(102nd Session) SENATE SECRETARIAT ————— “QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES” to be asked at a sitting of the Senate to be held on Friday, the 7th March, 2014 DEFERRED QUESTIONS Question Nos. 86, 88, 92, 93, 95 ,96 and 97 originally set down for answering on 14th February, 2014 (101st Session) @18. (Def) *Syeda Sughra Imam: (Notice received on 25-11-2013 at 09:00 am) Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to counter or prevent cyber attacks or infiltration from other countries? Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan: All regulatory and policy issues to counter or prevent cyber attacks or infiltration from other countries comes under the purview of Ministry of IT and PTA, while FIA’s role emerges only after cyber crime is committed. However, the Government of Pakistan has taken the following steps to counter or prevent cyber attacks or infiltration from other countries: (a) The Prime Minister of Pakistan formed an Inter-Ministerial Committee in 2006 for the purpose of overseeing web-filtering. The committee has a clear mandate to filter web contents after thorough case by case analysis of the reported content. The Committee is headed by Secretary, Information Technology and the members are from Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of IT, FIA and other government institutions. (b) The Inter-Ministerial Committee in its 17th meeting dated 29th September, 2010 constituted a Sub-Committee. The mandate of the sub-committee was set to devise an effective mechanism for Internet Filtering on national level. Constituted sub-committee drafted TOR for National URL filtering and Blocking System which was submitted to Ministry of IT in 2012. —————————————————————————————— @Transferred from Ministry of Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization. (c) Ministry of ITs CT R&D fund (http://ictrdf.org.pk) floated RFP on “National URL filtering and Blocking System” in March 2012. System capable of white list and back list Internet Traffic (URL filtering) was deployed in October 2013. (d) Ministry of IT, Government of Pakistan constituted Committee to devise cyber security strategy of Pakistan in September 2013. The National Cyber Security Strategy formulation is in progress. (e) Government of Pakistan has approved E-Mail & Internet Police for the Federal Government. Said Policy outlines security guidelines and multi-stage information security audit of government institutes, ministries, attached departments and divisions. (f) NR3C, FIA provides technical assistance to NTISB, Cabinet Division, Government of Pakistan in conducting information security audit of Government Ministries in compliance with E-Mail & Internet Policy for the Federal Government. (g) Cyber Laws are deterrent control to ensure security of national cyberspace. Government of Pakistan is going to present Prevention of Electronic Crime Bill in Parliament for discussion and subsequent approval. 86. (Def) *Eng. Malik Rashid Ahmed Khan: (Notice received on 06-01-2014 at 04:00 pm) Will the Minister for States and Frontier Regions be pleased to state: (a) the details of development works carried out in NA-38, Kurram Agency, under PWP-I, PWP-II and annual development programme of FATA from March 2008 to March 2012; and (b) the names of areas / localities in the said constituency where the works / schemes of electricity have been completed during the said period? Lt. General (Retd.) Abdul Qadir Baloch: (a) Detail of development works carried out in NA-38 Kurram Agency for the period from march, 2008 to March, 2012. i. Under PWP-I, total 21 schemes costing Rs.43.00 million have been utilized. Detail is at Annex-I. ii. Under PWP-II, total 85 schemes costing Rs.481.00 million have been utilized. Detail at Annex-II. iii. Under ADP, 88 schemes and 01 Non-ADP scheme costing Rs.536.064 million have been utilized. Detail is at Annex-III. (b) Total 21 schemes with a total cost of Rs.196.845 million have been completed by TESCO from 2008-9 to 2013-14. Detail is at Annex-IV. (Annexures have been placed on the Table of the House as well as Library.) 88. (Def) *Syeda Sughra Imam: (Notice received on 08-01-2014 at 12:45 pm) Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state whether it is a fact that some seminaries / madrassahs in the country are receiving financial and other support like training of clerics, teachers, curriculum development etc. from some foreign Islamic countries, if so, the details thereof? Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan: Information is being collected from Federal/Provincial government departments. As soon as the same is received, final reply will be submitted accordingly. 92. (Def) *Mr. Baz Muhammad Khan: (Notice received on 20-01-2014 at 07:55 pm) Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the estimated cost of construction of each building constructed or being constructed on the land of Cantonment Board, Bannu since 2008; (b) whether the tenders for construction of the said buildings were called through advertisements, if so, the names and date of issue of the newspapers in which the same were advertised; (c) whether the shops constructed on the said land during the last 10 years were allotted / leased out through open auction, if so, the details of such auctions; (d) whether any announcement for the auction of the said shops was made in the press, if so, the details thereof. and (e) whether it is a fact that shades for buses and coaches and places constructed for drinking water in new bus stand established on the land of that Cantonment Board have been converted into shops, if so, its reasons and details of such conversion? Khawaja Muhammad Asif: 1. The point wise reply is as under:— (a) Estimated cost of construction of each building is as Follows:— —————————————————————————————— Estimated Year of Name of Building / Project Cost (in Completion Millions) ———————————————————————————————————————————— Construction of 3 Nos water filtration plants 1.8 2009-10 Construction of 02 Nos staff quarters 2.8 2010-11 Construction of 25 Nos shops in Supply lines 14.6 2011-12 Commercial plaza at Old GTS site 39.95 2012-13 Water filtration plant along with replacement of water supply lines, Adil Colony. 1.59 2012-13 Construction of offices / rooms on 1st floor of (2013 14) Supply Market. 20 Work in progress Construction of plaza at the Regal Cinema site. (2013 14) 40 Work in progress ———————————————————————————————————————————— (b) The tenders for construction of the said buildings have been called through advertisement in National Dailies as follows:— —————————————————————————————— Name of Building / Project Detail of date and name of news papers for advertisement of Tenders ———————————————————————————————————————————— Construction water filtration plants in Daily Mashriq, dated Risala Lines, Bannu Cantt. 21/12/2007 3 Nos water filtration plants Published in daily Express, dated 22-04-2010 ———————————————————————————————————————————— —————————————————————————————— Name of Building / Project Detail of date and name of news papers for advertisement of Tenders ———————————————————————————————————————————— Construction of 02 Nos staff quarters Published in daily Express & Ausaf, dated 22-04-2010 Construction of shops in Supply lines Published in daily Express & Bannu Cantt Khyber, dated 11-09-2011 Construction of Commercial plaza at Published in daily Express & Old GTS site Ausaf, dated 25-09-2011 Provision of water filtration plant and Published in daily Express & replacement of water supply lines in Khyber, dated 09-03-2013 Adil Colony Construction of offices / rooms on 1st Published in daily Express & floor of Cantt Board shops of Supply Khyber, dated 10-09-2013 Market, Tochi Road Construction of plaza at the site of Published in daily Express & Regal Cinema, Tochi Road Khyber, dated 10-09-2013 ———————————————————————————————————————————— (c) The shops constructed on the said land during the last 10 years have been disposed off through open public auction as follows:— ———————————————————————————————————————————— detail of Location Advertisement Approval of shops through press Highest bids ———————————————————————————————————————————— 08 Nos General Bus Daily Mashriq & Vide CBR No. Stand Express, dated 28, dated 19/11/2005 03/03/2006 10 Nos Fort Road Daily Express, dated Vide CBR No. near Regal 20-09-2006 08, dated Cinema 18/12/2006 26 Nos Tochi Rd Daily Pakistan & Vide CBR No. Supply Market Express, dated 12, dated 2/11/2011 16/12/2011 14 Nos Bazar Ahmad Daily Express & Vide CBR No. Khan Chowk, Khyber, dated 06, dated D.I.Khan Road 28/12/2011 18/04/2013 16 Nos Bazar Ahmad Daily Express, Ausaf Vide CBR No. Khan Chowk, and Khyber, dated 04, dated D.I.Khan Road 13/04/2013 31/05/2013 ———————————————————————————————————————————— (d) Yes, the said shops were put for public auction after advertisement in the daily news papers as follows:— ———————————————————————————————————————————— Detail of shops Location Advertisement through press ———————————————————————————————————————————— 08 Nos General Bus Stand Daily Mashriq & Express, dated 19/11/2005 10 Nos Fort Road near Regal Cinema Daily Express, dated 20-09-2006 26 Nos Tochi Rd, Supply Market Daily Pakistan & Express, dated 2/11/2011 14 Nos Bazar Ahmad Khan Daily Express & Khyber, dated Chowk, D.I.Khan Road 28/12/2011 16 Nos Bazar Ahmad Khan Daily Express, Ausaf and Khyber, Chowk, D.I.Khan Road dated 13/04/2013 ———————————————————————————————————————————— (e) No sheds have been converted into shops. 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