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(11th Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES”

to be asked at a sitting of the National Assembly to be held on

Friday, the 9th May 2014

@81. *Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:(Deferred during 9th Session)

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statisticsand Privatization be pleased to state:

(a) the estimated expenditure of the Government incurred on thewar against terror during last five years till date; and

(b) the year-wise total amount allocated therefor during the saidperiod alongwith the sources thereof?

Transferred to Defence Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

127. *Ms. Belum Hasnain:(Deferred during 10th Session)

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased tostate:

(a) the steps being taken by the Government to promote the Inter-faith Harmony in the country;

(b) total number of incidents of Sectarian violence occurred in thecountry during the last three years; and

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(c) the steps being taken by the Government to prevent such violencein the country?

Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan):(a) As communicated by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony,the following steps have been taken to promote interfaith harmony in the country:

• Allocation of 05% Job Quota for Minorities in all FederalGovernment Services, in addition to open merit.

• Declaration of 11th August as Minorities Day.

• Reservation of four (04) seats for minorities in Senate of Pakistanunder the 18th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2010.

• Celebration of religious festivals of minorities at official level.

• Re-construction of National Commission for Minorities (NCM).

• Convening National Conference on Inter faith Harmony titled “LivingTogether with Diversity: Inter faith and Inter-cultural Dialogue” on20th & 22nd February 2013 at Islamabad.

• Institution of Minorities welfare fund for grant of financial assistanceto the poor and needy minorities & scholarships to minorities onmerit and for execution of small development schemes for the repair/maintenance of the religious/ worship places of minorities.

• Meetings held by Minister of RA & IH with Ulemas and leader of allreligions to promote interfaith harmony.

(b) As per reports received from the quarters concerned the personsmartyred in sectarian attacks from 2011 onward are as follow:—

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NUMBER OF PERSONS (PROVINCE-WISE) WHO WERE KILLED INSECTARIAN ATTACKS SINCE 2011 ONWARD

———————————————————————————————————————————Year Punjab Sind Khyber Balo- FATA GB ICT AJK Total

Pakhtunkhwa chistan———————————————————————————————————————————

2011 08 33 0 96 39 16 0 0 192

2012 24 100 19 183 02 41 1 0 370

2013 54 74 03 249 0 05 2 0 387——————————————————————————————————————————— Total: 86 207 22 528 41 62 3 0 949———————————————————————————————————————————

i. The government keeps a close watch on sectarian activities throughPolice, intelligence Agencies and other Law Enforcement Agencies.

ii. National Internal Security Police (NISP) recognizes the threat posedby violent sectarian elements and deals with sectarian and other threatsto internal security in a comprehensive manner.

iii. Sectarian killings are also included as offences under Protection ofPakistan Ordinance, thereby ensuring prompt investigation andadjudication.

iv. Proscription of violent sectarian organizations.

v. Action against publication and distribution of hate literature.

180. *Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho:(Deferred during 10th Session)

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased tostate the number of Afghan Refugees registered by National AlienRegistration Authority (NARA) during the last six months in thecountry?

Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan):No Afghan Refugees have been registered by NARA during the last six (06)months, as registration of Afghan Refugees does not fall within the purview ofNARA

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192. *Ms. Munaza Hassan:(Deferred during 10th Session)

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reform be pleasedto state:

(a) whether it is a fact that gender inequality is one of the hurdles inour economic growth; if so, the steps taken by the Governmentto end the said inequality;

(b) the details/categories of major socio-economic indicators wheregender inequality is highest at present alongwith the percentagethereof; and

(c) whether funds have been allocated by the Ministry to improvethe health and education standards of women living inunderdeveloped areas of the country?

Minister for Planning Development and Reform (Mr. Ahsan Iqbal):(a) Women constitute almost half of the population and 22 percent of labour forcein Pakistan (Pakistan Economic Survey 2012-13). It is a fact that the genderinequality and exclusion of a large population of women from mainstream socialand economic development leads towards unsustainable economic growth anddevelopment. The gender inequality, discrimination and multifaceted exclusionsfaced by women also impede women to share the benefits of economic growth,prosperity and social development.

Under the 18th amendment, the subject of women development has beendevolved to the provincial governments. In the Federal Government, Ministry ofLaw, Justice and Human Rights deal with human rights aspect of womenempowerment_ and gender mainstreaming. The National Commission on the Statusof Women (NCSW) at the federal level examines national policies, programmesand plans for women’s development and gender equality.

At the national level major initiatives include Women Crisis Centersestablishment, Women’s Empowerment Policy, the National Plan of Action, theGender Reform Programs, and the Benazir income Support Program (BISP) forwomen empowerment besides ensuring bias free workplace through law. On the

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political front. Women parliamentary Caucus is working as a bipartisan and acrossthe board group of all women parliamentarians; legislation for ‘women such asgranting of 10 percent quota in public sector and reserving seats in parliament andat union council level is facilitated.

A targeted cash subsidy of the Income Support Programme (BISP) tofemale member of poor households, has led to increased empowerment of womenwithin household. A large number of CNICs were issued to women for the firsttime which resulted in bolstering socio-economic status of women in Pakistan.

Skill development project has been initiated by the Federal Governmentat the estimated cost of Rs. 800 million. Almost 34 percent females will be trainedin this project. In addition, Prime Minister’s Youth Business Loan Scheme hasreserved 50 percent loans for women.

The major legislative developments during the recent years have been thepassage of numerous legislations and amendments in discriminatory laws:

(i) The Protection against Harassment of women at the Workplace(Amendment) Act, 2014

(ii) The Anti-Rape Laws (Criminal Laws Amendment) Act, 2013

(iii) Prevention of Anti Women Practices (Criminal Law Amendment)Act 2011

(iv) National Commission on Status of Women Act 2012;

(v) Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Act 2011;

(vii) The Domestic: Workers (Employment Rights; Act, 2013;

(ii) Reproductive Healthcare and Rights Bill 2009;

(b) According to the Pakistan Millennium Development Goals Report2013, the status of gender related indicators is given below:

• Gender Parity Index in schools at primary level ratio: 0.9

• GPI at secondary level ratio: 0.81

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• GPI for youth literacy ratio: 0.81

• Share of women in wage employment in non agriculture sector: 10.45percent and

• Proportion of women holding seats in the National Parliament: 22percent .

(c) Under the 18th constitutional Amendment, the education and healthsectors have been devolved to the provinces. Further the provincial share in NFCAward has also been increased to provide fiscal space to provinces/ areagovernments to increase spending on schemes related to education and healthsectors. The purpose of these initiatives is to improve education standards andhealth of women living in underdeveloped areas of the country. The provincial/area governments are implementing different programmes/schemes through theirAnnual Development Programmes to address the desired goals.

Federal Government is funding vertical programmes of health as perdecision of Council of Common Interest (CCI) dated 28-04-2011. M/oNationalHealth Services Regulation & Coordination has been created at the federal level.

Targeted interventions in education and health sectors include:

(a) National Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Programme (MNCH)

(b) National Program for Family Planning & Primary Health Care

(c) Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Mother & Child Health Care Centre,Nawabshah city.

(d) Establishment of 400 Bedded Women Hospital & Chest DiseasesCentre, Rawalpindi

(e) Capacity Building of Teachers Training Institutions of MoE andtraining of Elementary Schools Teachers in ICT, FATA, GB & AJK.

(f) Improving Human Development Indicators in Pakistan

(g) Prime Minister’s Special Initiatives for Hunarmand PakistanProgramme (NAVTTC)

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(h) Capacity Building of Teachers Training Institutions & Training ofElementary Schools Teachers in Balochistan, KPK, Punjab and Sindhprovinces.

(i) Provision of Quality Education Opportunities for Students ofBalochistan & FATA.

@206. *Ms. Munaza Hassan:(Deferred during 10th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that import consignments of raw material ofcloth, steel sheet, machinery, auto parts and other various itemsare being cleared under the disguise of industry;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the national exchequer faces lossof tens of millions of rupees monthly due to said corruption; ifso, the reasons thereof; and

(c) the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics andPrivatization (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar): (a) No. The category of“manufacturer” is determined on-line in customs clearance system on the basis ofstatus given in Sales Tax Registration and NTN.

(b) No.

(c) Following steps have been taken to prevent mis-declaration ofgoods:—

i. An in-depth exercise has been completed for elimination ofdiscretionary concessions and minimization of exemptions based onend use verification.

ii. Risk based automation clearance system is in place;———————————————————————————————————————————— @Transferred from Commerce Division.

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iii. Capturing of images of imported consignments during examinationof goods;

iv. Scanners are being put in place to scan/capture the images of goodsbeing imported/cleared; and

v. Post Clearance Audit System is in place.

91. *Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased tostate the steps being by the Government to control the illegal entryof the foreign nationals through national borders?

Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan):The following steps have been taken by the Government to control illegal entry ofthe foreign nationals through national borders:

Establishment of Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) comprising ofrepresentatives from Intelligence Agencies, ANF, Provincial Forces,Coast Guards, Rangers, FC etc. in 2005 to control illegal migrationon Pak - Iran border through land and sea routes;

Establishment of Integrated Border Management Systems (IBMS)at 26 entry sites (air, land and sea) to record the entry of all travelersand maintain their travel history.

Compilation of ECL and Black list by Ministry of Interior andDirectorate of Immigration & Passports and their entry into IBMS;

Liaison with Immigration Liaison Officers of all the countries toexchange information about illegal migrant;

Liaison with International Organization for Migration (IOM) andUNODC for exchange of information on illegal migration;

Strict implementation of Visa Policy as devised by the Ministry ofInterior;

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Establishment of FIA Link Office in Muscat-Oman to coordinatewith Gulf Countries to curb human smuggling;

Installation of forgery detecting machines at airports to ensurethorough checking of travel documents;

Samples of visa stickers of respective foreign countries have beencirculated amongst immigration check-posts for thorough /continuouscheck on the movement of foreigners;

Accountability and zero tolerance policy for FIA Staff in general andImmigration Staff in particular.

Establishment of Immigration Vigilance Unit and InternalAccountability Unit at FIA HQ to control illegal activities ofImmigration staff at airports;

Capacity building courses are being held at FIA Academy forinvestigators and Immigration Staff.

92. *Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statisticsand Privatization be pleased to state whether there is any proposalunder consideration of the Government to increase the rate of profiton National Savings Schemes; if so, when it will be implemented?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics andPrivatization (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar): No such proposal is underconsideration of the Government. In any case, the rate of profit on National SavingsSchemes (NSSs) is linked with 95% weighted average yield of Pakistan InvestmentBonds (PIBs) and Treasury Bills of the relevant tenors.

93. *Rai Hasan Nawaz Khan:


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(a) the total amount paid by the Government to each province andagencies concerned to counter terrorism during the last fiveyears;

(b) whether it is a fact that massive irregularities have been foundin the utilization of said fund;

(c) if so, whether investigations have been Initiated for thoseirregularities; If so, the present status thereof; and

(d) the time by which it will be finalized?

Transferred to the Defence Division for answer on next Rota Day.

94. *Rai Hasan Nawaz Khan:

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statisticsand Privatization be pleased to state the details of agreements madewith IMF relating to PIA and Pakistan Steel Mills for the next threefinancial years alongwith impacts thereof?

Reply not received.

95. *Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleasedto state:

(a) the steps taken by the Government for rehabilitation of thepeople of those areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir which werebadly affected by natural disasters during the period from 1-1-2008 to 30-6-2012; and

(b) the name of authority established to deal with the said disasters?

Transferred to Climate Change Division for answer on next Rota Day.

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96. *Ms. Belum Hasnain:


(a) the name of civilian forces working under the administrativecontrol of the Ministry at present; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Ministryto set up a force like FC in the Punjab; if so, when it will beimplemented?

Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan):(a) There following seven Civil Armed Forces are working under the administrativecontrol of Ministry of Interior:—

a. Frontier Corps, KPKb. Frontier Corps, Balochistanc. Pakistan Rangers (Sindh)d. Pakistan Rangers(Punjab)e. Frontier Constabularyf. Pakistan Coast Guardsg. Gilgit Baltistan Scouts .

(b) No.

97. *Ms. Belum Hasnain:


(a) the date of the establishment of Pakistan Development Fund(PDF); and

(b) the objectives of the establishment of PDF?

Reply not received.

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98. *Dr. Arif Alvi:


(a) the steps being taken by the Government to bring back assetsof the country which are illegally deposited in Swiss Banks; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to take help of the Swiss Law, 2010 “Restitutionof Illicit Assets Act” (RIAA)?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics andPrivatization (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar): (a) & (b) Federal Governmen isseriously working to seek help of the new Swiss laws popularly known as TheRestitution of Illicit Assets Act, 2010 (RIAA) that now allows Swiss Governmentto exchange heretofore confidential information about ill-gotten monies stashed upin the clandestine Swiss banking industry. The operational design through whichadvantage of the changes in Swiss laws can be taken is by amending/renegotiatingthe existing Pak-Swiss Tax Treaty, in which regard the following actions havealready been completed:—

(i) A Summary was placed before the Federal Cabinet seeking itsapproval to re-negotiate the existing (deficient) Pakistan-SwitzerlandTax Treaty (Annex-A).

(ii) Federal Cabinet duly approved the aforementioned Summary in itsmeeting held on September 20–2013 (Annex-13).

(iii) Per laid down procedure, FBR forthwith took up the matter withMinistry of Foreign Affairs to approach the Government ofSwitzerland expressing Pakistan’s intent to renegotiate the existingTax Treaty, and seek a suitable set of dates and choice of venue tostart the negotiations at the earliest possible date (Annex-C).

(iv) Swiss authorities have expressed willingness to renegotiate the TaxTreaty either on July 8-10, 2014 or August 26-28, 2014 (Annex-D).

(v) Federal Board of Revenue has accepted the Swiss proposal to holdnegotiations on August 26-28, 2014, to upgrade the existing Pak-Swiss Tax Treaty (Annex-E).

(Annexure have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

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99. *Dr. Arif Alvi:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleasedto state:

(a) whether radioactivity exists around uranium mines in thecountry; and

(b) whether said mines are secured; if so, the details thereof?

Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister Office: (a) No Radioactivityexists around the uranium mines in the country except naturally existing.

(b) The mining is being carried out by in situ mining technique. Thistechnique is safe and environmentally friendly, Wherein no open pit or tunnelmining is required. Environment Protection , Agency (EPA) has approved thismining, technique.

100. *Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:


(a) the present status of law and order situation in Islamabad;

(b) whether it is a fact that the ratio of crimes specially murders,dacoities, robberies, rape, kidnapping for ransom, car lifting,mobile/purse snatching and sectarian violence are drsticallyincreasing in Islamabad;

(c) if so, the total number of said cases registered in Islamabadduring the last one year; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to control the said crimesalongwith ratio of conviction for said crimes separately duringthe last one year?

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Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan):(a) Due to recent two incidents of terrorism i.e. F-8 Katchery and Sabzi / FruitMandi took place in Islamabad, law & order situation was disturbed andgovernment showed a concern on such incidents. Eventually, in compliance withthe directions passed by the government to make foolproof security of the citizendwelling within Federal Capital including the foreign diplomats, the security dutiesi.e. static and patrolling have been enhanced. Various plans for providing foolproofsecurity to the citizens as well as at the key installations have been chalked out andround the clock security arrangements/deployment has been made in order toavoid any unpleasant incident in future.

(b) Comparative analysis of crime for the year 2013 and 2012 underthe head of murder, dacoity, robbery (the mobile/purse snatching is included underthis head), rape, kidnapping for ransom, car lifting is given at Annexure-A, whichreveals an increase whereas, under sectarian violence, no case has been reportedduring the year 2013 and 2012.

(c) Detail of the cases registered under the above said heads of crimeincluding the total crime during the year 2012 and 2013 with comparative analysisis given at Annexure-A.

(d) The steps taken by ICT Police to control the above said crimes areas under:—

PATROLLING:

The patrolling system within ICT has been revamped. Besides, regularpatrolling from the concerned Police Stations on vehicles as well as Motorbikes,22 Commandos ATS vehicles, have also been included in Patrolling fleet towork in three shifts for surveillance to prevent terrorism.

SURVEY OF KACHI ABBADIES:

It is stated that survey of Kachi Abbadies have been carried out and 24Kachi Abbadies has been identified with the population of 84,591.

Moreover, Survey of Bharakau and Tarnol have also been carried out,which shows that there are population of 82613 and 76834 persons dwellingrespectively.

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JOINT SECURITY PLAN:

A meeting of senior officers of ICT Rawalpindi Police and Pak Rangerswas held for the discussion of Joint Coordination Security Plan for twin cities i.eIslamabad and Rawalpindi. It was decided that following strategy shall be followedfor the adequate security of twin cities:—

a. Prompt exchange of Information.

b. Establishment of Joint Pickets at Inlets/Outlets.

c. Joint Patrolling Plan

d. Joint Operations

e. Search Operations in Kachi Abadees.

f. Deployment of Rapid Response Force by Rangers.

g. Joint Working Group.

h. Establishment of Joint Wireless Room.

i. Conducting of Mock Exercises.

j. Establishment of two Joint pickets at Faizabad and Adventure Innon Muree Road.

k. Joint patrolling of vehicles of ICT Police, Rawalpindi Police and PakRangers on IJP Road.

l. Conducting of Joint search operations in the adjacent areas ofRawalpindi and Islamabad apprehend the suspicious persons if foundresiding in Kachi Abadies situated in the jurisdiction of Islamabadand, Rawalpindi.

In this regard a Joint Coordination Security Plan for Rawalpindi/ IslamabadPolice & Pak Rangers has been issued and Joint Patrolling of ICT & IslamabadPolice is being conducted at IJP road and adjoining area to curb the crimes/criminals.

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SURVEYS OF MOSQUES /DEENI MADARIS:

In order to curb the crime in general and terrorism in particular, a detailedsurvey of Mosques situated within ICT have been carried out and strict directionshave been issued to all the quarters concerned for regular surveillance of the activitiesof the students studying in the Masjid is Madaris and if anyone is found involved inany illegal activity, legal action may be initiated against him regardless of his creedand caste.

ESTABLISHMENT OF NAKAS:

In order to ensure the foolproof security of the federal capital, a totalnumbers of 49 Nakabandi points have been established on various key points ofICT which are functioning round the clock to locate the suspicious persons/vehiclesincoming or outgoing from Islamabad. Besides, random checking is also beingcarried out at different venues and places on odd and even hours to curb thecrime/criminals.

It is further mentioned that a control room has also been established atRescue-15 under the supervision of a Gazzeted officer and progress regarding theperformance of NAKAs is being monitored on daily basis.

DISPLAY OF ARMS:

As the Arms and ammunition play a vital role in commission of crime aswell as terrorism. Hence, to curb the menace of transportation of arms/ammunitionwith the federal capital, strict directions have been issued to all quarters concernedeven at ground level to implement the Pakistan Arms Ordinance, 1965 in trueletter and spirit and no grey area will be left unattended. Accordingly, the violatorsare being dealt with strictly in accordance with law, irrespective of their status.Furthermore, to deface the criminals involved in trafficking of illicit arms andammunition, general hold ups at outgoing/incoming roads are being conducted.Additionally, display of arms/ ammunitions is also declared prohibited under section144 Cr.P.C by the District Administration from time to time and during theenforcement of bane under section 144 Cr.P.C, if any violation is found, the violatorsare also being dealt under section 188 PPC to award them more punishment.

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SURVEILLANCE OF PREVIOUS CONVICTS:

In addition, the previous convicts are also being checked frequently bythe ICT Police through physical checking as well as through informers. The attentionof public is also invited to co-operate with police by disclosing the names ofsuspicious persons to Police. Leaflets and pamphlets are distributed for educatingthe inhabitants of the capital city.

EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH LEAs:

The important/secret information are also being exchanged with the localpolice of the adjoining district Rawalpindi as well as, the other Law EnforcementAgencies to prevent the crime as well as to maintain law & order situation withinIslamabad.

ANTI TERRORISM SQUAD:

The ICT Police has already established a separate ATS Unit comprisingof officers/officials trained to combat the terroristic activities and their services arefrequently utilized as and when required.

It is pertinent to point out that the conviction rate of total crime has beenmentioned whereas the conviction rate of aforementioned crimes separately cannotbe ascertained at present as most of the cases registered under the above saidheads during year 2013 are presently subjudice in the various Courts of competentjurisdiction and after decision the ratio of conviction could be ascertained.Moreover the Material for supplementary is attached at Annexure-B, please.

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101. *Ms. Zahra Wadood Fatemi:


(a) whether it is a fact that the cases of drug abuses are increasingin the country;

(b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to provide medicaltreatment to drug addicts specially to low income and to preventthe non-medical use of drugs including sedatives andtranquilizers?

Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan):(a) Yes. According to Survey Report-2006, number of drug users in the countrywas 5 million. This number has increased to 6.3 million as per UNODC SurveyReport 2012. This figure also includes patients who are using sedatives, tranquilizersand other such medicines without doctors prescription.

3 treatment centers are being run by ANF at Quetta, Karachi and Islamabad,where free of cost treatment to drug addicts is being provided. However, facilitiesto treat drug addicts who misuse sedatives and tranquilizers etc, without prescriptionare not available.

102. *Ms. Zahra Wadood Fatemi:

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statisticsand Privatization for be pleased to state the steps being taken toincrease the tax base and tax to GDP ratio in the country?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics andPrivatization (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar):

i. The non-reporting and under-reporting of income is a matter of gravepolicy concern. Such persons do not contribute to state revenuedespite the fact that they can afford to and are liable to pay duetaxes. On the other hand they demand services of the state.

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ii. In order to identify persons not filing due taxes FBR is collectingdata regarding person purchasing real estate property in posh areas,expensive motor vehicles, incurring heavy utility bills and school feesand engaging in taxable business activities.

iii. So far notices requiring filing of return have been issued to 91,849potential taxpayers during current financial year. In response to theseNotices more than 8,600 persons have filed returns. Provisionalassessments in cases where the person did not respond to the noticehave been framed in more than 12,000 cases. A tax demand of Rs.4,851 Mn has been raised in such cases.

iv. The government aims to bring 100,000 potential taxpayers in the netduring the current financial year and an additional 100,000 in each ofthe following years.

v. The efforts of the government to create a deterrent against non-payment of tax has resulted in increase in number of persons filingreturns of Income Tax for Tax Year 2013 by more than 100,000 ascompared to preceding year.

103. *Ms. Sajida Begum:

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statisticsand Privatization be pleased to state the steps being taken by theGovernment to devise a combination of fiscal, monetary and financialpolicies to boost-up growth without impairing macro economicstability and balances in fiscal and current accounts?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics andPrivatization (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar): The following steps have beentaken by the government to devise a combination of fiscal, monetary and financialpolicies to boost up growth:

i. Effective fiscal policy tools are being utilized in order to contain thefiscal deficit. In this regard following measures are being taken duringthe current fiscal year:—

a. 30 percent cut on current expenditure excluding debt servicing,defense payment and allowances and grants.

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b. Reducing untargeted subsidies through phasing out of electricitysubsidies.

c. Revenue collection and expenditures are being monitored onmonthly basis.

d. Restructuring of PSEs to overcome the huge losses and movingtowards the privatization process.

ii. Due to above measures, the fiscal deficit is contained at 3.0 percentof GDP during July-February, FY14 against 4.2 percent of GDP inthe same period of FY13.

iii. Developing revenue mobilization strategy through formulating aneffective tax system in order to create fiscal space. During July-March,FBR tax collection stood at Rs.1,574.6 billion as compared toRs.1,352.3 billion during the same period last year showing a growthof 16.4 percent.

iv. FBR is working on comprehensive strategy to increase the tax toGDP ratio from lowest level of 8.5 percent to 15 percent in next fewyears. This will help the government to contain its borrowing forbudgetary support from banking system.

v. Government borrowing for budgetary support has also reducedsignificantly during July-18th April, FY14, as it stood at Rs.326.0billion against Rs.948.4 billion in the same period of FY13.

vi. Successful launching of Euro bonds worth $2.0 billion, CSF inflowsand auction of 3G/4G license are further strengthening government’seffort for resource mobilization and to uplift the economy.

vii. On monetary side, interest rate has been increased by 100 bps from9.0 to 10.0 percent during current fiscal year in order to controlinflation.

viii. Credit disbursement to agriculture sector increased to Rs.255.7 billionduring July-March, FY14 against Rs.231.0 billion during the sameperiod of FY13, posted a growth of 10.7 percent.

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ix. Credit to private sector increased to Rs.322.9 billion against thelevel of Rs.118.9 billion in the comparable period last year, thusposted a growth of 9.6 percent during July- 18th April, FY14 against3.5 percent in the same period last year.

x. Strengthened the balance of payment position through effectivepolicies of attracting remittances, entered into IMF program,confidence of multilateral organizations for boosting foreign inflows,strengthening exchange rate and improving the reserve position.

xi. Revival of the investor’s confidence remained one of the priorityarea by taking number of measures to bring peace and stability whichresulted in a remarkable performance of capital market.

xii. Effective measures are being taken to contain inflation and to maintainthe stability in prices and supply situation.

xiii. Government has launched measures to address the energy relatedissues and developed an energy policy to provide a roadmap toovercome the present energy crisis and fully meet the future needs ofpower in the country.

xiv. In order to ensure availability of food items and maintain smoothprices, food security policy is being finalized.

xv. Launching of PM Schemes for Youth to provide employmentopportunities and skill development.

104. *Mr. Khalil George:


(a) the year-wise tax to GDP ratio estimated during the last fivefiscal years;

(b) the original amount of tax collected after the reimbursement oftax adjustment;

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(c) the prescribed procedure to evaluate the performance and theaudit of FBR; and

(d) the steps being taken by the Government to improve efficiencyand compliance rate thereof?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics andPrivatization (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar): (a) Tax-GDP ratio estimated duringthe last five / years is given as under:——————————————————————————————

Fiscal Year Tax-GDP Ratio (%)——————————————————————————————

2008-09 8.82009-10 8.92010-11 8.52011-12 9.42012-13 8.5

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(b) The original amount(net) of tax collected after payments of refundsis given as under:

——————————————————————————————FBR Taxes Fiscal Year

(Rs Million)——————————————————————————————

2008-09 1,161,1502009-10 1,327,3822010-11 1,558,0142011-12 1,882,6932012-13 1,946,360

——————————————————————————————(c) The Auditor General of Pakistan’s Organization under the constitution

of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973, read with Auditor General’s (Functions,powers, terms and conditions) of Service Ordinance 2001 conducts regulatoryand compliance Audit of expenditures and revenue receipts of FBR and its fieldformations. The Organization also undertakes Special Studies on tax & expenditure

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related issues and performance audit of Projects. The reports of Auditor Generalare laid before the National Assembly and are considered in Public AccountsCommittee for Parliament’s oversight.

Besides above, the Directorate General of Internal Audit (Inland Revenue),Directorate General of Internal Audit (Customs) and Directorate General of PostClearance Audit (Customs) also conducts audit of expenditures and receipts ofFBR and its field formations. These organizations have their manuals for Audit forperformance measurement and follow up actions.

(d) The government has taken a number of steps to improve efficiencyand compliance. These include:

(1) Broadening of tax base

(2) Rationalization of SROs

(3) Addressing inadmissible input adjustment and illegal refunds in salestax

(4) End to end automation

(5) Taxpayers facilitation

(6) Strengthening tax audit

(7) Customs modernization and control

(8) Administrative improvement initiatives

(9) Human resource management

105. *Mr. Khalil George:

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reform be pleasedto state whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to start Metro Bus Project in Quetta during the nextfour years; if so, the details thereof?

Reply not received.

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106. * Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statisticsand Privatization be pleased to state the total amount of loans grantedand written off by the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited during the year2013-14?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics andPrivatization (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar): (a) The total amount of loans grantedby the Zarai Taraqiat Bank Limited during the year 2013-14 is Rs 50.240 billionwhereas an amount of Rs 0.656 billion has been written off during the said period.\107. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statisticsand Privatization be pleased to state the province wise total numberof persons to whom loans have been granted under Prime Minister’sYouth Loan Scheme so far alongwith the total number of guarantorsand the prescribed criteria thereof?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics andPrivatization (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar): Province-wise number of successfulpersons for the loan facility under the said scheme is as follows:————————————————————————————————————————

Number of Number ofLoanees of Loanees of

Province National Bank First Women Totalof Pakistan Bank Limited

————————————————————————————————————————Sindh 342 6 348

Balochistan 73 3 76

Punjab 4,085 43 4,128

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 670 5 675

Gilgit Baltrstan — 7 7

Azad Jammu & Kashmir 75 — 75

Islamabad 105 — 105————————————————————————————————————————

Total 5,350 64 5,414————————————————————————————————————————

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Out of 5,414 successful applicants, 5,302 loans were secured against personalguarantee, while 112 loans were secured against mortgage of property owned bythe loan applicants.

The guarantor’s criteria approved by participating banks (National Bankof Pakistan & First Women Bank Limited) for Prime Minister Youth BusinessLoans is annexed.

An nexure

Guarantor’s Criteria approved by participating banks (National Bank ofPakistan & First Women Bank Limited):

• Any person including blood relatives/ family members having networth of 1.5 times the loan, can give the guarantee. No post datedcheques or wealth statement (by the guarantor) is required. Net worthalso includes person’s property; value as assessed by the Bank’sapproved evaluator.

• It is not mandatory for guarantor to reside in the same cityof theapplicant.

• No net worth is required if guarantor is a Government Employee.

• There is no age limit for guarantors who are not GovernmentEmployees.

• Any grade-15 or above Govt. officer with 8 or more years remainingservices can be a guarantor. Only salary slip is required.

• More than one person with cumulative net worth of more than 1.5times the loan can give guarantees on single loan application.

• The guarantor has also to fulfill following conditions:

a. Must have clean credit historyb. Not an employee of the participating bankc. One guarantor one loan (NBP’s condition only)d. Cannot be an applicant

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• Besides above, FWBL has further allowed that single person, havingnet worth higher than 1.5 times of cumulative loans amounts, canguarantee more than one applicants.

108. *Begum Tahira Bukhari:


(a) whether it is a fact that the new Balakot City has not beenestablished by the Earthquake Reconstruction and RehabilitationAuthority (ERRA) so far; if so, the reasons thereof;

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to establish the said city in the near future; if so,when it will be implemented; and

(c) the prescribed criteria to allot plots/houses in the said cityalongwith the details of effectees who have applied for allotmentsof plots/houses therein so far?

Minister Incharge of the Prime Ministers Office: (a) New BalakotCity will be established after acquisition of land from Government of KhyberPakhtunkhwa. Recently Chief Minister, Khybe Pakhtunkhwa, held a meeting inwhich it was reiterated that they would provide encumbrance free land to ERRAfor completion of project.

(b) The Government has already considered and decided to establishNew Balakot City. Federal Government has paid Rs.1.5 Billion for acquisition ofland for this project. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government ensured that therequisite shortfalls in funds would be made good. The meeting of the ERRA Councilis being convened shortly for further consideration of the project. ERRA has thecapacity to complete the project in 18 months if encumbrance free land is provided.

(c) ERRA is responsible to develop the land and the plots. Oncompletion of this assignment, the same will be handed over to KPK Governmentwhich shall allocate the plots in line with criteria which was basically to accommodateaffected families of Old Balakot Town. The criteria for allotment of Plot will bebased on total covered area of the House destroyed in old Balakot. Nevertheless,the sizes of the Plots will be from 7 Marla to 1 Kanal, which will be allocated byKPK Government after the development of the land.

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109. *Begum Tahira Bukhari:


(a) the number of cases of kidnapping for ransom registered in thecountry during the period from 1-1-2008 to 30-6-2012 alongwithprovince-wise details thereof; and

(b) the number of persons recovered by the Government during thesaid period alongwith the province-wise details thereof?

Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan):(a) Total number of cases of kidnapping for ransom registered in the countryduring the period from 01-01-2008 to 30-06-2012 are 2480.

(b) Number of persons recovered: 2851.

Province wise detail is at Annex-A.

Annexure-A

——————————————————————————————kidnapping for ransom

Cases registeredProvince during the period Persons recovered

(01-01-2008 to 30-06-2012)——————————————————————————————Punjab 959 953Sindh 614 866Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 612 700Balochistan 215 254ICT 66 65AJ&K 14 13Gilgit Baltistan Nil Nil—————————————————————————————— Total 2480 2851——————————————————————————————

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110. *Ms. Farhana Qamar:


(a) whether it is a fact that the Government has started theimplementation of its plan made for the automation of landrecords for the ICT;

(b) if so, the time by which it will be completed?

Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan):(a) Yes, It is a fact that implementation of automation of land revenue record inICT is already underway.

(b) It is expected that the project will be completed by December, 2014as per PC-I.

111. * Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:


(a) the total combined profit of OGDCL and PPL for the years2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively;

(b) whether it is a fact that all the public sector organizations arebeing privatized;

(c) whether a number of organizations are rendering profit atpresent;

(d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure post saleadministrative control, national security, employment and largerpublic interest in privatization policy; and

(e) whether any regulatory mechanism has been developed by theGovernment to ensure the advantage of privatization?

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Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics andPrivatization (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar): (a) Profit earning of OGDCL &PPL are as under:—

Rs. Million——————————————————————————————

2013 2012 2011 Total ——————————————————————————————OGDCL 90,777.0 96,906.0 63,527.0 251,210.0

PPL 12,560.0 9,060.0 14,780.0 36,400.0——————————————————————————————

Total 103,337.0 105,966.0 78,307.0 287,610.0——————————————————————————————Source: Financial Stalemenis of OGDCL PPL for the Financial years ending 2011, 2012 & 2013

(b) No, it is not a fact that all public sector organizations (PSOs) arebeing privatized. Only those PSOs are on privatisation list, which have beenapproved by Council of Common Interests (CCI) for privatisation (Annex-A).

(c) Yes, some of the organizations on the privatisation list are renderingprofit (Annex-B: as per available data).

(d) In terms of Privatisation Policy, Privatisation of an entity isconducted in consultation with all stakeholders and during the course of privatisationprocess all the steps i.e. post sale administrative control, national security,employment and larger public interest is ensured.

(e) Privatisation Commission is responsible for privatisation ofentities, as far as ensuring of privatisation advantages, the administrative/lineorganizations and various regulatory bodies have mandates to ensure implementationof public policies in the organization under their domain. As such, regulatorymechanism exists but enforcement of their function/powers is not in the purview ofPrivatisation Commission.

(Annexure have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

112. *Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue Economic Affairs StatisticsPrivatization be pleased to state:

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(a) the present status of the House Building Finance Corporation(HBFC) regarding loan operations and disbursement capacitythereof;

(b) the year-wise total amount of loans disbursed by HBFC duringthe last five years;

(c) the details of the bridge and bulk financing for housing projectsof the said corporation at present; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to make the said corporationaviable commercial concern?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics andPrivatization (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar): (a) HBFCL is presently lendingloans for the scheme named “Ghar Aasan (Flexi)”. Its disbursement capacity/target fixed for 2014 is Rs 2.2 billion.

(b) The year-wise total amount of loans disbursed by HBFCL duringthe last five years is as follows:—

Year Amount Disbursed (Rs in billions)

2009 0.72010 0.62011 1.12012 1.32013 1.6

(c) At present no bridge and bulk financing for housing projects isbeing made by HBFCL.

(d) Government of Pakistan is taking following steps to make HBFCLviable organization:

i. The process of restructuring of HBFCL is underway in consultationwith State Bank of Pakistan and International Finance Corporation(IFC).

ii. HBFCL will enter into real estate market for generating funds. In thiscontext, the company envisages a disbursement target of Rs 50.4billion from 2014 to 2020.

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iii. The Government is also extending full support to further strengthenthe equity base of the Company by making budgetary allocationsevery year. An amount of Rs 2 billion has been allocated in currentyear’s budget.

iv. A new competent professional has recently been appointed asManaging Director, HBFCL for carrying out the above tasks.

113. *Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:


(a) whether it is a fact that a project to install Water FiltrationPlants at Union Council level under Clean Drinking Water forAll was initiated by the previous Government;

(b) whether the said subject has been transferred to PlanningDivision after Constitution Eighteenth Amendment;

(c) whether it is also a fact that the Ministry has failed to makeideal coordination with provinces to execute the said project inletter and spirit and consequently the project is suspended atpresent; and

(d) if the answers to part (a), (b) and (c) above are in affirmative,the budget earmarked/released and utilized for the said projectduring the last six years by the Government; and

(e) the steps being taken to streamline the said project by making abetter coordination among the Government and provinces?

Reply not received.

114. *Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statisticsand Privatization be pleased to state the steps being taken by the

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Government to ensure financial discipline, 100% financial audit andstrict monitoring in Government institutions/departments?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics andPrivatization (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar): The Department of the AuditorGeneral of Pakistan ensures financial discipline and strict monitoring in Governmentinstitutions/departments by conducting audit of financial transactions. Followingsteps have been taken by AGP:

(a) A regular audit is carried out in all Government institutions/departments.

(b) A code of ethics has been implemented through introduction ofFinancial Audit Manual.

(c) Field audit activity is supervised and monitored by Deputy Directorand Directors, while overall supervision is made by the DirectorGeneral.

(d) Two quality assurance committees are constituted each at the levelof Deputy Auditor General (BS-21) and Addl. Auditor general (BS-22) to oversee and ensure quality of output of the department.

As far as 100% financial audit is concerned, no audit department of anycountry in the world conducts 100% audit due to huge cost, time and humanresource involved, which is not affordable. Pakistan Audit department conductsthe audit on test check basis and the percentage of audit is about (1015%) whichis far better than the Audit Departments of other countries. However 100% auditis conducted in exceptional cases only depending on the risk and loss reportedand on the request of Chief Executive of the Government. As per ‘Financial AuditManual’ and International Standards of Supreme Audit Institution (ISSAI) theconcept of 100% audit of government organizations has been replaced by variousaudit techniques, sampling depending on the size of financial transaction andidentification of high risk areas. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) afterdiscussing these audit reports issue their directives to the concerned quarters forimplementation as the first step. Usually PAC also constitutes one of its sub-committee under the title “ Monitoring and Implementation Committee of PACDirectives/Actionable Points”

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115. *Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:


(a) the total number of containers of NATO entered Afghanistanvia Torkham and Chaman borders during the year’ 2013-14;

(b) the amount of duty to be paid for each container as per theGoods Declaration;

(c) the total amount of duty target fixed by the Government duringthe said period thereof; and

(d) the total amount of duty collected by the customs departmenttherefrom?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics andPrivatization (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar): (a) As per record, 1955 USArmy / NATO/ ISAF containers, filed through 1078 Goods Declarations (GD),entered Afghanistan during the period 01.07.2013 to 29.04.2014, via Torkhamand Chaman.

(b) No duty is paid on US Army / NATO/ ISAF cargo. However, afee of Rs. 24,000 per Goods Declaration (GD) is being collected since 09.07.2013.The said fee is levied on Goods Declarations, irrespective of the number ofcontainers.

(c) No duty is collected/paid on US Army/ NATO/ ISAF cargo. Thusno target has been fixed.

(d) Nil.

116. *S.A. Iqbal Qadri:

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Ministers Office be pleased tostate:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to install Atomic Power Plants in Karachi; if so,the total number thereof;

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(b) whether agreements have been signed with foreign countriestherefor; if so, the names of countries thereof;

(c) whether electricity will be provided to the said city only fromsaid power plants; and

(d) the time by which said power plants will be installed?

Minister Incharge of the Prime Ministers Office: (a) Yes. Thegroundbreaking of 2x1100 M KANUP Unit-2 & 3 (K-2/K-3) was done by thePrime Minister in a ceremony on 26.11.2013. These two Plants will be constructednear Paradise Point, Karachi.

(b) Yes, agreement has been signed with China for construction ofK-2/K-3.

(c) The studies regarding provision electricity from K-2/K-3 areunderway. The generated Power may be supplied to Karachi city and to adjoiningareas through national grid.

(d) The first of these Plants will be installed 2020 and second10 months after the first plant.

117. *Mr. Sufyan Yousuf:


(a) the total number of Federal Government Atomic Energy MedicalCentres working in the country for the treatment of cancerpatients at present alongwith the location thereof; and

(b) the total number of cancer patients to whom medical treatmenthas been provided therefrom during the year 2013-14?

Minister Incharge of the Prime Ministers Office: (a) The total numberof Federal Governmeit Atomic Energy Medical Centres working in the, country atpresent is 18. These centres are providing diagnostic and therapeutic services to

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patients suffering from cancerous and non cancerous (allied) diseases throughfollowirg state of the art Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (Cancer) Hospitals, allover Pakistan:—

Quetta 01Karachi 02Hyderabad/Jamshoro 01Nawabshah/Benazriabad 01Larkana 01Bahawalpur 01Multan 01Faislabad 01Lahore 02Gujranwala 01Islamabad 01Abbottabad 01Peshawar 01D I Khan 01Bannu 01Swat 01

—————————————————————————————— Total 18

——————————————————————————————(b) The total number of patients to whom medical treatment was

provided during the year 2012-13 was 711,000. Since the number increases everyyear, it is expected that 750,000 patients would be benefiting in 2013-14.

118. *Mr. Junaid Akbar:

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue Economic Affairs Statisticsand Privatization be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the value of dollar has decreased,recently;

(b) if so, the impacts made on the life of comman man therefrom sofar?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics andPrivatization (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar): (a) After showing a depreciationof 8,2 percent against the US dollar during July-November 13, Pak rupee haswitnessed sharp appreciation since December 2013. On cumulative basis during

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July 01 - April 28, 2014, Pak rupee has shown an appreciation of 1.5 percentagainst the US dollar.——————————————————————————————

PKR/USD ClosingMonth Exchange Rate

——————————————————————————————July 13 101.82August 13 104.53Sep’13 106.06Oct’13 106.91Nov’13 108.52Dec’13 105.32Jan’14 105.48Feb’14 104.90Mar’14 98.53Apr’14* 98.16

——————————————————————————————*upto April 28, 2014

(b) The above exchange rate appreciation would obviously impactthe life of common man positively through a decline in the prices of imported itemslike petrol, petroleum products, machinery, medicine, food items like tea, powdermilk, cereal, edible oil etc. The impact of exchange rate appreciation would takesome time before it completely translated in to domestic prices.

119. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue Economic Affairs StatisticsPrivatization be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Government has decided to privatizethe Government Units;

(b) if so, the time by which said units will be privatized alongwiththe terms and conditions thereof?

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Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics andPrivatization (Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar): (a) Yes. The Government hasdecided to divest the Government Units. In this regard, the Cabinet Committee onPrivatisation (CCoP) on 3rd October, 2013 has approved strategic partnerships,divestments of 69 Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) (Details are attached).

(b) Exact timeline and terms & conditions of strategic partnerships,divestments of all the above said units cannot be determined at this moment.However, Privatisation Commission in collaboration with all stakeholders plansthe feasibility of strategic partnerships, divestments of units, on case to case basis.As such, currently there are 11 PSEs on active list, as mentioned here under:———————————————————————————————S. # Unit Mode of Privatisation————————————————————————————————————————1. Pakistan International Divestment of 26% equity

Airlines (PIA) of core assets of PIA.

2. United Bank Limited Divestment of residual GoP(UBL) Shares through Capital Market

3. Habib Bank Limited Divestment of up to 20% of(HBL) GoP Shareholding through Capital Market

4. Allied Bank Limited Divestment of residual GoP(ABL) Shares through Capital Market

5. Oil & Gas Divestment of up to 10% ofDevelopment Co. Ltd. GoP Shareholding through (OGDCL) Capital Market

6. Pakistan Petroleum Divestment of up to 5% ofLimited (PPL) GoP Shareholding through Capital Market

7. National Power Divestment of minimum 88% equity of NPCCConstruction Corp (NPCC)

8. Heavy Electrical Divestment of minimum 96% equity of NPCCComplex (HEC)

9. Faisalabad Electric Strategic partnerships, divestments of optimumSupply Co. (FESCO) equity of FESCO

10. Lahore Electric Divestment of optimum equity of LESCOSupply Co. (LESCO)

11. TPS Muzafargarh Divestment of optimum equity of TPSMuzafargarh

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Annexure

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Strategic Partnership Divestment Prog ramme of the Government

——————————————————————————————Sr. No Name of Units——————————————————————————————Banking and Finance

1 National Investment Trust Limited (NITL)2 Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Bank3 Allied Bank Limited (ABL)4 First Women Bank Ltd (FWBL)5 United Bank Limited (UBL)6 Habib Bank Limited (HBL)7 National Bank of Pakistan (NBP)8 National Insurance Company (NIC)9 Pakistan Reinsurance Company (PRC)

10 State Life Insurance Corporation (SLIC)_11 House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) Oil, Gas & Energy

Oil, Gas & Energy12 Oil and Gas Development Corporation Ltd. (OGDCL)13 Pak Arab Refinery Limited (PARL)14 Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL)15 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited (PSO)16 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL)17 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC)18 Mari Petroleum Limited (MPL)19 Government Holding Private Limited (GHPL)20 National Power Construction Company (NPCC)21 Islamabad Electric Supply Company Limited (IESCO)22 Faisalabad Electric Supply Company Limited (FESCO)23 Lahore Electric Supply Company Limited (LESCO)24 Gujranwala Electric Power Company Limited (GEPCO)25 Multan Electric Power Company Limited (MEPCO)26 Peshawar Electric Supply Company Limited (PESCO)27 Hyderabad Electric Supply Company Limited (HESCO)28 Quetta Electric Supply Company Limited (QESCO)29 Sukkur Electric Power Company (SEPCO)30 Kot Addu Power Company (KAPCO)31 Jamshoro Power Generation Company Ltd – JPCL (GENCO- I)32 Central Power Generation Company Ltd – CPGCL (GENCO – II)

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33 Northern Power Generation Company Ltd – NPGCL (GENCO – III)34 Lakhra Power Generation Company Ltd – LPGCL (GENCO – IV)

Fertilizers35 National Fertilizers Corporation and its units and subsidiaries

Engineering36 State Engineering Corporation and its units and subsidiaries37 Pakistan Engineering Company (PECO)38 Pakistan Machine Tool Factory (PMTF)39 Sindh Engineering Limited (SEL)40 Heavy Electrical Complex (HEC)41 National Construction Limited (NCL)42 Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation & its units43 Pakistan Steel Fabricating Company Ltd

Minerals and Natural Resources44 Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC)45 Lakhra Coal Mines (now Lakhra Coal Development Company)46 Sandak Development Corporation (SDC) Automobiles47 Morafco Industries (Machinery as in where is basis)48 Republic Motors Limited (RML) Infrastructure49 Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)50 Port Qasim Authority (PQA)51 Karachi Port Trust (KPT)52 National Highway Authority (NHA)

Transport53 Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC)54 Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC)55 Pakistan Railways & its allied facilities, factories, workshops etc.

Tourism56 Services International Hotel, Lahore57 PIA-IL (Roosevelt Hotel, NY & Scribe Hotel, Paris)

Telecom58 Telephone Industries of Pakistan, Haripur (TIP)

Others59 Printing Corporation of Pakistan (PCP)60 National Book Foundation (NBF)

Corporations & other61 Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation and its units (PIDC)62 Utility Store Corporation and stores (USC)

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63 Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP)64 Cotton Export Corporation of Pakistan65 Rice Export Corporation of Pakistan66 Export Processing Zone Authority67 Pakistan Industrial and Technical Training Centre68 Convention Centre, Islamabad69 Shalimar Recording Company

120. *Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:


(a) whether it is a fact that separate Passport Offices and countersfor women have not been established in the country;

(b) if the answer to part (a) above is in the affirmative, whetherthere is any proposal under consideration of the Government toopen/establish separate Women Counters in Passport Offices;if so, when it will be implemented?

Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan):(a) Yes, it is a fact that no separate passport office/counters for women havebeen established in the country.

(b) The proposal for provision of maximum facilities including establishmentof separate counters for the women applicants is under process. Separate countersfor processing of passport applications of women in all Regional Passport Officeswill be established in a phased manner.

ISLAMABAD: KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI,The 8th May, 2014. Secretary.

PCPPI—2096 (14) NA—8-5-2013—650.

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(11th Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Friday, the 9th May, 2014

5. Ms. Sabiha Nazir :(Deferred during 5th Session)

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased tostate the year-wise total number of persons appointed in the FIA,NADRA, Immigration and Passports departments during the periodfrom 1-1-2008 to 30-1-2013?

Reply not received.

6. Dr. Nafisa Shah :(Deferred during 5th Session)


(a) the total number of prisoners in various Jails in the country onaccount of blasphemy charges at present; and

(b) the percentage of Hindus, Christians, Muslims and Ahmedisthereof?

Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan) :(a) 273 % AGE.

(b) Hindus 0.73Christians 4.03Muslims 95.23Ahmedis Nil

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10. Ms. Munaza Hassan :(Deferred during 7th Session)

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased torefer to Starred Question No. 24 replied on 16-9-2013 and to state:

(a) the name of those automatic arms In which 20% to 75% increasehas been made during the year 2013-14; and

(b) the persons/authorities/agencies which will use the said arms?

Reply not received.

65. Mr. Abdul Qahar Khan Wadan :(Deferred during 7th Session)

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state:

(a) the location-wise total number of Passport Offices establishedin Balochistan Province at present; and

(b) the year-wise number of persons recruited in those PassportOffices during the last five years alongwith the district-wisedetails thereof?

Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan) :(a) Presently, there are nine (09) Passport Offices in Balochistan Province. TheseOffices are located at Quetta, Zhob, Gawadar, Kech (Turbat), Khuzdar, DeraAllah Yar, Qilla Saifulla, Loralai and Dalbadin.

(b) The year-wise number of persons recruited on regular basis and inMachine Readable Passports (MRP)- Project during last five years is as under:———————————————————————————————

Year Regular MRP District Domicile——————————————————————————————

2009 Nil Nil Nil2010 01 Nil Pishin=12011 4 7 Pishin=2

Quetta=3Loralai=1Kech=3Zhob=2

2012 Nil 1 Loralai=12013 Nil Nil Nil

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260. Ms. Zaib Jaffar :(Deferred during 7th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that there is great scarcity of potable waterin the neighbouring villages of Islamabad;

(b) the steps being taken to overcome the said problem; and

(c) the measures taken by the Government during the last five yearsin this regard?

Reply not received.

123 Ms. Aisha Syed :(Deferred during 8th Session)


(a) the names and addresses of the persons convicted for womentrafficking during the last five years indicating also thepunishments awarded to them; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Government to prevent the saidcrime?

Reply not received.

99. Ms. Maiza Hameed :(Deferred during 9th Session)


(a) the time by which the ban will be imposed on child trafficking inthe country;

(b) the mechanisms to protect those children whose parents are injails at present;

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(c) the total amount of budget allocated to provide free legal aid toneedy and poor children under the Juvenile Justice SystemOrdinance 2000;

(d) the number of children to whom legal aid has been provided bythe Ministry during the period from January to June, 2013;

(e) the steps taken by the Ministry for the implementation of thesaid Ordinance in ICT alongwith the total number of Juvenilesare on probation in Islamabad at present; and

(f) whether it is a fact that the funds have been allocated by theMinistry for the promotion and protection of child rights duringthe year 2013-14; if so, the total amount thereof?

Reply not received.

100. Ms. Surriya Jatoi :(Deferred during 9th Session)


(a) the total number of illegal immigrants presently detained in jails;and

(b) the total number of women immigrants arrested during the lasttwo years?

Reply not received.

161. Ms. Khalida Mansoor :(Deferred during 9th Session)

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased tostate the steps being taken by the Ministry against the personsspreading sectarianism in the country?

Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan) :i. The government keeps a close watch on sectarian activities through Police,intelligence Agencies and Law Enforcement Agencies.

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ii. National Internal Security Policy (NISP) recognizes the threat posedby violent sectarian elements and deals with sectarian and other threats to internalsecurity in a comprehensive manner.

iii. Sectarian killings are also included as offences under Protection ofPakistan Ordinance, thereby ensuring prompt investigation and adjudication.

iv. Proscription of violent sectarian organizations,

v. Action against publication and distribution of hate literature.

21. Begum Tahira Bukhari :(Deferred during 10th Session)

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased tostate the prescribed procedure to register private security companiesin Islamabad at present?

Reply not received.

22. Begum Tahira Bukhari :(Deferred during 10th Session)

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased tostate the total number of private security companies functioning inIslamabad at present alongwith the names thereof?

Reply not received.

42. Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan :(Deferred during 10th Session)


(a) the percentage of increase observed in the use of sheesha in theICT at present;

(b) whether it is a fact that the single puff of sheesha is equal tosmoking of 100 cigarettes; if so, its effects on the human healthand the society; and

(c) the steps being taken by the Government to control it?

Reply not received.

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151. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub :(Deferred during 10th Session)


(a) the names of corporations working under the administrativecontrol of the Ministry alongwith the names of each Director/Chairmen thereof; and

(b) the names, educational Qualifications and date of appointmentof the Directors/Chairmen appointed in the said corporationsduring the last five years?

Reply not received.

153. Mr. Sher Akbar Khan :(Deferred during 10th Session)


(a) the names of less developed districts throughout the country atpresent aiongwith the details thereof; and

(b) the steps taken by the Government to bring them at par withdeveloped districts?

Reply not received.

157. Sahibzada Tariq Ullah :(Deferred during 10th Session)


(a) the amount allocated in the annual budget for completing thepending development projects in under-developed areas ofDistricts Dir, Swat, Bunair and Chitral;

(b) the nature alongwith amount allocated for each project thereof;

(c) the district-wise details of the work completed thereon so far;

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(d) the steps taken by the Government, so far, to increase the paceof the work on pending development projects in the said areas;

(e) whether any new projects have been announced, so far, by thepresent Government for said districts;

(f) if answer to part (e) above is in the affirmative, the details; ifnot, the reasons thereof?

Reply not received.

161. Mr. Waseem Akhtar Shaikh :(Deferred during 10th Session)

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased torefer to Un-Starred Question No.124 replied on 6th February, 2014and to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Kellar Syedan Road, Rawat hasbeen excluded as per advertisement made in newspaper duringrecent years with regard to charge of adda/parking fee; if so,the justification to charge such fee therefrom;

(b) whether It is also a fact that public transport is being charged anew parking fee under the name of Army Champing Ground atthe same place;

(c) if so, the reasons thereof; and

(d) the steps being taken by the Government to stop the chargingof parking fee and take actions against those who has imposedsuch fee?

Reply not received.

163. Mr. Siraj Muhammad Khan :(Deferred during 10th Session)

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statisticsand Privatization be pleased to state the present status of the NFCaward?

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Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics, andPrivatization (Mr. Mahammad Ishaq Dar) : Existing 7th NFC Award wasgiven legal cover through Presidential Order No.5 of 2010. It is enforced witheffect from 1st July, 2010 to continue till June, 2015 (F.Y.2014-15). Presently, theAward is in its 4th year of implementation and being regularly monitored by theNational Finance Commission. A profile of releases to the provinces under 7thNFC Award is added at Annex-I.

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171. Mr. Jamshed Ahmad Dasti :(Deferred during 10th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that the honorarium to the employees ofallied departments working In the Parliament House has notbeen granted as announced by the Finance Minister during thebudget 2013-14; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the time by which it will be granted to said employees?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics, andPrivatization (Mr. Mahammad Ishaq Dar) : The payments of Honorarium tothe staff members other than the Staff of National Assembly working in theParliament House is the responsibility of their respective Offices/ Departments asthey are deputed/posted in the Parliament for temporary duty during budget session.

@72. Mr. Amjid Ali Khan :

Will the Minister In-charge of the Prime Minister Office be pleased tostate:(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the

Government to acquire land for the esatblishment of new PowerPlants at Chashma, District Mianwali;

(b) if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the details includingrate thereof?

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91. Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti :

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased tostate the steps being taken by the Government to make the prescribedprocedure easy for issuance and delivery of Computerized NationalIdentity Cards in the country?

Reply not received.

92. Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti :


(a) the province-wise total number of foreingers arrested duringthe period from 1-1-2008 to 30-6-2012 alongwith theirnationalities; and

(b) the total number of foreigners who have been deported by theMinistry during the said period alongwith nationalities thereof?

Reply not received.

93. Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir :

Will the Minister In-charge of the Prime Minister’s Office bepleased to state the steps taken by the Government forrehabilitation of persons belonging to those areas of Azad Jammuand Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan which were badly affected bynatural calamities during the year 2012-13?


94. Ms. Khalida Mansoor :

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased tostate the total amount of fee being charged by NADRA for the issuanceof Computerized National “B” Form and Identity Card, separately?

Reply not received.

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95. Mr. Amjid Ali Khan :


(a) whether it is a fact that the rent of the building of PassportOffice in District Mianwali is being paid for the last two yearsand office furniture is also available therein; and

(b) whether it is also a fact that the staff has not been deputed sofar therefor; if so, the reasons thereof?

Reply not received.

96. Mr. Amjid Ali Khan :


(a) the total number of skilled and non-skilled employees of ChashmaHydel Power Plants at present; and

(b) the number of contract employees out of them belonging toDistrict Mianwall at present?


97. Begum Tahira Bukhari :

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statisticsand Privatization be pleased to state whether there is any proposalunder consideration of the Government to increase the uniformallowance from Rs.400 to 2000 for the employees of Pak PWDincluding the employees presently working in the Enquiry Office, PakPWD Gulshan-e-Jinnah, Sector F-5/1, Islamabad; if so, when it willbe implemented; if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics, andPrivatization (Mr. Mahammad Ishaq Dar) : No, there is no proposal underconsideration in Ministry of Finance as no proposal for the same has been receivedfrom Ministry of Housing and Works/ Pak PWD.

98. Begum Tahira Bukhari :

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(a) the total number of employees of BPS-19 who have applied forGP Funds without interest during the period from 1-4-2013 tilldate alongwith names, departments and designations thereof;

(b) whether it is a fact that the approval has been given therefor; ifnot, the reasons thereof; and

(c) whether it is also a fact that the pay slips of said employeeshave been up dated therefor; if so, the details thereof?

Reply not received.

99. Ms. Asyia Naz Tanoli :

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statisticsand Privatization be pleased to state the year-wise amount of rupeedevalued during the period 1-1-2008 to 28-2-2013?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics, andPrivatization (Mr. Mahammad Ishaq Dar) : The year-wise depreciation ofrupee during the period from 01-011 2008 to 28-02-2013 is given in the below table:

Pak Rupee Depreciation against US Dollar——————————————————————————————

End Period %age change——————————————————————————————

H2 -9.4%FY09 -16.0%FY10 -4.7%FY11 -0.5%FY12 -9.1%FY13 -3.7%

——————————————————————————————: Up to 28th February, 2013.

Note: -+ve(-ve) change shows appreciation (depreciation) of PKR.

100. Ms. Farhana Qamar :


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(a) whether it is a fact that the Government has started theimplementation of its plan for the automation of ICT Policeadministration; and

(b) if so, the time by which it will be completed?

Reply not received.

101. Ms. Farhana Qamar :

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statisticsand Privatization be pleased to state the approximate total numberof IT Graduates and Post Graduates who are jobless in the countryat present?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics, andPrivatization (Mr. Mahammad Ishaq Dar) : Pakistan Bureau of Statistics(PBS), an attached department of Statistics Division, undertakes Labour ForceSurvey to quantify the size and composition of labour force in accordance with thelatest occupation. According to the latest Labour Force Survey (2012-13), 6409persons are estimated as unemployed computer graduates, based on the estimatedpopulation of 181.72 million on 1st January, 2013.

102. Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak :


(a) the present status of the infrastructural projects initiated withPublic Private Partnership and on Built-Operate-Transfer andBuilt-Own-Operate basis under the public sector Developmentprogramme during the year 2013-14;

(b) the details of funds allocated under PSDP 2013-14 for saidprojects; and

(c) whether any feasibility study of said projects has been conductedunder PSDP to make the cost-benefit analysis in this regard; ifso, the details thereof?

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Reply not received.

103. Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak :


(a) the details of present structure/mandate of planning commissionof Pakistan;

(b) the name of the Chief Economists, the number of professionalsand experts including senior members presently working in thesaid Commission; and

(c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to introduce reforms in the said Commission; if so,when it will be implemented?

Reply not received.

104. Ms. Ayesha Raza Farooq :


(a) the location-wise total number of anti narcotics rehabilitationcentres in the country at present alongwith the present statusthereof;

(b) the prescribed criteria to monitor the performance of said centres;and

(c) the steps taken by the Government for sustainable managementof those centres?

Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan) :(a) Anti Narcotics Force, Ministry of Interior & ‘Narcotics Control is presentlymanaging following Treatment and Rehabilitation Centers (MATRCs) for the poorand needy drug addicts in the country where free of cost treatment & rehabilitationfacilities are being provided. Details are as under:—

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(1) Model Addiction Treatment & Rehabilitation CentreIslamabad. A 45 Bedded Model Addiction Treatment &Rehabilitation Centre is established at Thanda Pani, opposite SoldierCNG, Lathrar Road, Islamabad. This centre is working since 2005with the capacity to provide free of cost medical treatment andrehabilitation to 360 drug addicts per annum.

(2) Model Addiction Treatment & Rehabilitation Centre Quetta.A 45 Bedded Model Addiction Model Addiction Treatment &Rehabilitation Centre is established at House No 83/A, ChamanHousing Scheme, Airport Road Quetta. This centre is working since2005 with the capacity to provide free of cost medical treatment andrehabilitation to 360 drug addicts per year.

(3) Treatment at Adyala Prison Rawalpindi. A 10 beddeddetoxification ward was established in Adyala Jail Hospital atRawalpindi, in March 2010. In this ward, drug addict prisoners areprovided detoxification facility under the supervision of medical staffof MATRC Islamabad.

(4) Model Addiction Treatment & Rehabilitation Centre Karachi.A 55 bedded Model Addiction Treatment & Rehabilitation Centrewas established in May 2010. This centre is situated at Kalri (Lyari),Karachi. The centre is working with a capacity to provide free ofcost medical treatment and rehabilitation to 360 x drug addicts peryear.

(b) The projects are being run by professionally trained Project Managersunder the supervision of respective Regional Directorate, Force Commanders ofANF. There is a special wing/ project in Narcotics Control Division i.e. Planning& Monitoring Unit (PMU) which carries out monitoring of the projects on quarterlybasis. The account matters of the projects are monitored/ audited by a team ofAGPR.

(c) MATRCs Islamabad & Quetta are scheduled to complete theirproject life on 30th June 2014. PC-Is of both the projects were forwarded toNCD on 02-01-2013 for placing the projects before DDWP. However SecretaryNCD agreed that ANF to submit PC-IVs of the projects and forward proposalsfor placing them on permanent footing i.e. conversion from development to non-development budget, instead of putting up revised PC-Is of the projects beforeDDWP meeting for another period of 3x years. This was duly complied and case

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was forwarded to Planning Commission through NCD. Planning Commission(Health Section) commented through letter addressed to Secretary NCD that thesponsors are obliged to intimate and submit PC-V in order to check the sustainabilityand output of the project especially after devolution of the subject sector. Further,it has been conveyed that the concerned section (Planning Commission) supports-the closure of the project and conversion of the centre and its staff fromdevelopment to regular/non-development budget and supports clearance of thePC-IV for further necessary action.

105. Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan :


(a) whether it is a fact that cost was estimated for installation ofcyber net fountains project in various areas of Islamabad duringthe year 2008; if so, the details thereof; alongwith the date ofapproval and completion of the PC-1 thereof;

(b) the details of the construction work carried on up till now andthe time by which the said project will be completed;

(c) the total expenditures to be incurred thereupon alongwith theamount spent so far;

(d) whether Public Procurement Rules, 2004 were followed therefor;and

(e) whether irregularities have been found in the said project; if so,the action taken against the responsibles?

Reply not received.

106. S.A. Iqbal Qadri :

Will the Minister In-charge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleasedto state:(a) the types of safety features added in ACP 1000 model; and

(b) the steps taken by the Government to control the threat to the

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population and environment caused by the installation of NuclearPower Plants in Karachi?

Minister Incharge of the Prime Ministers Office : (a) The ACP 1000design of K-2/K-3 include the addition of multiple layers of safety, with emphasizeon safety systems that do not require electrical power to operate i.e. which wouldfunction on natural process such as density and temperature difference and gravityeven in case of a station blackout.

K-2/K-3 is generation III NPPs with improved system far mitigation ofsevere accidents so as to minimize effect on the environment. The enhancedsafety features include passive heat removal systems, double containment andrelease only after filtration.

For major external threats, the ACP 1000 containment as an outer shellon it. The outer shell is designed to take a commercial airplane crash withoutletting it penetrate through. This also provides protection against threats such asshelling by terrorist groups.

(b) PACE is a national organization of Government of Pakistan with anational mandate to use nuclear technology for the benefit of the nation and ensurethat there will be no threat to the population and environment due to nuclear powerplants.

Pakistan nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) is an other independentGovernment organization which has the mandate to regulate all discharges andscrutinize this aciivity as a completely independent body.

All nuclear power plants in Pakistan including ones in Karachi are providingenvironment friendly nuclear electricity and no adverse effect is reported for thepopulation and en vironment till yet. The nuclear plants administrations haveprepared comprehensive emergency. plans to cater for a y nuclear accident.

107. S.A. Iqbal Qadri :

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue Economic Affairs StatisticsPrivatization be pleased to state:(a) the names and designations of 14 officials against whom

disciplinary proceedings have been initiated on account offraudulent refund of sales tax on false invoices; and

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(b) whether the said officials have been suspended; if so, the presentstatus of the disciplinary proceedings thereof?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics, andPrivatization (Mr. Mahammad Ishaq Dar) : (a) The names and designationsof 14 officials against whom disciplinary proceedings have been initiated are givenin Annex-A

(b) The suspension status, and present status of disciplinary proceedingsin respect of each of the officials is given in Annex A.

Annex-A

DETAIL OF OFFICIALS/OFFICERS AGAINST WHOM DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGHAVE BEEN INITIATED

————————————————————————————————————————Sr. No. Name Designation Whether Present Status

Grades Suspended————————————————————————————————————————

1. Mr. Anwar Goraya, Not Suspended Inquiry report pending.Member AppellateTribunal, Inland Revenue,Karachi.(BS-21).

2 Mr. Sajid Hussain Arain, Not Suspended Personal Hearing was afforded byDeputy Commissioner, the Authorized Officer onInland Revenue. 24-04-2014. Decision awaited. (BS-18)

3. Mr. Ajmal Aqeel, Suspended Inquiry report awaited.Deputy Commissioner,Inland Revenue.(BS-18)

4. Mr. Anadil Khan, Assistant Not Suspended Reply to show cause noticeCommissioner, Inland received. Personal Hearing is toRevenue. (BS-17) be granted by the Authorized

Officer.

5. Mr. Muhammad Hanif, Not Suspended Charge Sheet / Statement ofInland Revenue Audit Allegations is being draftedOfficer.BS-16

————————————————————————————————————————6. Muhammad Moosa Baloch, Not Suspended Case Finalized. Penalty of

————————————————————————————————————————Sr. No. Name Designation Whether Present Status

Grades Suspended————————————————————————————————————————

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Inland Revenue Audit “Censure” imposed.Officer.BS-16

7. Mr. Amjad Ali Khan, Dismissed from Case Finalized.Inland Revenue Audit service Penalty of “Dismissal fromOfficer. BS-16 Service” imposed.

8. Mr. Iqbal Ahmed Magsi, Suspended Inquiry Report PendingInland Revenue AuditOfficer. BS-16

9 Mr. Anser Majeed, Not Susnended Inquiry Report Pending.Inland Revenue Audit Officer.BS-16

10 Mr. Fariduddin Khan, Not Suspended Inquiry Report pendingInland Revenue Audit Officer.BS-16

11. Mirza Muhammad Ali Baig Suspended Charge sheet/statement ofinspector. allegations stand prepared andBS-16 would be issued within a day or

two

12. Kashif Mehmood, Terminated Terminated from service.Manager Operation,PRAL/FBR Islamabad

13. Syed Taqi Hassan, DBA, Terminated Terminated from service.PRAL/FBR, Islamabad.

14. Ikram Ullah, Junior Staff Terminated Terminated from service. Officer, PRAL/FBR,Islamabad.

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108. Mr. Sufyan Yousuf :


(a) the grade wise total number of persons appointed in the Ministryand its attached departments since March, 2008 till date; and

(b) whether advertisement were made in the newspapers therefor;if so, names thereof?

Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan) :(a) Details of persons appointed in the Narcotics Control Division is atAnnexure-A.

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Details of persons appointed in the attached Department of NarcoticsControl Division i.e. ANF is at Annexure-B & C.

(b) a. Advertisement by Narcotics Control Division in the DailyExpress (Copy Enclosed).

b. Advertisement by Narcotics Control Division attachedDepartment i.e. ANF in Daily “The News” dated 13 April,2008 (copy enclosed).

c. Advertisement by Narcotics Control Division attachedDepartment i.e. ANF in Daily “Nawai-e-Waqt” dated06-11-2011 (Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan) (Copyenclosed)

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library).

109. Mr. Junaid Akbar :

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reform bepleased to state the total amount of funds have been allocatedfor Malakand NA-35 and Narowal-111 NA-117 under PublicSector Development Fund during the year 2013-14; and 2014-15 separately?

Reply not received.

110. Mr. Junaid Akbar :


(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to introduce corruption-free atmosphere in“Passport Home Delivery Scheme”;

(b) if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the details thereof?

Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control (Ch. Nisar Ali Khan) :

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(a) Yes, a proposal with respect to corruption free Passport Home Delivery Schemein six major district (Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quettaand Muzaffarabad) is under consideration.

(b) In this regard, a tender for hiring of courier services was floated inNovember,2013 in leading newspapers of Pakistan. The procurement is in processand technical bids have been opened and evaluated. The bidding process is expectedto be completed within next month. Hence “Home Delivery of Passports” willstart after completion of the bidding process immediately.

111. Ms. Aasiya Nasir :

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased tostate the steps being taken by the FIA to control the illegal migrationabroad of Pakistani citizens?

Reply not received.

112. Ms. Aasiya Nasir :


(a) the steps taken by the Ministry to provide security to the Churchesand Mandirs in Islamabad; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Ministryto provide special relaxation to issue arms licenses to the religiousleaders/incharge of those worship places; if so, when it will beimplemented?

Reply not received.

113. Dr. Nafisa Shah :

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased tostate:(a) the total number of personnel of police and rangers who have

been killed in war on terror up till now; and

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(b) whether Government recognized their sacrifices?

Reply not received.

114. Mr. Sher Akbar Khan :


(a) the details of the financial institutions/banks where ForeignExchange Reserves are being kept in District Bunair at presentalongwith the justifications thereof;

(b) the authority who granted approval therefor; and

(c) the total amount of expenditures incurred thereupon during thelast three years till date?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics, andPrivatization (Mr. Mahammad Ishaq Dar) : (a) State Bank of Pakistan hasnot placed any Foreign Exchange Reserves with any financial institution/bank inDistrict Bunair.

(b & (c) In view of reply with regard to (a), answers to (b&c) are notrequired.

115. Mr. Sher Akbar Khan :


(a) the Bank-wise total amount of loans waived off in respect offlood affectees of Malakand during the year 2009 alongwiththe details thereof; and

(b) the total amount of said loans waived off in respect of Tobaccogrowers/cultivators during the said period alongwith theirnames?

Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics, andPrivatization (Mr. Mahammad Ishaq Dar) : (a) Banks have not waived offany loan in respect of flood affectees of Malakand during the year 2009.

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(b) Does not arise in view of (a) above.

ISLAMABAD: KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI,The 8th May, 2014. Secretary.

PCPPI—645 (14) NA—8-5-2014—650.

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