THE SENATE OF PAKISTAN DEBATES OFFICIAL REPORT Wednesday, September 29, 2010 (64 th Session) Volume VIII No. 08 (Nos. 01-10)
CONTENTS Pages 1. Recitation from the Holy Quran …………………. 1 2. Questions and Answers.…….……………………. 2-58 3. Leave of Absence…………………………………. 59-60 4. Condonation of delay and Presentation of Reports.. 61 5. Further discussion on the prevailing Law and Order situation in the country ……………………. 62 6. Point of Order raised by Senator Haji Mohammad Adeel regarding distribution of forms concerning Poverty Alleviation Scheme…………………….... 63-75 7. Winding up speech by Senator A. Rehman Malik, Minister for Interior, on law and order situation in the country………………………………………... 76-88 8. Motion moved by Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar to discuss the prevailing state of the country’s economy in the wake of the devastating floods in Pakistan……………………………………… 89
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SENATE OF PAKISTAN SENATE DEBATES Wednesday, September 29, 2010 The Senate of Pakistan met in the Senate Hall (Parliament House) Islamabad, at thirty eight minutes past four in the evening with Mr. Chairman (Mr. Farooq Hamid Naek ) in the Chair. ------Recitation from the Holy Quran ◌
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: Will the Minister for Food and Agriculture be pleased to state. (a) the names and location of agricultural research councils presently functioning in the country indicating also the funds allocated to each council during 2008-09; and (b) the research work carried out by those councils during the last three years? Mr. Nazar Muhammad Gondal: (a) Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) is the apex body working at Federal Level in Agriculture Research. The detail of funds allocated during 2008-2009 are as under:— (Rs. in million) ————————————————————————————— Sr. No. Object Funds allocated during 2008-09 ————————————————————————————— 1. Current Expenditure 1079.254 2. PSDP Expenditure 950.883 3. ALP Expenditure 90.517 ————————————————————————————— Total Rs. 2120.654
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Mr. Chairman: Any supplementary? Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi : Thank you very much Mr. Chairman! The reply given here is very comprehensive and it has eight pages but I would like to ask the honourable Minister as to what is the actual on the ground increase
16 in the per acre yield of our main cash crops; cotton, wheat, rice, main fruits mangoes, oranges, bananas which are grown all over the country. What is the actual per acre yield increase after spending so much money and carrying out so much research as claimed by the Honourable Minister? Thank you. Mr. Chairman : Yes Minister Sahib . Please. ~ 9 P P ¼ P PP P P w E E <?J E E <{qg <^ E <5| } E <GGG qE M<^M<b__Ï7 <= W`D M ÓO <= <4ÄGD [?<\=> q E M<^M< b__ Ï 7 <= WD MÓO <=` <PG_b <\=> q E M<^Jt E <5|GD ?E <{ Li <^JE <{ Li<M<4n=>7DG E <^JGGGDDD M?<<= DG q Mb _D_ E LE L<5 ` o J` qE M E E E y E 17 P ¼ ¼ P ¼ P P ¼ Tt P Tt u ÙÒ D 9 7 E <129 E E <ÂC <= 18 Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi : Thank you sir, I would like to ask the Honourable Minister that what steps are being taken to stop the day light robbery that is carried out by these pharmaceutical industries in Pakistan. What steps he is contemplating to ensure that the medicines, especially the life saving medicines, are in the reach of the poor segments of the society; the lower classes, the middle classes and the poor because presently the prices are sky rocketing and they are beyond the reach of the ill and the suffering people of Pakistan. Mr. Chairman : Yes Minister Sahib . Makhdoom Shahab-ud-Din (Minister for Health): Sir, I don’t agree with this statement that the multinationals are robbers and they are robbing us and they are pitiless people. No sir, I don’t agree to that. When this country came into existence sir, these were multinational who brought this culture, they brought expertise, technical know how, so we gained a lot from the multinationals also. Now, sir, it will be of great interest to honourable Senator that there will be a drastic decrease in prices as far as the multinational companies are concerned. Why this decrease? Because they are no longer competitive. Why are they not competitive? Because we have not given them the prices that they want. That is the basic reason sir. Now, since 2001 we totally put a freeze on increase in prices and where there is increase, we are seeing that there has been no across the board increase sir. We do it on case to case basis. So, these multinationals, in these 2 years have gone down and in these 2 years 60 local companies have come up. The best way to keep these multinationals into a sort of discipline is to encourage the local industry and make them
19 competitive. So, I do not think they are robbing and doing something like that. h 8 ¼ v P n{7 v M E <4ÓGt [ E <4<MG D 7 D : iJ£ <4 Ê r6 < G D E <GGG GGDE <^ ?@i<^ <= t @LE L<5<`control <[ E <G <4<4GG DB <=> E <4E P E 9 ~ ¼ 9 P ¼ P P <=t J<¯J<=wE U ` G DE E <G <MBG¤w E L<4 u E <¯[< G 20 P ~ P P x 9 9 ¼ ~ d9£ GaF 9 P <=`tE w E E E < suggestion E <4G D <GG E E <4G D 7 E <GG <M E E E E <4<M<ÅpGGD D y @i E <4<4 D7 _ @<Å5<=7: <{7 E E <G <M7D P P P P x ~ ~ ~ 95% of the <4B <=>E E <^Ï JwE < transfer pricing <G E w D E ` E < raw material J7v <4B <=>E 9 9d~ 9 d ~ J<\tGG¤w <=t J21 ~ ~ ¼ P n{7 v M E E <4G D E <^ <M7D E E <1986-87 <4G D : 68 ?<G V LJv E 22 edible items of poor quality with less weight at the utility stores in the country and the action taken by the Government in this regard? Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani: (a) A total of nine complaints have been received with regard to quality and less weight of the edible items being sold at Utility Stores during the month of Ramzan. (b) Necessary inquiries into the complaints have been ordered and disciplinary action as laid down in the Rules will be taken against the officers / officials responsible for those shortcomings. Mr. Chairman : Any supplementary? P h v ~ ¼ ~ P ~ b E w E E L<@LE G D G D E E L<= U E P ~ ~ ~ uP u 8 P a WV: nJE B E <4<MG D 7 D ! G pVG <M7 V7v : ^ ?Li<?<ÑG: j?E tE 23 P 9 P 9 Ï P 6Ù <=t 5E E <^ M7_ <Åi E 9 P n=>E E <?J < Mf < quality < AD <^J<w E G < Ó t E LE E h ¼ P P 9 ~ 9 P <J<WO G E E L P 9 P 9 ¦t ÙD 9 ~ ~ <E <?J <= <{7 v M <5L@ E LE <^ 5` < pack E < industry <^J` <^ <j?24 P ¿ P 8 d d ag ¤ x¤ P x P <4E <ØG <4<\G D w <=> E L<5<` sale E LE E <ØG E B E <4<MG D 7 D : ^ ?Li<?<ÑG: j? <^ Ï JwE <@S 9 P ¼ Ï a ` x 9 <=t ?Jq7: - E <4<M<ÅpG D 7D y @iE E < store E <= t ?L
25 P P P P 9 ~ P P 9 ~ t E <M Ê LJ º 9 9 P d 9 P P d P ~ P ~ P 9 <{7 <=c <?M <{q¢ <5? E ~ ~ P nLi<=GG: <?<\Li<= : <V7: <<=G Med s U P 7v w E P h ¼ 9 9 u h N P P <bg <GGGG_ <=À` S<=X E < G D E <GG Ec`ÀE <<= X E E 26 9 P d x W qO ~ t <[cb < E` E b :t QE E h ¹ 8 ¼ v P n{7v M <G V L<¸M _ bD t E <4ÒV E <ÅL@p<4<\ME E E î 9 P P P ë ×£ 9 U ~ ~ 9 <=>E t Eq` <GV @ PP9 9 P 9 P 9U 9 U P U a¢Gt <E E E h ¼ ¹ P 9 P Ï ªF ` ó ¼ P P 9 <{¢Gt py G D E <^Meu E <5 M7 M < 9 P P 9 ¤| d ªF `PPª` 9 ` U nGGw <=q} 27 Makhdoom Shahab-ud-Din : All the machines in laboratories of Federal government Polyclinic and Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad are presently in order and are carrying out laboratory tests. .Mr. Chairman : Any supplementary? P ¼ P n{7v M <w ¤ ?LE L E <G <?57 v E <?57v <ÅpVG E E L<5< ` routine tests <=q: ? E <G <?57 v 9 ¹ 9 P 9 E B E E <G <?57 v 28 ¼ P nG: 5` <?J <j?b : P G pVG bv <M7 V7v 9 ~ P ¤w u : ` P V ¥G <=q E 29 Makhdoom Shahab-ud-Din : (a) The duty hours of senior & junior doctors nearly in all Federal Government hospitals are as under:— Senior doctors 8.00 am to 2.00 pm (Remain on call round the clock) Junior doctors 8.00 am to 2.00 pm (Remain on 24 hours duty on rotation basis) (b) Approximately, a doctor examines 50 to 55 patients daily in respective OPD, in all Federal Government Hospitals except Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi. Where this ratio exceeds 100 patients in its all OPDs. Mr. Chairman : Any supplementary? h P P 9 P 8 P ~ E E PP9 ¼ 9 P ~ ~ P ~PD D9 9 9 ~ P D t E 30 9 9 9 ÙGD ~ P ~ P <=>E t E b : b E E E E MV|} E <6 <4 E P P ¼ v P <G < gynaecology and children ward <G <MGVv E E 31 P h P P P 9 P TO ¤ ~~ íu9 P d ~ V d <\=>E <?5<7 v G < Gw <=> E L<4u E E t E <^` < information provide <¸WX E <?J E <G <5i E L<5` E P ~ P 9 ~ Ï t d d ~ P E L32 P d ~ P 9 9¼ 9 P <5` <G E E L Mr. Chairman : Thank you Zahid Sahib, yes Minister Sahib. U 9 ¹ 9 P h P Cabinet E <ÐM<=7 t D ` <¯M@<<=> E E 33 (a) the acreage of barren land in the country with province-wise break up; and (b) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to bring the said land under cultivation? Mr. Nazar Muhammad Gondal: (a) The total acreage of the barren/culturable waste land in country is reported as 8.20 million hectares. The province wise breakup is as under:— Punjab 1.56 million hectare Sindh 1.42 million hectare KPK 1.24 million hectare Balochistan 3.98 million hectare Total 8.20 million hectare (a) Ministry of Food and Agriculture launched a project for procurement of 300 bulldozers (200 for Balochistan and 100 for KPK) to bring 219,375 hectares of culturable waste land under cultivation. But due to financial constraints, the project could not be materialized. Mr. Chairman : Any supplementary, Talha Sahib? P P 9 P P d P D ~ E E <4<?JG D <= E <G <{ M<5f G:L<\=>E <Å5<5b:7 g7 <G L<5 |GD ?<8.2 million <4B <=>E E <4<<4G D v E E E E 34 P ¼ P n{7 v M <5G: L@B E <ÂWC E E E <^ E <MG V v E <4G D E E E <<^JE 35 ¼ P n{7 v M E <^J<?5w E 7 v P 9 u nGd <4<=>B E E <^ j?<7g <M7 D <^ E wE E L<<bv JE E P x P P P M b_ Mr. Chairman : Thank you, Hasil Bizinjo Sahib. P P P ¤ 9 ` v dP P P ~ <E L<5` <M7D < ^ < project À EW E <4E 36 P PPP ¤ VG`ªF ` ¤ 9 ` <4B <Gw < G L<^E L<5<M<^ E <?JE E <ÂWC E <G E E <G <MVv E <G 37 The appointment of Officers/Officials is placed at Annexure-I and II. The information in respect of attached Departments, Corporations and Subordinates Offices is being collected from concerned quarter and will be supplied shortly. (b) All the appointments in main Ministry were made after fulfillment of codal formalities with the approval of Competent Authority as per policy of Establishment Division.
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