Shoaib.M 0000(18) Senate. on PC-09 1 (272nd Session) SENATE SECRETARIAT ————— “QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES” to be asked at a sitting of the Senate to be held on Thursday, the 25th January, 2018 DEFERRED QUESTIONS [Questions Nos. 55, 59, 63, 79, 165, 174, 105, 209, 210, and 215 deferred on 8th November, 2017, (269th Session)] (Def.) *Question No. 55 Senator Farhatullah Babar: (Notice received on 13-06-2017 at 09:00 a.m.) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the former Spokesperson of Tehrik- e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Jamat-ul-Ahrar, Ehsanullah Ehsan has publicly claimed the responsibility for several incidents of terrorist attacks on security forces, civilians and state institutions in the country, if so, the details of those incidents and the number of persons martyred and injured in each of the same; (b) whether any case(s) has been registered against the said person regarding those incidents, if so, the details thereof; and (c) whether the said cases registered against that person will be tried in military courts, if so, when and if not, the reasons thereof? Mr. Ahsan Iqbal: (a) Ministry of Interior referred the matter to Civilian Agencies working under its administrative control and the consolidated reply is that the issue is not dealt by them. Hence, Ministry of Interior reply may be treated as Nil. 2 (b) Yes a petition has been lodged in the Peshawar High Court, Peshawar (PHC) by Advocate Fazal Khan father of Sahibzada Umer Khan martyred student of Army Public School through Barrister Amirullah Khan. The respondents in this case are Federal Government, Government of KPK, Ministries of Defence, Human Rights and Law and Justice, ISI, GHQ of Pakistan Army. The PHC disposed of the petition and directed the authorities not to release Ehsan Ullah Ehsan without court orders and investigate properly. (c) On receiving the case and the recommendations of the concerned Home Department of provinces, the case of Ehsan Ullah Ehsan will be placed before the Committee constituted in the Ministry of Interior. If approved by the subject Committee, the case will be trailed in the Military Court. (Def.) *Question No. 59 Senator Dr. Jehanzeb Jamaldini: (Notice received on 19-06-2017 at 10:15 a.m.) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the number of registered immigrants in the country during the last five years with province wise break up; (b) the estimated number of illegal immigrants entered into the country during the said period with province wise breakup; (c) the steps being taken by the Government to stop the entry of the said immigrants into the country; and (d) the details of action taken by the present Government against the illegal immigrants? Mr. Ahsan Iqbal: (a, b, c, & d) MOI referred the matter to NADRA, FIA and the Civil agencies working under its administrative control. Regarding part i & ii of Question. No. 59, it is apprised that National Alien Registration Authority (NARA) a Federal Government Department dealing with immigrants was disbanded and merged with NADRA on the orders of Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2011. Figures available with NADRA may be seen at Annex-A. It is apprised that the matters regarding immigrants is not spread to one organization but multiple i.e. SAFRON, Provincial Governments etc. However, as regards part iii & iv of Question No. 59, FIA has responded and reply may be seen vide Annex-B. 3 Annex-A 4 5 Annex-B 6 7 8 (Def.) *Question No. 63 Senator Sehar Kamran: (Notice received on 20-06-2017 at 11:10 a.m.) Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) whether is a fact that the Government has established de- radicalization centres in the country, if so, the number of said centres with location wise break-up; (b) the type of training and counseling being provided in those centres; (c) the number of persons inducted and re-rehabilitated in the said centres so far; (d) the present status and position of the persons who were provided training and counseling in those centres; (e) the mechanism devised by the Government to keep a watch on those rehabilitated through the said centers; and (f) whether it is a fact that some of the said rehabilitated persons re-joined the militant organizations, if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard? Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan: (a) Yes, five (5) de-radicalization Centers are functional in 11 Corps/Southern Command area of responsibility. (b) Four (4) Modules are being followed in all de-radicalization centers as under: i. Psychological Module, ii. Social and Religious Module, iii. Vocational Module, iv. Family De-Radicalization Module, (c) 2944 x Individual have so far been re-integrated into the society through 39 x de-radicalization program. 9 (d) As per record available no individual has rejoined militancy after going through said programme. Out of 2944 x individual de-radicalized, less than 1% are untraceable / not reported back. (e) A deliberate System of de-radicalization and subsequent monitoring is also in place. The mechanism for watch / monitoring to the rehabilitated individuals is ensured as under:— (i) Proper follow up by local formation on quarterly basis. (ii) Monitoring through local intelligence agencies. (iii) Monitoring through social workers of the area. (iv) Feedback from the local populace / community. (f) There is no evidence that rehabilitated persons have re-joined the militant organization. (Def.) *Question No. 79 Senator Muhammad Talha Mahmood: (Notice received on 04-08-2017 at 09:35 a.m.) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the names and designations of the officers of the Ministry of Interior, its attached departments, sub-ordinate offices and autonomous & semi autonomous corporations, bodies and authorities who were sent abroad on official visits during the last three years indicating also the name of country visited, purpose & duration of visit and the expenditure incurred in each case? Mr. Ahsan Iqbal: The names and designations of the officers of the Ministry of interior, its attached departments, sub-ordinate offices and autonomous & semi autonomous corporations, bodies and authorities who were sent abroad on official visits during the last three years indicating also the name of country visited, purpose & duration of visit and the expenditure incurred in each case is detailed hereunder:— i. Details of officers of Ministry of Interior (Main) is at Annex-A. ii. Details of officers of National Police Academy is at Annex-B. 10 iii. Details of officers of IGP, Islamabad is at Annex-C. iv. Details of officers of Directorate General of Immigration and Passport is at Annex-D. v. Details of officers of Directorate General of Civil Defence is at Annex-E. vi. Details of officers of National Academy for prison is at Annex-F. vii. Details of officer of F.Con, KPK is at Annex-G. viii. Details of officers of FIA is at Annex-H. ix. Details of officers of NADRA is at Annex-I. x. Details of officers of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh is at Annex-J. xi. Details of officers of F.Corps, Balochistan is at Annex-K. xii. Details of officers of F.Corps, KP Fort, Peshawar is at Annex-M. xiii. Details of officers of Pakistan Coast Guards, Karachi is at Annex-N. (Annexures have been placed on the Table of the House as well as Library.) (Def.) *Question No. 165 Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi: (Notice received on 13-06-2017 at 12:10 p.m.) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether any survey has been conducted in recent past to collect data regarding the plants and trees in Islamabad which cause allergy, if so, the details thereof; and (b) the steps taken by the Government to control the pollen allergy in Islamabad? Mr. Ahsan Iqbal: (a) Yes, survey has been conducted. There are total 1272 plants of Paper Mulberry which cause allergy in Islamabad. 11 (b) A Plan has been prepared to cut paper Mulberry trees from Islamabad in following phases: (Def.) *Question No. 174 Senator Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh: (Notice received on 06-07-2017 at 02:20 p.m.) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: 12 (a) the average rainfall recorded in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) on annual basis during the last four years with year wise break up; (b) whether it is a fact that every year a large quantity of rainwater goes waste in ICT, if so, the reasons thereof; (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to harness the said water by establishing water harvesting structures in ICT, if so, the details thereof; and (d) the details of water harvesting structures in ICT at present, if any? Reply Not received: The Ministry of Interior has transferred this question to the Aviation Division. However, the Aviation Division has not accepted the question so far. (Def.) *Question No. 105 Senator Muhammad Talha Mahmood: (Notice received on 28-09-2017 at 10:10 a.m.) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state whether it is a fact that motorists face great traffic rush and jams between Gulberg underpass and Soan Garden, Islamabad, during peak hours, if so, the reasons thereof and the steps being taken by the Government to resolve the same? Mr. Ahsan Iqbal: Islamabad Traffic Police is striving hard to manage traffic in the Capital. It is a fact that there is rush and traffic jams between Gulberg and Soan Garden due to the following reasons: i. Since declaration of Islamabad as Capital District, there is no Ring Road for the heavy traffic as well as for the traffic proceeding to Lahore via Gujar Khan, Jehlum.