1 (28Th Session) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

1 (28th 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 21st January, 2016

99. *Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir: (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to control the adulteration in fresh/unpacked milk and unhygienic injections being injected to Cows and Buffaloes to increase production of milk therefrom in Islamabad?

Transferred to Interior Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

50. *Ms. Sajida Begum: (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

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

(a) whether it is a fact that for medical check up, the Doctors of private hospitals/clinics in Islamabad charge more than Rs.1000 as fee at present; and

(b) whether it is also a fact that the Doctors mostly do not sit in Government Hospitals resultantly people are compelled to visit said clinics/hospitals; if so, the steps taken by the Government to bound such Doctors to serve full time in the Government Hospitals?

Transferred to Capital Administration and Development Division for answer on Next Rota Day. 2 1. *Ms. Sajida Begum: (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of seeds analyzed and experiments made by the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council during the year 2015;

(b) the total expenditure incurred thereupon and achievements made therefrom;

(d) the areas for which said seeds are suitable alongwith the details thereof?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan): (a) PARC acquired and distributed germplasm of wheat (196) pulses (1155), rice (23640), Maize (5194) and fodder (549) to various agricultural research institutes for evaluation and varietal development. Candidate line of wheat (40), rice (16), maize (93) oilseed crops (80), pulses (64), sugarcane (12) and fodder (67) were tested in NUYT. In adaptability trials, rice hybrids (50), maize (104), S.S hybrids (10) and millet hybrids (6) were tested. PARC produced certified seed of canola (15 tons), soybean (90 tons), wheat (20 tons) and mungbean (30 tons) during 2015.

(b) Total expenditure of Rs.6.65 million was incurred on the activities.

(d) The seed of Wheat, Canola, Soybean and Mughbean are suitable for major production areas of these crops. However, these varieties are most suitable for Pothwar region.

21. *Dr. Fozia Hameed: (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to control sale of haram/ unhygienic meat in Islamabad?

Transferred to Interior Division for answer on Next Rota Day. 3 28. *Ms. Munaza Hassan: (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

Will the Minister for National Food Security’ and Research be pleased to state:

(a) the steps taken by the present Government to stop food adulteration in Islamabad; and

(b) whether it is a fact that a number of persons have been arrested in such cases during the last three years; ifso, the details thereof?

Transferred to Interior Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

160. *Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi: (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

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

(a) the breakup of average production of hydel electricity in megawatts being produced against overall potential of hydel in the country at present;

(b) whether it is a fact that Pakistan has failed to utilize full potential of hydel electricity; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to utilize full potential of hydel electricity of the country?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) WAPDA has identified a hydropower potential of 60,158 MW in the country. It is presently operating 20 Hydel Power Stations having total instant capacity of 6,919 MW, details as under:— —————————————————————————————— Installed Average Sr. No. Station Capacity (MW) Production (MW) —————————————————————————————— 1. Tarbela 3478 2. Ghazi Barotha 1450 3. Mangla 1000 —————————————————————————————— 4 —————————————————————————————— Installed Average Sr. No. Station Capacity (MW) Production (MW) —————————————————————————————— 4. Warsak 243 5. Chashma 184 6. Khan Khwar 72 7. Rasul 22 8. Dargai 20 9. Nandipur 14 10. Shahdiwal 14 11. Chichoki 13 4319 12. Kurram Garhi 4 13. Renala 1 14. Chitral (Hydel) 1 15. Jinnah HPP 96 16. Duber Khwar HPP 130 17. Allai Khwar HPP 121 18. Jabban HPP 22 19. Gomal Zam Dam 17 20. Satpara Dam 17.3 * —————————————————————————————— *Not attached with National Grid

In addition, one hydropower project has been developed by PPIB in the private sector, given as under:— —————————————————————————————— Sr. No. Project Installed Capacity (MW) —————————————————————————————— New Bong Escape Hyderopwer Project 1. 7.5 km Downstream 84 Mangla Dam, Azad Jammu and Kashmir —————————————————————————————— (b) Full potential of hydroelectric power has not been developed in the country due to huge requirement of funds for these Projects. However, with the support of Federal Government and donor agencies, several Projects are at different stages of development.

(detail is attached as Annex-A). 5 (c) To utilize available potential, WAPDA has prepared a master plan to construct new hydropower projects in the country. The list of projects under construction, ready for construction and under planning, is attached as Annex-A.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

@226. *Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that Pakistan is among those three countries of the world where polio is still exist; if so, the steps taken by the Government to make our country polio free; and

(b) whether it is also a fact that a large quantity of vaccines are being disposed of/wasted by the drug mafia; if so, the action taken by the Government against responsibles therefor?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) Unfortunately, Pakistan is one of the few countries in the world with endemic Polio virus. Government of Pakistan is committed to Polio End game strategy and implementing full measures to eradicate this virus from the country.

Various steps taken by the Government of Pakistan are as following:

The National Emergency Action Plan 2015-16 endorsed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan is being implemented all across.

There is highest level political commitment.

Formulation of National Task Force headed by the Prime Minister.

Formulation of Prime Minister’s Focus Group on Polio Eradication comprising of senior high level administrators.

Constitution of Cabinet Committee (Ministers Interior, Defense and National Health Services) to ensure security for the polio workers.

@Transferred from Prime Minister Office. 6

Inter-Ministerial committee headed by the Minister of State, National Health Services spearheads generation of resources and also ensuring transparency.

Formulation of Provincial Task Forces chaired by the Chief Secretaries and District Polio Eradication Committees headed by the Deputy Commissioners.

National Islamic Advisory Group has been constituted to work with local level religious leaders.

Establishment of Emergency Operation Cell (EOC) at Federal level.

Conduction of Special National Immunization Days (SNIDs).

Under International Health Regulations (IHR) sanction, all international passengers are administered Polio vaccines.

Approval of 2nd PC-1 (2016-18).

(b) After 18th Amendment, implementation of vertical programs rests with provinces. Federal EPI procures vaccines for the whole country and then delivers them to provinces.

So far, no province/area has filed any complaint about disposal/wastage of vaccines by any drug mafia.

301. *Ms. Sajida Begum:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that production of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), Karachi has been stoped due to the non supply of gas from more than five months;

(b) whether it is also a fact that eighteen billion rupees under the head of gas bill and surcharge have been accounted therefor;

(c) whether it is further a fact that the production of PSM was increased by the monetary package of Rs.18.50 billions; 7 (d) whether it is further a fact that the request has been made to the Government for the support of Rs. 9.30 billions for the supply of raw material to PSM;

(e) if the answers to parts (a), (b) are in the affirmative, the steps taken by the Government for provision of gas, electricity and monetary support to run the said Mills again?

Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi): (a) Yes, it is a fact that Pakistan Steel Mills has been stopped due to the non supply of gas from more than Seven months.

(b) Detail of SSGC natural gas outstanding balance as on November 2015 is as under:—

Principal amount = Rs. 19.1 billion Late payment surcharge = Rs. 20.8 billion

Natural gas bill for the month of December 2015 is Rs.72 million, whereas the payment surcharge Rs.799 million will be charged after due date i.e 21-01-2016.

(c) Yes, it is a fact that the production of PSM was increased by the package of Rs.18.50 billions. The plant was running at 6% in FY 2013-14 and 1% in April, 2014 when a bailout of Rs.18.5 billion provided to revive the mill, PSM had been lifted from 1% CAPU of April 2014 to 41% in March, 2015 (65% on 10th March, 2015 when gas pressure reduced and affected monthly capacity). The capacities achieved since May 2014 (Post Bailout) are as under: —————————————————————————————— CAPU CAPU MONTH ACHIEVED MONTH ACHIEVED —————————————————————————————— May.-14 7.2% Dec.-14 27.2% Jun.-14 7.7% Jan.-15 23.6%@ Ju1.-14 7.4%+ Feb.-15 20% Aug.-14 11.8% Mar.-15 41% Sep.-14 21.5% Apr.-15 32% Oct.-14 2.0% May.-15 *23% Nov.-14 17.8% Jun.-15 **8% —————————————————————————————— 8 (d) Yes it is fact the PSM has demanded Rs. 9.30 billions for the supply of raw material.

(e) The answer to part (a) and (b) is in affirmative and the steps taken by the Government is as under:—

A high level ministerial meeting with the Minister for P&NR was also held by Chairman Privatization Commission, Chairman SSGC and CFO Pakistan Steel on 1st July, 2015 in Islamabad, and decision taken for restoration of gas supply to PSM which will henceforth pay current bill. The decision was not implemented by SSGC.

302. *Ms. Sajida Begum:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the construction work on the Munda Dam has been started;

(b) if so, the percentage of work completed thereupon so far?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) & (b) Construction work on Mohmand (Munda) Dam has not yet been started.

Mohmand (Munda) Dam is in “Study Phase” and its Detailed Engineering Design, Preparation of PC-I and Tender Documents are in progress. Progress achieved upto date is 67%.

Construction will be started after the completion of Detailed Engineering Design and approval of PC-I.

303. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

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

(a) the total land in possession of the Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA), Gawadar at present; and

(b) the time by which the said EPZA will become operational?

Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi): (a) The total land in possession of the Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA), Gawadar at present is 1000 Acres at Mouza Karwat 42 kms away from the sea port.

(b) Export Processing Zone (EPZA), Gawadar will be completed by end of 2019 and likely to be operational on its completion.

304. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the annual death rate in Pakistan due to Hepatitis since 2008?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: There is no National or Provincial data on deaths due to various causes including hepatitis.

World over, it is estimated that almost 5% cases suffering for hepatitis C will die due to liver failure or cancer.

In Pakistan there are about 8 million (80 lac) cases suffering from hepatitis C, therefore almost 80,000 (0.8 lac) will die each year due to liver disease.

These deaths are due to very advanced liver disease called liver failure. Usually these patients develop liver failure after having disease for over 20-30 years during which time they do not take appropriate treatment or the treatment fails or they develop liver cancer.

In Pakistan, the death certificate does not disclose the cause of death, so checking death certificate to identify the cause of death is useless.

Only hospital case files of patients who die in a hospital have the information on the cause of death while their death certificate does not identify the underlying disease. The death certificate of those who die at home due to known illness is also without such information. 10 305. *Ms. Musarat Rafique Mahesar:

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

(a) the present status of the Dasu Dam Project;

(b) the expected expenditure to be incurred thereupon; and

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The present status of the project is as under:—

CONTRACTS AWARDED

i. Construction of Right Bank Access Road (Dasu-RAR-01).

ii. Relocation of Karakorum Highway (Dasu-KKH-01).

iii. Construction of 132 kilo watt (KV) Transmission Line from Dubair to Dasu (Dasu-TL-01).

iv. Project Colony and Infrastructure (Dasu-PCI-01R).

v. Resettlement of Village Chuchang and Construction of Open Air Shatial Museum (Dasu-RV).

PROCUREMENT OF CONTRACTS UNDER PROCESS

i. Construction of KKH-02 and RAR-02.

ii. Resettlement of Villages on Left & Right Banks (Dasu-LBRV-10 & 11 and Dasu-RBRV-10 & 11).

iii. Construction of RAR-03

iv. Main Works (MW-01 & MW-02)

v. Electrical and Mechanical Works (EM-01) 11 (b) Rs. 486,093.30 Million (as per approved PC-I dated March 28, 2014) are expected to be incurred on Stage-I of Dasu Hydropower Project.

(c) The World Bank approved the financing of Stage-I of Dasu Hydropower Project with an International Development Agency (IDA) Credit of US$ 588.4 Million and an IDA Partial Credit Guarantee (PCG) of US$ 460 Million on June 10, 2014 as first (IDA) Credit. Loan Agreement signed on August 25, 2014, which has been effective from November 20, 2014.

To bridge the financing gap between Project cost and available World Bank IDA Credit, Local and International financial institutions/ commercial banks were approached. In this regard, negotiations with Local and International Banks for Rs.1.44 Billion and US$ 800 Million respectively, are underway.

306. *Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that budget has been allocated by the Government to repair electric transformers;

(b) whether it is also a fact that in case transformers are burnt in cities particularly in rural areas are repaired after collecting contribution from the local people of those areas;

(c) whether it is further a fact that the serving and retired employees of power transmission departments give electricity connection privately through illegal means; if so, whether the said practice is called power pilferage;

(d) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to curb said practice?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Repair and maintenance of transformers is being made out of Distribution margin of DISCOs allowed by NEPRA. Therefore Government is not allocating separate funds for the same. 12 (b) No contribution is being collected from consumers of General Duty/ Public Transformers. However, the cost for replacement/repair of independent/ dedicated connections is recovered through Demand Notice/Bank Challan.

(d) Not applicable.

307. *Ms. Suraiya Jatoi:

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state the amount charged from each pilgrim who performed Hajj under the Private Hajj Tour Operators during Hajj 2014 and 2015?

Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony (Sardar Muhammad Yousaf): Every HGO is bound to execute an agreement with each pilgrim by indicating amount of the package and detail of facilities i.e accommodation. Transport, food etc. to be provided. The packages are prepared by the HGOs including all facilities and pilgrims accept and sign the agreements. Every HGO offer different packages and there is no specific amount. The packages is offered on the basis of “offer and acceptance” between HGO and pilgrims themselves. In case of any deviation from the Services Provided Agreement (SPA) and individual agreement, severe punishment like fine, cut in their quota or suspension of quota are awarded to them.

308. *Ms. Suraiya Jatoi:

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

(a) the details of complaints registered against employees of the Estate Office, Islamabad during the last three years alongwith the names thereof;

(b) the action taken against the said complaints; and

13 Minister for Housing and Works (Mr. Akram Khan Durrani): (a) Detail of complaints received against the officials of the Estate Office, Islamabad during last three years is at Annex-A.

(b) Action taken against the said complaints is under the column No.5 of above Annex.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library).

309. *Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish regulatory mechanism in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) in order to control and regulate the food industry/business; if so, the details thereof; and

(b) the name of departments in ICT which are controlling and regulating the said business at present?

Transferred to Interior Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

310. *Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:

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

(a) the details of complaints registered in the Ministry against Private Hajj and Umrah Operators during the year 2015; and

(b) the action taken by the Government in this regard?

Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony (Sardar Muhammad Yousaf): (a) A total of 172 complaints were received, in KSA. Out of 172 complaints, 162 minor complaints about Hajj were decided thereon and 14 an amount of Rs. 6.14 million was given to 270 hujjaj of 30 HGOs. 34 complaints in Pakistan and 10 in KSA were received in 2015 against 44 tour operators in this Ministry regarding non provision of facilities to the Hujjaj.

(b) A Complaint Disposal Committee (CDC) was constituted in this regard for redressal of complaints of Hujjaj. The Committee visited the concerned Directorates of Hajj in all Provinces. Both complainant and HGO were given opportunity of personal hearing. Decisions are awaited. Decision of Complaint Disposal Committee (CDC) can be challenged in the Appellate Forum created in the Ministry.

311. *Ms. Munaza Hassan:

Will the Minister for Ports and Shipping be pleased to state:

(a) the steps taken by the Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) to develop the unprivileged area of Gwadar;

(b) the steps taken by the GPA to develop the unprivileged area of Balochistan at present; and

Minister for Ports and Shipping (Mr. Kamran Michael): (a) Despite the fact that currently there is not much port operations in Gwadar Port and a small revenue is earned, hopefully it will increase in future. Gwadar Port Authority has taken following steps to contribute in the development of unprivileged areas/ people of Gwadar:

(i) During 2014, the Gwadar Port Authority Board approved a Social Sector Development Fund. Annually an amount of upto Rs.1.000 million is spent on different social sector programs.

(ii) GPA adopted a primary school in one of the poorest locality/income groups of Gwadar Town, renovated the school building, provided electrical Items, furniture, uniform and restored the source of clean drinking water facility.

(iii) GPA annually provides three scholarships to toppers of Primary, Middle and Matric examinations studying in government schools in Gwadar District. 15

(iv) GPA encourages IT literacy in the very poor localities of Gwadar and so far has provided three computers to IT centers functioning in such areas.

(v) GPA has also provided books to best students belonging to poor families.

(vi) With the efforts of GPA and Ministry of Ports and Shipping, the Chinese Government is providing solar electric systems and goods (LED bulbs, tube lights and Solar Power Generation systems) to poor families in Gwadar. Total amount of this grant is RMB 20.00 Million Yuan (equal to about Rs.320.000 million). These goods are scheduled to arrive Gwadar in March/April 2016.

(vii) The Port Operator (M/s China Overseas Port Holding Company) donated three School buses as part of Social Sector Responsibility through GPA to Education Department Gwadar.

(viii) The Chinese Company has also created an Education Support Funds Rs. 500,000/= annually).

(ix) GPA has also encouraged investors and Chinese Embassy to provide grants to poor schools and health institutions for medicine. On two different occasions, the Chinese Embassy provided grants and gifts to students, teachers, schools, and hospitals.

(x) GPA, with Chinese Government grant, has planned to start building a Vocational Training Institute in its Free Zone so that the local people of the region are trained in port and free zone related skills and trades. Construction work on this institute is scheduled during 2016.

(b) The details are mentioned above.

(c) GPA has incurred Rs.1.0 Million on the above projects. This amount excludes the amount spent by the Chinese Company and the Chinese Government. 16 312. *Ms. Munaza Hassan:

Will the Minister for Ports and Shipping be pleased to state:

(a) the present status of development work of new Gwadar City which was launched by the Gwadar Development Authority (GDA); and

(b) the present status of development work of the old Gwadar City which was also launched by the GDA?

Disallowed on re-consideration.

313. *Shazia Marri:

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state the total number of programe conducted for imparting training/education to Ulama and Khateebs by the Ministry during the last three years?

Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony (Sardar Muhammad Yousaf): Training of Imams is an institutional job and Dawah Academy, International Islamic University Islamabad has conducted ten courses for training of Imams in last three years.

314. *Shazia Marri:

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

(a) whether it is admissible to register two different medicines under the same name;

(b) if not, the action taken by the Ministry during the tenure of the present Government to control the said practice?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) It is not admissible to register two different medicine under the same brand name. 17 (b) 1. Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan, Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination is cognizant and as soon as such an information is received/reported corrective action is taken. The Registration Board has changed the brand names of 106 products since 2013 till date to avoid any similarity / resemblance in brand name of drugs available in the market to prevent any health hazard. The Registration Board takes up such cases on top priority in the light of following decision taken in its 242nd meeting dated 24-25th February, 2014:

i. Brand names of already registered drugs will be changed due to resemblance with another brand name.

ii. Change of brand names of both manufacturers / importers due to grant of No Objection Certificate will be processed simultaneously. However, for those cases in which brand name for one manufacturer / importer has already been changed then brand name of another registration holder will be decided on priority.

iii. If brand names of two products resemble, then later registration holder is bound to propose alternate names for approval as one of condition of registration. But in some cases, later registration holder do not propose alternate names. The Board decided that in such cases DRAP will issue one reminder with 15 days time period and then manufacturing of the product will be stopped after approval of Chairman, Registration Board. Stoppage of manufacturing will be till approval of new brand name.

iv. If packing material of two products resemble, then later registration holder is bound to change packing material / design as one of condition of registration. But in some cases, later registration holder avoids to change packing design. Thus Board decided that in such cases DRAP will advise the manufacturer / importer to change the pack design with one reminder with 15 days time period and then manufacturing of the product will be stopped after approval of Chairman, Registration Board. Stoppage of manufacturing will be till approval of new pack design. 18

2. Recently further improvement are being made under advise by Minister NHRS&C to avoid following resemblance in the brand names of registered drugs.

(i) Sound alike

(ii) Look alike

The same has also been considered by the Registration Board in its 255th meeting to prevent in the similarity in the brand name among the registered products.

315. *Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:

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

(a) the total quantity of vaccines of deadly diseases which have been rendered un-useable due to lack of proper storage facilities since 1-1-2015 alongwith the details and reasons thereof;

(b) the total number of viles of polio rendered un-useable alongwith the value and reasons thereof; and

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a)

In an incident 1.3 million doses of pentavalent vaccine were wasted which in the cold room no 13 which was placed in cold room no 13 installed in NIH and, was reported in February 2015.

The pentavalent vaccine were received in 2013 and is heat stable vaccine which takes months if treated with undesired higher temperature (Required temperature is 02-08°C.

Since then i.e. February, 2015 no vaccine including polio vaccine are wasted as federal EPI is following the international standards for 19

the storing of vaccines and has been ISO 2001—2008 certified in January 2016.

(b) The Oral Polio vaccine in the year 2014-15 was wasted due to the date expiry not because of the VVM stage change. Total quantity of expired vaccine was 7,615 vials.

An Inquiry committee was constituted to investigate the matter and fixed responsibility to the alleged.

All the responsible officers/officials were either terminated (WHO Staff) or repatriated to their parent departments. Also the FIA arrested the five officers/officials for being responsible, who are now on bail.

The Government has taken following steps for the improvement of vaccine storage in Federal EPI;

Constitution of two committees for physical reverification and TORs for the disposal of wasted vaccines.

Rearrangement of vaccine as per international.

Vaccine Logistic Management Information System (vLMIS) a web based system is implemented for all stock of vaccine and cold chain maintenance at federal level.

First Expiry First Out (FEFO) principal is strictly followed.

27 CCTV cameras are installed in ware house for 24/7 monitoring of ware house.

Digital data logger have been installed for the cold rooms that record the history of temperature of cold rooms upto 60 days. 20

316. *Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:

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

(a) the details of the financial irregularities indicated in the Audit Repot of Pakistan Housing Authority in respect of the financial year 2013-14 alongwith names and designations of responsibles thereof;

(b) whether action has been taken against the responsibles therefor; if so, the details thereof; and

Minister for Housing and Works (Mr. Akram Khan Durrani): (a) The details of irregularities pointed out in the financial year 2013-14 and audit year 2014-15 are given below:

i. Unauthentic expenditure due to non-recording of detailed measurement in Measurement Books-Rs. 487.56 million.

ii. Irregular payment of Mobilization Advance-Rs. 80.00 million

iii. Irregular award of Consultancy contract without competition- Rs. 6.44 million.

iv. Payment of price adjustment in violation of standard procedure- Rs. 109.51 million.

v. Undue payment of price escalation without provision in the appendix-C of the contract agreement – Rs. 45.96 million.

vi. Unjustified payment of contractor’s claim-Rs. 16.90 million.

vii. Undue benefit to the Contractor through change of item- Rs. 5.95 million.

viii. Overpayment of price escalation on unconsumed material-Rs. 2.88 million. 21 • In order to resolve / handle the above mentioned irregularities, para- wise compliance report on actions taken by PHAF is enclosed as Annex-A.

(b) DAC has been held on the Audit Paras as mentioned above on 29-01-2015. The directives of DAC are being followed in letter and spirit and actions have been taken accordingly which have already been mentioned as Annex- A.

(c) To control these kind of irregularities in future following steps are being adopted by the management of PHA Foundation:

i. In order to improve the internal control, each and every claim of vendor is Pre-Audited strictly prior to sanction of expenditure and release of payment.

ii. Project accounting has been initiated to minimize the chances of any financial irregularities in future.

iii. Every single payment of stalled project is being made with the approval of PHA Board.

iv. A system of measurement book has been adopted in PHA-Foundation as the same is being followed by Pak PWD and CDA. No project expenditure is made without project measurement book.

v. Prior to Audit year 2013-14, the Audit of PHA Foundation was conducted by Commercial Auditor, now the same is being conducted by Director-General, (Audit) Works to improve the internal checks in PHA Foundation. Furthermore, irregularities in this audit report have been reduced due strict financial control/ parameters.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

317. *Mr. Lal Chand:

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state whether there is any proposal/plan under consideration of the Government to provide facilities to minorities to perform their Pilgrim in India; if so, the details; if not, the reasons thereof? 22 Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony (Sardar Muhammad Yousaf): The visits of minorities to perform their pilgrim in India, is neither mandate nor it falls within the domain of Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony.

318. *Dr. Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari:

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

(a) the number of hours for which load shedding of electricity is being carried out in District Rajanpur at present alongwith the reasons thereof;

(b) whether it is a fact that un-scheduled load shedding is being observed in the said area; and

(c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to give a schedule of load shedding of electricity for the said area; if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the details thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) MEPCO like other power distribution companies depends on NTDC through for allocation of power to meet with demand and load shedding is implemented as per schedule conveyed by National Power Control Centre (NPCC).

Following Load Management Schedule of NPCC, NTDC Islamabad conveyed to Distribution Companies on 23-9-2015 is being strictly followed by MEPCO:

(i) Urban Feeders Hrs. : 06 Average

(ii) Rural/Tubewell Hrs. : 08 Average

(iii) Mixed Industry : Nil Hrs.

(iv) Independent Industry : Nil Hrs.

(b) No un scheduled load shedding is being observed in Rajanpur, MEPCO. The factual position is as under:— 23

District Rajanpur involved 6 Grid Stations and 32 Feeders.

10 feeders are Urban and load shedding is 06 Hrs.

. 04 feeders are Rural/Tubewell and load shedding is 08 Hrs.

03 feeders are industrial dominated and load shedding is nil.

15 feeders are High loss/High Theft and load shedding is 12 Hrs.

(c) Due to the installation of AMR meters on all Grid Stations and Load Data Improvement Project of USAID, the demand and drawl of power is shown in MEPCO Power Control Centre (MPCC). Power allocation quota is being allotted by NPCC and load management schedule conveyed to MPCC is being implemented accordingly.

319. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:

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

(a) the rate on which electricity is being purchased from the Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Plant; and

(b) the comparison of said rate with the tariffs of Wind, Furnace Oil and LNG?

Minister for Water and Power (Mr. Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The rate on which electricity is being purchased from the Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Plant is Rs.14.8591/kWh. However the rates of Upfront Solar Power Plants has been reduced to Cents 11.3560/kWh (North) and Cents 10.725l/kWh. (South).

(b) The comparison of current said rate with the respective tariffs of Wind. Furnace Oil and LNG is as under:— 24

(Rs/KWh) —————————————————————————————— Wind F.O. RLNG Solar —————————————————————————————— Rs./kWh Rs./kWh Rs./kWh Cents./kWh —————————————————————————————— Foreign 10.6048 9.8244 9.0045 Current Loan North South

Local Loan 12.7064 11.3560 10.7251 —————————————————————————————— 320. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:

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

(a) the total number of Hepatitis cases registered in the country at present; and

(b) the medicines allowed by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan for prevention and treatment of Hepatitis B, C and D alongwith terms and conditions thereof?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) According to 2008 survey, Pakistan has approximately 8 million people suffering from HCV. Every year 500,000 new HCV cases are added in the population. Therefore by 2015, there would be around 11.5 million cases.

(b) As Hepatitis B is a vaccine preventable disease, therefore its vaccine is given as pentavalent vaccine through EPI. Each year, 4 million children are vaccinated.

For the treatment of Hepatitis B, tablet Entacavir and Tenofovir are registered and available in Pakistan.

For Hepatitis C, there is no vaccine available world over, however once infected, patients have to be treated. For Hepatitis C, DRAP has allowed use of interferon injection and last year allowed new oral drug SOVOLDI. 25 Hepatitis D can only infect someone who has Hepatitis B, therefore it has to be prevented through hepatitis B vaccination. There is no treatment for Hepatitis D

321. *Ms. Shakila Luqman:

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

(a) whether projects have been made to save and store water from rains and flood that falls into sea during the tenure of the present Government; and

(b) the annual wastage of water in the said way?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) During the tenure of the present Government following projects have been constructed to save and store water from rains and flood that falls into sea:— —————————————————————————————— Live Sr. No. Project Name Location Storage Status (MAF) —————————————————————————————— 1. Darawat Dam Nai Baran 0.087 Substantially completed River in Thatta in August 2014.

Irrigation component under final stage of completion.

2. Gomal Zam On Gomal River 0.892 Dam and Power House Dam in South Waziristan substantially completed Agency, West of in September 2013. Tank and D.I.Khan Districts of Khyber Work on Waran Canal Pakhtunkhwa under progress.

Irrigation component is in progress. —————————————————————————————— (b) Presently, an annual average (1976-2015) of 29 million acre feet (MAF) fresh water is escaped downstream of Kotri Barrage to sea against the basic annual requirement of 8.6 MAP determined by the International Panel of Experts (IPOE) in 2005 to check sea intrusion as well as protection against environmental hazards. Thus almost MAF fresh water annually is escaped below Kotri to sea unutilized. 20.4 26 322. *Ms. Shakila Luqman:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the total number of low cast housing schemes launched so far by the present Government for low paid persons?

Minister for Housing and Works (Mr. Akram Khan Durrani): No low cost housing schemes so far has been launched during the present government. However, government has taken following steps to overcome the deficiency of housing units in the country and has announced a comprehensive Housing Programme which includes construction of 1000 Clusters of 500 houses each for low- income families all over the country. Ministry has since completed initial Planning work and housing designs and the Provinces are allocating land for this purpose free of cost or on very nominal rates. 323. *Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir: Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to make the country self sufficient in all the agriculture commodities during the last three years?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan):

Food self sufficiency is the prime goal of the Ministry of National Food Security & Research. The Ministry formulates policies and implements development schemes to enhance food productivity for its self sufficiency.

For improvement of financial access to food, the government has already started initiatives like Benazir Income Support Programme, Bait-ul Mal and many other initiatives.

Research for development of high yielding crops.

Development of crop varieties to mitigate the effects of climate change.

Research is also being conducted for development of: More productive varieties

Development of hybrids 27 Disease resistant varieties

Drought resistant varieties

Frost resistant varieties

Amendments in Seed Amendment Act, 2015 and promulgation of Plant Breeder’s Rights Bill, 2016 to attract investment in the seed business.

324. *Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

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

(a) the total number of new Dams constructed in FATA during the tenure of the present Government; and

(b) the electricity and water accrued therefrom?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Gomal Zam Dam has been completed during the tenure of the present government in FATA.

(b) The detail of electricity and water accrued is as under:

Electricity (installed capacity) 17.4 MW

Water (live storage) 0.892 MAF

325. *Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:

Will the Minister for Ports and Shipping be pleased to state:

(a) the year-wise profit earned by the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) during the last three years; and

(b) the year-wise performance made by the KPT during the said period?

Minister for Ports and Shipping (Mr. Kamran Michael): (a) Year wise profit earned by KPT during last 03 years is as under:— 28

(Rs. In Thousand) —————————————————————————————— S. No. Year Profit —————————————————————————————— 1. 2011-2012 Rs. 6,553,200/- 2. 2012-2013 Rs. 7,740,362/- 3. 2013-2014 Rs. 4,778,172/- —————————————————————————————— (b) The year wise performance / cargo handling & ship movement made by KPT during last three (03) fiscal years is placed at Annex-A. 29

326. *Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:

Will the Minister for Ports and Shipping be pleased to state the role played by the Gwadar Port in the development of Pakistan during the last three years?

Minister for Ports and Shipping (Mr. Kamran Michael): Gwadar ‘ Port is the deepest Port of Pakistan with a depth of 14.5 meters. First phase of Gwadar Port was completed in 2006, which consists of a multipurpose terminal (with three berths, one Roll-Off/Roll-On facility and one service berth) and all required equipment and machinery. But due to lack of rail & road connectivity, deficiency & unavailability of water, power, and gas resources and un-unavailability of required commercial and industrial facilities in Gwadar have hampered to fully utilize prospects of greater trade and economic development of Pakistan.

Under the Concession Agreement dated 16th May, 2013, the Concession Holder & Port Operator M/s China Overseas Ports Holding Company Limited (COPHCL) has been rehabilitating the unused and out-dated port equipment, machinery & facilities, finalization of the Port Development Plan and infrastructure and superstructures (port machinery & equipment) are being improved to enhance port operations.

Under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), plan is to construct Gwadar East Bay Expressway, with Chinese assistance to connect Gwadar Port with the under-construction M-8 & N-85. Thus Gwadar shall have its direct link to Rathodero/Sukkur, and Quetta through Turbat, Panjgoor, and Soorab. Similarly, in order to address water, electricity, and gas, Early Harvest Projects have been approved under CPEC. These projects will be completed within 3-5 years.

During the last 2-1/2 years besides handling limited government subsidized imports of Urea, for the first time, Gwadar Port started containerized export from 12 May 2015. So far 6 ships have discharged 35 numbers of empty 40 feet containers and exported 25 loaded 40 feet containers carrying 675 tons of frozen fish to the international market. Currently, Chinese shipping company M/S COSCO is doing the containerized shipment on subsidized basis to encourage other shipping companies to use Gwadar Port.

For the last three years, 40 ships called at Gwadar Port and discharged 1.6053 Million tons urea. 30 GPA has signed Sister-Port Relationship MoUs with (i) Qingdao Port (China); (ii) Zhuhai Port (China); and (iii) Chahbahar Port (Iran).

The Port Operator is finalizing Free Zone Master Plan. The first project of the Free Zone (Commercial Logistic Zone) is expected to start during March/ April 2016.

A number of delegations from China comprising businessmen, industrialist/ investors and government officials visited Gwadar district evincing keen interest in the development of Gwadar Port and Free Zone.

It is expected that the year 2016 shall be the takeoff year for CPEC and Gwadar Port. GPA and COPHCL have set targets with a 100% increase in cargo- handling during 2016, and start of the Free Zone.

Thus efforts are being made to make Gwadar Port and its Free Zone as important areas for attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for Pakistan.

327. *Ms. Aliya Kamran:

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

(a) the total number of family members of personal staff of Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony sent for seasonal Hajj duties during Hajj-2015;

(b) the number of officers of BS-17 to 22 of the Ministry sent to Saudi Arabia for the arrangements of Hajj duties for said Hajj;

(d) the details of expenditure incurred thereupon?

Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony (Sardar Muhammad Yousaf): (a) No

(b) 44 officers of BS-17 to 22 of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony proceeded to KSA for Hajj duty-2015. 31

(d) Since the candidature of the spouse was withdrawn later on, therefore, the recovery of Hajj expenses is underway.

328. *Sahibzada Tariq Ullah:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the number of persons effected from dengue has increased at alarming extent in various districts of the country in particular Rawalpindi Division despite of exaggerated claims made by the Government;

(b) if so, the steps taken by the Ministry to control the said situation?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) The year-wise summary of the Dengue Fever cases in the country is given in the table below:— ——————————————————————————————————————————— Dengue ——————————————————————————————————————————— Year Cases Deaths ——————————————————————————————————————————— 2013 20,710 104 2014 01,991 018 2015 09,899 007 ——————————————————————————————————————————— Total: 32,600 129 ——————————————————————————————————————————— (b) The province wise details of Suspected, Confirmed, and Deaths due to Dengue Fever including the number of cases reported from Rawalpindi are as under:— 32

* Information provided in the above table is compiled at Field Epidemiology and Diseases Surveillance Division (FEDSD), NIH and is based on the data collected from the Provincial Health Departments and Public Health Laboratories Division NIH

It is pertinent to mention that Dengue cases are being reported form over 100 countries across the globe. If the epidemiological patterns are observed, it is evident that the Dengue virus infection affects different geographical areas in waves with a period of dormance. During 2015, most of the Dengue Fever cases were reported from August to October and a total 1,470 cases have been reported in Rawalpindi. Graphical representation is as under:— 33

After 18th amendment, health is now a devolved subject and the responsibility of province. However, the M/o NHSRC is observing the situation and has taken the following steps for the prevention and control of Dengue fever are as below;

(i) Health professionals and authorities throughout the country are regularly sensitized through Seasonal Awareness and Alert Letters (SAAL) being issued by the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad thrice a year since 2004.

(ii) Advisory regarding dengue has been issued to all concerned in August 2015.

(iii) The updated version of National Guidelines on Dengue Fever is available at NIH website for ready reference.

(iv) Provision of free of cost diagnostics and genotyping facilities for Dengue Fever at NIH

(v) Training on Rapid Response Teams for the provincial public health staff has been conducted. 34

Steps taken by the Government specially for Rawalpindi Division:

(i) A special seminar on Dengue was conducted by expert epidemiologists from Center for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, USA at NIH in October 2015 for the Rawalpindi health teams and representatives from allied departments.

(ii) An Epidemiologist from Field Epidemiology & Laboratory Training Program (FELTP) Pakistan, NIH, was deputed to evaluate the risk factors for Dengue fever at Rawalpindi.

(iii) An Epidemiologist from FELTP Pakistan posted at DCO office Rawalpindi was assigned special duty to coordinate preventive and control activities in the district.

(iv) Joint meetings of FELTP, NIH and District Health Management were conducted at NIH. The recommendations were provided to provincial health departments for the control of Dengue with special emphasis on vector control.

329. *Eng. Hamid Ul Haq Khalil:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the power generation has been decreased due to silt filled in Warsak Dam; if so, the steps being taken by the WAPDA in this regard; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Ministry for the up gradation of Grid Stations and Fedders being run from several decades and tripped due to over load?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Yes, the silt accumulated in the Warsak Dam has de-rated its original capacity of 243 MW and the existing capability of the power station is 193 MW at rated head and discharge.

WAPDA has undertaken the 2nd rehabilitation of Warsak Hydroelectric Power Station, which will help to regain capacity of 243 MW. 35 (b) Up-gradation/augmentation, rehabilitation & extension of Grid Station, besides transmission lines/feeders of DISCOs is a continuous process as per growing need/load & due to aging of equipments with the passage of time. This improvement process of electricity infrastructure helps in smooth disposal of power to consumers & reduction of line losses.

330. *Mr. Muhammad Moeen Wattoo:

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

(a) the total quantity of electricity in Mega Watts added to the production of electricity during the last two years till date;

(b) the progress made on the Mega Projects started for increase in production of electricity during the said period; and

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The quantity of electricity added to the production of electricity from 2013 till date is 2,149 Mega Watts (MW).

(b) The progress made on the projects started for increase in production of electricity during the said period is as under:—

Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)

The progress made on the hydel projects started/under implementation by WAPDA is attached at Annex-I.

Private Power Infrastructure Board (PPIB)

The details of the progress made on the IPPs projects being handled by PPIB is at Annex-II.

Generation Companies (GENCOs)

The progress made on the Thermal power projects being handled by GENCOs is at Annex-III. 36 Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB)

AEDB is pursuing the development of renewable energy projects (wind, solar, biomass) through private sector IPPs under RE Policy 2006. The progress on projects made during the last two years is as follows: —————————————————————————————————— Sr. # Action Projects Capacity (MW) —————————————————————————————————— 1. Letter of Intent (LOI) Issued 36 935 2. Agreements (EPA/IA) signed 19 1091.9 3. Financial Closing achieved 18 1076.9 —————————————————————————————————— (c) The percentage of work carried out in respect of under construction projects during the said period is at Annex-IV.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

ISLAMABAD: ABDUL JABBAR ALI, The 20th January, 2016 Acting Secretary.

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Thursday, the 21st January, 2016

7. Mr. Sher Akbar Khan: (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

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

(a) whether it is a fact that there are no Government hospitals in the rural area of Islamabad Capital Territory including Tarnol and Bhara-kahu;

(b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to establish hospitals in the said areas?

Transferred to Interior Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

39. Ms. Khalida Mansoor: (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

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

(a) the steps taken by the Ministry to prepare subject-wise list of titles of all laws and rules made there under with reference to business allocated to it and its attached departments under the Rules of Business, 1973;

(b) the subject-wise details thereof;

(c) whether steps have been taken by the Ministry to consolidate and amend the said laws and rules to keep pace with changes in the society, if so, the details; if not, the reasons thereof; 2 (d) the steps taken by the Ministry to determine the anomalies, inconsistencies and difficulties in the administration of said laws and rules; and

(e) the details of Officers/Branches designated therefor?

Reply not Received.

31. Mr. Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani: (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of Flour Mills in Islamabad at present;

(b) whether monthly quotas have been prescribed by the Government for the said Flour Mills; if so, the details thereof; and

Transferred to Interior Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

4. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub: (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

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

(a) whether it is a fact that new projects for power generation were launched during the last five years in the country;

(b) if so, the capacity alongwith the locations thereof?

Reply not Received. 3 11. Dr. Shazia Sobia: (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state the year-wise total number of persons performed Umrah since 2008?

Transferred to Capital Administration and Development Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

19. Mr. Ramesh Lal: (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

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

(a) whether it is a fact that electricity has been supplied to Dera Master Rashid Ahmed, Village Pela Gujrian, Tehsil Shakargarh without erecting proper poles; if so, the reasons thereof;

(b) the time by which the existing service cable will be replaced with silver cable in the said village; and

(c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to replace the improper electric poles overthere; if so, the time by which it will be replaced?

Reply not Received.

20. Mr. Ramesh Lal: (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the Meter Readers of electricity do not visit physically for taking readings in Village Rambari, Tehsil Zafarwal, District Narowal;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the estimated/wrong bills are being sent in the said village; 4 (c) if the answers to parts (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative, the steps being taken by the Government to send transparent electricity bills after taking actual readings in the said village?

Reply not Received. 22. Ms. Shaista Pervaiz: (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to refer to Un-Starred Question No.36 replied on 25-11-2015 and to state:

(a) the role of Government for allocation of funds for allignment of LT and aerial electricity wires, transformers and other works; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Government to do the said work by itself instead of relying on sponsoring agencies/functionaries? Reply not Received. 93. Ms. Mussarrat Ahmadzab (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Ioadshedding schedule for electricity in Swat has been fixed; if so, the details thereof? Reply not Received.

95. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub (Deferred on 13-01-2016) Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Ministry for the implementation on the comprehensive strategy formulated to handle the problems of the provision of energy and its prices, ineffective recoveries, governance and regulatory faults and lower capacity in distribution departments? Reply not Received.

98. Ms. Munaza Hassan (Deferred on 13-01-2016)

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: 5 (a) whether it is a fact that in order to solve the accommodation problems of Government servants they are being allotted temporary/provisional accommodations in Government Hostels and Lodges;

(b) if so, the total number of employees/persons who have been accommodated in said Hostels/Lodges during the last three years?

Minister for Housing and Works (Mr. Akram Khan Durrani): (a) Yes, it is a fect.

(b) About 217 officers have been given temporary allotments in the Hostel/Lodges in the last 3 years.

133. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:

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

(a) the prescribed criteria for the registration of the Private Medical College; and

(b) the total number of Colleges registered with the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council since 1-1-2008 alongwith the procedure/ criteria adopted therefor?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination: (a) Prescribed criteria for registration of public/private medical colleges is attached at Annex-1.

(b) 71 medical/dental colleges have been recognized by PM&DC since 1-1-2008. Procedure/criteria adopted is attached at Annex-2.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

ISLAMABAD: ABDUL JABBAR ALI, The 20th January, 2016. Acting Secretary.

PCPPI—0130(2016) NA—20-01-2016—650.