(121st Session) SENATE SECRETARIAT ————— “QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES” to be asked at a sitting of the Senate to be held on Tuesday, the 10th November, 2015 DEFERRED QUESTIONS (Questions Nos. 107 and 110 deferred on 13th October, 2015 (120th Session) (Def.) *Question No. 107. Senator Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar: (Notice received on 14-09-2015 at 11:10 a.m.) Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the names, age, place of domicile, educational qualifications and date of appointment of the members of boards of Governors and Directors of the companies under the administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources? Mr. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi: The names, age, place of domicile, educational qualification and date of appointment of the members of Board of Governors and Directors of the Companies under the administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources at Annexures: 1. Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) (Annex-I) 2. Sui Northern Gas Company Limited (SNGPL) (Annex-II) 3. Oil and Gas Company Limited (OGDCL) (Annex-III) 4. Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) (Annex-IV) 5. Saindak Metals Limited (SML) (Annex-V) 6. Government Holding Pvt. Limited (GHPL) (Annex-VI) 7. Interstate Gas System Limited (ISGSL) (Annex-VII) 8. Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) (Annex-VIII) 9. Lakhra Coal Development Company (LCDC) (Annex-IX) 10. Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan (Annex-X) 11. Pak Arab Refinery Limited (PARCO) (Annex-XI) 12. Pakistan State Oil (PSO) (Annex-XII) (Annexures have been placed on the Table of the House as well as Library.) (Def.) *Question No. 110. Senator Sassui Palijo: (Notice received on 16-09-2015 at 04:40 p.m.) Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the number of officers belonging to Sindh and Balochistan presently working in WAPDA? Khawaja Muhammad Asif: The detail of officers belonging to Sindh and Balochistan presently working in WAPDA is as under:— —————————————————————————————— BPS Sindh Domicile Balochistan Domicile —————————————————————————————— 20 10 — 19 52 11 18 159 13 17 114* 32** —————————————————————————————— Total: 335 56 —————————————————————————————— *Question No. 101. Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi: (Notice received on 03-06-2015 at 09:30 a.m.) Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state that: (a) the number of Government residences available with the Ministry of Housing and Works at present with category-wise break-up; (b) the procedure prescribed for allotment of the said residences; and (c) the names of Government employees presently on general waiting list indicating also the name of department and date of application in each case with category-wise break-up? Mr. Akram Khan Durrani: (a) 17613 Government accommodations are available with the Ministry of Housing and Works at Islamabad. Category-wise break up is enclosed as (Annex-A). (b) Allotments are being made as per procedure given in Allotment Allocation Rules 2002, particularly on GWL and under Rule 15(1)/(2). (c) All the relevant information on account of GWL is available on Estate Office website i.e www.estate-office.gov.pk Annexure-A GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION (ISLAMABAD ) —————————————————————————————— CATEGORY/ TYPE BS NO OF UNITS —————————————————————————————— CAT-I (H, I) 20-22 179 CAT-II (G) 19 408 CAT-III (E, F) 16-18 1731 CAT-IV (D) 15 2318 CAT-V-VI (A, B, C) 1-10 12970 —————————————————————————————— TOTAL: 17613 —————————————————————————————— *Question No. 102. Senator Muhammad Talha Mehmood: (Notice received on 09-06-2015 at 09:30 a.m.) Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the year in which the last audit of accounts of OGDCL was conducted; and (b) whether any irregularity was surfaced in the report of the said audit, if so, the details thereof and the action taken in the light of that report? Mr. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi: (a) The statutory audit of OGDCL accounts is conducted every year, accordingly, the last annual audit of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2015 was conducted by joint auditors namely M/s A.F. Ferguson & Co. Chartered Accountants and M/s KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co. Chartered Accountants. The audit of accounts was finalized in the second week of August 2015 and the audited accounts were authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on 26 August 2015 which were approved by the shareholders in Annual General Meeting of OGDCL held on 15 October 2015. (b) According to the auditors’ report on accounts for the year ended 30 June 2015, no irregularity has been observed/reported in their report. Copy of auditors’ report on accounts for the year ended 30 June 2015 signed by the joint auditors is also annexed. *Question No. 103. Senator Muhammad Talha Mehmood: (Notice received on 18-06-2015 at 04:45 p.m.) Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the quota allocated to the Federal Government employees, employees of the Constitutional Bodies and other persons in allotment of plots, houses and flats in the schemes launched by the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation indicating also the basis on which that quota has been allocated; (b) whether it is a fact that recently the quota allocated to the employees of the constitutional bodies has been reduced, if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to enhance the quota for the employees of the said bodies, if so, the details thereof? Mr. Akram Khan Durrani: (a) Quota wise allocation of plots to FG Employees, Constitutional Employees and other persons in Housing Scheme, Phase-VI (Bara Khau) is as under: —————————————————————————————— Quota Allocated —————————————————————————————— F.G. Serving 52 Constitutional / Professional 02 / 02 Old Retired / New Retired 10 / 10 Autonomous 08 Autonomous Retired 02 Widows 04 M/o H&W 02 Journalists / Media Workers 02 / 02 Disabled 02 Hardship 01 FGEHF 01 —————————————————————————————— The allocation of quota is based on proportionate number of members in each quota registered with FGEHF. (b) The quota reserved for the employees of constitutional bodies has not reduced, in fact it has been enhanced from 02% to 03% for future schemes by the Executive Committee of the Housing Foundation in its 133rd meeting held on 17-06-2015. (c) As above *Question No. 104. Senator Muhammad Talha Mehmood: (Notice received on 19-06-2015 at 09:00 a.m.) Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the details of corruption cases surfaced in the housing schemes launched by the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation during the last ten years indicating also names and designations of the persons found involved in the same and action taken against them in each case; and- (b) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to control corruption in the said Foundation? Mr. Akram Khan Durrani: (a) The Housing Foundation executed an agreement with M/s Green Tree for the purchase of 3000 kanals privae land at Bhara Kahu . Islamabad for FG Employees. Land measuring 3153 kanals 07 marlas has been transferred in the name of FGE Housing Foundation so far. Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan on a newspaper report Suo-Moto notice in June, 2009. The case was disposed of on 27-02-2013. The Supreme Court ordered that ―, no escalation in the project cost on any ground‖. An enquiry was conducted in the Ministry by Mr. M. B. Awan, Senior Joint Secretary and report was submitted to the NAB and Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan. Over and above, detail of pending inquiries is Annexed. (b) FGEHF had purchased the land in Bara Kahu for Housing Scheme Phase-VI from M/S Green Tree. Due reluctant to honour its obligation by M/s Green Trees, litigation started and has the matter remained subjudice in Islamabad High Court. Recently as a result of NAB intervention, an addendum is being prepared by both parties i.e. Housing Foundation and M/S Green Tree. As per agreement, M/S Green Tree is being bound to provide the developed plots. It is, therefore, expected that the development work on the scheme shall be started soon with transparency and completed without further delay. Moreover, the following steps are being taken to control corruption in the Foundation: (i) To evaluate the expression of interest, an Evaluation Committee has been constituted is formed for transparency. (ii) Internally Audit of HF Wings through Chartered Accountant Firms. Annually audit of all Wings through Federal Audit. (iii) The process of hiring of Technical as well as Financial Consultant through advertisement is in progress, whose TORs is also to minimize risk and elimination of corruption. (iv) All the senior officials are assigned with their responsibilities as defined in Service Rules of Housing Foundation against each position and during appointment all the Codal formalities of service rules of Housing Foundation and regulations defined by Establishment Division are being adopted in Housing Foundation, which will minimize the risk of corruption during whole procedure of selection and finalization. (v) Housing Foundation has also started e-filling and registration system, which will help in minimizing the risk of corruption. *Question No. 105. Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi: (Notice received on 24-06-2015 at 01:00 p.m.) Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided financial assistance for the construction of the Nelum Jhelum Hydro Power Project and Dasu Dam, if so, the amount thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to obtain further financial assistance from the ADB or other international donors or financial institutions for the said projects, if so, the details thereof? Khawaja Muhammad Asif: (a) Asian Development Bank (ADB) has not provided any financial assistance for the construction of the Neelum Jhelum Hydro Electric Project (NJHEP) and Dasu Hydropower Project.