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(51st 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

Monday, the 15th January, 2018

89. *Sheikh Salahuddin:(Deferred during 44th Session)

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National History andLiterary Heritage be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that sectarian hatred and violences are beingspread in the country through Print, Electronic and Social Media;and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to formulate a national policy thereof; if so, whenit will be implemented; if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National Historyand Literary Heritage (Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb): (a) The Ministry ofInformation, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage, is consciousof its obligations and hence carefully monitors the Print and Electronic Media tocheck any content related to Sectarian hatred and violence. The Ministry, throughmonitoring units in different organizations under its administrative control, makessure that all publications, broadcasts and advertisements on national level do notcontain or encourage violence, terrorism, sectarianism, religious discrimination andhate speech.

It is further stated that the monitoring of social media does not comeunder purview of Ministry of Information, Broadcasting, National History andLiterary Heritage. Pakistan Telecommunications Authority under the control ofMinistry of IT and Telecom and Ministry of Interior are monitoring the socialmedia in Pakistan.

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(b) There is already a policy of zero tolerance against the projection ofhate speech and sectarian violence through Print and Electronic media. Differentorganizations working under the administrative control of Ministry of Information,Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage make interventions to checkany such activity on the national print and electronic media. Followings are thedetails;

(i) PRESS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT

PID keeps close liaison with the newspapers, magazines and printmedia organizations like CPNE, APNS, PFUJ , RIUJ and Press clubs tokeep them cognizant of government policy against hate speech and sectarianviolence (Annexure A,B, C,D)

(ii) PRESS COUNCIL OF PAKISTAN

Press Council of Pakistan is trying hard to implement Ethical Codeof Practice for print media in its true spirit. Clause (7) of the Ethical Codeof Practice is reproduced below:

“ (7) The press shall avoid originating, printing, publishingand disseminating any material, which encourages or incitesdiscrimination or hatred on grounds of race, religion, caste, sect,nationality, ethnicity, gender, disability, illness, or age, of an individualor group”.

PCP monitors the print media in context of hate speech andsectarian violence. The professional bodies of journalists are being remindedtime and again to follow PCP’s ethical code and restrain from spreadinghate speech and sectarian violence. PCP has sent letters to the professionalbodies of journalists as well as to the editors of newspapers to ensure theimplementation of PCP’s ethical code. (Annexure E,F,G,H,I)

Moreover, Press Council of Pakistan in its is quarterly meetingswith professional bodies of journalists i.e. APNS, CPNE and PFUJ,emphasizes on the role of print media in creating sectarian harmony in thecountry.

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(iii) Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) wasestablished in March, 2002 through an Ordinance to facilitate the growthof Electronic Media and to regulate its operation in the country.

PEMRA regulates private electronic media through followingregulatory statues.

i. PEMRA Ordinance 2002 as amended by PEMRA (Amendment)Act 2007.

ii. PEMRA (Rules 2009.

iii. PEMRA (Television Broadcast Station Operations), 2012.

iv. PEMRA (Radio Broadcast Station Operation) Regulations, 2012.

v. PEMRA (Distribution Service Operations) Regulations, 2011.

vi. PEMRA (Council of Complaints) Rules, 2010.

vii. Electronic Media (Programs and Advertisements) Code of Conduct,2015.

There are certain instances when content reportedly spreadingsectarian hatred and violence was identified by PEMRA monitoring wing,considering the sensitivity of the matter and violations committed thereof,the Authority took contingence by taking legal actions against the licensee.

Details of actions taken by PEMRA on propagation of hate speechthrough TV channels are attached as Annex-J.

Policy formulation relates to Federal Government. However,relevant provisions of PEMRA laws dealing with sectarian hatred andviolence are reproduced as under:

PEMRA Ordinance-2002

20. Terms and conditions of licence.—A person who isissued a licence under this Ordinance shall.—

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(c) ensure that all programmes and advertisements donot contain or encourage violence, terrorism, racial, ethnic or religiousdiscrimination, sectarianism, extremism, militancy, hatred,pornography, obscenity, vulgarity or other material offensive tocommonly accepted standards of decency.

PEMRA, Rules-2009

15. Programmes and advertisement content.—(1) Thecontents of the programmes and advertisements which are broadcastor distributed by the broadcast media or distribution service operator,shall conform to the provisions of section 20 of the Ordinance, theserules, the code set out in the Schedule-A and terms and conditions ofthe licence.

Code of Conduct-2015

3. Fundamental principles:—The licensee shall ensurethat (1) No content is aired which—

(d) passes derogatory remarks about any religion, sect, communityor uses visuals or words contemptuous of religious sects andethnic groups or which promote communal and sectarian attitudeor disharmony;

(f) contains abusive comment that incites hatred and contemptagainst any individual or group of persons, on the basis of race,caste, nationality, ethnic or linguistic origin, color, religion, sect,gender, age, mental or physical disability;

(h) is likely to incite, aid, abet, glamorize or justify violence,commission of any crime, terror or leads to serious publicdisorder;

10. Religious tolerance and harmony:- Licensee shall ensure that:-

(2) Beliefs and practices of any faith are described accurately whendiscussed and interfaith harmony is promoted at all times.

(3) no programme or comment is aired which incites or condonesacts of violence and encourages violation of law in the name ofreligion, sect, community or ethnic group or any other pretext.

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23. Hate speech:—(1) Licensee shall ensure that hatespeech by any of its employees or any guest in a programme is notaired.

(2) The licensee shall not relay allegations that fall within thespectrum of hate speech, including calling someone anti-Pakistan, traitor, or anti-Islam.

(3) Where hate speech is resorted to by any guest, the channel andits representative must stop the participant and remind him andthe audience that no one has the authority to declare any othercitizen as a Kafir or enemy of Pakistan, Islam or any otherreligion.

Explanation:—Hate speech includes any expression that mayincite violence, hatred or discrimination on the basis of religion,ethnicity, colour, race, gender, origin, and caste, mental or physicaldisability.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

131. *Ms. Belum Hasnain:(Deferred during 46th Session)

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state:

(a) the location-wise name of Kachi Abadis established in Islamabadso far;

(b) whether ownership has been given to residents of the saidabadies including the French Colony, Sector F-7 and the KatachiAbadis of Sector F-6, Islamabad; and

(c) the steps being taken by the Government to provide basicfacilities and improve living standard in those abadies?

Minister of state for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) There are ten recognized katchiabadies with a total of 3805 heads of households (i.e. 3805 housing units) in

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Islamabad. All other settlements are illegal and unauthorized. The list of recognizedkatchi abadis is as under:—

Name of Abadi Location

i) Katchi abadi G-7/1 (66 Quarters) G-7/1ii) Katchi Abadi G-7/2 G-7/2iii) Katchi Abadi G-7/3 (48 Quarters) G-7/3-2iv) Katchi Abadi F-6/2 (100 Quarters) F-6/2v) Katchi Abadi F-7/4 (France Colony) F-7/4vi) Katchi Abadi G-8/1(Hansa Colony, G-8/1

J. Salik Colony)vii) Muslim Colony (nor pur Shahan) Bari Imamviii) Katchi Abadi Essa Nagri (I-9/1)ix) Dhoke Najju I-10/4

(completely shifted to MUSP, Farash Town)x) Haq Bahu Colony I-11/4

(completely shifted to MUSP, Farash Town)

(b) The proprietary rights are being given to all the eligible and bonafide dwellers of above listed abadis including the French Colony, located at SectorF-7/4. Proprietary rights and other facilities will be given to the residents of KatchiAbadi F-6/2 (known as 100 quarters) after finalization of validation process oforiginal dwellers of Katchi Abadi F-6/2, Islamabad.

(c) Government/CDA has taken following steps to provide basic facilitiesand improve living standard of residents of these recognized abadis:-

These katchi abadies are being rehabilitated with the applicaticn of threeconcepts of Urban Renewal, detail of which is as under:

A. UPGRADATION OF 04 KATCHI ABADIES AT PRESENT SITEIN EXISTING FORM

Following abadis have been upgraded at existing location:

i) G-7/1ii) G-7/2iii) G-7/3iv) F-7/4

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The bonafide dwellers of these abadies are being issued application formsfor award of proprietary rights. Physical Infrastructure has been providedi.e. protection measures along the nullah sides, sanitary and sewerage system asper site position, upgradation and pavement of existing street network. M/s SNGPLand M/s IESCO are providing electricity and sui gas connections to the eligibledwellers of these katchi abadis as per policy in vogue.

B. RLOCATION OF KATCHI ABADIES TO MUSP FARASH,ISLAMABAD

Following 04 katchi abadis have to be shifted to Model Urban ShelterProject (MUSP) Farash, Islamabad.

i) Muslim Colony (Partially Shifted)ii) Haq Bahu (Shifted Completely)iii) Dhoke Najju (Shifted Completely)iv) Essa Nagri (Partially Shifted)

These bona fide dwellers of these abadis have been allocated 1233 plotseach measuring 89 Sq. yards in MUSP Farash, Islamabad. The scheme of MUSPFarash has been planned in three pockets which is spread over an area of 165acres consisting 4000 plots measuring 3 marlas each (The Price of eachPlot is Rs. 21,000, to be paid with down payment of Rs. 5000 and monthlyinstallment of Rs. 500). After completion of formalities, “Proprietary rights” willbe awarded, So far CDA has spent an amount of Rs. 20.820 Million on theprovision of constructicn of roads and streets, Drainage/ Sanitary system andWater supply through community hand pumps. M/s SNGPL and M/s IESCO willprovide service connections to the eligible dwellers of these katchi abadis as perpolicy in vogue.

C. UP GRADATION KATCHI ABADIES OF AT SITE IN THEFORM OF PLANNED PLOTS

Katchi Abadi G-8/1(J.Salik Colony and Hansa Colony) Out of 575eligible dwellers of abadi 540 heads of households have been allocated plotsin Improvement/Upgradation Scheme of Katchi Abadi G-8/1 and about 500have been shifted to the allocated plots in the same abadi and dwellers haveconstructed houses as per plan of the scheme. The cost of one plot isRs. 40,000/- payable in initial down payment of Rs. 5000/- and monthly installmentsof Rs. 500). The Up gradation of abadi is in process and the remaining dwellers

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will also be allocated plots. All the basic facilities will be provided i.e. door todoor water supply connection, protection measures along the nullah sides, sanitaryand sewerage system as per site position, and pavement of existing street network.M/s SNGPL and M/s IESCO will provide service connections to the eligibledwellers of these katchi abadis as per policy in vogue.

62. *Mr. Junaid Akbar:(Deferred during 47th Session)


(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to give Attendance Allowance to the citizens ofPakistan over 65 years who need help to lookafter themselvesbecause of physical or mental disability; if not, the reasonsthereof;

(b) if so, the steps taken in this regard?

Minister of state for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) In the wake of 18th ConstitutionalAmendment, the subject matter has been devolved to the provinces. Provincesmay have their own respective policy and law(s) on the subject, whereas, ICTbeing a Federal area needs to have its own policy and laws for the well being ofSenior Citizens.

At present there is no proposal under consideration in CA&DD to giveattendance allowance to the citizens over 65 years who need to help to look afterthemselves because of physical or mental disabilities. However the following stepsare being taken towards welfare of the senior citizens.

CA&D Division is actively preparing a comprehensive Welfare ofSenior Citizens Bill and after considering various proposals, a finalbill of Senior Citizens Welfare Bill 2017 was prepared by the LawReforms Committee of Law and Justice Division, with the mandateof Islamabad Capital Territory, to protect the social and economicwell being of the Senior Citizens. The same Bill is under considerationwith the Cabinet Committee on disposal of legal cases.

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The same Bill will be presented in the National Assembly and Senateas Government Bill and after approval of the Bill by the NationalAssembly and Senate, the Senior Citizens will get opportunities andbenefits.

(b) Not applicable.

69. *Ms. Shahida Akhtar Ali:(Deferred during 47th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that no proper arrangements for cleanlinesshave been made by the present Government in and out side theShah Faisal Mosque, Islamabad;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the said Mosque has not been whitewashed since long;

(c) if the answers to part (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative,the reasons thereof;

(d) the total number of staff working for cleanliness of said Mosquealongwith their scales;

(e) the date on which the said Mosque was white washedalongwith the expenditure incurred thereon; and

(f) the time by which said problems will be resolved?

Minister of state for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) it is not a fact that no properarrangements for cleanliness have been made by the present Government in andoutside the Shah Faisal Mosque, Islamabad. Fresh tenders of janitorial services ofthe Mosque along with procurement of cleaning machinery have been invited throughpress on 296-2017 and are under process of approval.

(b) It is not a fact that the said Mosque has not been white-washedsince long it was lastly white washed / painted in the year 2013.

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(c) N/A

(d) Cleanliness of Mosque has been out sourced since its operation and35 persons have been engaged by the contractor on minimum wages fixed by theGovernment.

(e) 2013 Rs. 3.823 Million.

(f) The problem has since been resolved.

84. *Dr. Nikhat Shakeel Khan:(Deferred during 47th Session)

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact thatseveral well known individuals have invested in the project regardingconstruction of the Grand Hyatt Hotel; if so, the date and amount-wise investments made by said individuals in the said project?

Minister of state for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): As per record no one has so farapproached CDA for transfer/ purchase of apartment.

3. *Ms. Aliya Kamran:(Deferred during 50th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that a number of letters have been writtenby the Constitutional Bodies to the Capital DevelopmentAuthority for installation of tiles in the Constitutional Bodies/departments; if so, the details thereof;

(b) the time by which the installation work of tiles will be completed;

(c) the names of those Constitutional Bodies where the said work ispending at present alongwith the details thereof;

(d) the total expenditures to be incurred thereon; and

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(e) whether the approval has been taken for the said expenditures;if so, the date; if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister of state for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) Detail of various letters issued time totime from National Assembly & Senate Secretariat for fixing of tiles is attached atAnnex-A.

(b) All work completed already in the year. 2016-17.

(c) There is no pending work.

(d) Rs. 13.196 (M), detail at Annex-B.

(e) Approval of estimate has been taken from the competent authority.Tenders were called as per PPRA. rules, Payments were made according toquarterly release of Maintenance grant of Parliament House.


11. *Syed Imran Ahmad Shah:(Deferred during 50th Session)

Will the Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division be pleasedto state:

(a) the names, designations and departments of Governmentservants who have applied and got foreign nationalities duringthe last ten years;

(b) whether said servants obtained prior permission by theGovernment;

(c) if the answer to part (b) above is in negative, whether this istantamount to misconduct; if so, the total number ofGovernment Servants against whom actions have been takenby the Government so far?

Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division: (a), (b) & (c) TheQuestion of Honourable Member was circulated to all 43 Ministries / Divisionsunder the Federal Government on 05-12-2017.

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Uptil now, 35 Federal Ministries / Divisions have given “Nil” report:——————————————————————————————

Sr. # Name of Ministry / Division——————————————————————————————

1. Cabinet Division2. M/o Maritime Affairs3. M/o Industries & Production4. Power Division5. Petroleum Division6. M/o Commerce7. M/o Narcotics Control8. M/o Foreign Affairs9. Federal Board of Revenue10. M/o Overseas Pakistanis11. M/o Water Resources12. M/o Communication13. Establishment Division14. M/o Religious Affairs15. M/o Privatization16. M/o Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan17. Statistics Division18. National Security Division19. M/o Planning Development & Reform20. M/o Science & Technology21. Finance Division22. M/o Human Rights23. M/o States & Frontier Region24. M/o Parliamentary Affairs25. Economic Affairs Division26. M/o Defence Production27. M/o Federal Education and Professional Training.28. M/o National Health Services29. M/o Law and Justice30. Capital Administration & Development Division (CADD)31. National History and Literary Heritage Division32. M/o Interior33. M/o Inter Provincial & Coordination34. M/o Information Technology Telecommunication.35. Defence Division.

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The following three Ministries / Divisions have submitted their replyregarding who have applied and got foreign nationalities:-

i. Division (Annex-I).

ii. Information and Broadcasting Division (Annex-II).

iii. National Food Security & Research Division (Annex-III).

Following Ministries Divisions have not yet furnished requisite informationdespite of several reminders.

i. Climate Change Division

ii. Housing & Works

iii. Postal Services Division

iv. Railways Division

v. Textile Division


144. *Mr. Junaid Akbar:(Deferred during 50th Session)


(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to establish/construct the Liver Transplant Hospitalin every province with the collaboration of the FederalGovernment;

(b) if so, when it will be implemented?

Minister of state for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) Since domain of Capital Administration& Development Division (CA&DD) is the ICT area no proposal of collaborationwith any other province for the establishment of Liver Transplant Hospital is underconsideration.

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However for ICT area a Liver Transplant Centre has been established atPakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). Efforts are being made to make itfunctional at the earliest.

(b) Not applicable.

146. *Mr. Waseem Akhtar Shaikh:(Deferred during 50th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that the Blue Area, Islamabad is beingextended;

(b) whether it is also a fact that various construction companieshave started construction work as a result of which severepollution is being spread in the residential areas of the SectorG-9, Ibn-e-Sina Road and surrounding areas, Islamabad; and

(c) whether it is further a fact that the said construction companieshave failed to control the said pollution; if so, the steps beingtaken in this regard?

Minister of state for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) There is No Plan for Extension ofBlue Area, Islamabad. The Blue Area has been eamarked in Master Plan ofIslamabad and same is being followed. Presently, the buildings in different parts ofBlue Area like F-7, G-8, and G-9 are being constructed by the auction purchasersof plots.

(b) It has been observed that few auctioned plots are being constructedupon near the residential areas of Sector G-9, lbn-e-Sina Road. However, notrees has been cut as these were empty plots while the excavated soil have beendumped as per SOP in depression areas in different right of ways and green beltsreclaiming the land.

(c) It has been observed that the construction sites have been cordonedoff/ covered by green cloth/ net to control any such matter.

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156. *Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:(Deferred during 50th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that commercial buildings in Islamabad arenot being constructed as per CDA’s building codes andregulations;

(b) whether it is also a fact that planners/owners are advertisingsaid buildings beyond true specifications;

(c) if the answers to part (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative,whether the Government has taken notice of it; if so, the detailsthereof?

Minister of state for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) All Commercial Buildings in Sectoralarea in Islamabad are being constructed as per CDA’s building codes andregulations, in case a violation of approved plans in detected action is initiated forremoval of the same.

(b) No such advertisement has been found recently for the buildingswithin jurisdiction of this office.

(c) Not applicable.

163. *Shaikh Rohale Asghar:(Deferred during 50th Session)


(a) whether the land of Faisal Mosque Islamabad has beenencroached by the International Islamic University; if so, thereasons thereof; and

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

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Minister of state for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) Yes, all the premises of Faisal Masjidi.e. 51000 square meter covered area & other areas are under the use ofInternational Islamic University, Islamabad since its construction.

International Islamic University, Islamabad is of the view that they are thecustodian of Faisal Masjid and have authority to use/misuse its designated placesfor International Islamic University, Islamabad besides allotment of a Sector toInternational Islamic University, Islamabad in Sector H-10.

(b) Matter has been reported to Senate Standing Committee on CabinetSecretariat. (Public Petition No.PP.1873). It was apprised to the Committee thatIIUI administration had forcefully occupied the Grand Mosque’s premises eventhough they were allotted 700 acres land by the CDA.

The said Committee directed IIUI to vacate the Faisal Mosque’s premisesas soon as possible. The premises of the Mosque has not yet been vacated by thesaid University.

31. *Mr. Ramesh Lal:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state whether there is any proposalunder consideration of the Government to construct link road fromSector I-16, Islamabad to Kashmir Highway; if so, the time by whichconstruction work will be started thereon?

Minister of state for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): It is apprised that as per Master plan, theService Roads West of Sectors I-16 and H-16 will be connected with the 17thAvenue which will be eventually connected with Kashmir Highway / Motorwaylink in future. This Motorway link falls under the jurisdiction of NHA. The Landacquisition of Sector H-16 is under process. Once land is acquired and PC-I isapproved, the work will be taken in hand. Meanwhile the NHA has been requestedto construct Underpasses / Flyovers on sectoral intersections.

32. *Shazia Marri:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division be pleased tostate:

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(a) the total number of flights of the Pakistan International Airlines(PIA) being operated to Afghanistan weekly at present;

(b) the airports from where said flights take off and land; and

(c) the types of aircrafts being operated by PIA to Afghanistan atpresent?

Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division: (a) At present, PakistanInternational Airlines (PIA) is operating 05 weekly flights to Kabul Afghanistan.

(b) PIA operates, said- flights from Islamabad which involves bothtakeoff and landing.

(c) PIA is operating ATR 42-500 to operate the said flights to Kabul,Afghanistan.

33. *Ms. Saman Sultana Jaffri:


(a) the total number of plots allotted to charity organizations bythe Capital Development Authority (CDA) alongwiththe purposes thereof;

(b) whether construction works have been completed on said plots;and

(c) whether the terms and conditions for the allotment of said plotsdo not allow to misuse the said plots; if so, the details thereof?

Minister of state for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) Only one plot for charity purposemeasuring 5227.20 Square Yard in sector H.8 stands allotted to M/s BalqeesEdhi Foundation on payment of cost of land worked out to Rs. 4, 45,000/-.but noany relaxation was made by the Authority.

(b) As per record, building on above mentioned plot has been completed.

(c) The plot is being used for Edhi Foundation and has not been misused.

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34. *Ms. Aisha Syed:

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunicationbe pleased to state the steps being taken by the Ministry to promoteInformation Technology, to ensure availability of the same and tocreate awareness of it among the public in the country?

Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication(Ms. Annusha Rahman Khan):

Steps taken by the government of Pakistan to promote informationtechnology in the country

The following summarizes the efforts carried out by the Government ofPakistan to promote Information Technology in the Country:

To provide Digital Infrastructure for the growth of ICT sector, Ministryof IT has successfully conducted three spectrum auctions for 3G/4Gservices. These spectrum auctions have helped increase broadbandpenetration in the country from a mere 3.7 million in 2013 to over 47million in January, 2018.

To align with the emerging trends of technology, Ministry of IT hasissued a Policy Directive to PTA that enables Pakistan to test FifthGeneration (5G) mobile communications deployment in the Country.

The Telecom Policies were due for review by 2008. The presentGovernment in June, 2013, after taking office, took up the reviewand integration of policies on priority basis. After several rounds ofextensive stakeholder’s consultation, the Telecommunications Policy2015 that caters to the latest telecom sector trends was notified.

Taking into account the increasingly transformed role of InformationTechnology across all sectors of socio-economic development,Digital Pakistan Policy 2016-17 is being formulated based on multi-stakeholder model to rapidly transform the IT and other sectors ofeconomy.

The Parliament promulgated “Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act(PECA)” in 2016 that is aimed to prevent misuse of information

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systems’ infrastructure and encourage safe and secure use ofinformation systems.

To nurture the incubation and entrepreneurship in the country, Moithas established first two state of the art National Incubation Centersat Islamabad and Lahore with the partnership of Private Sector .Three (03) additional National Incubation Centers at Karachi,Peshawar and Quetta are being established and innovation centersfor Fintech, Internet of things (IoT) and Robotics are programed tobe established.

Government of Pakistan has taken appropriate regulatory measuresto promote access to financial inclusion particularly for lessprivileged society of Pakistan. Due to these measures, 17 millionbranchless banking (Mobile Banking) accounts have been createdand on average 1.4 million branchless banking transactions are madeper day.

This Ministry, in-consultation with relevant stakeholders, has helped/prepare draft e-commerce regulatory framework to cater toConsumer Protection, Personal Data Protection, Cross-BorderElectronic Transactions, Dispute Resolution Mechanism and license/registration requirements which are the key elements of e-commerceeco-system.

“ICT for Girls” Program has been launched to spur the socio economicdevelopment of women & girls. As part of phase-I, 150 Digital labsare being established for training thousands of girls on ICT tools andtechnologies through Microsoft’s 4 C training. Same program hasbeen scaled to 226 public sector girls schools in Islamabad to trainover 110,000 girls per year.

First state-of-the-art National IT Park in Islamabad, to facilitate andhouse IT companies, is being established through financing from KoreaEximbank and the Economic Development Cooperation Fund(EDCF). This Ministry plans to establish such IT Parks in otherprovincial capitals of Pakistan as well.

In order to provide an enabling environment for the IT industry,various incentives for the sector have been awarded which include

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extension of Zero rated income tax provision of IT exports by 3years till June 2019 (via Finance Bill 2016). In the current FinanceBill 2017-18, following additional incentives have been given to ICTSector:

o Exemption from Income Tax for technology Startups for thefirst 3 years.

o Export of IT services from Islamabad and other federalterritories shall be exempted from Sales Tax.

o IT Companies shall be allowed to open Foreign ExchangeAccounts in Pakistan.

o Reduction in Withholding Income Tax on mobile phone callfrom 14% to 12.5% and Federal Excise Duty from 18.5%to 17%.

o Custom duty on smart phones shall be reduced from Rs. 1,000/= to Rs. 650/=.

Other incentives for IT Sector include 100% equity ownership allowed toforeign investors, accelerated depreciation of 30% on computer equipment andAlternate Minimum Tax (AMT) at the rate of 2% instead of 8% to IT & ITeSProviders.

Under the USF programs, the original design to provide basictelephony & 2G services to unserved and underserved has beenreplaced with the commitment to cover such areas with mobilebroadband services.

The internet registry has been established to promote localcontent development. Through this internet registry local communityof Pakistan will now be able to register and use internet domainnames in native languages. This will help the citizens to access webpages in Urdu. In addition to making navigation easier, this will alsobe valuable in targeting local markets, non-English speaking internetusers and for local promotions.

Implementation of E-Government system titled “E-office Suite” forthe automation of core businesses of the government to ensureefficiency, accuracy, effectiveness and good governance, transparency

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and accountability in decision making and delivery of efficient andcost-effective public services to citizens of Pakistan.

Reinvigorate support to government organizations fore/mGovernment initiatives by merging former Pakistan ComputerBureau (PCB) and Electronic Government Directorate (EGD) intoNational Information Technology Board (NITB) with provision ofqualified and adequate human resources.

35. * Mr. Waseem Akhtar Shaikh:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to refer to the Starred QuestionNo.15 replied on 07-12-2017 and to state:

(a) as to when the Sector I-12, Islamabad was announced by theCapital Development Authority (CDA);

(b) the break-up of funds released and utilized for the developmentof said Sector during the financial year 2017-18;

(c) whether the CDA has taken notice of increasing illegalconstruction made by encroachers in the said Sector; if so, thesteps being taken in this regard; and

(d) the steps being taken to develop the said Sector at the earliest?

Minister of state for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) Sector I-12 was announced on 08-06-2009 after approval of package deal between CDA and affectees of Bakra &Sorain.

(b) A budgetary provision of Rs. 100.00 million has been kept for“Development works in Sector I-12” in the CDA Budget 2017-18 which has notbeen utilized at yet.

(c) The illegal construction being raised in Sector- 1-12 has alreadybeen reported by respective staff.

As per available record, two boundary walls and a room stands demolishedin the wake of operation dated 08-12-2017 (photographs are attached).

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A joint operation is being planned in collaboration with ICT Administration& ICT Police in order to remove illegally constructed structures on state land.

It is expected that entire action will be completed within a fortnight.

(d) The development work of Major Roads and Box Culverts has beenawarded through contract.

The work of the said infrastructure stand completed 76 % at site however,estimates for the development of Service Roads and Vehicular Roads of SectorI-12 are in under process.

The development work of said roads will be taken in hand after necessaryapproval from Planning Wing, CDA.

36. *Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state whether any project toinstall bio-metric machines and cameras in the Governmenteducational institutes of Islamabad is under consideration at present;if so, the details alongwith the time by which it will be completed?

Minister of state for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): Yes. FDE has initiated a project for theinstallation of Face Detection Biometric System in all the educational institutionsunder FDE. The equipment has been received by the vendor and installation is inprocess. However CCTV Surveillance System in all public institutions under FDEhas already been installed.

37. *Ms. Khalida Mansoor:


(a) the category-wise total number of rooms available in HolidayHomes, Murree at present alongwith the rent thereof;

(b) the names of the persons/Government Servants to whom saidrooms have been allotted since 01-01-2017 alongwith the detailsthereof; and

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(c) the Government departments for which booking of said roomscan be made alongwith the details thereof?

Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division: (a) There are 32rooms/suites in the Holiday Homes Murree as per details given below:

Holiday Home-I Rate in Rs./day

Category A (BS 20 & above) 04 Suites 550/-Category B (BS 16-19) 08 Suites 400/-

Holiday Home-II

Category A (BS 20 & above) 03 Suites 550/-Category B (BS 16-19) 11 Rooms 400/-Category C (BS 01-15) 06 Rooms 250/-

(b) The rooms have been allotted to 2431 persons / Government servantsand the detail of allotment of rooms at Holiday Homes Murree since 01-01-2017is at (Annexure-I). As up to a maximum of five family members are allowed to stayin a suit/room, a total of 12,155 (2431 x 5 = 12,155) persons / GovernmentServants and their dependents are supposed to have utilized the rooms facility atHoliday Homes Murree.

(c) The facility is meant primarily for Federal Government employeesgetting salary from civil estimates but the other Government Servants are alsoaccommadated in the “Other” category. Annexure-I is indicative of the Govt.Organizations / departments for which booking can be made.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

38. *Mr. Junaid Akbar:


(a) whether it is a fact that the post of Assistant has been upgradedby the Government from BPS-14 to BPS-16 without giving fullbenefits of BPS-16; if so, the reasons thereof; and

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(b) whether there is any proposal to give full benefits of BPS-16against the post of Assistant; if so, the time by which it will beimplemented; if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division: (a) The post ofAssistant has been up-graded from BS-14 to BS-15. Moreover, the existingincumbents of the Post of Assistants have been granted BS-16 as specialdispensation, in terms of financial benefits of fixation of pay only in the next stageof higher pay scale without any promotional benefit of higher scale. They areentitled to the full benefits of BS-15 (Annex-I).

(b) At present no such proposal is under consideration in EstablishmentDivision.

Annex-I

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39. *Mr. Abdul Qahar Khan Wadan:

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training bepleased to state the year-wise total number of students sent abroadon scholarship from Balochistan by the Government since 01-06-2013?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr.Muhammad Baligh-Ur-Rehman): A total of 204 i.e. two hundred and fourstudents have been sent abroad on scholarships from Balochistan by the Governmentsince 01.06.2013. The Year-wise breakup is as under:——————————————————————————————

Year Number of Scholarships——————————————————————————————

2013-14 342014-15 262015-16 662016-17 552017-18 23

——————————————————————————————Total 204

——————————————————————————————40. *Ms. Sajida Begum:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division be pleased to statewhether the new Islamabad International Airport has becomeoperational?

Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division: Reply of Question isattached as Annex-A.

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Annexure “A”

There are two parts in this question regarding completion of project andsecondly the Operationalization of the Airport. These parts are answeredseparately:—

a. Completion of Projects:

i. The overall completion status of project is at 98%.

ii. Airside: Runway Taxiways, Air Traffic Control Tower, Radar,Navigational & visual Aids and Aircraft parking stands is completedtested and ready for Operationalization of Airport.

iii. Landside: All facilities on Landside i.e. Access Roads, Parking areas,Cargo, Water Works, Electricity Grid Station and SewerageTreatment Plant already completed and tested and are in use. TheConstruction of Additional works on Landside i.e. Central Mosque,ASF Barracks, Aviation Building is in final Finishing stage.

iv. Terminal Building: is substantially completed. The installation testingand commissioning of equipment and systems is complete. It includesHVAC Elevators, & Escalators, Check-in Counters, Immigration,Counters. Furniture etc. However, integration of Baggage handling& special systems with building management and fire alarm is inprocess under supervision of project Management Consultants.

b. Operationalization of Airport

i. New Airport at Islamabad is the first GREENFIELD AIRPORTof Pakistan and is substantially completed.

ii. It was decided that Islamabad international Airport would be operatedby an International Airports operating company. The last date of bidsubmission was 21st December 2017. However, no companysubmitted their bids. Now CAA is working on the operationalizationplan, which may take 3 to 4 months to complete.

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41. *Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training bepleased to state the total number of Pakistani students studyingabroad on scholarships at present alongwith the names of the countriesthereof?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr.Muhammad Baligh-Ur-Rehman): A total of 2516 i.e. two thousand five hundredand sixteen Pakistani students are studying abroad on Higher Education Commission(HEC) scholarships at present. The country wise-breakup is attached at Annex-I.

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42. *Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training bepleased to state the location-wise private and governmentuniversities established in the country during the tenure of the presentGovernment?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr.Muhammad Baligh-Ur-Rehman): A total of 30 Universities/ Degree AwardingInstitutions (22 in Public sector and 8 in Private sector) have been establishedduring the tenure of the present Government.

The Province/Region wise distribution is as follows:——————————————————————————————

Area Public Private Total——————————————————————————————

Federal 2 1 3Punjab 9 2 11Sindh 3 5 8Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 3 0 3Balochistan 2 0 2A J K 3 0 3

——————————————————————————————Total 22 8 30

——————————————————————————————The location-wise breakup is attached at Annex-I.

Annex-I

NAMES OF THE UNIVERSITIES ESTABLISHED DURING THEPRESENT GOVERNMENT TENURE

Public Sector Universities

FEDERALi. Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Islamabadii. National University of Medical Sciences, Islamabad

PUNJABi. Government Coilege for Women University, Faisalabadii. Government College for Women University, Sialkotiii. Government Sadiq College Women University, Bahawalpuriv. Information Technology University of the Punjab, Lahore

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v. Khawaja Freed University of Engineering & Information Technology,Rahim Yar Khan

vi. Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multanvii. Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindiviii. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Engineering & Technology,

Multanix. Fatima Jinnah Medical University, Lahore

SINDi. Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences, Khairpurii Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi

iii. Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Universityof Technology & SkillDevelopment, Khairpur Mirs

KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWAi. University of FATA, Kohatii. Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Abbottabadiii Univrsity of Technology, Nowshera

BALOCHISTANi. University of Turbat, Turbatii. University of Loralai, Loralai

AZAD JAMMU & KASHMIRi. University of Poonch, Rawalakotii. Women University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Baghiii. University of Kotli Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Kotli

Private Sector

FEDERALi. Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad

PUNJABi. Lahore Garrison University, Lahoreii. Nur International University, Lahore

SINDHi. Barret Hodgson University, Karachiii. Karachi School for Business & Leadershipiii. Shaheed Benazir Bhutto City University, Karachiiv. Sindh Institute of Management and Technology, Karachiv. Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Dewan University, Karachi

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43. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to statethe names of the Federal Government Hospitals operating in eachprovince in the country at present?

Transferred to National Health Services, Regulations and CoordinationDivision for answer on Next Rota Day.

44. *Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training bepleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to controlplagiarism/imitation in research works?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr.Muhammad Baligh-ur-Rehman): The steps taken by the Government throughHigher Education Commission to control plagiarism/imitation in research worksare detailed as under:

i. Developing and implementing a comprehensive plagiarism policy.

ii. Creating awareness about plagiarism and its different manifestationsthrough media, seminars, workshops etc.

iii. Incorporation of Plagiarism policy/software in awarding Scholarships,Awards (best University Teacher Awards, Civil Awards).

iv. Evaluation of PhD dissertation from two PhD experts fromtechnologically advanced foreign countries.

v. Provision of Plagiarism detecting software i.e. Turn-it-in to theuniversities to verify the originality of documents i.e. Theses, Researchpapers, Reports.

vi. Mandatory usage of plagiarism test through Turn-it-in software beforesending theses to experts.

vii. Circulation and dissemination of plagiarism policy to apprise students,teachers, researchers and staff about plagiarism, its consequencesand how it can be avoided.

Wapleed — 64 (2018) NA (S) PC-6

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viii. Emphasizing the need to update the knowledge regarding the citationof information to avoid unintentional plagiarism.

ix. Imposition of appropriate penalties against plagiarized research work,so that fresh researchers refrain from any such academiccontamination.

x. Acknowledging and promoting ethical behaviors leading to originalresearch works.

45. *Dr. Fouzia Hameed:

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training bepleased to state:

(a) the country-wise total number of fully funded foreignscholarships offered to Pakistan for Ph.Ds for each subjectsince June, 2013;

(b) the total number of the scholarships availed/utilized by Pakistanduring the said period; and

(c) the total number of scholarships lapsed during the said periodalongwith the reasons thereof?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training (Mr.Muhammad Baligh-ur-Rehman): (a) Foreign funded scholarships areinternational opportunities with intense global competition; therefore, the exactnumber of slots for Pakistan or for any specific country is not shared/ intimated bythe donor agency/country.

These scholarships are received through various official channels includingEconomic Affairs Division, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs etc. and are opento all international students. A large number of applicants from around the globe,compete for a single scholarship slot for such scholarships.

A list of the countries and the disciplines in which fully funded scholarshipshave been offered to Pakistan for PhD is attached as Annex-A.

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(b) A total of fifty four (54) scholarships were availed by the candidates,selected by the foreign donor countries/universities for PhD only, during the saidperiod (Annex-B).

These candidates were declared successful from a total of four hundredand thirty seven (437) candidates, who had been recommended by HigherEducation Commission for further consideration and final selection, by the foreigndonor countries / universities (Annex-C).

(c) The total number of scholarship lapsed during the said period cannotbe determined, since the number of Scholarships offered by the Foreign country isnot intimated.

Moreover, in compliance to the decision by the Ministry of FederalEducation & Professional Training in light of recommendation by Senate SpecialCommittee Meeting, HEC has established a one window operation cell i.e. ‘ForeignFunded Scholarship Section’ in August 2015, through which all foreign scholarshipsare advertised directly and processed accordingly. Therefore, the probability oflapse of any scholarship does not arise.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library).

46. *Ms. Musarat Rafique Mahesar:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that poor performance has been made bythe Pakistan International Airlines during the last four years; ifso, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the action taken against the responsibles thereof?

Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division: (a) PIA is passing througha dire financial state. It is a fact that during the last four years the performance ofPIA is not up to the mark. Major reasons for the poor performance of PIA duringthe last four years mentioned below:

(i) During 2013-14, the fuel prices were very high (even above US$100.

1 Barrel). This added significantly toward fuel expenses of PIAoperational costs.

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(ii) Due to shortage of aircraft fleet, PIA obtained aircraft on lease (wet& Dry) from different countries / companies. Payment in this regardalso contributed in the increase of financial losses and poorperformances.

(iii) The navigation fees and other related expenses rose at high ratewhich led to excess expenses of PIA.

(iv) The salaries of PIA were increased in 2015 as a result PIA has tobear extra financial burden.

(v) PIA employees made a strike against the proposed privatization in2016. Several flights were cancelled due to which PIA suffered heavyfinancial losses.

Despite the above factors, PIA is improving and presently operates to 50destinations including 28 international and 22 domestic. It has a market share of27% in international and 67% in domestic air travel market as compared with24% and 48% respectively in 2015. Similarly seat factor has increased by 1.4%to 71.63% as compared against 2015. The number of passengers carried alsoincreased by 1.1 million to 5.486 million as against 4.394 million during 2015. Ithas registered and increase of 24.55 over the ‘year.

Following are some of the key steps being taken by PIACL to improvethe performance of PIA:

i. Fleet has been extended from.22 in 2013 to 37 in 2017.

ii. Delays due to technical faults have been minimized.

i. For customer satisfaction seat covers and carpets cover the entirePIA fleet has been replaced.

ii. As part of route rationalization process daily flights to Quetta,Peshawar, Multan and Faisalabad have been resumed with additionalfrequencies to Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur, Balochistan andNorthern Areas. Similarly PIACL has resumed its flight operation toBarcelona (Spain), Bankok, Najaf and Salalah in 2016.

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iii. To avoid delays due to security measures a public awarenessprogramme has been launched through daily newspapers.

iv. SMS service has been introduced to inform passenger regardingflight schedule.

v. An effective baggage identification system i.e. World TracerManagement has been introduced.

vi. Capacity Enhancement training for Cabin Crew is initiated with thecooperation of Qatar Airways.

vii. New uniform for Cabin Crew has been introduced so that a freshand smart look be given to the Cabin Crew.

viii. Media professionals are hired to improve the PIA image in publicthrough media.

ix. Human Resource rationalization at foreign stations have been initiatedand as a result more than 100 employees are retrenched.

x. Special relief flights were operated and more than 1500 strandedPakistanis in war affected Libya and Yemen were evacuated.

xi. During last four years PIACL uplifted 55,000 hujjaj per year with96% punctuality.

xii. PIA’s charter Business grew by 50% in 2014.

(b) The losses cannot be attributed to performance of any employee inparticular and therefore no action was required in this regard.

47. *Mr. Waseem Akhtar Shaikh:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to convert the railway reservation counter in theParliament House on regular basis, keeping in view of itsincreasing income; if so, the details thereof; and

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(b) the time by which the said counter will be made operational onregular basis?

Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique): (a) There is noproposal under consideration regularization of the reservation counter in theParliament House. However, Reservation Counter is available in Parliament Houseduring Assembly Sessions alongwith availability of two Reservation Clerks to caterto the travel requirements of honourable members of the Parliament.

(b) Reservation Counter is already available in Assembly House and atpresent gets functional two days before commencement of Assembly Sessions.

48. *Ms. Amra Khan:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division be pleased tostate:

(a) the total number of Members of Board of Directors ofthe Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) at present alongwiththeir names, qualifications and experiences;

(b) the facilities being provided to the said members;

(c) the remuneration being paid to a Member of said Board forattending one meeting of the said Board; and

(d) the total number of meetings of said Board held since January, 2017?

Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division: (a) The details are atannexed.

(b) Only serving Chairman and serving Members Board of Directorsand their families are allowed passages as per following table:——————————————————————————————

Serving Chairman——————————————————————————————

Routes Domestic InternationalRebate

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——————————————————————————————100% NS-1 Unlimited Unlimited

For whole family For whole family(Economy Plus) (Business Plus)

Serving Board Members

100% NS-1 Four tickets Four ticketsTransferable within Transferable withinfamily family(Economy Plus) (Business Plus)

95% NS-1 Four tickets Four ticketsTransferable within Transferable withinfamily family(Economy Plus) (Business Plus)

——————————————————————————————Note: (1) Family means and includes husband or wife, unemployed andunmarried sons up to the age of 27 years; unemployed, unmarried, widowedor divorced daughters of any age, and crippled / mentally retarded childrenof any age.

Note: (2) All applicable taxes regarding issuance of ticket and reroutingshall be borne by individual themselves.

Note: (3) The tickets shall be issued on firm basis (NS1) and shall beexempted from reservation / boarding restrictions otherwise applicableon NS1 tickets.

(c) The detail are as under:

(i) A Director shall be paid fee of Rs. 3,500/- (Rupees Three ThousandFive Hundred only) for each Meeting of the Board or the BoardCommittee.

(ii) A Director shall also be entitled to business class return air passagewith all applicable taxes to be borne by PIA from his usual place ofresidence or the place of other official business in a city other than hisplace of residence to the place of Meeting which may involve domestic,foreign and / or combination of both stations and multi-sectors.

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(iii) A Director shall also be entitled to charges for hotel accommodationat actual inclusive of meals, local telephone calls and surface transportfacility.

(iv) A Director who makes his own arrangement for accommodationshall be paid a consolidated amount of Rs. 6,000/- (Rupees SixThousand only) per Meeting as incidental charges in lieu of chargesfor hotel accommodation inclusive of meals, local telephone callsand surface transport facility;

(v) A Director making his own arrangement for accommodation for morethan a day due to unavailability of flight connection shall be paid aconsolidated amount of Rs. 6,000/- Six thousand rupees only for eachmeeting as incidental charges in lieu of charges for hotel accommodationinclusive of meals, local telephone calls and surface transport facilitysubject to the condition that such overstay shall be rare.

(vi) A Director, in addition to the actual hotel accommodation and surfacetransport facility, shall be paid daily allowance at a foreign station atsuch rate as admissible to an Executive Director (Head ofDepartment) of the Corporation.

(vii) If any Member of the Board wishes not to receive Meeting Feevoluntarily, he should intimate his intention in writing to the CompanySecretary.

(d) The total number of Meetings of PIACL Board held since - January2017 is 10.

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

49. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:


(a) the total number of Cultural Centres operating under the Ministryat present; and

(b) the total number of events organized by said Centres to promotePakistani culture abroad during the last four years separately?

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Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National Historyand Literary Heritage (Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb): (a) The National Instituteof Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) and Pakistan National Council of theArts (PNCA) are the apex cultural bodies operating under the Information andBroadcasting Division. Moreover, Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) andPakistan Television Corporation (PTVC) are also promoting culture in their dailyprogrammes. Details of PBC and PTVC programmes with regard to promotionof culture may be seen at Annex-“A”.

(b) Lok Virsa

During the last four years, Lok Virsa participated in the following twoevents to promote Pakistani Culture abroad;

(i) Youth Festival held in Sochi (Russia) from 19th to 22nd October,2017, wherein Pakistani intangible and tangible culture was presented.

(ii) Young singers of Lok Virsa performed/sung traditional songs ofPakistan in the event “The Child like innocence builds the worlddream” held in Beijing China, from 20th to 25th August, 2017.

In addition to the above, local cultural events are screened live on Internet,which are watched all over the world.

PNCA

Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) established under thePNCA Act, 1973 as an apex cultural body. During the last four years, PNCA hassent its 14 delegates & cultural troupes abroad for the projection of Pakistani art& culture at International level (Annex-I) and sixty cultural troupe/foreign delegateshave visited PNCA (Annex-II).

Officers & officials have been trained to preserve intangible cultural heritagethough various workshops conducted at international level. Details at (Annex-III).


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50. *Ms. Naseema Hafeez Panezai:


(a) whether it is a fact that shops have been constructed by thePakistan Railways in surroundings of Quetta railway station;

(b) if so, the procedure to auction the said shops to general public?

Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique): (a) It is correct that18 shops were constructed on station link road in the surroundings of QuettaRailway Station during the year 2000 and were subsequently leased out throughauction for a period of 10 years extendable for another 5 years. The lease periodof shops will expire on 30-09-2018. Thereafter shops will be re-auctioned.

(b) The procedure being adopted for auction is as under:-

Wide publicity through advertisement in the newspapers to ensuretransparency.

Leasing through competitive bidding / open auction.

Assessment of land by Divisional Assessment Committee keeping inview DC & market price.

Evaluation of bids by a committee & approval of bids.

Execution of agreement with the successful bidders.

51. *Ms. Aasiya Nasir:


(a) the present status of implementation of 5% job quota forMinorities in the country; and

(b) whether advertisements for appointments are being publishedaccording to said quota?

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Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division: (a) Theadministrative instructions regarding reservation of 5% quota for employment ofMinorities (Non-Muslims) to all posts across the board in the Federal GovernmentServices/Jobs issued by O.M. No. 4/15/94-R-II dated 26-05-2009 is in the fieldand is being implemented.

(b) According to the Recruitment Policy, all the prescribed quotasincluding 5% Minorities (Non-Muslims)quota is required to be reflected in theadvertisement for recruitment. Further, draft advertisements to be published forrecruitment are required to be submitted to Establishment Division for routing ofsame to the Ministry of Information, Broadcasting & National Heritage. No directadvertisement will be placed by any organization.

52. *Mr. Asad Umar:


(a) whether it is a fact that new electricity and sui gas connectionsare not being given to the residents of Sector E-11, Islamabad;if so, the reasons thereof;

(b) the reasons for not allowing the residents of said Sector to usethe Capital Development Authority’s Graveyards; and

(c) whether the CDA has declared housing societies as illegal in saidSector; if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister of State for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) Yes, it is a fact that new electricityand gas connections are not being given to the residents of Sector E-11, Islamabadwho are residing in such schemes/projects and buildings which have no approval/NOC of CDA. The issuance of NOC from CDA is mandatory for issuance ofNOCs for electricity and gas connections at the individual premises/buildings andin Housing Schemes. Previously Federal Cabinet has decided that telephone, gasand electricity connections will be provided in Zone 2 and 4 of Islamabad afterissuance of NOC from CDA.

(b) The reason is that all schemes in sector E-11 have to reserve and

provide 2% of the area in their scheme for graveyard. This %age is to be provided

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as per provisions of Planning Standards given in Modalities and Procedures framedunder ICT (Zoning) Regulation, 1992. It is the responsibility of managementcommittees of the Housing schemes in sector E-11 to provide burial facility/graveyard in the scheme area.

(c) The status of housing schemes is E-11 is given at Annex-I.

The reason of declaring 03 schemes as unauthorized out of 05 approvedhousing schemes is that the sponsors of the schemes have failed to follow thedirections of CDA as well as to comply with terms & conditions of layout planapproval letters/NOCs arid making violations/changes in the approved plans ofschemes without any approval of CDA.

Annex-A

DETAIL/STATUS OF HOUSING SCHEMES IN E-II——————————————————————————————

Sr. No. Name of Housing Scheme/ Layout Plan Approved NOC IssuedLocation

——————————————————————————————1. Islamabad Gardens 10-06-05 22-08-2005

2. National Police Foundation 31-08-04 20-06-2005Court Case

3. Federation of Employees 05-03-2008Cancelled on Not Issued27-12-10

4. Pakistan Medical 18-05-2012 Not IssuedM/s Medical CHS Lay out Plan

withdrawnin 2016.

5. Services Co-operatives 10-04-2010 Not IssuedM/s Services Cancelled onCo-operative CHS 12-12-12

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(a) the reasons for delay in the completion of New IslamabadInternational Airport;

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(b) the time by which it will be made operational; and

(c) whether the problem of road for said Airport has been resolved?

Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division: (a) The reason for delayin completion was due to addition of various packages / works which were missedout in the original PC-I and are essentially required for the smooth operationalizationof airport.

(b) It was decided that Islamabad International Airport would beoperated by an International Airports operating company. The last date of bidsubmission was 21st December 2017. However, no company submitted its bids.Now CAA is working on the operationalization plan, which may take 3 to 4months to complete.

(c) The internal road of the airport are already completed. However,NHA, is working on the external roads.

54. *Ms. Aisha Syed:

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunicationbe pleased to state:

(a) the details of call and internet tariffs after merger of Warid andMoblink companies; and

(b) whether new tariff of LTE is being charged at present; if so, thesteps taken by the Government to maintain tariff in this regard?

Reply not received.

55. *Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National History andLiterary Heritage be pleased to state whether it is a fact thatthe Government is planning to close PTV World English channel; ifso, the reasons thereof?

Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National Historyand Literary Heritage (Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb): No such decision hasbeen made to close down PTV-World (English Channel). There is a restructuringplan being developed to make screens more efficient and various mergers areproposed to make the content more relevant and robust.

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56. *Ms. Shagufta Jumani:


(a) the year-wise details of revenue generated by the PakistanInternational Airline (PIA) during last three years; and

(b) the year-wise details of loss suffered to PIA during the saidperiod?

Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division: (a) Following is the yearwise details of revenue generated by PIA.

(Rs. in Billion)——————————————————————————————

Year Revenue——————————————————————————————

2016 89.002015 91.272014 99.52

——————————————————————————————(b) Following is the year wise details of loss suffered to PIA.

(Rs. in Billion)——————————————————————————————

Year Loss——————————————————————————————

2016 45.382015 37.532014 31.74

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(a) the details of railway accidents occurred during the year 2017;and

(b) the steps taken by the Government to control the same?

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Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique): (a) During the year2017 (upto 28th December) a total of “50” accidents occurred over the RailwayNetwork. The description wise breakup of accidents is given below;——————————————————————————————

S. No Description of accidents 2017 (Upto 28thDecember)

——————————————————————————————1 Collision of passenger trains

2 Collision of passenger trainwith goods train

Collision of goods train 1

3 Derailment of passenger train 28

4 Collision at manned level crossings 4

5 Collision at un-manned level 17crossings

——————————————————————————————TOTAL 50

——————————————————————————————Due to enhanced safety steps number of accidents has been reduced to

50 compared to 144 during the year 2016

(b) Following steps have been taken to prevent accidents over PakistanRailways which have greatly reduced the number of accidents compared to previousyears;

i. Upgradation of unmanned level crossings throughout the PakistanRailways network in collaboration with the respective ProvincialGovernments. So far the Punjab government has expeditiouslyundertaken the up-gradation of vulnerable railway crossings andefforts are underway with the remaining provincial governments forimmediate allocation of funds for the purpose.

ii. The Punjab government has earmarked an amount of Rs. 610.275million for up-gradation of 75 vulnerable level crossings of which 50have so for been upgraded.

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iii. Sindh Government has provided Rs. 87 million for upgradation of15 most vulnerable level crossings which is under tendering process.

iv. The Directorate of Public Relations has produced video messagesfor circulation over social media to inform the public about the dangersassociated with railway crossings, especially those which areunmanned.

v. Conversion of old age kerosene oil based signals with LED’s onmain line, which have better visibility.

vi. Automatic train protection has been installed on 42 locomotives andefforts are under way to install ATP system in the remaininglocomotives. This can minimize such accidents/incidents as this systemapplies brake automatically if the driver of a train fails to respond toa red signal.

vii. Introduction of new custom built railway crossing mechanisms arebeing developed which will definitely decrease the number of accidentoccurred on level crossing gates. The system will be replicatedelsewhere after successful trails.

viii. Training and refresher courses are conducted regularly at the PakistanRailway Academy, Walton. Special attention is being given to thetraining of the locomotive crews, guards, station masters and otherstaff concerned with train operations.

ix. Regular inspection in accordance with prescribed standards and quotaare conducted by the officers and officials of Pakistan Railways tomaintain safety standards. This process is being constantly monitoredat appropriate levels.

x. Special Bulletins/Instructions are issued regularly for guidance of staff.

xi. Special attention is being paid to the surfacing of roads, clearance ofcheck rails, maintenance of the cross level of track, clearance ofvisibility zones and maintenance of the level crossings.

xii. Warning signs in Urdu vernacular have already been erected andclearly visible, besides the unmanned/manned level crossings.

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xiii. Reliable communications (VHF radio) between ground staff andlocomotives crew has been provided.

58. *Ms. Aasiya Nasir:


(a) whether funds were approved for the maintenance of theChristian Graveyards in Islamabad during the last five years;

(b) whether said funds have been utilized; if so, the details thereof;and

(c) the details of staff deputed for Graveyards Services during thesaid period?

Minister of State for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) There were no funds approved/allocated during the last 5 years for maintenance of Christian Graveyards.

(b) As above.

(c) Detail of staff deputed for graveyard services during said period isas under:-

i. Waris Masih (Cleaner)(up to 09-12-2015)

ii. Pitras Masih (Cleaner)

iii. Shakeel Masih (Cleaner)

ISLAMABAD: QAMAR SOHAIL LODHI,The 14th January, 2018 Acting Secretary.

PCPPI—64(2018) NA—14-01-2018—650.

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(51st Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Monday, the 15th January, 2018

17. Mr. Nawab Ali Wassan:(Deferred during 46th Session)

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to statethe details of financial assistance given to the poor people of districtKhairpur, Jamshoro, Naushahro Feroze, Matiari, Rawalpindi, Attock,Gujrat and Okara from the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mall during the periodfrom 01-07-2013 to 30-05-2017?

Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division: Pakistan Bait-ul-Malprovided financial assistance to the 35205 poor people of district Khairpur. Jamshoro.Naushahro Feroze, Matiari, Rawalpindi, Attock, Gujrat and Okara from the PakistanBsait-ul-Mall during the period from 01-07-2013 to 30-05-2017.

19. Mr. Sher Akbar Khan:(Deferred during 46th Session)

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to statethe details of financial assistance given to the poor people of districtBuner, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Chitral and Chakwal from the PakistanBait-ul-Mall during the period from 01-07-2013 to 30-05-2017?

Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division: Pakistan Bait-al-Malprovided financial assistance to the 3558 poor people of district Buller. Upper Dir,Lower Dir, Chitral and Chakwal from the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mall during the periodfrom 01-07-2013 to 30-05-2017.

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26. Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:(Deferred during 46th Session)

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to refer to the Starred QuestionNo.27 replied on 15-05-2017 and to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that some Excessive fees are being chargedby the Global System of Integrated Studies (GSIS) located atSector H-8/1, Islamabad; if so, the reasons for not taking actionsagainst responsibles thereof;

(b) the time by which such fees will be refunded to the concernedstudents of GSIS;

(c) the details of increase made in fees of class one to O-3 during thelast three years till date by the GSIS alongwith the details thereof;

(d) the detail of increase made in annual fund of said classes duringthe said period by GSIS alongwith the justification and utilizationthereof; and

(e) whether it is also a fact that the said increase is against theGovernment policy; if so, the action taken by the Governmentin this regard?

Reply not received.

7. Mr. Siraj Muhammad Khan:(Deferred during 47th Session)

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that food bags were not distributed to poorpeople of District Nowshera during Ramadhan-2016 and 2017by the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mall (PBM); and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the PBMto distribute food bags to the residents of said District duringcoming Ramadhan?

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Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division: (a) It is a fact that PBMhas not distributed Rations Bags consisting of miscellaneous food items, during Holymonth of Ramzan 2016 in District Nowshera. Whereas, the said package has notbeen distributed in Ramzan 2017 by Pakistan Bait-ulMal throughout the country.

(b) The proposal to distribute food bags among the residents of DistrictNowshera is under consideration during coming Ramzan subject to launching tosaid scheme.

8. Maulana Muhammad Gohar Shah:(Deferred during 47th Session)

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased tostate the total number of buildings taken on rent by the PakistanBait-ul-Mall, Islamabad since June, 2013 alongwith the rent thereofseparately?

Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division: Detail is attached (Annex-I)


4. Mr. Sher Akbar Khan:(Deferred during 50th Session)


(a) the total number of applications submitted to The City Schools,Islamabad since 01-01-2017 for concession of fee in respect ofsiblings studying in the same schools in the light of the ordersgiven by the Court alongwith the details thereof;

(b) whether it is a fact that no concession has been given by thesaid schools to said students so far;

(c) if the answer to part (b) above is in the affirmative, the reasonsthereof; and

(d) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to give concession to one out of three siblings/students on monthly basis; if so, when it will be implementedalongwith the details thereof?

Reply not received.

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5. Dr. Nikhat Shakeel Khan:(Deferred during 50th Session)


(a) the details of compensation issues relating to Sector E-12,Islamabad at present; and

(b) the time by which said issues will be resolved?

Minister of State for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) As regard the compensation issuerelated to Sector E-12, the matter is under active consideration with standingcommittee of National Assembly. In the meetings of Assurance Committee it wasdecided that CDA should provided facts and figure and propose way forward onthe issue, under the above direction a survey of such awardees of BUP (Who hadnot get their benefit as yet) and Claim of Additional benefit for their grown up sonswas conducted by Land Directorate, CDA. The unverified result is 1315 Affecteesof five Mozas that fall in Sector E-12. Detail is available in the brief.

(b) After detail survey, a list of such Affectees was submitted to theCommittee of National Assembly on 0905-2017 for a decision so that possessionof the area taken over for Development of Sector E-12.


49. Dr. Nikhat Shakeel Khan:(Deferred during 50th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that the reconstruction of IJP roadstarted recently; if so, the date alongwith specifications of thetender which was floated for the said road;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the said road has not beenreconstructed fully; if so, the reasons thereof;

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(c) whether it is further a fact that the condition of various spots ofthe said road is deteriorated where reconstruction work wascarried out;

(d) if so, whether the Government intends to investigate to probebelow par construction work on the said road; and

(e) the steps being taken by the concerned department to reconstructthe said road at the earliest?

Minister of State for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) No, re-construction is being carriedout at IJP, only Rehabilitation (special repair) has been taken in hand with date ofstart 18-05-2016, on recommendation of Pavement Expert of NHA.

Rehabilitation work includes:—

Triple Surface Treatment along Sectors I-12 & I-11.

Asphaltic Concrete deep patch work at sectional lengths alongSectors I-10, I-9 on both Carriage Ways.

Cleaning of existing Drainage System.

Improvement of shoulders with Triple Surface Treatment.

(b) Yes, work is being carried out in portions.

Rehabilitation (special repair) work has been carried out at differentsegments of both Carriage Ways of IJP, Road as per Standard Specification andapproved design. Maintenance activity since construction of the said road during2003-06 was minimal whereas, traffic intensity (both light and heavy) on IJP Roadis intense. Pavement on the both carriage ways was deteriorated due to severedistress level due to diversion of heavy traffic from Kashmir Highway during 2008till to date (after Marriot bomb blast). On the recommendations of PavementExpert Capital Development Authority decided to take up special repair works,as short term measure for this busiest Road from Pindora to G.T Road Link. As along term measure proposal is under consideration for re-construction and wideningof IJP Road (both Carriage Ways).

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(c) No, It is not fact.

All the repair work i.e TST on damage portion of road, laying of Asphalt,improvement of Drainage System and shoulders have been carried out as perStandard Specifications and approved design. Quality Control tests are beingconducted by MQC C.E Lab, MCI during the execution of work.

(d) As above (C).

(e) Current ongoing activity will be completed by 31-01-2018 however,re-construction / widening will be carried out for permanent solution, after approvalof PC-I and allocation of PSDP grant by the Government.

51. Ms. Surriya Asghar:(Deferred during 50th Session)


(a) the names of the training institutions/academies working underthe Cabinet Division for capacity building of its employees atpresent;

(b) the details of teaching faculty of the said institutions alongwiththeir qualifications and experiences;

(c) the syllabus being taught in the said institutions;

(d) the institution and post-wise number of employees trained duringthe financial year 2015-16;

(e) the institution-wise total expenditures incurred thereon; and

(f) the steps being taken by the Government to improve theinstitutional capacity of the said institutions/academies?

Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division: (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), &(f) Detail of replies provided by Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (Annex-I)and Department of Communication Security (Annex-II) is attached.


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52. Mr. Waseem Akhtar Shaikh:(Deferred during 50th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that the covers of main holes of Street No.142,Sector D-12/4, Islamabad have not been placed so far;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the sewerage lines in the saidSector have not been cleared so far;

(c) if the answers to part (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative,the reasons thereof; and

(d) the time by which the said issues will be resolved?

Minister of State for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) Yes, it is a fact that covers of manholesof street No.142, Sector D-12/4 have not been placed so far.

(b) Yes, it is also fact that sewerage lines in the said sector have not beencleared.

(c) i. Branch Sewerage lines have been laid and manhole constructed buttrunk sewer line near out fall is yet to be laid due to design issue.After the completion of trunk sewer line the sewerage system will becleared.

ii. The inventories of sewerage system have been forwarded to theconcerned maintenance division for handing / taking over andoperation of the system. The manhole cover will be handed over tothe operation division for safety of the items.

(d) The said issue will be resolved within two months.

5. Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:


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(a) the names, posts/designations with BPS and departments ofemployees appointed in the National Training Bureau (NTB) ondeputation basis since June 1st, 2013;

(b) the details of aforesaid employees who have been absorbed inthe NTB alongwith posts and justification thereof separately;

(c) whether codal formalities have been fulfilled prior to make suchabsorption; if so, the date-wise correspondence made betweenthe NTB and parent department of each of above employee; and

(d) whether it is a fact that irregularities have been reported whilemaking such absorption; if so, the details thereof and thecorrective measures being taken in this regard?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training(Mr. Muhammad Baligh-ur-Rehman): (a)

(i). Mr. Mir Muhammad Salman, Computer Instructor (BPS-17),Department of Science & Information Technology, Government ofBalochistan w.e.f. 25th July, 2013.

(ii). Ms. Rashida Mushtaq, SST (Sci) (BPS-17), Punjab SchoolEducation Department, Lahore w.e.f. 04-05-2015

(iii). Mr. Tariq Abbas, Chowkidar (BPS-02), Population WelfareDepartment, Government of Punjab w.e.f. 13-10-2015

(b) (i). Mr. Mir Muhammad Salman is absorbed as Assistant Director (Tech)(BPS-17) w.e.f. 02-09-2015 by the then Director General, NationalTraining Bureau (NTB) without approval of the competent authorityi.e. Secretary, Federal Education & Professional Training.

(ii). Mr. Tariq Abbas, is absorbed as Naib Qasid (BPS-02) w.e.f22-07-2016.

Justification:

Due to acute shortage of Officers/Officials in NTB the abovementioned persons were absorbed in NTB.

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(c) All the codal formalities were fulfilled prior to making such absorptionexcept in case of Mr. Mir Muhammad Salman, he was absorbed by the thenDirector General, National Training Bureau (NTB) without approval of thecompetent authority i.e. Secretary, Federal Education & Professional Training,the date-wise correspondence made between the NTB and parent departmentsof each of above employee is attached.

(d) The only irregularity was observed in the case of Mr. Mir MuhammadSalman, Assistant Director (Tech) (BPS-17), the then Director General, NTBabsorbed him without approval of the Competent Authority i.e Secretary, Ministryof Federal Education and Professional Training, Islamabad.

In order to rectify the irregularity, NTB submitted the case to Ministry forEx-post-facto approval of the honorable Secretary, Ministry of Federal Educationand Professional Training for absorption of his services. The case is under processin Ministry.


6. Mr. Ramesh Lal:


(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to construct an overhead bridge at Golra More,Islamabad; if so, the estimated cost thereof; and

(b) the time by which construction work will be started/completedthereon?

Minister of State for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) & (b) It is submitted that the overheadbridge /flyover at Golra Mor, Islamabad; is being constructed by NHA. The detailsthereof are available with the NHA.

7. Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division be pleased tostate whether it is a fact that the project of New IslamabadInternational Airport is being delayed; if so, the reasons alongwith theresponsibles thereof?

Reply not received.

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8. Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:


(a) the flight-wise strength of ground staff of PIA during its domesticflights at present;

(b) the total number of ATR 42 and 86 flights operating in the countryat present; and

(c) whether it is a fact that luggage of some passengers remains inthe ATR flights?

Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division: (a) An average totalnumber of employees working per aircraft at airport are around 80. The strengthof employees cannot be segregated per aircraft because except Pilots all otheremployees are engaged on multiple assignments as per requirements / demandand nature of jobs.

(b) Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is operating 02 types of ATR-42and ATR-72 in the country. At present, 42 and 62 (total 104) weekly flights arebeing operated by ATR-42 and ATR-72 respectively.

(c) PIA tries to facilitate its valued passengers with carriage of luggageon all its flight. However, the ATR aircraft has limited capacity to carry the luggage.Sometimes depending upon destinations and weather conditions especially duringhot temperatures pay load restrictions are applied, due to which off-loading ofluggage is required at times.

9. Mr. Siraj Muhammad Khan:


(a) whether it is a fact that the amount of Rs.5050/- millions andRs.2840/- millions were allocated for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa(KPK) as part of the Prime Minister’s Global SDGs AchievementProgramme for the period 2016-17 and 2017-18 respectively;

(b) if so, the total out of said amount has been allocated for the NationalAssembly Constituency No.6, Nowshera-II since 01-01-2016; and

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(c) the achievements gained from the funds allocated for KPK underthe said Programme alongwith the area-wise details thereof?

Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division: (a) No. As per approvedpolicy guidelines of the Prime Minister’s Global SDGs Achievement Programmesubject funds were released to Federal Ministries / Organizations / Departmentsfor execution of development schemes under Prime Minister’s Global SDGsAchievement Programme in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa.

(b) No. Funds were not released for National Assembly Constituencies.As per Cabinet approved Policy Guidelines, 15 residents of the area or civil societyorganization make request for intervention. This request is forwarded to theconcerned Divisional Commissioner or relevant executing agencies for processing.

(c) As per Cabinet approved Policy Guidelines, PAO of concernedexecuting Agencies are required to submit completion certificates of schemescontaining achievements gained which are still awaited. Copy of Cabinet approvedguidelines are enclosed.


10. Mr. Waseem Akhtar Shaikh:


(a) whether pedestrian bridges and flyovers have been planned onIslamabad Expressway for PWD, Bahria and other HousingSocieties; if so, the locations thereof;

(b) the funds allocated therefor; and

(c) whether the tender has been awarded therefor?

Minister of State for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) Yes, pedestrian bridges and flyoversare planned as per provisions of the approved PC-I. Following are the locationsof flyover/underpasses:

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• Underpass at Gulberg,

• Underpass at PWD,

• Flyover at Naval Anchorage/ Japan Road,

• Flyover at DHA and G.T Road intersections

Gulberg Green underpass and Naval Anchorage flyover are alreadyconstructed by the respective housing societies whereas NOC to DHA has alsobeen issued.

Pedestrian bridges will be constructed approximately after everyone km distance.

(b) In this financial year only Rs. 1,000 million have been allocated fromCDA Budget.

(c) No. Cost estimates along with tender documents have been preparedby the Consultants for the next phase (From Gulberg Green underpass to NavalAnchorage flyover). The tendering and other codal formalities for this phase willtake approximately two to three months.

11. Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state the time by which work onthe construction of additional three lanes on both sides of theIslamabad Expressway from Gulberg Greens Interchange to T-Chowkwill be started and when the same will be completed?

Minister of State for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): As per approved PC-I only two additionallanes On both sides of Islamabad Expressway from Gulberg Green Underpass toT-Chowk will be added.

The work from Gulberg Green underpass to T-Chowk is planned to becarried out in two phases.

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For first phase (From Gulberg Green underpass to Naval Anchorageflyover) cost estimates along with tender documents have been prepared by theConsultants. The tendering and other codal formalities for this phase will takeapproximately two to three , months. After completing the above process thework will be awarded. After the award of work the completion period for thisphase will be 18 months subject to availability of funds.

Furthermore, the design work is in progress for phase-II which is fromNaval Anchorage to TChowk.

12. Mr. Waseem Akhtar Shaikh:


(a) whether it is a fact that the sewerage, gas and water lines have beenlaid in Sector D-12/4, Islamabad; if not, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the time by which said lines will be laid?

Minister of State for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) Yes, it is a fact that all the services likesewerage, gas and water supply lines have been laid in Sector D-12/4 exceptnon-possession area and design of trunk sewer issue. However, 60% network ofSui Gas lines have been completed rest area of demand notice is awaited from theSHGPL. The SHGPL is provided gas connection to the allottees of sectorD-12/4 where network is laid

(b) The remaining water supply line and trunk sewer lines will be laidafter clearing of possession and design issues, within one month period.

M/s SNGPL is being passed to issue a demand notice and CDA willmake payment as same and thereafter work will be got completed within 03 monthby M/s SNGPL.

13. Mr. Sher Akbar Khan:


(a) the total number of officers who have worked on deputationbasis during the last seven years in the Capital DevelopmentAuthority (CDA) alongwith the names and designations thereof;

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(b) whether corruption cases have been registered against thesaid officers; if so, the names, designations and departmentsthereof separately;

(c) the details of said corruption cases;

(d) whether no action has been taken by the CDA against saidcorrupt officers so far; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(e) the time by which action will be taken thereon?

Minister of State for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) As per record total 122 officers weredeputed to CDA from last seven years (list attached at (Annex-A).

(b) Out of 122 deputation officers, 03 officers were pinpointed / involvedin corruption cases (mentioned at column (b) of attached list (Annex-B).

(c) The detail of corruption cases indicated at column (c) of attached listat (Annex-B).

(d) As the accused officers were on deputation in CDA now they havebeen repatriated to their parent departments. Their disciplinary cases would bedealt by them. Therefore, the cases have been referred accordingly for furtheraction.

(e) The action rest with concerned departments of accused officers.


14. Mr. Sher Akbar Khan:


(a) whether it is a fact that approved scholarship has not been givento Mr.Imran Shahzad, Assistant Professor of Physics Department,Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology,Islamabad; and

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(b) whether it is also a fact that the said scholarship has been givento Mr. Zubair Khan Niazi, Assistant Professor of the sameDepartment by the said University; if so, the justificationthereof?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training(Mr. Baligh-ur-Rehman): (a) Yes, it is a fact that Mr. Imran Shahzad, Assistant

Professor of Physics Department, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and

Technology (FUUAST), Islamabad could not avail the scholarship under the project

titled ‘Strengthening of Departments (Computer Science, Physics, Business

Administration & Law), approved at a cost of Rs.426.022 Million, due to the

following reason:

Despite being nominated for higher studies abroad, during the year 2007-08,

Mr. Imran Shahzad due to his personal reasons didn’t apply for a study

leave-a pre requisite to avail the scholarship.

Mr. Imran Shahzad availed study leave in December 2013 and proceeded

to Malaysia to pursue PhD from University Sains Malaysia, on self-finance

basis (Annex-I). He approached HEC in 2016 for grant of his scholarship.

His request was reviewed and it was intimated that scholarship cannot be

granted at this stage, as duration of the Project was completed and no

funds were available.

(b) Since Mr. Imran Shahzad did not apply for study leave; hence, was

not able to avail the said scholarship in 2007. Mr. Zubair Khan-Assistant Professor

of Applied Physics department, FUUAST completed the codal formalities of the

scholarship and proceeded to Malaysia for pursuing PhD studies in April 2010.

After completing his PhD from University of Malaye, Kualampur Malaysia,

Dr. Zubair Khan returned to Pakistan and joined his parent department i.e.

FUUAST.

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15. Ms. Saman Sultana Jaffri:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state the total number of siblingstudents studying in The City Schools, Islamabad at present alongwiththe school-wise details thereof?

Reply not received.

16. Ms. Asyia Naz Tanoli:


(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theMinistry to present a bill in the National Assembly of Pakistanfor the freedom of access to information through ParliamentaryAffairs Division;

(b) if the answer to part (a) above is in the affirmative, thetime by which said bill will be presented in the Assembly?

Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting , National Historyand Litrary Heritage (Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb): (a) & (b) After the assentof President of Pakistan on ’12th October, 2017 and its publication in the Gazette ofPakistan, Part-I, dated the 13th October, 2017 as an Act No. XXXIV of 2017, theRight of Access to Information Act, 2017 is enforced. Freedom of InformationOrdinance, 2002 (XCVI) stands repealed.

17. Ms. Asyia Naz Tanoli:


(a) whether it is a fact that admissions are not being given to anumber of students in various classes of the Federal GovernmentColleges of Islamabad; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the prescribed criteria for admissions in various classes ofsaid Colleges at present?

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Minister of State for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) No it is not a fact. Admissions aregranted as per prescribed “criteria in various Classes of Federal GovernmentColleges. Admissions are granted as per merit list and intake capacity of anInstitution.

(b) Prescribed criteria for admission in the Educational Institutions atvarious classes of said Colleges is as under:

FOR CLASS XI ONWARD (1st YEAR)

(a) Federal Government employees residing in Islamabad/Rawalpindi.

(b) Residents of Islamabad Capital Territory.

(c) Diplomats stationed at Islamabad.

SEATS ALLOCATION

(i) Open Merit (For Colleges starting from XI) 90%(For Colleges starting from Class 1) 30%

(ii) Bonafide students of the institution 60%(For Colleges starting from Class I)

(iii) FATA/FANA 03%

(iv) Disable Quota 02%

(v) Sports 05%

(vi) Real sons/daughter of teachers/employees ofinstitutions of the setup concerned. 01%

seats in every institution in the order of meritamongst themselves(over and above the mentioned quota).

(vii) Transfer cases 02%(over and above the mentioned quota)

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Minimum marks required for each discipline

(i) Pre-Engineering 65%

(ii) Pre-Medical 65%

(iii) General 60%

(iv) Humanities 45%

(v) Commerce 50%

(vi) Home Economics 50%

18. Ms. Musarat Rafique Mahesar:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division be pleasedto state the details of persons recruited by the Establishment Divisionduring the last four years alongwith the names, places ofappointment, scales, domiciles and all other relevant details thereof?

Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division: Followingappointments were made in the Eshtablishment Division during the last four years:—

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19. Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:


(a) the total number of applications received in the FederalGovernment Employees Benevolent and Group Insurance Funds,Islamabad for fee refund of D-Pharmacy during the period from1st September, 2017 to 30th October, 2017 alongwith the detailsthereof;

(b) whether the said fee has not been refunded; if so, the reasonsand action taken against responsibles thereof;

(c) the time by which fee will be refunded;

(d) the details of said applications against which objections wereraised; and

(e) the names of courier services through which rejected applicationsout of said were returned alongwith the details thereofseparately?

Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division: (a) Nine (09) feereimbursement claims of D-Pharmacy were received from 1st September, 2017to 30th October, 2017.

(b) Fee has been reimbursed in four (04) cases which were foundcomplete and in order. However, four (04) case are presently pending for want ofsome vital documents such as attested copies of academic certificates, pay-slip,merit certificate, CNIC, detailed original challan of fee deposited. No action hasbeen taken against any official because the fees were not refunded being incompleteand not due to any negligence.

(c) As soon as requisite documents are received from the applicants,the cases will immediately be disposed of in the light of provisions of FEBF & GIAct, 1969 and FEB & GIF Rules, 1972 made thereunder.

(d) On four (04) applications, objections have been raised due to missingvital documents / information.

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(e) FEB GIF uses Urgent Mail Service (UMS) of Pakistan Post One(01) application has so far been rejected out of nine (09) applications receivedduring the said period. The claim was rejected as the student was studying on self-finance basis which is not permissible under the Rule 25-A of FEB & GIF Rules,1972 (Annex/A). The applicant has been informed accordingly.


20. Mr. Abdul Waseem:


(a) the grade-wise total number of employees working in the Ministry atpresent alongwith the province-wise details thereof; and

(b) the total appointments made in the Ministry since 01-01-2013alongwith the province-wise details thereof?

Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National Historyand Literary Heritage (Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb): (a)

(i) Information, Broadcasting: The requisite information in respect ofemployees working in the Ministry at present alongwith the province-wise details is at Annex-I.

(ii) National History and Literary Heritage Division: One hundredand five (105) employees are working in National History and LiteraryHeritage Division, Ministry of Information, Broadcasting, NationalHistory and Literary Heritage. The province-wise details may beseen at Annex-I.

(b) (i) Information, Broadcasting: Total number of appointments madein the Ministry since 01-01-2013 alongwith the province-wise detailsis at Annex-II.

(ii) National History and Literary Heritage Division: Forty two(42) employees were appointed in Ministry of Information,Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage (NationalHistory and Literary Heritage Division) since 01-01-2013. Theprovince-wise detail may be seen at Annex-II.


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21. Mr. Siraj Muhammad Khan:


(a) whether dog and snake-bite vaccines are available in thehospitals of the Federal Capital; if so, the hospital-wisequantities thereof; and

(b) the steps being taken to ensure its availability in said hospitalsin the best public interest?

Minister of State for Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision (Dr. Tariq Fazal Chudhary): (a) The dog and snake-bite vaccines areavailable in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Federal GovernmentPolyclinic (FGPC), Federal General Hospital (FGH) and Capital Hospital (C.H).

The hospital wise detail of stocks of the said vaccines is as under.

PIMS:——————————————————————————————

S. No Name of Vaccine Quantity——————————————————————————————

1. Snake Bite 1473 vials2. Dog Bite 910 vials

——————————————————————————————FGPC:

Purchased during 2016-17——————————————————————————————

S. No Name of Vaccine Quantities——————————————————————————————

1. lnj. Polyvalent 10 ml/ASV 594for Snake-Bite

2. Inj. Indirab 0.5 ml 6305for Dog-Bite

——————————————————————————————FGH:

The Federal General Hospital have dog bite vaccines available in thehospital. The monthly consumption is up to 500 vaccines. Snake bitevaccines is acquired from NIH nearby as and when required.

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C.H:

Both vaccines are available in the Hospital 20 doses of dog bite vaccineand 04 doses of snake bite vaccine are available in Hospital.

NIRM:

There is no emergency department in NIRM. Therefore dog and snakebite vaccines are not available.

(b) The step being taken to ensure its availability in the said hospitals isas under:

PIMS:

The vaccines being consumed are replaced regularly with new stocksbefore they stocks out.

FGPC:

As stated above in reply of part (a).

FGH:

There is sufficient stock of dog bite vaccines available in the hospital. Allpatients reporting with dog bite are invariably treated.

C.H:

Supply of above vaccine is obtained weekly / fortnightly or when requiredfrom the panel store

ISLAMABAD: QAMAR SOHAIL LODHI,The 14th January, 2018. Acting Secretary.

PCPPI—64 (2018) NA—14-01-2018—650.

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