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1 (49Th Session) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT 1 (49th Session) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT ————— “QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES” to be asked at a sitting of the National Assembly to be held on Monday, the 21st January, 2013 (Originally Starred Question Nos. 51, 80 and 89, were set down for answer during the 48th Session) 51. *Sheikh Salahuddin: Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state the steps being taken to handle Geo-political situation with Iran in order to implement the Iran-Pakistan (IP) Gas Pipeline Project? Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar): Gas supply is of critical importance for Pakistan because of the acute shortage of energy that we are facing today. The UN sanctions imposed on Iran do not include the Iranian energy sector. However, the US and EU sanctions inter-alia; apply to Iran’s oil and gas sector and any financial transactions with the Central Bank of Iran and its other sanctioned banks. Notwithstanding the above, progress is being made for the implementation of IP Gas Pipeline Project. We have signed Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) and an Agreement for the Construction of the Pipeline inside Pakistan. The length of the pipeline on our side of the border is 781 kilometers. Its estimated cost is US$ 1.5 billion (approx). Funding of the project, however, remains a major challenge. We are working out further modalities with the Iranian government to overcome the financial implications. 80. *Shaikh Rohale Asghar: Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) the total number of workshops/factories owned by the Pakistan Railways in the country at present; 2 (b) the year-wise income earned by those workshops/factorjes during the last five years separately; and (c) the year-wise expenditures incurred on those factories/workshops during the said period separately? Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour): (a) There are seven factories and seven workshops over Pakistan Railways. The detail of the same is given as under:— 1. Railways Factories i. Pakistan Locomotive Factory, Risaipur ii. Railway Carriage, Factory, Islamabad iii. Concrete Sleeper Factory, Khanewal iv. Concrete Sleeper Factory, Sukkur v. Concrete Sleeper Factory, Kohat Cantt vi. Concrete Sleeper Factory, Kotri vii. Concrete Sleeper Factory, Shahinbad (closed since 1996) 2. Railways Workshops i. Central Diesel Locomotive Shops/Rawalpindi ii. Loco Shops / Moghalpura, Lahore iii. Carriage & Wagon Shops/Moghalpura, Lahore iv. Steel Shops / Moghalpura, Lahore v. Electrical Shops / Moghalpura, Lahore vi. Carriage & Wagon Shops / Hyderabad vii. Diesel Shed & Shop / Karachi (b) It is pertinent to mention that Railways workshops/factories are concerned with maintenance/manufacture of rolling stock and locomotives, and indirectly concerned with the revenue by providing the rolling stock to the operating divisions which in turn generate revenue for railway through passenger and freight services. These are not private/corporate entities and do not generate own income 3 arid Pakistan Railways is sole captive client. Value of works carried out by factories i.e Concrete Sleepers Factories and Railway Carriage Factory is given in Armexure-A. (c) The detail of year wise expenditure for the last five years is given in Annexure-B. Annexure-A (Figures in Million) —————————————————————————————— Value of Works Carried out ———————————————————— Years Concrete Sleeper Pakistan Locomotive Factories Factory —————————————————————————————— 2007-2008 837.213 511.847 2008-2009 932.126 65.284 2009-2010 432.047 45.119 2010-2011 441.040 120.628 2011-2012 518.176 79.621 —————————————————————————————— Annexure-B (Figures in Million) —————————————————————————————— Expenditure of Railways Factories ———————————————————— Years Concrete Sleeper Pakistan Locomotive Factories Factory —————————————————————————————— 2007-2008 949.948 155.562 2008-2009 881.052 124.352 2009-2010 396.593 114.256 2010-2011 540.915 141.855 2011-2012 476.284 175.525 —————————————————————————————— 4 (Figures in Million) —————————————————————————————— Expenditire of Years Railways Workshops —————————————————————————————— 2007-2008 474.879 2008-2009 490.836 2009-2010 626.736 2010-2011 752.895 2011-2012 966 424 —————————————————————————————— 89. *Sheikh Muhammad Tariq Rasheed: Will the Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan be pleased to state: (a) the statutory functions of the Ministry; (b) the year-wise budget allocated for development works/schemes during the last five fiscal years alongwith the utilization thereof; and (c) whether audit for the utilization of said funds conducted during the said period; if so, the details thereof? Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan (Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo): (a) The Statutory functions of Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan are as under:— i. Policy, planning and development for GB ii. Co-ordination with the Govt of Gilgit-Baltistan Council iii. Co-ordination with the Azad Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir and the AJ&K Council. iv. Matters relating to the settlement of Kashmir dispute, other than those falling within in the purview of the Foreign Affairs Division. 5 v. Administration of Jammu and Kashmir State Property in Pakistan vi. Processing of development schemes reflected in the PSDP of Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and GB at the level of CDWP and ECNEC. vii. Co-ordination between the Federal Govt Organizations and the Govt of GB and the Giligit-Baltistan Council. viii. Mainstreaming population factor in development planning process in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. ix. Management and distribution of Zakat and Ushr in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan and the related and ancillary matters including distribution setup and monitoring and auditing thereof. (b) Development budget in respect of Governments of AJ&K and Gilgit- Baltistan is released to both governments directly by Ministry of Finance. Year wise budget allocated for development works/schemes in respect of this Ministry, Govt of AJ&K and Govt of Gilgit-Baltistan for the last five fiscal years along with utilization thereof is as under:— ——————————————————————————————————————————— Block Allocation PSDP Projects Grand Total Years —————————————————————————————————————— Allocation Utilization Allocation Utilization Allocation Utilization ——————————————————————————————————————————— 2007-08 12300.000 11492.394 1422.103 654.635 13722.103 12147.029 2008-09 14800.000 12178.529 2815.103 1105.328 17615.103 13283.857 2009-10 17252.500 9893.433 8268.938 1638.492 25521.438 11531.925 2010-11 9666.689 10498.638 7441.717 2378.062 17108.404 12876.700 *2011-12 14360.560 14215.076 4595.329 2706.379 18955.889 16921.455 ——————————————————————————————————————————— • Included the Devolved Ministries Projects of Govt of AJ&K & GB. (c) The audit of development budget of said period in respect of Govt of AJ&K and Govt of Gilgit-Baltistan has been conducted. The audit reports of GB Govt for year 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 have been presented before the PAC. For rest of the reports they are in process to render replies against audit reports to their own governments. Government of AJK is also in process to render replies against audit reports to their own government. 6 1. *Ms. Qudsia Arshad: Will the Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baitistan be pleased to state: (a) whether the Citizens of Pakistan can purchase the property in Azad Kashmir; if not, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether citizens of Azad Kashmir can purchase property in Pakistan; if so, the justification thereof? Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan (Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo): (a) According to Article-04 of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Alienation of Land Act, 1995 Bik (1898 AD) transfer of land in AJ&K to any person, who is not a state subject, is prohibited. (b) Under Section 14-B of Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951 (Act II of 1951) citizen of AJ&K enjoys the citizenship of Pakistan also, therefore, they are entitled to purchase property in Pakistan also. 2. *Ms. Qudsia Arshad: Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that all locomotives of Pakistan Railways are operational at present; if so, the details thereof; (b) the total number of locomotives repaired during the year 2011-12 till date; and (c) whether it is also a fact that financial and working conditions of the Pakistan Railways are being improved gradually; if so, the details thereof? Minister for Railways (Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour): (a) It is correct that all DE Locomotives of Pakistan Railways are not operational at present. The details are as under:— 7 —————————————————————————————— Total DE Locos. Owned Out of In working /including by Pakistan Railways service passenger, Goods & shunting /departmental, —————————————————————————————— 465 312 153 —————————————————————————————— The out of service locomotives are held up for want of imported spares which could not be procured in the past due to financial constraints. (b) 184 D.E. locomotives of various classes were repaired in back shops during the year 2011- 2012 to date. (c) The financial position has improved slightly to the extent of arranging payments salary/pension to the employees and pensioner of Pakistan Railways and financing of PSD projects. Moreover, Finance Division is releasing a subsidy of Rs.2.583 billion on monthly basis for salaries/pension. Although this subsidy is still insufficient to cover the salary/pension bill, the increase in revenues has enabled Pakistan Railways to pay off other
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