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(34th 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

Thursday, the 4th August, 2016

61. *Ms. Belum Hasnain

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased tostate:

(a) the total payable dues of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited toPakistan State Oil (PSO) at present;

(b) the total payable dues of power plants to PSO at present; and

(c) the time by which those dues will be paid to PSO?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): (a) SNGPL has reported that an amount of Rs. 6,944 million is payableto PSO against LNG supplies as of date i.e. 26-07-2016.

(b) It is clarified that power plants pays to SNGPL which makes paymentsto PSO for purchase of LNG. The status of total payable dues of power plants isat Annex-A.

(c) SNGPL pays to PSO all collections received from RLNGconsumers and as today SNGPL paid Rs. 82,768 million against invoiced amountof Rs. 89 712 million. During the current month Rs. 8,981 million has alreadybeen paid to PSO as on July 26, 2016. The remaining amount will also be paidon collection of billed amount from RLNG consumers.

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62. *Ms. Belum Hasnain

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether itis a fact that the Motorway Police (MP) is not properly checkingspeed limits and overtaking of vehicles on Motorways; if not,the mechanism being followed by the MP therefor at present?

Minister for Communications: National Highways & Motorway Police

(NH&MP) is working round the clock to regulate traffic, ensure safety and toprovide assistance to all road users, which is the prime responsibilities entrustunder National Highway Safety Ordinance (NHSO) 2000.

NH&MP endeavors its level best to provide safe and secure passage tothe commuters on National Highways & Motorways. Road safety is always givenfirst and utmost priority. All violations are checked with zeal and zest especially theviolations which endanger the precious lives and property of commuters.

NH&MP has taken following measures during the year 2015 and 2016(till June 16) against over speeding and wrong over taking:—

* 138 speed checking cameras have been provided to all zones ofNH&MP and over speeding is being checked with modern gadgets/cameras on day and night basis. 312530 tickets have been issued tothe violators of over speeding in year 2015 whereas 283120 ticketshave been issued to the violators from January to June 2016.

* Speed Checking is being carried out by patrolling officers and speedchecking squads with help of Day and Night speed checking cameras.

Annex-A

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The locations of speed checking cameras are being changed at regularintervals.

* As far as overtaking of vehicles is concerned, it is worth to mentionthat Motorway consists of 03-lanes. Most of the slow moving vehiclessuch as Mehran, FX Cars, Carry Vans etc. are plying with a speedof 70-80 Km/h. Such vehicles are creating obstruction/hindrancewhile using the second lane particularly when one slow moving vehicleis overtaken in the third lane by another slow moving vehicle. In thisregard, NH&MP enforce law against those slow moving vehicles,who caused obstruction. 347242 tickets have been issued to theviolators of obstruction traffic in year 2015 whereas 263646 ticketshave been issued to the violators from January to June 2016.

* Strict enforcement is being made against wrong overtaking/whereovertaking is prohibited and lane violation. In this regard 1085767tickets were issued to the violator during the year 2015 whereas584444 tickets have been issued to the violators from January toJune, 2016.

Besides above, all possible measures including road safety awarenesscampaigns, seminars, walks and distribution of printed briefing material have beentaken. Observers have also been deployed on Motorway to create road safety,deterrence and control on violations and to ensure the safety of the public.

63. *Ms. Aisha Syed

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state whether there is anyproposal under consideration of the Government to construct aboundary wall at Balochistan Border?

Reply not Received.

64. *Ms. Aisha Syed

Will the Minister for Human Rights be pleased to state the steps takenby the present Government for girls burnt in Murree, Abbottabadand Kasur?

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Minister for Human Rights (Mr. Kamran Michael): The Governmentof Pakistan is committed to ensure Human Rights of its citizens as envisaged underthe Constitution as well as international commitments by adopting all possiblemeasures to ensure protection and promotion of such rights, i.e. rights of women,children, persons with disabilities and minorities, etc. The review and revision ofthe existing law on honour killing is the priority of the present Government. TheMinistry regularly takes up all Human Rights violation cases with the concernedauthorities for their redressal. The recent cases of violence against women includingburning of Maria Sadaqat in Murree, Ambreen at Abbottabad and Nazia Waheedat Kasur have also been taken up with the concerned quarters for immediatenecessary action as per law. The details of these cases alongwith steps taken bythe Government are as under:

1. Case of Maria Sadaqat, Murree

A 21/22-year-old woman named Maria Sadaqat Abbasi, teacherby profession, was tortured and then set on fire on 30th May 2016 by agroup of men at village Dewal, Tehsil Murree, District Rawalpindi. Mariastated to the police at PIMS hospital before death that “she and hersister were at home alone when five persons (Master Shaukat, MianRashid, Riffat Mahmood and two unknown persons) entered their homearound at 11:45. One of the accused Shaukat Mabmood said her “youare seducing my son and I will set you on fire today”. Then he torturedand set her on fire. Until some people came for rescue, the attackersescaped, while she got 85 percent body burn. The victim expired on01-06-2016 at PIMS Hospital.

Police Station Murree has registered FIR (No. 157), u/s 34-B/302/336 PPC dated 30-05-2016. Two accused persons, Mr. Shoukatand Mian Arshad, have been arrested and they are on physical remandwhile Forensic reports are still awaited.

2. Case of Mst. Ambreen, Abbottabad

On 29th April, 2016 at 2.40 a.m. Police Post Nathiagali wasinformed that two vehicles have been burnt with a complete burnt humanbody present in the back seat of one vehicle at Makool village road situatedabout 12 KM from road of PAF Base Kalabagh. The victim was identifiedas Mst. Ambreen, 17 years old. On 28th April, 2016, the aggrieved familyof Saima; who contracted love marriage, arranged a local jirga comprising

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15 local people headed by Muhammad Pervaiz Councilor of the village.The Jirga unanimously announced two decisions:

(i) To burn the vehicle used for elopement of Saima;

(ii) Ambreen a friend of Saima who had ahogedly helped her will beburnt.

Soon after the conclusion of Jirga, Pervaiz Councilor along withSaeed (a retired soldier) brought Ambreen from her home to a desertedplace. Her corpse was thrown in a Suzuki van in presence of Suzukiowner Naseer which was put ablaze by sprinkling kerosene oil.

During investigation, Police arrested 15 accused personsincluding Mst. Shamim, mother of the deceased who was later found tobe innocent. Her statement was recorded U/S 164 Cr.P.C in the courtof judicial magistrate being a witness of the case. Under the section 6/7of ATA, the investigation team has referred case to Anti-Terrorism Court.All 14 arrested accused in the subject case are on remand.

3. Case of Nazia Hameed, Kasur

A woman namely Nazia Waheed was married to Abdul Waheed04 years ago and 01 child age 7/8 months was born. Family disputesstarted early after marriage and Nazia’s husband, Mr. Waheed hasthreatened her to burn with oil. On 09-06-2016 victim’s father along-withher uncle Abdul Qayyum reached her home and witnessed that Nazia’shusband along-with his sister Najma Bibi and mother, threw oil and burnther with the fire of match stick. Victim’s father tried to extinguish fire butNazia was burnt completely, she was taken to Jinnah Hospital immediatelyand then to Mayo Hospital, Lahore.

Police Station B-Division, Kasur has registered FIR/ CaseNo. 395/16 on 09-06-2016 and started investigation U/S 336-B/324under the supervision of DSP/SDPO City Circle, Kasur. The victim expiredon 17-06-2016 in the hospital. The husband of Nazia has been arrestedby Police Station, Saddar, Kasur.

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65. *Ms. Shakila Luqman

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that restaurants and hotels have been setupalongsides the Motorways and Highways; if so, the name ofdepartment which accorded approval/permission thereof; and

(b) the name of departments who check and balance the rates ofsaid hotels and restaurants at present?

Minister for Communications: (a) It is a fact that restaurants and hotelshave been setup along side the Motorways in the shape of service areas and thesame have been established with the permission/approval of National HighwayAuthority (NHA) since its inception. However, on National Highways privateentrepreneurs have established hotels/restaurants. The same are being inventoriedand shall be regularized accordingly.

(b) The rates are being fixed by the concerned local administration,keeping in view the rates of commodities in the nearby vicinity of service areas andthe check and balance on the same is being observed by a tripartite arrangementincluding NHA, NH&MP and the local administration/authorities.

66. *Ms. Shakila Luqman

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state thedepartment-wise steps being taken to make the tin packed food itemsavailable in the market in accordance with the prescribed rules ofquality and hygienic at present?

Minister for Science and Technology: The Pakistan Standards &Quality Control Authority (PSQCA), an organization under the administrativecontrol Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), under its Act VI of1996 is mandated to monitor the quality of products falling under theCompulsory Certification Mark Scheme. At present, 103 products comeunder Compulsory Certification Marks Scheme out of which 37 are fooditems (Annex-A).

PSQCA has a complete mechanism for monitoring the quality of theproducts through quarterly inspections of manufacturing units and marketsurveillance. Samples of food products are also taken from open market andsent for testing to labs for analysis in accordance to the Pakistan StandardsSpecifications.

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As far as the tin packed food is concerned, only the standard in respect ofTin plate container for ghee / Banaspati ghee and cooking oil PS: 4773-2002 hasbeen declared mandatory by the Govt. of Pakistan.

It may be noted that this standard is limited only to the tin plate used forthe packing of ghee and oil. However, there are several food items which arepacked in tin plate that are not being regulated. If PSQCA is given the mandate toregulate the same, their quality and hygiene could be checked accordingly as perstandards specifications that are approved for this purpose.

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67. *Ms. Sajida Begum


(a) whether it is a fact that the Kohala to Muzaffarabad ExpresswayProject has not been completed so far; if so, the time by whichit will be completed; and

(b) whether it is also a fact that the Government is satisfied withthe standard of construction work of the said project?

Minister for Communications: (a) Kohala Muzaffarabad project has

substantially been completed. Scope of the project involves rehabilitation of KohalaMuzaffarabad Road (S-2) which is being carried out under Flood EmergencyReconstruction Project (FERP), funded through Asian Development Bank LoanNo 2742-PAK. The project is being implemented through three packages, asdetailed below:—

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

Sr. Pack/Description Amount Progress——————————————————————————————

1. Package-I 2566.30 96.88%Kohala to Dulai (19.3 Km)

2. Package-II 899.00 100%Dulai to Muzaffarabad, (14.3 Km)

3. Package-III 368.96 100%Chatter Kalas BridgeDulai Bridge.

——————————————————————————————(Rs. Million) 3834.26

——————————————————————————————It is clear from above, Package-II & III have been fully (100 %) completed,

whereas, Package - I is substantially completed (97%).

(b) Government is satisfied with the standard of construction work ofrehabilitation of Kohala Muzaffarabad Road (S-2). The work has been executedas per approved specifications and is of desired quality. However, due to heavy

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rains in the year 2013-14, certain damages to retaining structures/ culverts wereobserved at thirteen locations of Package-II. The rectification work on damagedlocations is being undertaken, which will be accomplished within three weeks.Once the rectification work is over, condition of whole road will becomesatisfactory.

68. *Ms. Sajida Begum


(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to construct Lahore-Sialkot Motorway;

(b) if so, whether it is a fact that the construction work of saidproject has been started?

Minister for Communications: (a) National Highway Authority (NHA)

has planned to construct Lahore - Sialkot Motorway on Build-Operate-Transfer(BOT) basis. For the purpose, bid has been received, which is under evaluation.

(b) Construction work has not been started as yet. It will start after theaward of the project, which is likely to happen soon.

69. *Ms. Naseema Hafeez Panezai


(a) the name of locations of Balochistan for which planning hasbeen made to supply gas during the financial year 2016-17;

(b) the total funds allocated therefor; and

(d) the time by which said projects will be completed separately?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): (a) SSGCL has reported that following are the locations of Balochistanfor

, which planning has been made to supply gas during the financial year 2016-17

under Pak MDGs Community Development Programme:

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——————————————————————————————S. No. Locality/ Area District

——————————————————————————————1. Enayatullah Karez Qila Abdullah

2. Jamali House Rojhan Jamali

3. Ghareeb Abad JamaliUsta Mohammad

4. Manjhi Khan JamaliMohabat Shakh

5. Khair Mohammad Laghari

6. Jalal Shakh & Dad MohammadNawara Kirthar Shakh

7. Ghulam Hussain Khosa

8. Mohallah H. Mukhtiar JaffarabadKhan Jamali

9. Moumtaz Ali Sobdrani Jamali

10. Ali Hussain Magsi Mohabat Shakh

11. Saifullah Jamali, Bilawal K. Jamali,Mohabat Shakh

12. Lal Khan Wadhani Khosa

13. Juma Khan Rind Gandakha

14. Gulam Hussain Rind A. Fatah RindMohabat Shakh

——————————————————————————————(b) Total funds of Rs. 547.505 million have been allocated for the above

mentioned schemes.

(c) All projects will be completed by June, 2017.

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70. *Ms. Naseema Hafeez Panezai

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleasedto state:

(a) whether it is a fact that ban has been imposed on the provisionof gas to newly developed areas in the country; if so, the reasonsthereof;

(b) whether it is also a fact that said imposition is the breach ofArticle 158 of the Constitution;

(c) whether it is further a fact that the gas has been supplied to anumber of far-flung areas and neglected those areas from wheregas is being excavated;

(d) if the answers to part (a), (b) and (c) above are in theaffirmative, the steps being taken by the Government toprovide the gas to said areas from where it is being excavated?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. ShahidKhaqan Abbasi): (a) Yes. Government of Pakistan has imposed ban on theprovision of gas to newly developed areas in the country; since April, 2011 dueto shortage of gas. However, villages gasification for gas producing districts isexempted.

(b) No.

(c) Gas is being supplied in different localities under the guidelines/directives by GOP. In gas producing district villages, which are feasible underthe per consumer cost criteria and respectively approved by GOP, are consideredfor gasification and non-feasible are only considered after the funding is receivedfrom the government.

(d) Both the gas utility companies have carried out surveys for providinggas to the villages falling within 5 KM radius of the gas fields. Accordingly, asummary has been submitted to CCI for consideration.

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71. *Dr. Nafisa Shah

Will the Minister for Human Rights be pleased to state whether it is afact that the Women Detention Fund has been utilized to assist thewomen prisoners in jails; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Human Rights (Mr. Kamran Michael): Women inDistress and Detention Fund was established in 1996 under an Act of Parliamentnamely Women in Distress and Detention Fund Act, 1996 (XV of 1996). Sincepromulgation of the Act, the fund has remained non-operational over the yearsand not been utilized to assist women in prisons mainly due to following tworeasons:—

(I) The composition of high powered Board of Governors, as stipulatedin Section 6 of the Act, presented issues of meeting necessaryquorum on account of members official engagements.

(II) The frequent merger of the Human Rights Division into the Lawand Justice Division and then bi-furcating it to give status of Ministrykept the fund in-operational. Every time Federal Secretariat isre-organized, it brings the need of necessary ParliamentaryAmendments in the Act to make it operational. As on creation ofan independent Ministry of Human Rights in 2007, the Fund wastransferred to it from Law and Justice Division. Accordingly, inDecember, 2011 the Parliament enacted an amendment in theWomen in Distress and Detention Fund Act, 1996(XV of 1996)to make it operational in the Ministry of Human Rights. Again inthe wake of reorganization of the Federal Secretariat on 7th June,2013, and subsequent merger of Ministry of Human Rights withMinistry of Law & Justice, the need for necessary amendments inthe Women in Distress and Detention Fund Act (XV of 1996) hasemerged for the purpose of making Women in Distress and DetentionFund operational.

In order to overcome this situation and to make this fundoperational, Ministry submitted a Summary on 22nd July, 2014to the Cabinet Division for its presentation to the Cabinet seekingamendment in Section 6 of the Women in Distress and DetentionFund Act, 1996 (XV of 1996). The Cabinet Committeeconstituted by the Prime Minister for disposal of legislative cases

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considered Summary for Cabinet on “Women in Distress andDetention Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2014” in its meeting held on26th January, 2016 and approved the amendments proposed inthe Bill. The Bill in its final form with a statement of objects andreasons duly signed by the Minister in-Charge is forwarded to theLaw and Justice Division for its transmission to the ParliamentaryAffairs Division for its introduction in the Assembly/Senate.

72. *Dr. Nafisa Shah


(a) the objections/issues raised by the Port Qasim Authority on theLNG shipments; and

(b) whether it is a fact that the Government is addressing said issues;if so, how?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): (a) Port Qasim Authority has no issues on the LNG Shipments.

(b) Not applicable.

73. *Dr. Fozia Hameed

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that a number of Law Officers havebeen appointed without observing regional quota andcompetitive process by the Ministry; if so, the justificationsthereof; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to make such appointments on merit and accordingto regional quota; if so, when it will be implemented; if not, thereasons thereof?

Minister for Law and Justice (Mr. Zahid Hamid): (a) All appointmentsof Law Officers i.e. Additional Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General and

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Standing Counsel are made under section 2 of Central Law OfficersOrdinance, 1970 (Annex-I).

It stipulates that for appointment as Additional Attorney General and DeputyAttorney General, a person is qualified if he fulfills conditions for appointment as aJudge of Supreme Court as mentioned in Article 177 & 179 which are, interalia,minimum 15 years practice as Advocate High Court 177 (2) (b) and upto 65years of age (Article 179) (Annex-II).

For appointment as Standing Counsel, a person is qualified if he fulfillsconditions for appointment as a Judge of High Court, as mentioned in the Articles193-195 of Constitution of Pakistan, which is minimum 10 years practice asAdvocate High Court with age limit 45-62 years (Annex-III).

The Attorney General for Pakistan interviews eligible candidates and sendsrecommendations to the Ministry of Law and Justice for further processing. TheMinistry examines the length of professional experience, and other legal formalitiesand then initiates the Summary for the Prime Minister for approval for appointmentof Law Officers.

(b) All the appointments of the Law Officers were/ are made inaccordance with the Central Law Officers Ordinance, 1970. There is no quotasystem for appointment of Law Officers,

who can be transferred from one station

to an other on need basis.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

74. *Dr. Shizra Mansab Ali Khan Kharral

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased tostate the ratio of availability of gas will be observed for the generalpublic in the country due to the import of LNG?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid Khaqan

Abbasi): At present average production of gas is 4,000 MMCFD andestimated average demand is more than 6,000 MMCFD. Thus, leaving ashortfall of more than 2,000 MMCFD. Currently, on average 4,000 MMCFDRLNG is being injected into the system.

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The country is facing vast gap between demand and supply of gas.Shortfall is bridged through load management in different sectors in Punjab & tosome extent in Sindh including Power, Industry, CNG and Fertilizer in order tocater for high priority domestic and commercial sectors in accordance with theNatural Gas Allocation and Management Policy, 2005.

With the import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and injection ofRe-gasified LNG (RLNG) into the system, the gap has been mitigated to a greatextent. It has enabled SNGPL to ensure uninterrupted supplies to its consumers.Currently, gas supply to Domestic, Commercial, Industrial, Power, Fertilizer andCNG sectors across SNGPL’s network is being made on uninterruptible basis.

75. *Sheikh Salahuddin

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state the scams ofcorruption unearthed during tenure of the present Governmentalongwith present status thereof?

Minister for Law and Justice (Mr. Zahid Hamid): NAB is an Anti

Corruption Organization whose primary responsibilities to eliminate corruptionfrom the country. During the tenure of the present Government, Regional Bureausof NAB took cognizance of many cases. Cases of 100 Million and above areconsidered as Major Scams related to the following fields.

(i) Housing Societies

(ii) Modarba

(iii) Over pricing of drugs

(iv) Mis-use of powers and loss to the National Exchequer. RegionalBureau-wise detail of said major scams and their present positionhave been tabulated as under:—

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76. *Sheikh Salahuddin


(a) the status of import of LNG at present; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Ministry to control loadshedding ofgas during the coming winter season?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): (a) LNG supplies are being arranged by PSO through competitivebidding process as well as under Government to Government, arrangementsfrom. Qatar. The supplies of LNG started since March, 2015 and a total numberof forty (40) LNG cargoes (equivalent of 126,917,474 MMBTU) have beenarrived in the country so far.

(b) The country is facing vast gap between demand and supply of gaswhich is bridged through load management in different sectors in Punjab & tosome extent in Sindh including Power, Industry, CNG and Fertilizes, in order tocater for demand of high priority domestic and commercial sectors in accordancewith the Natural Gas Allocation and Management Policy, 2005.

With the import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and injection ofRegasified LNG (RLNG) into The system, the gap has been mitigated to agreat extent. It has enabled SNGPL to ensure uninterrupted supplies to itsconsumers. Currently, gas supply to Domestic, Commercial, Industrial, Power,Fertilizer and CNG sectors across SNGPL’s network is being made onunintorruptible basis.

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The gap of demand and supply however widens further and situationworsens during winter months on account of usage of room and water heaters. Inorder to ensure uninterrupted supplies of indigenous gas to highest priority domesticsector, indigenous gas supplies to lower priority sectors shall be managed / curtailed,especially during peak winter months.

77. *Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi


(a) whether it is a fact that the contracts have been given tocollect Toll Tax on the National Highways (NH) by the presentGovernment; if so, the terms and conditions thereof;

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to establish an institution/department for collectionof said Tax itself; and

(d) whether there is an other proposal under consideration of theGovernment to establish an institution/department for themaintenance and repair works of the said National Highwaysin a proper way/system?

Minister for Communications: (a) The contracts for collection of tollon National Highways have been awarded in FY 2015-16 for next financial year2016-17 on competitive basis as per PPRA Rules 2014.

Terms and conditions are illustrated as under:———————————————————————————————

(i) Bidder should have a valid Pakistan Engineering Council licenseas Operator (“O”) category.

(ii) Bidder must be Pre-qualified.

(iii) The bidder has to quote maximum/highest bid for winningspecific toll plaza.

(iv) Term of contract is for 1 year i.e. upto 30th June, 2017.——————————————————————————————

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(b) Presently, there is no proposal under consideration to establish aseparate department to collect toll on National Highways by NHA.

It is informed that Chapter III, Para 10(2) (vii) of NHA Act 1991 asamended in 2001 empowers NHA to “Levy, collect or cause to be collectedtolls on National Highways, strategic roads and such other roads as maybe entrusted to it and bridges thereon”.

(c) No, there is no such proposal under consideration of theGovernment to establish another institution/department for the maintenance andrepair works of National Highways.

NHA being premier road authority in the country, already has its own wellestablished system for maintenance and repair of NHA road network.

Maintenance of the roads is timely and appropriately carried out by NHAdue to which condition of roads is improving day by day.

So, in the presence of an already well established and appropriate systemin NHA for repair and maintenance of highways, there is no need for anotherparallel institution/department as it will do nothing more than being a financialliability on national exchequer.

78. *Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak

Will the Minister for Human Rights be pleased to state:

(a) the issues of human rights being dealt by the Ministry after theConstitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010; and

(b) the mandate of the Human Rights Wing after the said amendmentmade in the Constitution?

Minister for Human Rights (Mr. Kamran Michael): (a) Accordingto Rule 3(3) of Rules of Business, 1973, the Ministry of Human Rights is dealingwith the following issues/matters relating to human rights as provided inSchedule-II as under:

1. Review of human rights situation in the country includingimplementation of laws, policies and measures.

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2. Coordination of activities of Ministries, Divisions and provincialGovernments in respect of human rights.

3. Initiatives for harmonization of legislation, regulations and practiceswith the international human rights covenants and agreements to whichPakistan is a party and monitoring their implementation.

4. Obtaining information, documents and reports on complaints andallegations of human rights violations, from Ministries, Divisions,Provincial Governments and other agencies.

5. Refer and recommend investigations and inquiries in respect of anyincident of violation of human rights

6. Pursuing or defending issues, complaints, representations and mattersfor and against Pakistan relating to human rights before any officialor non-Governmental organizations, body or forum in Pakistan and,in consultation with Foreign Affairs Division, before any internationalorganization and foreign Government or non-Governmentalorganization.

7. Representation of Pakistan in international bodies, organizations andconferences relating to human rights in consultation and conjunctionwith Foreign Affairs Division.

8. Developing and conducting information programmes to foster publicawareness of human rights, laws and remedies available against theabuse of human rights.

9. Formulating programmes of teaching of human rights at educationalinstitutions

10. Provision of facilities for professional and technical training at homeand abroad relating to human rights issues.

11. Administrative control of the Tribunal for disadvantaged persons.

12. Human rights NGOs.

13. Representing Pakistan at International and bilateral level, involvingall gender related matters.

14. National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW)

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(b) After the implementation of said amendment, the following subjectsof devolved Ministry of Women Development have been assigned to the Ministryof Human Rights in addition to the earlier allocated business (Rule of Business3(3) from Rule 1 to 12) above (Annex-I).

1. Representing Pakistan at International and bilateral level, involvingall gender related matters

2. National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW)

3. Besides above, the administrative control of National Commissionon Child Welfare and Development (NCCWD) along with its twoCenters i.e. National Child Protection Center (NCPC) andImplementation of National Plan of Action on Child (INPAC) havebeen transferred to the Ministry of Human Rights (Annex-II).


79. *Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak


(a) the advantages achieved from the Transit Transport FrameworkAgreement (TTFA) signed by Pakistan during the year1998; and

(b) the steps taken by the Ministry for effective implementation ofTTFA during the last five years?

Minister for Communications: (a) Transit Transport FrameworkAgreement (TTFA) has not yet been implemented. Therefore, no benefits havebeen accrued by any member country.

(b) Two corridors have been established;

(i) Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) Rail Corridor

(ii) Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) Road Corridor

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Rail Corridor was operationalized, however, it has been halted due to fewimpediments which are being removed by the Railway Authorities ofenroute countries. Similarly, efforts are being made to operationalize theITI Road Corridor. So far, 3 meetings of Pakistan, Iran and Turkey havebeen held and 4th High Level Working Group Meeting has been scheduledon 17-18 August, 2016 in Islamabad to finalize the operational modalities.

80. *Ms. Shaista Pervaiz


(a) the details of the existing network of gas pipelines includingindustrial pipelines and its capacity to transport gas/LPG in thecountry;

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to expand gas grid network/industrial pipelinesin the country; if so, the details thereof;

(c) the investment made by the public and private sectors/companiesduring the tenure of the present Government;

(d) the present status of ongoing gas projects;

(e) the project-wise steps taken to expedite the execution of thesaid projects; and

(f) whether it is a fact that the gas based industries badly affected

due to non-availability of gas/lack of pipelines network in thecountry during the last five years till date; if so, thedetails alongwith the action taken and plan made thereof?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): (a) Sui companies have an integrated network which is segregated intotransmission & distribution systems. The detail of transmission & distributionnetworks of both the gas utility companies is as under:

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——————————————————————————————Gas Utility Transmission Distribution Approx Capacity of

Companies Network Network TransmissionNetwork

(KMs) (KMs) (MMCFD)——————————————————————————————

SNGPL 7,941 103,504 1,630SSGCL 3,601 44,761 1,727

——————————————————————————————(b) Both the gas utility companies expand their gas networks keeping in

view the requirement of the customers in accordance with the Annual DevelopmentProgram as approved by OGRA. However, in view of severe shortage of gasprevailing in the country, Government of Pakistan is aggressively pursuing the importof 1.2 BCFD LNG into the country to meet the shortfall in gas supplies.Accordingly, in order to take up this additional gas into the system, SNGPL hasplanned its system augmentation project downstream starting from Sawan uptoLahore whereas upstream Sawan pipeline is being laid by SSGCL.

(c) The investment, made by public sector gas utility companies i.e.SNGPL and SSGCL is given at Annex-A & B respectively.

(d) The requisite status is given at Annex-C.

(e) The routine system augmentation is a normal on going exercise, budgetprovisions are kept and material procurement will be carried out accordingly.Timely approvals are arranged and execution work is being monitored for timelyexecution and completion of project.

It is further apprised that Government of Pakistan is monitoring the ongoing,

projects (LNG projects) minutely and extending all possible help to ensure thetimely completion of said projects.

(f) SNGPL has reported that the gas based industries have been badlyaffected due to severe gas shortfall on SNGPL’s network. However, with theadditional gas input in company’s system through import of LNG, supplies of samehave been restored to industrial consumers in Punjab and there has been animprovement in the demand supply situation.

SSGCL has reported that based on the availability of gas, only one dayIndustrial closure is being observed on weekly basis.


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81. *Mr. Waseem Akhtar Shaikh


(a) whether it is a fact that the gas loadshedding is being observedin the country at present;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the gas pressure is low in a number

of areas in the country;

(c) whether it is further a fact that gas is being supplied to industriesand gas loadshedding is being observed the consumers therefrom;

(d) the steps taken by the oil and gas exploring private companiesfor the welfare of local people of the areas where saidcompanies carry their projects during the last five years till date;and

(e) the total number of School, Colleges and Hospitals constructedby the said private companies during the said period alongwiththe details thereof?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): (a) Currently, gas supply to Domestic, Commercial, Industrial, Power,Fertilizer and C,NG sectors is being made on uninterruptible basis.

(b) Consumers across the network may face low pressure issues due tooperational constraints, due to demand-supply imbalance. In order to combat thesituation, gas supply to lower priority sectors is. managed, especially during wintermonths.

(c) No.

(d) The Social Welfare Schemes carried out by the E&P companies forthe welfare of local people of the areas during the reported period is at Annex-A.

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(e) The total number of Schools, Colleges and Hospital constructed/repaired/renovated by the said companies during the last five years is as under;

——————————————————————————————Schools Colleges Hospitals

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——————————————————————————————The details are at Annex-B.


82. *Ms. Munaza Hassan:


(a) the total amount of challans collected by the Motorway Policeduring the current financial year;

(b) the name of banks where the said amount has been deposited;and

(c) the mode of utilization of the said amount?

Minister for Communications: (a) An amount of Rs. 2,274 million hasbeen collected as Police Fine during FY-2015-16.

(b) List of banks where the said amount has been deposited is attachedat Annex-A

(c) As per the approval of Federal Cabinet in the year 2000, all finecollected on Federalized Highways and Motorways shall be equally utilized by theNational Highway Authority (NHA) and National Highways and Motorways Police(NH&MP) after deduction of collection charges.

NHA utilizes its share on maintenance of its road network while NH&MPutilizes its fine share for rewarding deserving police officers and on road safetyeducation.

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Annex-A

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83. *Ms. Munaza Hassan:


(a) the steps taken by the present Government to expedite theconstruction work on the Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline Project; and

(b) the time by which the construction work of the said project willbe completed?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): (a) For early implementation of the Project, Pakistan has requested Iranfor amendment in the Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) allowing bothparties to complete the project in the extended period. A draft amendment hasalso been shared with Iran in this regard, Iran has agreed to negotiate the samealongwith some other amendments in the GSPA. Moreover, construction work ona gas pipeline project, namely Gwadar-Nawabshah Pipeline Project (GNPP) isexpected to commence soon on the same route of Iran Pakistan Gas PipelineProject in collaboration with Government of China.

(b) Revised timeline for completion of the project will be decided mutuallyin the forthcoming meetings between Pakistan and Iran.

84. *Mr. Sajid Ahmed:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased tostate the steps taken by the Government to overcome the shortfall ofgas during the coming winter season?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): The country is facing vast gap between demand and supply of gas whichis bridged through load management in different sectors in Punjab & to someextent in Sindh including Power, Industry, CNG and Fertilizer in order to cater fordemand of high priority domestic and commercial sectors in accordance with theNatural Gas Allocation and Management Policy, 2005.

With the import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and injection of RegasifiedLNG (RLNG) into the system, the gap has been mitigated to a great extent. It hasenabled SNGPL to ensure uninterrupted supplies to its consumers. Currently, gas

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supply to Domestic, Commercial, Industrial, Power, Fertilizer and CNG sectorsacross SNGPL’s network is being made on uninterruptible basis.

The gap of demand and supply however widens further and situationworsens during winter months on account of usage of room and water heaters. Inorder to ensure uninterrupted supplies of indigenous gas to highest priority domesticsector, indigenous gas supplies to lower priority sectors shall be managed / curtailed,especially during peak winter months.

85. *Mr. Sajid Ahmed:

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state:

(a) the name of companies which are producing liquid milk inpackets in the country at present; and

(b) whether those companies are producing it according to the

hygienic principles?

Minister for Science and Technology: (a) The Pakistan Standards &Quality Control Authority (PSQCA), an organization under the administrativecontrol Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), under its Act VI of 1996 ismandated to monitor the quality of products falling under the CompulsoryCertification Mark Scheme. At present, 103 products come under CompulsoryCertification Marks Scheme out of which 37 are food items (Annex-A). Currently,liquid milk is not in the mandatory list of PSQCA.

PSQCA, after due consultation / approval of the relevant technicalcommittee, has recommended a process of inclusion of liquid milk in the mandatoryitems list of PSQCA.

The Packaged Liquid Milk standard (PS: 5344-2016) and draft SRO forinclusion in compulsory certification marks scheme of PSQCA, has been forwardedto relevant Ministries / Divisions / Provincial Governments for eliciting theircomments prior to forward the draft SRO to Law and Justice Division for vetting.Then PSQCA shall be in position to carry out inspection / certification ofmanufacturers.

Complete list of names of manufacturers can be provided by PSQCAafter inclusion of packaged milk in the list of Mandatory items and furtherregistration/ certification compliance as per Pakistan Standards Specification.

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(b) Currently, Liquid Milk is not a mandatory product of PSQCA. Oncethis standard is made mandatory the hygienic principles will be complied accordinglyas per Pakistan Standards Specifications.

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86. *Malik Abdul Ghaffar Dogar:


(a) the company to which contract for the construction work ofKhanewal-Multan Motorway Section was awarded alongwiththe terms and conditions thereof;

(b) whether it is a fact that the construction work of said Sectionhas not been completed so far; if so, the additional expendituresto be incurred thereupon alongwith the responsibles therefor;

(c) whether it is also a fact that the roads and other civic

infrastructure of NA-148 have badly affected therefrom;

(d) whether it is further a fact that as per agreement it was theresponsibility of the said company to reconstruct/renovate thesaid roads and infrastructure;

(e) whether it is also further a fact that the said company has failed

to fulfill the said responsibilities; and

(f) the steps being taken by the said companies to reconstruct thesaid roads and renovate the said infrastructure as peragreement?

Minister for Communications: (a) Khanewal-Multan Motorway Sectionwas awarded to M/s EKO-KRC-JV under FIDIC conditions of contract, withfinancial assistance from Islamic Development Bank.

(b) The work has been substantially completed and inaugurated byHonorable Prime Minister of Pakistan on 21st November 2015. The Motorwayis operational and revenue collection has been started since January 2016.Theminor punch list works like weigh station and road lighting were taken aftersubstantial completion and have now been completed. No additional expenditureis required for such works, instead project has been completed with a saving ofRs.1000 million (approx.). (Awarded amount is Rs. 12937 million. and Tentativecompletion amount is Rs.11755 million). Contractor is bound to remain at stie tillexpiry of Defect Liability period i.e 21st November 2016 for any probablerectification.

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(c) Roads and other civic infrastructure of NA-148 has not been affectedby construction of Motorway between Khanewal-Multan. As per contract, thecontractor for Motorway was bound to adopt reasonable means to avoid thedamage to local roads for transportation of his materials. Accordingly, he built aservice track within ROW of motorway alongwith pipe culverts on watercoursesand bailey bridges over canals for transportation of his machines/materials. Forthe earth from borrow areas, the contractor used existing earthen tracks fromfields.

(d) It is responsibility of company to reconstruct/renovate any local roadif the same was used by the company. As elaborated above the contractor remainedusing the service track for his machines. Perhaps such roads have been detoriateddue to lack of maintenance by parent department, as no maintenance by parentdepartment was witnessed during course of construction of Motorway

(e) The road sections which were directly affected by construction (atpoints of under passes etc) have been reinstated by the company within NHA’sROW and these are performing well. Hence it is perceived that company hasfulfilled its responsibility.

(f) The company has fulfilled its obligation by reinstating the affectedstretches at points of underpasses within ROW of motorway. There is no tool inthe prevailing contract to compel the contractor for rectification of damagedinfrastructure which has not been established to be used by contractor.

87. *Malik Abdul Ghaffar Dogar:


(a) whether it is a fact that the Tatepur Interchange on Khanewal-Multan Motorway Section was approved;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the construction work of said

Interchange has not been completed so far;

(c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to construct the said Interchange on Bodhala Roadinstead of Tatepur; if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the time by which the said Interchange will be constructed onBodhla Road?

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Minister for Communications: (a) Tatepur Interchange was part of theapproved scope of Motorway Khanewal-Multan Section.

(b) The land acquisition of Interchange was started but it could not becompleted as the land was under use of Pakistan Air Force for radar stations.Hence the work on the above Interchange could not be started as yet. Only theflyover at Tatepur road is constructed to facilitate the commuters to move acrossthe Motorway.

(c) The case for construction of Interchange at Multan Bodhla Santtroad is under consideration for taking up with GOP as a fresh project.

(d) The time for completion of Interchange will be decided once thescheme is approved by the competent Forum and after completion of procurementprocess. However, it is not included in this year’s PSDP list.

88. *Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:

(a) the city-wise Combined Military Hospitals and Military Hospitalsin the country at present; and

(b) whether those hospitals are of equal status?

Minister for Defence: (a) City-wise details of Combined MilitaryHospitals and Military Hospitals at present and their status, are as under:———————————————————————————————

S# Hospitals Status of HospitalBeds

——————————————————————————————1. MH Rawalpindi 1000

2. CMH Lahore 1000

3. CMH Rawalpindi 1000

4. CMH Kharian 700

5. CMH Sialkot 600

6. CMH Quetta 600——————————————————————————————

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——————————————————————————————S# Hospitals Status of Hospital

Beds——————————————————————————————

7. CMH Multan 600

8. CMH Peshawar 600

9. CMH Abbottabad 500

10. CMH Malir 500

11. CMH Jehlum 400

12. CMH Bahawalpur 400

13. CMH Gujranwala 400

14. CMH Panuaqil 400

15. CMH Nowshera 400

16. CMH Okara 400

17. CMH Kohat 400

18. CMH Attock 300

19. CMH Hyderabad 300

20. CMH Sargodha 250

21. CMH Murree 200

22. CMH Bannu 200

23. CMH Mangla 200

24. CMH Skardu 200

25. CMH Mardan 200

26. CMH Gilgit 200

27. CMH Risalpur 100——————————————————————————————

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——————————————————————————————S# Hospitals Status of Hospital

Beds——————————————————————————————

28. CMH Thal 100

29. CMH Zhob 50

30. CMH Badin 50

31. CMH Tarbela 50

32. CMH Loralai 25

33. CMH Cherat 25

34. CMH Chunian 50

35. CMH Mailsi 50

36. CMH R Y Khan 50

37. CMH Bahawalnagar 50

38. CMH Dera Nawab Saheb 50

39. CMH Sibi 50

40. CMH Chhor 50

41. CMH Khuzdar 50

42. CMH D I Khan 50

43. CMH Landi Kotal 50

44. CMH AK Muzaffarabad 250

45. CMH Rawalakot 250——————————————————————————————

(b) Above-mentioned hospitals are not of equal status in terms of numberof beds.

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89. *Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:


(a) the route will be followed for Lahore-Karachi Motorway; and

(b) whether it is a fact that a bus station will be constructed inBahawalpur; if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Communications: (a) Karachi-Lahore Motorway is partof re-designated Peshawar-Karachi (PK) Motorway and planned to beconstructed as a 6-lane access controlled facility connecting Karachi, Hyderabad,Sukkur, Multan and Lahoe. The first section following the motorway M-9 originatesfrom Karachi and terminates at Hyderabad having a total length of 136 Km. Thissection has already been taken up on BOT and construction is underway. TheHyderabad-Sukkur section of PK Motorway (which will be take on BOT in nearfuture) takes off from Hyderabad and ends at Sukkur having a total length of 299Km. The next section starts from Sukkur and terminates at Multan with a totallength of 392 Km. The last section Lahore-Multan follows the alignment of underconstruction Motorway M-4 and after Abdul Hakeem it follows a new alignmentwhich ends at Lahore. Length of Lahore Abdul Hakim Section is 230 Km.

(b) NHA has planned to provide Service Areas along the PK Motorway.Provision of bus station is not covered under the scope. There are no bus stationson Motorways as Motorways are access controlled. However, interchanges aremade available.

90. *Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether itis a fact that the cost of Burhan-Havelian Motorway has increased;if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Communications: Burhan to Havelian Expressway(E-35) project was initially designed as a 4-lane expressway with PC-1 cost ofRs. 30.986 billion. Upon directive of Honorable Prime Minister of Pakistan, theproject has now been converted from 4-lane expressway to 6-lane motorway,hence cost increased from Rs. 30.986 billion to Rs. 34.165 billion accordingly.

ISLAMABAD: ABDUL JABBAR ALI,The 3rd August, 2016 Secretary.

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Thursday, the 4th August, 2016

8. Ms. Zaib Jaffar:(Deffered during 32nd Session.)


(a) whether it is a fact that excavation work relating to Job No.12/31/036220 (Khurram Colony, Rawalpindi), Job No.13/35/118320(Mohrah Mandu, Gujar Khan), Job No.13/31/038820 (ChungiNo.8, Rawalpindi) and Job No. 1031/0250-20 (Dhok Manal,Rawalpindi) has been completed by the Sui Gas Department,Rawalpindi during the year 2012;

(b) the officer who have withdrawn amount for the said jobs andpaid as salaries to daily wages employees which is illegal;

(c) whether it is also a fact that payment has not been made despitecompletion of the said work; if so, the names of employeesresponsibles therefor alongwith the details and action takenagainst the responsibles thereof; and

(d) the time by which payments will be made for the said jobs?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): (a) Yes.

The completion status is as under:—

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——————————————————————————————Job # Completion Status

——————————————————————————————12/31/036220 July 201213/35/118320 January 201313/31/038820 December 201310/31/025020 November 2014

——————————————————————————————(b) The company has further reported that the jobs were carried out

through Company’s approved contractors and their attached labour. No officerhas withdrawn any such amount for the purpos of payment of salary to the dailywages staff.

(c) The job wise status of payment is as follows:———————————————————————————————

Job # Completion PaymentPeriod certificate period

——————————————————————————————12/31/036220 Jul. 2012 Aug. 201213/35/118320 Jan. 2013 Nov. 201413/31/038820 Dec. 2013 Feb. 201410/31/025020 Nov. 2014 Jun. 2015

——————————————————————————————(d) The status of payment is as follows:—

——————————————————————————————Job# Status

——————————————————————————————12/31/036220 The Payment will be made within two months

13/35/118320 Payment released to the contractor

13/31/038820 The Payment will be made within two months

10/31/025020 The Payment will be made within one month——————————————————————————————

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11. Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased torefer to Un-Starred Question No.50 replied on 16-3-2016 and to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that SNGPL has failed to supply natural gasto the residents of Sector I-14, Islamabad; if so, the reasonsthereof; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Government to provide natural gasto the residents of the said Sector?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid Khaqan

Abbasi): (a) Yes. The reason for not providing the gas to Sector I-14, Islamabadwas that the internal network was not in place, which was required to connect itthrough supply main.

(b) SNGPL has reported that now, 10" dia. X 8.80 Kms supply mainhas been laid and commissioned for Sector I-16 which is passing through SectorI-14. Work for laying of distribution network in I-14 shall commence shortlysubject to proper development and clearance of route by CDA.

12. Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:


(a) the prescribed procedure for granting House Building Advance(HBA) to the employees presently working in the Office ofthe DG, Post Office and GPO, Islamabad;

(b) the total number of said employees to whom the HBA has beengranted so far; and

(c) the total number of employees out of the said to whom HBA hasnot been granted so far; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Communications: (a) It is stated that the House BuildingAdvance (HBA) amounts are allocated by Ministry of Finance during eachfinancial year on quarterly basis. After retaining 25% share, remaining HBAamount is distributed amongst Postal Circles/Regions/Offices on the basis of

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staff strength and respective Circle/Region/Office In charges further grant HBAamongst Officers/ Supervisors staff on the basis of following prescribed criteriaof Ministry of Finance.—————————————————————————————————————

(i) BPS 1 to 9 25% of the total allocation(ii) BPS 10 to 15 35% of the total allocation(iii) BPS 16 and above 40% of the total allocation

——————————————————————————————(b) The number of employees to whom HBA were granted during the

financial year 2015-16, the consolidated detail are as under:———————————————————————————————

Sr. No. Name of Offices Number of Employees towhom HBA were granted

——————————————————————————————1. DGPPO 2342. GPO Islamabad 91

——————————————————————————————(c) The Total number of employees to whom HBA has not been granted

during the financial year 2015-16 are as under: ———————————————————————————————

Sr.No. Name of Offices Number of Employees towhom HBA were not granted

——————————————————————————————1. DGPPO 1082. GPO Islamabad 59

——————————————————————————————13. Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the nameof department/departments which use Toll Tax of Motorways atpresent?

Reply not Received.

14. Mr. Siraj Muhammad Khan:

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Pakistan Council of Research inWater Resources (PCRWR) has no fund to ensure sustainableresearch;

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(b) if so, whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to give an endowment fund to the PCRWR for thesaid purpose?

Minister for Science and Technology: (a) Pakistan Council ofResearch in Water Resources (PCRWR) is a national R&D organization withHeadquarter at Islamabad and five Regional Centres at Lahore, Bahawalpur,Tandojam, Quetta and Peshawar. PCRWR under administrative control ofMinistry of Science and Technology is undertaking & promoting Research indifferent aspect of water sector more specifically, irrigation, drainage, surfaceand rainwater harvesting, water quality assessment and monitoring, waterconservation and development of water quality improvement technologies etc.

It is incorrect to say that PCRWR has no funds. The factual position is thatPCRWR is being provided with funds on regular basis, keeping in view the resourceposition as well as the requirements. Details of development and non-developmentbudget for the last five years are given below:—

The issue of allocation of more funds for R&D budget of R&Dorganizations attached with Ministry was taken up with Finance Division.Resultantly, they have committed the allocation of Rs. 265.00 million for thispurpose in the budget 2016-2017 as compared to Rs.61.00 million in the budget2015-2016. Accordingly, PCRWR would also be allocated more funds fromadditional allocation.

(b) Yes. Ministry of Science and Technology has forwarded a proposalfor creation of Endowment Fund namely “Water Linkages Programme” with a seedmoney of Rs. 50.00 million from GoP for approval of Ministry of Finance(copy enclosed).

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

ISLAMABAD: ABDUL JABBAR ALI,The 3rd August, 2016 Secretary.

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