Shoaib.M 0000(17) Senate. 266th Session 1 (266th 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 24th August, 2017 DEFERRED QUESTIONS (i) [Questions Nos. 7, 23, and 90 deferred on 11th April, 2017 (261st Session] (ii) [Questions Nos. 153,202, 204, 215, 133, 156, 6, 12, 16, 17, 32, 37, and 39 deferred on 19th April, 2017 (261st Session)] (Def.) *Question No. 7 Senator Nisar Muhammad: (Notice received on 26-01-2017 at 10:00 a.m.) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the details of compensation granted to the heirs of students and employees martyred during terrorist attack in Army Public School Peshawar? Mr. Ahsan Iqbal: As per Special Compensation Package, approved for shaheed students and employees of Army Public School, Rs. 2.0 Million was paid to each bereaved family by Government of KPK ( Annex-A). Similarly Rs. 191.000 Million has been disbursed among 86 legal heirs of 22 Shaheed teaching and administrative staff by Ministry of Defence (Annex-B). 2 Annex-A 3 4 5 6 7 8 Annex-B 9 10 (Def.) *Question No. 23 Senator Farhatullah Babar : (Notice received on 22-02-2017 at 09:00 a.m.) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the name of authority or agency responsible under the National Action Plan to watch the banned organizations in the country including those resurrected under different names; (b) the role of the Ministry of Interior in keeping an eye on the activities of the said organizations; and (c) whether it is fact that recently a UN move to impose sanctions on the chief of a banned organization was thwarted, if so, the role played by the said Ministry in this regard? Mr. Ahsan Iqbal: (a) It is the responsibility and authority of the provincial governments to take action in each case under the law. Intelligence agencies are mandated to keep regular watch on the activities of proscribed organizations. (b) Ministry of Interior regularly receive reports of Intelligence Agencies on the activities of prescribed organizations and share the same with NACTA and the Provincial Governments. (c) It is requested that the Honorable Senator should be specific in his question in order that the same be replied in clear and categorical terms. (Def.) *Question No. 90 Senator Chaudhary Tanvir Khan: (Notice received on 01-03-2017 at 12:20 p.m.) Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the employees and pensioners of the Heavy Mechanical Complex, Taxila are not being paid their salaries and pensions, if so, the reasons thereof indicating also the number of affected employees & pensioners and the time since which they have not been paid their salaries and pensions; and 11 (b) the steps being taken by the Government to pay salaries and pensions to the said employees? Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan: (a) “Salaries and pensions are regularly being paid to employees of Heavy Mechanical Complex; (b) Strategic Plans Division has been directed by Ministry of Defence to clear the outstanding dues on account of gratuity to the 149 pensioners of HMC amounting to Rs.187.145 million; and (c) In the next couple of years, it is hoped that HMC will generate profits. It is, therefore, planned that 50% of outstanding dues to retired employees will be paid out of the profit earned during 2017-18, whereas, remaining will be paid by the end of FY 2018-19”. (Def.) *Question No. 153 Senator Ahmed Hassan : (Notice received on 17-02-2017 at 09:45 a.m.) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Simli Dam road, Bara Kahu, Islamabad is in dilapidated condition, if so, the time by which the same will be repaired or reconstructed? Mr. Ahsan Iqbal: It is a fact that Simli Dam road is in dilapidated condition due to existence of various private housing societies and movement of heavy vehicular traffic. The repair work is in progress 80% repair work has been completed while the remaining repair / maintenance work of the said road will be completed upto 31-07-2017. (Def.) *Question No. 202 Senator Mohammad Azam Khan Swati: (Notice received on 18-08-2016 at 01:05 p.m.) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons posted / deputed for the cleanliness and maintenance of Fatima Jinnah Park, F-9, Islamabad with shift wise break up; (b) whether it is a fact that work of cleanliness and maintenance in the said park is not up to the standard, if so, the action taken 12 against those found responsible for the same during the last one year; and (c) the steps taken / being taken by the government to improve the condition of that park? Mr. Ahsan Iqbal: (a) Thirty (30) Sanitary Workers are working in two shifts of 15 each and 90 Gardeners are deputed for maintenance of Fatimah Jinnah Park, F-9 Islamabad. (b) No, the work of cleanliness and maintenance of the developed portion of Fatimah Jinnah Park F-9 is upto the required standard. (c) Apart from regular maintenance on daily basis, a photovoltaic Solar Electric Project is constructed to light developed section of the park. The project is in test phase. Now improvements have also been made in different areas like plantation of seasonal flowers, maintenance of jogging tracks, grassy lawns and construction of cycling tracks etc. (Def.) *Question No. 204 Senator Mohammad Azam Khan Swati: (Notice received on 23-08-2016 at 12:10 p.m.) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the steps taken being taken by the Government to stop dumping of Garbage in the open areas of ICT? Mr. Ahsan Iqbal: No garbage is dumped in open areas in Islamabad. (Def.) *Question No. 215 Senator Rozi Khan Kakar: (Notice received on 24-01-2017 at 11:00 a.m.) Will the Minister Interior be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to control the pollen allergy in Islamabad? Mr. Ahsan Iqbal: MCI has taken the following steps:— i. Paper mulberry trees are being removed from the residential sectors in a gradual manner. 13 ii. The complaints regarding removal of Paper Mulberry trees are attended swiftly. Paper mulberry trees coming in the alignment of different works are also being removed. iii. ICT Administration and Capital Hospital, CDA organize Medical Camps at various places during the pollen allergy season for free-check up and free-medicine. Information regarding precautionary measures to be adopted by allergy patients is also provided at Hospital / Medical Camps. (Def.) *Question No. 133 Senator Samina Abid: (Notice received on 30-03-2017 at 01:35 p.m.) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that there is shortage of supply of potable water in Islamabad, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to resolve the said issue? Mr. Ahsan Iqbal: (a) Yes, there is a shortage of potable water in the Islamabad Capital Territory due to the following reasons: a. Ever increasing population. b. Development of new sectors. c. Less rainfall. d. Depletion of water reservoirs. e. Non-development of new resources. (b) In order to prolong the usage of available water, drawl of water has been reduced. The defective tube wells, leaking lines, connections, tankers etc are being repaired on war footing to tackle the situation. CDA is working on a sustainable source of water by bringing water from Indus River at Tarbella in different phases to address the issue. First Phase of the project is likely to be completed in four years and shall bring 200 MGD from Indus River. 14 (Def.) *Question No. 156 Senator Farhatullah Babar: (Notice received on 21-02-2017 at 09:00 a.m.) Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the details of pension and other benefits admissible to the officers of the rank of Major General and above of the Pakistan Army, Navy and Air Force on their retirement; (b) the details of law or rules or executive order under which the said pension and benefits are allowed to those officers; and (c) whether any officers(s) in the said ranks of those forces has or have availed the said benefits over and above those allowed by the law or rule during the last ten years, if so, the details and reasons thereof? Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan: (a) Answer to the major part of the question regarding pension has already been submitted before the house on 11-04-2017. Information regarding “Other Benefits” admissible to Officers in the rank of Major General / equivalent is still awaited from the quarters concerned Ministry is making utmost efforts to get the said information. As soon as it received the same shall be placed before the House. (Def.) *Question No. 6 Senator Najma Hameed: (Notice received on 25-01-2017 at 03:30 p.m.) Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that completion of the scheme for construction of Service Road, North I-10/2, Islamabad has been delayed, if so, the reasons thereof; (b) whether it is a fact that substandard construction has been carried out on the section of the said road from I-9 to Chambeli road, if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) whether any quality check or examination of the construction material used in the said section of that road has been carried out, if so, the results thereof? 15 Mr.