, Pharmaceutical and Fisheries.

iii. Common Facility Center for Surgical goods will be established.

iv. Facilitation and support is provided for the branding and certification of the SME and export sector through Intellectual Property Registration (including trade and service marks), Certification and Accreditation.

v. To reduce the wastage of produce, the following measures are undertaken in the selected agriculture sectors:

¦ 50% support on the cost of imported new plant and machinery for specified under-developed regions.

¦ 100% mark-up support on the cost of imported new plant and machinery on all Pakistan basis.

vi. Prime Minister’s Trade Enhancement Package has provided (i) zero rating of machinery imports and (ii) drawback of taxes, cascaded in terms of value addition, to encourage exports of the value-added goods. 14 15 *Question No. 73. Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi: (Notice received on 30-10-2016 at 09:30 a.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Climate Change Division be pleased to state:

(a) the losses caused by the floods and rains in the country during the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 with city / district wise break up; and

(b) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to protect the people from ravages of heavy rains and floods during the year 2017?

Mr. Zahid Hamid: (a) From the year 2014 to 2016, following Floods and Heavy Rain events have been recorded in the Country:—

(1) Monsoon Rains 2014. (2) Monsoon Rains 2015. (3) Pre-Monsoon Heavy Rains 2016. (4) Monsoon Rains 2016.

During above mentioned disasters, damages / losses included 1029 x Deaths, 1297 x Injured, 122,877 x Houses Damaged. Detail of district wise break up is attached as Annex A to D.

Overall relief provided during said disasters is attached as Annex E to H.

(b) Following steps have been taken by the Government to protect the people from ravages of heavy rains and floods during the year 2017:

(1) Disaster management is a devolved subject and fundamental responsibility to manage disasters rests with provinces in coordination with Federal Government. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is the lead agency which aims to develop sustainable operational capacity and professional competence to coordinate emergency response of Federal Government in the event of a National level disaster. In order to mitigate losses during disasters, close liaison is maintained with all stakeholders. 16 (2) NDMA is proactively working to reduce risks and vulnerabilities to disasters and provide coping mechanisms / framework to climate change phenomenon. NDMA formulated National Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Policy in 2013, providing an overall guiding framework for building resilience of the Country to disasters. It aims at strengthening disaster preparedness & response capabilities, improving Early Warning System, building capacities of disaster management practitioners at all levels, communities and strengthening structural and non-structural resilience of infrastructure. Steps taken/ planned to consolidate the efforts are as under:

(3) Annual Targeted Actions for Monsoon Season

(1) Conduct of National Post Monsoon Review Conference - 2016 held on 10 January 2017 in NDMA to compile lessons learnt in last year Monsoon Season for future guidelines.

(2) Monsoon preparations start in January every year which includes following:—

(a) Resource mapping of held resources.

(b) Conduct of high level regional consultative meetings.

(c) Joint reconnaissance of flood protection structures by Pak Army, Irrigation Departments and officials of Provincial Governments for rectification of observations.

(d) Repair / Maintenance of flood fighting equipment.

(e) Maintenance of stock levels at National, Provincial and District levels.

(f) Coordination meetings with Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) & Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO).

(g) Conduct of National Monsoon Preparedness Conference by NDMA in June every year. 17 (h) Issuance of National Monsoon Contingency Response Directive in June every year. The Directive is based on PMD Forecast of Monsoon Season, Provincial / Regional input to face challenges of approaching Monsoon & comprehensive preparedness, prevention, mitigation, rescue, relief, recovery & rehabilitation guidelines for vulnerable communities as well as disaster management bodies (Copy is enclosed for perusal).

(i) Activation of National Emergency Operation Centre at NDMA level and Provincial / District Emergency Centres at Regional levels.

(j) Continuous monitoring of Eastern / Western Rivers & their tributaries.

(k) During the year 2016, PMD predicted heavy rains & onset of early Monsoon, accordingly Pre-Pre-Monsoon Instructions were issued to all stakeholders by NDMA in March 2016 (Copy is enclosed for perusal).

(l) Awareness drive of vulnerable communities through use of electronic / print media, Social Media, advisories, SMS and NDMA Website.

(m) Preparation of Post Disaster Report of Monsoon Season.

(n) Following flood fighting equipment as part of National Reserve has been provided by NDMA to Pak Army:— 18 (o) In order to rationalize the demand of flood fighting equipment of Pak Army, NDMA conducted conferences with all relevant shareholders at PDMA Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and follow up meetings are being scheduled at NDMA in future.

(p) Joint training for boat operators of Pak Army and Rescue 1122 in Sindh and KP will be planned by Pak Army during 1st week of May, 2017.

(4) Disaster Risk Reduction

(1) NDMP Implementation road map is in focus with respect to preparation of Multi Hazard Vulnerability Risk Assessment (MHVRA) Atlas of entire Country, capacity building of community through a concept of Mobilization of Voluntary Emergency Response (MOVERE) and capacity building of Govt. Officials through the concept of Govt. Officials Emergency Response Exercise (GOERE). This is being executed in three phases as:—

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(2) Legislation for stringent enforcement of Building Codes is being pursued. Case is with Senate Standing Committee. 19 (5) Capacity Building. Capacity Building of 7272 Government Officials/ Civilians through conduct of over 162 courses.

(6) Strengthening Response Mechanism

(1) Creation of Smart National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is under consideration. (2) Process initiated for availability of dedicated Aviation Assets to NDMA for disaster management. (3) To ensure connectivity of remote areas especially GB with rest of the Country, procurement of heavy earth moving machinery. (4) Improvement in capabilities of emergency services like Rescue 1122 and Civil Defence at district level to manage multiple disasters. (5) Integration of Youth, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in Disaster Management through the concept of MOVERE is being pursued for implementation at Provincial level. (6) Rescue capability of Armed Forces has been enhanced through creation of National Reserve of Flood Fighting Equipment North (Rawalpindi) and South (Khanewal). (7) Consolidation (1) Development of a robust National Disaster Management Information System in network enabled environment for all stakeholders is being undertaken through a phased approach. (2) Development of database for disaggregated data of vulnerable groups is being undertaken. It has already been completed for 25 out of 157 districts at National level. (8) Early Warning. National Early Warning System (NEWS) for communities is being developed in consultation with Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) to institutionalize the present SMS based alert system. (9) Advocacy & Awareness (1) Case for inclusion of subjects of Climate Change phenomenon and disaster management in the academic curricula of 20 schools is being pursued to create mass awareness in future generations. (2) A concerted media awareness campaign is being launched comprising of public service messages through electronic media, private sector and other stakeholders to bring awareness, risk reduction and response.

(Annexures have been placed on the Table of the House as well as Library.) 21 *Question No. 74. Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi: (Notice received on 25-11-2016 at 01:00 p.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to attract more foreign tourists in the country indicating also the infrastructural changes made for this purpose?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division: Steps taken by the PTDC to promote tourism in the country are enclosed at Annex-I.

No infrastructural changes have been made for the purpose so far. 22 23

*Question No. 75. Senator Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh: (Notice received on 06-12-2016 at 09:30 a.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Civil Aviation Authority has suspended the operation of Air Indus, a private Airline, since July, 2015, if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which the said airline will be allowed to restart its operation?

Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division: (a) Regular Public Transport (RPT) Operations of M/s Air Indus were suspended by Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority due to noncompliance with Air Operator Certificate (AOC) requirements by their fleet since 1st July 2015.

(b) Air Operator Certificate (AOC) was issued to M/s Air Indus on 1st July 2013. 24 (c) Two of their aircrafts were damaged during terrorist attack at Karachi Airport on 8th June 2014.

(d) Renewal of RPT License of M/s Air Indus (Pvt) Ltd. for one year w.e.f 4th March 2016 has been approved by Aviation Division

(e) Revival of M/s Air Indus is based on the issuance of AOC to M/s Air Indus upon completing all regulatory requirements.

*Question No. 76. Senator Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar: (Notice received on 29-12-2016 at 12:20 p.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state the number of persons working in BPS 1 to 22 in Establishment Division, its attached departments, corporations, authorities, subordinate offices and autonomous & semi-autonomous bodies with grade wise and province wise break up?

Minister Incharge of the Establishment Division: 25

*Question No. 77. Senator Muhammad Talha Mahmood: (Notice received on 11-01-2017 at 10:15 a.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state:

(a) the number of Airport Security Force personnel posted at airports in the country with airport wise and gender wise break up; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to increase the number of the said personnel, if so, the details thereof with gender wise break up?

Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division: (a) There are 9,485 personnel currently deployed in ASF. The Airport/Gender wise break up is placed at Annex-‘A’.

An elaborate proposal for requirement of manpower to cover the deficiencies in deployment especially at smaller airports is already under consideration. Detail of additional manpower as proposed by ASF is placed at Annex-‘B’. 26 Annexure-A 27 Annexure-B 28

*Question No. 78. Senator Nuzhat Sadiq: (Notice received on 18-01-2017 at 01:05 p.m.)

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state the details of each order received from different countries for export of Pakistani fruits as a result of participation of fruits and vegetables exporters (through TDAP) in International exhibitions during the last three years?

Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan: TDAP has informed that it does not have access to trade transaction details between the buyer and the seller. The same is part of commercial information whose details are jealously guarded by the exporters. TDAP helps the exporters to meet the potential buyers in the international exhibitions, exchange business cards with them, which could lead to an extensive negotiation process between the two, (including product samples and counter samples) which might lead to physical exports. 29 *Question No. 79. Senator Rahila Magsi: (Notice received on 20-01-2017 at 01:20 p.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state whether the doctors working in Government hospitals in Islamabad are allowed under the rules to do private practice, if not, the justifications for private clinics being run by Government employed doctors?

Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary: There is no restriction on private practice of the doctors of Federal Government Hospitals working under the administrative control of CA&DD. However those doctors who do not perform private practice are granted non-practicing allowance in terms of Finance Divisions Office Memorandum No. F.8(12) R-10/93-18 dated 06th February, 2015.

*Question No. 80. Senator Ghous Muhammad Khan Niazi: (Notice received on 20-01-2017 at 02:30 p.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct a Fly-over at Bhara Kahu, if so, the time by which the work on the project will be started and completed?

Reply Not received:

The Capital Administration and Development Division has transferred this question to the Ministry of Communications. However, the Ministry of Communications has not accepted the question so far.

*Question No. 82. Senator Nuzhat Sadiq: (Notice received on 23-01-2017 at 11:35 a.m.)

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state;

(a) the quantity and value of rice exported from the country during the last three years and the current year;

(b) whether it is a fact recently countries like Afghanistan and Iran have declined to import rice from Pakistan, if so, the reasons thereof; and 30 (c) the steps taken by the present Government to increase the export of rice?

Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan: (a) The quantity and value of rice exported from the country during the last three years is as under: Quantity in MMT Value in Billion US$ —————————————————————————————— 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 (July-Dec) —————————————————————————————— Quantity 3.7 3.8 4.2 1.7 Value 2.2 2.0 1.8 0.71 —————————————————————————————— Country-wise data for 2016-17 is only available from July-Sept. Although overall rice export figures is available from July-December as given above.

The country-wise break-up of export is given at Annex-I.

(b) No, it is not correct that Afghanistan and Iran have declined to import rice from Pakistan. The quantity and value of rice exported to Afghanistan and Iran during the last three years is as under:

Qty in Thousand MT Value in Million US$ —————————————————————————————— Country 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Qty Value Qty Value Qty Value —————————————————————————————— Afghanistan 200 126.5 278 10.8 312 120

Iran 7.84 8.2 3.71 2.8 12.26 8.0 —————————————————————————————— (c) Following incentives have been introduced in the STPF 2015-18 for the development of rice export:

i. 20% investment support upto a maximum of Rs. 1 (one) Million per annum per company will be available for import of new plant and machinery. 31 ii. 50% of markup support on up-gradation of technology will be provided for import of new machinery/ plant, subject to a maximum of Rs. 1 (one) Million per annum per company.

iii. Establishment of Rice Development & Export Promotion Council.

iv. For short-term export enhancement, Basmati Rice has been selected as a focus product especially to enhance parboiled basmati rice export to the world in general and Iran and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in particular, as these two markets cater for 55% of the total basmati rice import market of the world.

(Annexures have been placed on the Table of the House as well as Library.)

*Question No. 83. Senator Kalsoom Perveen: (Notice received on 24-01-2017 at 12:00 p.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the number of allotments of residential, commercial and agro farm plots in Islamabad the location of which has been changed by CDA during the last two years indicating also the names of allottee and the reasons for change of location in each case?

Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary: 305 residential plots have been re-located in different sectors of Islamabad during the last two years. Detail of the above said plots is available at Annex-“A”.

It is stated that no location of commercial and agro farm plots in Islamabad has been changed by CDA during the last two years.

(Annexure has been placed on the Table of the House as well as Library.)

*Question No. 84. Senator Kalsoom Perveen: (Notice received on 25-01-2017 at 11:35 a.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: 32 (a) whether any mechanism has been evolved to regulate the fee being charged by the private educational institutions in Islamabad; and

(b) the names of ten private educational institutions in Islamabad which charge the highest fee indicating also the amount being charged by them with class wise break up?

Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary: (a) As regards, mechanism to fix fee structure of private educational institutions of Islamabad Capital Territory, Private Educational Institutions (Registration & Fee Determination) Rules, 2016 have been framed and notified on 20th June, 2016 to register, regulate and to determine fees of private educational institutions in Islamabad Capital Territory in pursuance of Islamabad Capital Territory Private Educational Institutions (Registration & Regulation) Act, 2013.

2. Major chains of private educational institutions namely Beaconhouse School System, The City School, Roots School System, Roots Millennium Schools, Roots International Schools, Headstart School System and Lahore Grammar Schools have challenged these Rules in Islamabad High Court. The Court has allowed these Petitioners to charge fee on their own till the final decision of the petitions. The Court has further passed restraining orders to the extent of these petitioners that the Authority shall not take any coercive measures against them on account of fee increase. Next date of hearing in the Court is scheduled for 20th March, 2017.

(b) Highest fee charging private educational institutions of Islamabad have been asked vide this office letter dated 02-03-2017 (copy enclosed) to provide fresh details of fee being charged by them with class-wise break up. A consolidated report will be submitted as soon as information is received.

*Question No. 85. Senator Chaudhary Tanvir Khan: (Notice received on 25-01-2017 at 11:40 a.m.)

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state:

(a) the names of training institutes established under the Export Development Fund in the country during the last two years indicating also the expenditures incurred on the same in each case; and 33 (b) the names of countries in which the Export Association and Pakistan Chamber of Commerce established their offices during the said period indicating also the expenditure incurred on the same in each case?

Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan: (a) PKR 50 million was released during previous two financial years i.e. 2014-15 and 2015-16 for “Establishment of Pakistan Readymade Garment Technical Training Institute at Sialkot”. The project is under implementation. Further, PKR 109.934 million was released during the above-mentioned period to strengthen the existing training institute i.e. SMA Rizvi Textile Institute, Karachi. The list/ details is annexed.

(b) No such office has been established abroad during previous two financial years i.e. 2014-15 and 2015-16 from EDF.

Annex

*Question No. 86. Senator Nuzhat Sadiq : (Notice Received On 26-01-2017 At 12:25 P.M.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the details of amenities set up for healthy recreational activities of the residents of Islamabad and the steps being taken to make the same affordable for the people?

Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary: It is submitted that there are more than 200 Nos Parks in different Sectors as well as major Picnic points like Lake View Park, Daman-e-Koh, Rose & Jasmine Garden, Play Land Park, Ankara Park, Margallah Hills National Park, created / developed by CDA for the residents/ 34 citizens of Islamabad for healthy recreational activities. The Management/Authority is fully determined to make all these parks fully facilitate with all entertainment and exercising activities, for this purpose the authority engaged sufficient staff for proper up-keeping & beautification of such public places on day to day basis. Detail of amenities for healthy recreational activities are like:

¾ Playing gadgets in the parks. ¾ Stretching units in the parks. ¾ Gym &Libraries. ¾ Jogging Tracks in the Parks. ¾ Golf Carts in the major Parks. ¾ Horse riding/polo, cycling, bird aviary etc in the major Parks. ¾ Sit outs/ sitting canopies in the Parks. ¾ Dust Bins and Benches in the parks. ¾ Fountains in the Parks & different interchanges/ roundabouts of Islamabad. ¾ Daman-e-Koh View Point. ¾ Developed Sit-out / view point along Zoo to Pir-Sohawa road i.e. Jasmine, Khalij, Pir-sohawa, Saidpur etc. ¾ Developed trail No. 2,3,4,5 and 6. ¾ Shahdara picnic spot. ¾ Sadhu ka Bagh at Shah Allah Ditta.

*Question No. 87. Senator Najma Hameed: (Notice received on 26-01-2017 at 12:55 p.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state:

(a) the number of ventilators, beds and MRI machines purchased by the Federal Government Hospitals in Islamabad during the last 3 fiscal years with year-wise break up; and 35 (b) the amount allocated for purchase of the said items by those hospitals during the said period?

Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary: (a) The Federal Government Hospitals namely Polyclinic and Capital Hospital working under the administrative control of CA&DD purchased ventilators and beds during the last 03 fiscal years. MRI machines have not been purchased by these hospitals during the said period. The year wise detail is as under.

FGPC —————————————————————————————— S.No Items 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 —————————————————————————————— 01. Ventilators Nil Nil 09 02. Beds 15 Nil 26 03. MRI Nil Nil Nil —————————————————————————————— C.H —————————————————————————————— Machine F.Y. 2013-14 F.Y. 2014-15 F.Y. 2015-16 Purchased —————————————————————————————— Ventilators 2 4 - Beds - 5 - MRI - - - Machine —————————————————————————————— Rest of the hospitals namely PIMS, NIRM, and FGH have not purchased ventilators, beds and MRI machines during the said period.

(b) The detail of amount which was spent on purchase of the above items is as under:— 36

*Question No. 88. Senator Rozi Khan Kakar: (Notice received on 30-01-2017 at 10:00 a.m.)

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

(a) the steps being taken by the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mall (PBM) for the welfare of patients and orphan children; and

(b) the number of persons who benefited from Pakistan Bait-ul-Mall during the last three years with year-wise break-up?

Reply not received.

*Question No. 89. Senator Rozi Khan Kakar: (Notice received on 30-01-2017 at 10:00 a.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the number of commercial plots auctioned by CDA in Islamabad during the last five years with sector wise break up indicating also the rate at which the same were auctioned?

Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary: It is stated that 122 Numbers of Commercial Plots were auctioned during the last five years in Islamabad along with sector wise break up and rate of auction Annexure-A.

Material for Supplementary is Annexure-B. 37 Annexure-A 38 39 40 Annexure-B

*Question No. 90. Senator Rozi Khan Kakar: (Notice received on 30-01-2017 at 10:00 a.m.) Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the patients have to wait for a long time for their surgeries and MRI and CT Scan tests in Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital and PIMS, Islamabad, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government for timely provision of the said facilities to the patients in those hospitals? Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary: (a) PIMS Surgeries The department of General Surgery is performing daily OPD, emergency and operation theatres, with approximately 300 patients visiting OPD, about 100 41 Accident and Emergency cases and approximately 500 operations per month as per SOP’s.

- All emergency cases are admitted as soon as they arrive to accident and emergency.

- All accident cases are admitted and operated as soon as possible.

- All non trauma emergency cases are admitted and operated as soon as possible.

- Cancer patients are given priority and admitted on first available date.

- All elective / routine cases are given dates (waiting period 4-6 months)

- The number of beds, operation theatres and OPD facilities are limited and at standstill for last 10 years. MRI

- MRI is an elective planned investigation not required in emergency. The patients for MRI are scheduled on first come first basis and are booked for MRI examination in this manner. Unfortunately, due to shortage of human resource / technical staff, MRI is operation only in the morning shift which leads to a waiting time of more than 02 weeks for the patients. However, upon the request of the referring department, the turn of the patient is adjusted earlier in some cases.

CT Scan

- All the routine patients for CT Scan examination not requiring preparation are entertained / investigated by the Radiology department on the same day of their presentation to the Radiology department provided their documentation for the registration is appropriate and complete.

- All the routine patients for CT Scan examination requiring preparation are entertained / investigated by the Radiology department on the next day of their presentation to the Radiology department provided their documentation for the registration is appropriate and complete. 42 However, patients referred from the emergency for CT Scan to the Radiology department are entertained immediately even if their documentation is incomplete. It is pertinent to mention at this juncture that the CT Scan facility is provided around the clock and throughout the whole year.

(a) FGPC

Federal Government Polyclinic Islamabad is providing medical services to 2.5 million patients annually. The services of surgeries are provided to the patients on immediate basis during emergency and other than emergency the surgeries are done in routine on operations days. 2 tables are allocated in OT for general surgery lists on each day. There are two general surgery units. Each unit is managing two operation days in every week for surgeries. Normally two major or three moderate surgeries are managed on a single table in the morning on the operation days and 25 to 30 major/ minor surgeries are being carried out each day. The facility of MRI and C.T Scan are not available in FGPC.

(b) The step being taken by the Government for provision of the said facilities to the patients is as under:—

Land for extensions of FGPC has been allocated. PC-II is under processes for consideration of said extension which will enhance the capacity of theater and will also have CT Scan & MRI available in this hospital.

*Question No. 91. Senator Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar: (Notice received on 30-01-2017 at 11:30 a.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state the number of appointment made in the Establishment Division and its attached departments under the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e- Balochistan programme in addition to the normal prescribed quota of Balochistan since the launching of the programme with grade wise and district wise break up?

Minister Incharge of the Establishment Division: The normal prescribed quota for Balochistan province for Federal Government employment was 3.5%. The Balochistan quota was enhanced on 12-02-2007 from 3.5% to 6% by addition of 2.5% from open merit quota. On the directions of committee constituted under Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package,the observance of Balochistan quota was started since 03-12-2009. Pakistan Public Administration 43 Research Centre, (PPARC) is maintaining the quarterly reports for observance of Balochistan quota. The latest information available with PPARC regarding Establishment Division and its attached departments is attached herewith at Annexure-I.

Annex-I 44

*Question No. 92. Senator Kalsoom Perveen: (Notice received on 30-01-2017 at 11:35 a.m.) Will the Minister Incharge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state the names of officers in BPS-19 belonging to all occupational groups whose names were not recommended by the Central Selection Board for promotion against the posts of BPS-20 during its last four meetings, separately indicating also the reasons thereof? Minister Incharge of the Establishment Division: The reasons/conditions for deferment Annex-A List of not recommended officers Annex-B in last four CSB meetings —————————————————————————————— Date of CSB Meetings Detail at: —————————————————————————————— 11th - l4th & 27th February, 2013 Annex-I 11th 12th & 13th, February, 2014 Annex-II 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th & 11th May, 2015 Annex-III 13th, 14th, 15th &16th December, 2016 Annex-1V —————————————————————————————— (Annexures have been placed on the Table of the House as well as Library.) 45 *Question No. 94. Senator Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar: (Notice received on 31-01-2017 at 02:00 p.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the area of the D-Chowk in front of the Parliament House and President House is in dilapidated condition, if so, the time by which the same will be rehabilitated?

Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary: On the special instructions from Ministry of Interior, CDA had dismantled the brick work of old Parade Ground and dumped material at Jinnah Avenue/D-Chowk.

As D-chowk area formulates the most central and historic place of Islamabad, CDA intends to uplift the area to international standards. Expression of Interest (EOI) have already been invited through Print media on 27-02-2017 from reputable design firms for beautification, Landscape design and uplift plans. Copy of advertisement annexed at Annexure-A. Annexure-A. 46

*Question No. 95. Senator Rahila Magsi: (Notice received on 31-01-2017 at 02:35 p.m.)

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state:

(a) the details of sea food items being exported by Pakistan indicating also the names of countries to which the same are exported;

(b) the quantity of the said items exported during the last four years with year wise break up; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government to improve the production of those items in the country during the said period?

Reply not received.

The Ministry of Commerce has transferred this question to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research & Ministry of Ports and Shipping. However, both the Ministries have not accepted the question so far. 47 *Question No. 96. Senator Rahila Magsi: (Notice received on 31-01-2017 at 02:35 p.m.)

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

(a) the number of mobile phone users in the country indicating also the percentage increase registered in the same during the last four years; and

(b) the steps taken by the present Government to protect the rights of the said consumers?

Mrs. Aunsha Rahman Ahmad Khan: (a) The year-wise details of mobile subscriber and % growth/ reduction are as below: —————————————————————————————— Cellular Subscribers —————————————————————————————— Year Total Cellular Growth (%) Subscribers —————————————————————————————— 2011-12 120,151,235 - 2012-13 127,737,286 6.31 2013-14 139,974,754 9.58 2014-15 114,658,434 (18.09) 2015-16 133,241,465 16.21 —————————————————————————————— The negative growth recorded in the FY 2014-15 was due to the biometric verification exercise conducted by PTA.

(b) PTA under the Telecom (Re-Organization) Act, 1996, is obligated to protect consumer interests and ensure the redressal of consumer complaints by telecom licensees through effective Regulatory framework. Telecom Consumers’ Complaint Cell was established at Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Headquarters on January 01, 2002 followed by establishment of a dedicated Consumer Protection Directorate in September 2008 at PTA Headquarters with a view to provide expeditious relief to the general public and to facilitate and resolve the complaints made by an individual or a group against telecommunication services. 48 PTA is committed towards protecting consumer rights and in this regard suggestions and comments from media, consumer groups and general consumers are always encouraged.

Steps taken during Year 2013 to date:

1. PTA conducted an ITU Asia-Pacific Centre of Excellence Online Training on “Consumer Protection & Protection from Spamming, Obnoxious, Fraudulent & Unsolicited Communication” by ITU- ASP CoE Network-PTA Node (1 April, 2013 to 28 April, 2013).

2. PTA established a 24/7 Call Center in October 2013 for receiving and processing of complaints.

3. PTA has introduced Biometric Verification System (BVS) for issuance of mobile phone SIMs in 2014 and subsequent re-verification of SIMs in 2015 for ensuring authentic subscribers’ credentials and to prevent misuse of consumer identity, During the course of the SIM verification process 98.3 million SIMs were blocked while 114.9 million were verified.

4. On PTA directives dated October 22, 2015, CMOs started public awareness campaign through SMS broadcast to their subscribers to educate them on fraudulent activities etc. etc.

5. For formulation of Regulatory Framework to define scope of Inami/ Promotional Schemes by Telecom Licensees and to protect consumers from Inami/Promotional Schemes and fraudulent prize scams, PTA made amendments in Consumers Regulations that were notified in January 29, 2016 as ‘Telecommunication Consumer Protection (Amendment) Regulations, 2016’ (Annex-I). Resultantly all CMOs stopped Inami/Promotional Schemes and fraudulent prize scams were curbed.

6. PTA run advertisements for creating awareness to general public on fraudulent, unsolicited, Spam & obnoxious communications through print media in April 2016 (Annex-II).

7. To control the frauds in Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) through SMS/ calls, PTA played an active role in taking punitive action against fraudsters by blocking their numbers/CNICs. 56 cases were sent to FIA for further criminal proceedings.

(Annexures have been placed on the Table of the House as well as Library.) 49 *Question No. 97. Senator Muhammad Talha Mahmood: (Notice received on 01-02-2017 at 09:40 a.m.)

Will the Minister for Textile Industry be pleased to state:

(a) the amount allocated for developmental and non-developmental expenditures of the Ministry of Textile Industry, its attached departments, sub-ordinate offices, autonomous and semi- autonomous organizations and corporations during the fiscal year 2015-16;

(b) the detail of projects on which the said developmental expenditures where made; and

(c) the steps being taken by the Government to reduce the non- developmental expenditures of the said Ministry, its attached departments, sub-ordinate offices, autonomous and semi- autonomous organizations and corporations?

Minister for Textile Industry: (a) The amount Rs.165 million was allocated for development expenditure of the Ministry of Textile Industry for the following two (02) projects.

i. Pak-Korea Garment Technology Institute (PKGTI), Karachi

ii. 1000 Industrial Stitching Units Rs.35 million.

(b) i. The expenditure of project PKGTI was amounting to Rs.19.62, hence the excess amount allocated was surrendered which was Rs.110.38 million. The project ended in June, 2016.

ii. No expenditure was made on project 1000 Industrial Stitching Units due to non-approval of PC-I of 1000 Industrial Stitching Units hence an amount of Rs.35 million surrendered.

iii. Total surrendered amount of a & Rs.145.38 million.

(c) i. The non development expenditure consists mainly of employee’s related expenses & Operating Expenses. The Budgetary allocation for the FY 2015-16 has seen shown in the table on the next page. 50 —————————————————————————————— OFFICE Budget Allocated for 2015-16 —————————————————————————————— Ministry of Textile Industry 193,091,000 TCO Karachi 42,000,000 PCSI Karachi 62,347,000 PCS Multan 50,270,000 PCSI Sukkar 37,292,000 SFDAC Karachi 16,000,000 ICAC (Annual Subscription) 8,000,000 —————————————————————————————— Total: 409,000,000 —————————————————————————————— ii. The austerity measures issued by Finance Division (Copy enclosed) were strictly followed and at the end of Financial Year 2015-16 a sum of Rs. 45.825 Million was surrendered by Ministry and its attached departments. This clearly shows that the Non development expenditures have been incurred in total rationality after taking all necessary steps to reduce the said expenses.

*Question No. 98. Senator Nisar Muhammad: (Notice received on 01-02-2017 at 09:50 a.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the names of persons who have been allotted commercial and agricultural plots in Islamabad since 2008 indicating also the price of plot and schedule of payment in each case?

Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary: It is stated that 19 Numbers of Agro Farming plots have been allotted to the affectes of Islamabad in lieu of acquisition of 100 Kanals land of each plots since 2008 Annexure-A.

03 Numbers Agro farming plots have been allotted through open auction in Islamabad by CDA since 2008 Annexure-B.

140 Numbers of Commercial Plots were auctioned since 2008 in Islamabad along with price of plot and schedule of payment in each case Annexure-C. 51 Criteria for allotment of agro farming and commercial plots are placed at Annexure-D.

(Annexures have been placed on the Table of the House as well as Library.)

*Question No. 99. Senator Sardar Muhammad Azam Khan Musakhel: (Notice received on 01-02-2017 at 11:50 a.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to refer to the Senate starred question No. 133, replied on 17th January, 2017 and state the number of posts lying vacant in the Cabinet Division, its attached departments, subordinate offices and autonomous and semi-autonomous corporations, authorities and bodies with grade wise and province wise break up?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division: (a) At present there are 33 dispensaries and medical centers Working udrider FGPC, Islamabad. The dispensaries working timing details are as under:

Secretariat / Offices Dispensaries:

The dispensaries located in the building of Secretariat are observing the timing of their respective Secretariat/Offices.

Residential Dispensaries:

The residential areas dispensaries are working in morning OPD’s timing.

24 Four House Working, Dispensaries:

The MCH Center Aabpara, Aiwan-e-Saddar Colony Parliament Lodges and Supreme Court dispensaries, are working round the clock. However, Parliament Houses dispensary works morning shift and during the sessions hours.

(b) No such proposal is under consideration to start working morning and evening shifts in dispensaries. However, parliament house and parliament Lodges dispensary are working round the clock and during sessions hours. 52 *Question No. 101. Senator Muhammad Talha Mahmood: (Notice received on 07-02-2017 at 09:55 a.m.)

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

(a) the amount allocated for developmental and non-developmental expenditures of the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications, its attached departments, sub-ordinate offices, autonomous and semi-autonomous organization and corporations during the fiscal year 2015-16;

(b) the details of projects on which the said developmental expenditures were made; and

(c) the steps being taken by the Government to reduce the non- developmental expenditures of the said Ministry, its attached departments, sub-ordinate offices, autonomous and semi- autonomous organizations and corporations?

Mrs. Aunsha Rahman Ahmad Khan: (a) The details relating to MoITT (2015-16) are under:

Allocation (2015-16) —————————————————————————————— Non Dev Allocation 3545 million Development Allocation 922.804 million —————————————————————————————— Total: 4,467.804 —————————————————————————————— Expenditure (2015-16) —————————————————————————————— Non Dev Expenditure 3502.178 Dev Expenditure 693.449 —————————————————————————————— Total Expenditure: 4195.627 —————————————————————————————— (b) Detail of projects is attached as (Annex-I).

(c) The austerity measures indicated by the Federal Government vide O.M No. F.7(1)Exp-IV/2015-413 dated 28-07-2015 for the year 2015-16 were strictly followed by MoIT and its organizations by avoiding non-essential expenditures. 53 I nnexure- A 54 55 *Question No. 102. Senator Sardar Muhammad Azam Khan Musakhel: (Notice received on 07-02-2017 at 10:30 a.m.)

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

(a) the amount allocated for achieving Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs) during the last three years with year wise and province wise breakup; and

(b) the details of ongoing schemes under the said goals indicating also the details of those schemes completed under the same during the said period?

Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division: (a) International Community adopted the achievement of SDGs instead of MDGs w.e.f. from 2016. Accordingly, Prime Minister’s Global SDGs Achievement Programme was launched with the approval of Cabinet in, its meeting held on 30th September, 2016. An amount of Rs.35 billion has been allocated for this programme for 2016-17. (Annex-I).

(b) The Schemes under the programme are at identification stage relating to following areas as approved by Cabinet:-

(i) POWER SECTOR

(a) Electrification Schemes.

(b) Rehabilitation of Electricity Distribution Infrastructure.

(ii) GAS & NATURAL RESOURCES

(a) Missing gas infrastructure, subject to availability of gas, duly certified by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources.

(iii) SOCIAL SECTOR

(a) Construction of new schools, up gradation or uplifting of existing schools, including provision of missing facilities.

(b) Construction of new BHUs and RHCs, up gradation and uplifting of existing facilities, including provision of missing facilities. 56 (iv) MUNICIPAL SECTOR

(a) Water Supply Schemes & Filtration Plants.

(b) Urban Sewerage, Sanitation and Rural Drainage Schemes.

(c) Communal facilities including but not limited to graveyards and public parks.

(v) INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR

(a) Construction and of rehabilitation of farm to market roads.

(b) Construction, repair or rehabilitation of roads (district or provincial).

Annexure-I 57 *Question No. 103. Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi: (Notice received on 07-02-2017 at 10:45 a.m.)

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications have carried out inquiries in cases of irregularities in the allocation of funds for installation of Telecommunication Towers in less developed areas in the country during the tenure of the present Government, if so, the details thereof; and

(b) whether the Universal Service Fund is properly utilized in the said areas?

Mrs. Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan: (a) No.

(b) Yes, Universal Service Fund (USF) is being utilized prudently and effectively to provide telecommunication facilities in unserved and underserved areas of Pakistan.

*Question No. 104. Senator Muhammad Daud Khan Achakzai Advocate: (Notice received on 08-02-2017 at 11:00 a.m.)

Will the Minister for Textile Industry be pleased to state:

(a) the approximate requirement of cotton for textile industry in the country on annual basis; and

(b) the share of the said requirement of that industry to be met through local production and through imported cotton during the current financial year?

Minister for Textile Industry: (a) Average consumption of cotton by textile Industry of Pakistan is approximate 14.10 million bales.

(b) Large share of cotton consumption is met through the domestic production and assessment of the cotton production for the crop season 2016-17 is 10.54 million bales and balance would be met from imports. 58 *Question No. 105. Senator Syed Shibli Faraz: (Notice received on 20-02-2017 at 07:42 p.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Civil Aviation Authority is going to expand the Passenger Terminal Building of Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore, if so, the estimated cost of the project;

(b) whether PC-1 including cost of the said project has been approved by the ECNEC, if not, the reasons thereof; and

(c) whether that project is being financed by the said Authority itself or otherwise?

Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division: The information is being collected from the concerned quarter and will be placed before the house in next Rota Day.

*Question No. 106. Senator Syed Shibli Faraz: (Notice received on 20-02-2017 at 07:42 p.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the date on which prequalification documents for the construction of New Metro Bus Service in Islamabad were issued indicating also the time given for submission of the same?

Reply not received.

The Capital Administration and Development Division has transferred this question to the Ministry of Communications. However, the Ministry of Communications has not accepted the question so far.

*Question No. 107. Senator Syed Shibli Faraz: (Notice received on 21-02-2017 at 10:00 a.m.)

Will the Minister Incharge of the Climate Change Division be pleased to state: 59 (a) the steps being taken by the Government to counter climate change threat to the country; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Government to thwart the effects of flood disasters in the country?

Mr. Zahid Hamid: (a) Pakistan ranks 135th amongst countries contributing to global warming and 7th amongst countries most vulnerable to adverse impacts of climate change. The latest issue of Germanwatch Climate Risk Index 2017 under Long-Term Climate Risk Index (CRI) shows Pakistan elevating to no. 07 from 08 out of the 10 countries most affected during the decade 1996 to 2015. Most of the affected countries in the long-term index have a high ranking due to exceptional catastrophes. To address this situation, Ministry of Climate Change has developed a comprehensive strategy to address Climate Change which identifies policy approaches and implementation pathways for both adaptation and mitigation. Given our extreme vulnerability to climate change, adaptation and climate resilient development remains our essential priority along with adoption of comprehensive approach on disaster risk reduction and management. (1) To comprehensive analyze threats of Climate Change to Pakistan, Government has conducted following studies:

i. Planning Commission Task Force Report on Climate Change. ii. Islamabad’s Vulnerability Assessment to Climate Change. iii. Establishing the impacts of Climate Change on sectoral demand in Pakistan. iv. Climate Change impacts on Health. v. Expert Group Report on Heat Wave.

(2) Legislation

Ministry of Climate Change has submitted draft legislation on Pakistan Climate Change Act (PCCA, 2016). It envisages the establishment of Pakistan Climate Authority, Pakistan Climate Change Council and Pakistan Climate Change Fund. When established the country will be only the 5th in the world to have such a structure. 60 (3) Policy

Ministry of Climate Change has formulated National Climate Change Policy, 2012 (NCCP) in consultation with all stakeholders, which act as a guiding document for federal and provincial departments/organizations.

The present Government has prepared a detailed framework for implementation of NCCP which contains comprehensive list of measures to be under taken on priority basis, in the short-term, medium-term and long-term.

(4) Institutions In order to meet the multifaceted challenge of climate change, the Government has established a number of new and dedicated institutions over a period of time and these institutions are:

(1) Ministry of Climate Change (2) Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC) (3) National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)

(5) Provincial Implementation Committee

The Provinces have notified provincial-National Climate Change Policy Implementation Committees. These Committees are responsible for developing provincial action plans for their respective province.

(6) Intended National Determined Contributions (INDCs)

Ministry of Climate Change has completed a study on stocktaking of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, their trends and projections alongwith climate change mitigations, its economic and mitigation modeling and analysis in Pakistan. This study has calculated the country’s future emission projections in detail followed by its analysis regarding the potential for mitigation in all sectors of the economy. The GHG emission projections alongwith a possibility of economy-wide mitigation and its abatement cost has also been determined in the study.

(b) Issue of Flood disaster Management through integrated comprehensive Planning & implementation is the overall made mandate of Federal Flood Commission (FFC) Ministry of Water & Power. In this regard, FFC in consultation with all stakeholders including National Disaster Management Authority 61 (NDMA), Provincial Disaster Management Authorities (PDMAs), Sindh Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), Gilgit-Blatistan Disaster Management Authority (GBDMA), FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA), Water And Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Pakistan Commission for Indus Water (PCIW), Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)/Federal Flood forecasting Division (FFD), Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), Ministry of Climate Change, Ministry of Planning, Development & Reforms, Provincial Irrigation Departments etc. has formulated a 10-year National Flood Protection Plan (NFPP-IV), 2016-2025) at a cost of Rs. 332 billion containing structural and non-structural interventions including capacity buildings & institution strengthening. The Plan (NFPP-IV) is presently in the process of approval from Council of Common Interests (CCI).

The overall objective of the NFPP-IV is to improve country-wide comprehensive flood management planning, implementation and monitoring to achieve greater protection from recurring flood disaster through structural interventions and establishment of reliable flood EW System including its dissemination. Since the subject comes under the charter of duties of FFC, Ministry of Water and Power, hence they may also be asked to provide a detailed account.

ISLAMABAD: AMJED PERVEZ, The 7th March, 2017. Secretary.

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