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(40th 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 9th March, 2017

153. *Dr. Nikhat Shakeel Khan:(Deferred during 36th Session)

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to statewhether there is any Standard Operating Procedure to monitor securityand operation of cyber communications; if so, the salient features; ifnot, the reasons thereof?

Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division: According to the charterof duties, NTISB is mandated to ensure Communication Security within governmentdepartments / organizations and report any such breaches of security to concernedauthorities. Communication and IT security within government organizations isensured in coordination with MolT, PTA, FIA (NR3C), IB and DG(T) ISI throughIT Audit, certification for induction of cipher equipment and audit of security strengthof IT equipment installed in Public Sector Organizations. Moreover, continuousmonitoring of IT Infrastructure through technical tentacles and sharing of informationregarding any cyber attack, intrusion and malwares with government organizations/departments through advisories.

100. *Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:(Deferred during 37th Session)

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

(a) the total number of schools to whom funds given under “TawanaPakistan Project” for the provision of food to the students duringthe year 2003-04 alongwith the details of utilization of the saidfunds;

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(b) whether it is a fact that extra number of students were shown inthose schools under the said project and embezzlement found inthe said project/programme; if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the action taken against the responsibles thereof?

Transferred to the Cabinet Division for allocation of subject.

145. *Mr. Asad Umar:(Deferred during 39th Session)

Will the Minister In-charge the Establishment Division be pleased tostate the grade-wise total number of employees who were working inthe Ministries/Government Departments/Semi-GovernmentDepartments/Attached Departments/Corporations/projects on dailywages and contract basis and whose services have been regularizedsince 01-10-2013?

Minister In-charge the Establishment Division: Total number ofemployees who were working in the Ministries / Government Departments / Semi-Government Departments / Attached Departments / Corporations / projects ondaily wages and contract basis and whose services have been regularized since01-10-2013 is at Annex-I.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

147. *Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:(Deferred during 39th Session)

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the underground water level is beingdecreased in Islamabad;

(b) if so, the year-wise underground water level decreased inIslamabad during the last five years till date alongwith reasonsthereof?

Transferred to Interior Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

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60. *Ms. Naseema Hafeez Panezai:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that through a notification, Civil Servantsbelong to Balochistan have been restricted to work in theProvince for at least seven years before qualifying for postingsin other provinces;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the said policy does not apply forthe Civil Servants belong to other provinces;

(c) if the answers to part (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative,the justification to make such policy for a particular province;

(d) whether it tantamounts to deprive off Civil Servants ofBalochistan;

(e) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to set same policyfor Civil Servants of the rest of federating units to remove saidpolicy which is presently meant for Balochistan?

Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division: (a) The competentauthority has been pleased to approve the following criteria for all current andfuture postings of Balochistan domiciled PAS/PSP officers vide this Division’sO.M. dated 08-12-2015:-

(i) Balochistan domiciled officers, on promotion to BS-21, shallbe entitled to serve outside the province provided that theyhave served in Balochistan for at least ten (10) years.

(ii) In case of promotion to BS-20, the qualifying period to serveoutside Balochistan is seven (07) years service in homeprovince”.

(b) Yes.

(c) The rationale behind this policy was shortage of officers, belongingto PAS/PSP, in the province and the prevalent law and order situation which

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necessitated that officers belonging to these services should be posted there. Also,officers belonging to both services and having Balochistan domicile would augmentthe basic requirement of competence, coupled with local knowledge, in order toimprove public service delivery. It is also a fact, and a matter of welfare, that officerswith such seniority (more than 20 years of service) prefer to stay close to theirfamily/house station. Whereas, in Balochistan the non-availability of PAS/PSP officershad created vacuum which was filled by the Provincial Government as stop gaparrangement by posting of junior PAS/PSP officers on senior positions/posts. Theabove scenario necessitated that the Federal Government should introduce aBalochistan Specific Rotation Policy which must compel the officers of requisiteexperience and skills to get posted to Balochistan. The basic premise of the policywas to bring peace and order in Balochistan Province. The policy formulators wereof the view that this objective can be better achieved by utilizing services of Baluchistandomiciled officers, being sonst of soil of that Province, for posting in Balochistan.Hence, alongside other officers, the officers having Balochistan domiciled were alsorequired to serve in Balochistan. To further this end, the Federal Government recentlyappointed officers from Armed Forces belonging to Balochistan in PAS/PSP inBS-17 and BS-18. The basic requirement of these appointments was that the officersto be appointed should be from local Baloch tribes. After appointment, they weregiven necessary specialized, trainings and posted in Balochistan for an initial’ periodof 12 years or till their regular promotion to BS-19 (in case of BS-17); whichever isearlier and for an initial period of seven (07) years or till their promotion to BS-19(in case of BS-18); whichever is earlier, respectively. A similar question has alsobeen referred to Senate Standing Committee.

(d) No. Rather this Policy allows posting of Balochistan domiciled intheir home province for specific time period in public interest as explained above.

(e) It is added that the Rotation Policy is not confined to Balochistan.Same analogy has been adopted for posting officers to Gilgit-Baltistan. Moreover,the officers of other Provinces are also posted to Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistanin terms of Rotation Policy, dated 28-08-2012 on their own turn.

61. *Ms. Mussarrat Ahmadzeb:


(a) whether it is a fact that the posts for appointments in the FederalGovernment Polyclinic, Islamabad have been advertised duringthe year 2016-17; if so, the details thereof; and

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(b) whether it is also a fact that appointments made/being madeagainst the said posts from persons having domicile of thePunjab only?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: (a) It is a fact that the posts for appointments in the Federal GovernmentPolyclinic, Islamabad have been advertised during the year 2016-17 by the FPSC.The detail is as Annexure-A.

(b) The appointment advertisement have been requested as per availablequota as per Annexure-A.

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62. *Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:


(a) whether it is a fact that the Prime Minister of Pakistan has givenapproval for constructing Medical Tower in PIMS, Islamabadin July, 2016;

(b) if so, whether PC-I has been approved therefor?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: (a) & (b) It is submitted that no approval for construction of MedicalTower at PIMS in July, 2016 has been granted by the Honorable Prime Ministerso far.

63. *Ms. Shazia Mubashar:

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

(a) the procedure adopted to give financial assistance to poor peopleunder the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mall (PBM); and

(b) whether any policy has framed to give easy access to commonpeople to the PBM?

Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division: (a) Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal(PBM) provides Individual Financial Assistance (IFA) to poor and deserving peoplesubject to meeting eligibility criteria in following categories as per approvedprocedure.

(i) IFA - Medical:

Applicants submit application on plain paper supported by copy of CNIC,diagnostic reports and treatment expenditure estimate from Government Hospitalalong with affidavit. A crossed cheque is issued in the name of the Hospital afterprocessing of the case and approval of the Competent Authority.

(ii) IFA – Education

Applications on plain paper supported by valid copy of CNIC, Bona-fidecertificate (Degree / Certificate of last qualification) and affidavit, attested copies

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of educational documents and fee structure from the College/University. A crossedcheque is issued in the name of the Institute after processing of the case andapproval of the Competent Authority .

(iii) FA - Special Family Project (SFP)

Applications are received on prescribed Proforma supported by copy ofCNIC, photograph (showing disability) and disability certificate. A crossed chequeis issued in the name of the applicant after processing of the case and approval ofthe competent authority.

(iv) IFA - General

Application on plain paper supported by copy of valid CNIC is submittedto the PBM. A crossed cheque is issued in the name of the applicant after verification,processing and approval of the competent authority.

(b) PBM is open to all and sundry who can apply at headquarters,provincial offices and district offices. In order to ensure transparency & accessibilityto everyone the following measures have been taken recently:

(i) Establishment of One Window Desk.

(ii) Applicants Facilitation Centre has been established.

(iii) Computerized Token System to attend the applicant has also beenstarted.

64. *Ms. Saman Sultana Jaffri:

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

(a) whether the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) beinga regulator has taken notice of failure of the PakistanTelecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to payoutstanding increased pension to the former employees of thePTCL as per directions of the Supreme Court of Pakistan;

(b) whether this is tantamount to the failure on the part of PTA toact in aid of the said Court in terms of Article 190 of theConstitution with regard to ensure true implementation of thedecision of the said Court;

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(c) if the answers to part (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative,the steps being taken to compel the PTCL to pay the outstandingpension to said employees at the earliest as per direction of thesaid Court?

Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications: (a)PTA being a telecom regulator under the Pakistan Telecommunications(Re-organization) Act. 1996 has neither any mandate nor jurisdiction to take action/interfere in employee related matters of PTCL licensees.

(b) No, it does not. Moreover, the court has not sought any assistancefrom PTA in such matters.

(c) Not applicable.

65. *Mr. Siraj Muhammad Khan:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to statewhether the Government has any plan to provide development fundsthrough Sustainable Development Goals to districts andconstituencies of the National Assembly during the current financialyear; if so, when it will be implemented?

Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division: International Communityadopted the achievement of SDGs instead of MDGs from 2016. Accordingly,Prime Minister’s Global SDGs Achievement Programme was launched with theapproval of Cabinet in its meeting held on 30th September, 2016. Prime Minister’sSDGs Achievement Programme is a community based programme for whole ofthe country. At least 15 residents of an area or civil society organization can makea request for intervention in the following areas for implementation of SDGsProgram:—

(i) POWER SECTOR

(a) Electrification Schemes.

(b) Rehabilitation of Electricity Distribution Infrastructure.

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(ii) GAS & NATURAL RESOURCES

(a) Missing gas infrastructure, subject to availability of gas, dulycertified by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources.

(iii) SOCIAL SECTOR

(a) Construction of new schools, up gradation or uplifting of existingschools, including provision of missing facilities.

(b) Construction of new BHUs and RHCs, up gradation anduplifting of existing facilities, including provision of missingfacilities.

(iv) MUNICIPAL SECTOR

(a) Water Supply Schemes & Filtration Plants.

(b) Urban Sewerage, Sanitation and Rural Drainage Schemes.

(c) Communal facilities including but not limited to graveyards andpublic parks.

(v) INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR

(a) Construction and of rehabilitation of farm to market roads.

(b) Construction, repair or rehabilitation of roads (district orprovincial).

66. *Ms. Musarat Rafique Mahesar:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of manned and unmanned railway crossings inthe country at present alongwith types thereof separately; and

(b) the total number of railway crossings which are highly dangerousand becoming cause of accidents?

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Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique): (a) The total numberof manned level crossings over Pakistan Railway system at present is 1514 andun-manned level crossings are 1875.

(b) The total number of vulnerable level crossings is 550 as per jointsurvey conducted in collaboration with the concerned District authorities during2013. Pakistan Railways has proactively taken up this issue with the ProvincialGovernments and 75 unmanned level crossings out of 550 have been convertedinto manned level crossings during 2015-16 in the province of Punjab compareto only seven (07) unmanned level crossings upgraded during last five years(2008-2013). Efforts are underway for up-gradation of remaining vulnerablelevel crossings. In this regard, the help of respective provincial governments isbeing solicited. Government of Punjab has agreed to provide funding for up-gradation of another 150 vulnerable unmanned level crossings during financialyear 2016-17 & 2017-18. Government of Sindh has also provided funds to thetune of Rs. 54.5 Million out of total Rs. 105 Million committed for the currentfinancial year. In order to update the status of vulnerable level crossings a freshsurvey is scheduled during March — May 2017.

Pakistan Railways is also exploring the possibility of converting vulnerableunmanned level crossings into underpasses on BOT basis.

67. *Mr. Sher Akbar Khan:


(a) whether it is a fact that Service Road near WeeklyBazaar, Peshawar Mor, Islamabad is in a dilapidated condition atpresent; if so, the reasons thereof;

(b) the reasons for not reconstructing/repairing of the said Road;and

(c) the time by which the said Road will be repaired/reconstructed?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: (a) Yes it is a fact that a small portion needs to be repaired as the MetroAuthorities left the work undone.

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(b) It was part of the Metro Project and left undone. However the workshall be taken in hand after necessary approvals and allocation of funds.

(c) The work will be carried out after allocation of funds.

68. *Ms. Suraiya Jatoi:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to statethe National Assembly Constituency-wise total amount of fundsprovided to each Member of the National Assembly during the tenureof the present Government?

Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division: No funds have been relasedconstituency-wise to members of the National Assembly during the tenure of thepresent government.

Funds under Pak MDGs Community Development Programme and PrimeMinister’s Global SDOs Achievement Programme have been released for executionof development schemes identified by 15 residents of an area or Civil SocietyOrganization. Guidelines of the programmes are attached (Annex-I & II).

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

69. *Mr. Waseem Akhtar Shaikh:


(a) the total number of private housing societies working inthe Islamabad Capital Territory at present alongwith the detailsthereof;

(b) the prescribed criteria for acquiring layout plan and NOC fromthe Capital Development Authority (CDA) for said societies;and

(c) the steps taken against those illegal housing societies which areoperating without acquisition of Layout Plan and NOC thereof?

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Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: (a) The detail of housing societies working in Islamabad capital territoryis mentioned at annex-1

(b) CDA introduced Islamabad Capital Territory Zoning Regulation 1992(approved by the office of Prime Minister of Pakistan), in exercise of the powersconferred by Section 51 read with section 11 of the CDA Ordinance 1960.Tofacilitate the developers for development of private housing schemes “Modalitiesand Procedures” trained under ICT (Zoning) Regulations, 1992 for Planning andDevelopment of Private Housing Schemes in Zone-2 and 5 of Islamabad CapitalTerritory Zoning Plan ( duly Gazette Notified)” were promulgated.

For clearance of Layout Plan following documents are required to besubmitted by the sponsors to CDA:

1. Registration Documents of the sponsors with Registrar Cooperativeand Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan including certifiedtrue copies of Aims and objectives of the Society or Memorandumand Articles of Association, as the case may be.

2. Statement for verifiable Financial Resources through last AuditedBalance Sheet of the Registered Company or certified Accounts ofCooperative Society.

3. Land Ownership Documents (Wards, Aks Shajra, NEC) attestedand certified by Tehsildar Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT),Islamabad. The Tehsildar Islamabad issues certificate that the landproposed for the project is owned and possessed by the sponsoringagency. The specimen of the certificates is given as under:

“Certified on this Alts Shajra that the land enclosed in ....... boundary,indicated with Khasra Nos. measuring...........Kanalsand..............Marlas, is situated in Monza ............ Tehsil &District, Islamabad. This land is owned and possessed byM/s..........................only, and is contiguous/compact piece of land”.

4. Three copies of site plan showing location of the scheme at a scaleof 1:10000 with reference to its surrounding areas (within a radius of1/2 KM all around) and the land use plan of the Zone in which itfalls.

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5. Three copies of survey plan of the site drawn to a scale of not morethan 1:1000 showing khasra Numbers the spot level and physicalfeatures such as High Tension Lines, Water Channels, etc. Thecontours with 0.5 meters or 2 feet interval shall be indicated on theplan.

6. Three copies of layout plan drawn to a scale of not more than1 :1000 showing the sub-division of land into plots and allocation ofland for various uses in accordance with the planning standards laiddown by the Government of Pakistan in the “National ReferenceManual on Planning and infrastructure standards”.

7. Certificate from the Tehsildar 1CT, certifying sponsors ownership ofthe land proposed from the scheme shall also be provided on one ofthe copies of survey plan.

8. Layout plan should be prepared and signed by a qualified TownPlanner or a firm of consultants as may be approved by the CDAfrom time to time.

9. Underground Water Availability Report within scheme area. Reportis to be prepared either by Quaid-e-Azam University or Nespak. Atleast two copies shall be provided.

10. A project report covering aspects regarding ownership of land,topography, planning concept, water supply, sewerage system andplots distributions, etc.

11. Scrutiny Fee.

After approval of the LOP, the sponsors of the scheme have to completefollowing documentation/formalities for obtaining NOC for the scheme:

1. Undertaking regarding acceptance of terms and conditions of LayoutPlan approval, within seven days.

2. Publication of approved Layout Plan in the National dailies at theexpense of the sponsors exhibiting the approved Layout Plan of thescheme along with land use and schedule of plots.

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3. Mortgage 20% of saleable area of land as guarantee for in time andquality development, within 90 days.

4. A Public Notice in the National Dailies on the expense of sponsorsregarding mortgage of plots (under saleable area) with the Authoritywithin five days after mortgage deed has been executed.

5. Transfer of land provided for roads, parks/open spaces, graveyard,etc. in the name of Authority, within 90 days.

6. Submission of certified copies of sanctioned mutations of landtransferred & mortgaged with CDA and original Fard in favor ofCDA.

7. Approval or 3rd party vetted Engineering Design of the services ofscheme, within 180 days.

8. Environmental Clearance by Pak EPA, within 90 clays.

On competition of the above formalities, No Objection Certificate (NOC)is issued to the sponsors of the scheme with the approval of CDA Board.

(c) ACTIONS TAKEN BY CDA

1. CDA has got published Public Notice regarding illegal HousingSchemes in the National Dailies and the same has been uploaded onthe CDA Website .

2. Chief Executive, Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO),General Manager, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL)and Regional General Manager, Pakistan TelecommunicationCorporation Ltd. (PTCL) Islamabad, have been requested thatservices/connections/facilities in the illegal housing schemes, shouldnot be provided unless an NOC has been obtained from CDA.

3. Dy. Commissioner, ICT, Islamabad, has been-requested to issuenecessary directions to Tehsildar, ICT, Islamabad, that registrationof mutations of land by the sponsors of the Illegal Housing Schemes,may not be entertained, until NOC is obtained from CDA.

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4. Dy. Commissioner/ Registrar Co-operative Societies, ICT,Islamabad, has been requested to initiate action against concernedCo-operative Housing Societies, for development of the schemesand construction of buildings therein, without NOC from CDA, underthe Co-operative Societies Act, 1927 and Rules & Bye-laws framedthere under.

5. Joint Registrar of Companies, Securities & Exchange Commissionof Pakistan, Islamabad, has been requested to initiate action againstconcerned Private Limited Companies for development of theschemes and construction of buildings therein, without NOC fromCDA, under the SECP Rules & Regulations.

6. Director Enforcement, CDA, has been requested to direct hisstaff to be vigilant, observe strict watch and ward of the illegal schemesand make sure that no development/ construction is undertaken untilNOC is obtained from CDA.

7. Director Building Control, CDA, has been requested to directhis staff to be vigilant, observe strict watch and ward of the illegalschemes and make sure that no construction is undertaken until NOCis obtained from CDA.

8. Director (L&R), CDA, has been requested to direct his staff to bevigilant, observe strict watch and ward of the illegal schemes andmake sure that no CDA Land is being encroached by the sponsorsof the private housing schemes.

The managements of the illegal housing schemes have also been warnedto stop making any publicity/ marketing/ booking/ sale of plots and making anytype of development/construction in the-illegal housing schemes. They have beendirected to get approval of Layout Plans of the schemes and NOCs from CDA,as per ICT (Zoning) Regulation 1992 and Modalities and Procedures farmedthereunder for development of Private Housing Scheme. In case of failure legalaction would be initiated against all such illegal housing schemes under the provisionsof CDA Ordinance, 1960 and Regulations made thereunder. CDA has also initiatedactions against violations in approved/NOC Housing Schemes and got registeredFIRs against sponsors of Housing Schemes. Additionally some cases had alsobeen referred to NAB. In case of illegal Housing Schemes CDA has requestedM/s SNGPL and IESCO not to provide infrastructure services in these schemes

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without NOC from CDA. CDA is also working with NAB Rawalpindi to streamline the issue in Islamabad w.r.t illegal land sub-divisions and Housing Schemes.

Subsequent to issuance of Public Notice in national dailies, CDAapproached NAB Rawalpindi and requested to call the sponsors of these illegalhousing schemes so that they may submit layout plans of these schemes in CDAfor approval/NOC. The NAB authorities prepared a report regarding these illegalHousing Schemes in Islamabad. Team from NAB Rawalpindi accompanied CDATeam and visited the site of these housing schemes. Combined meetings withsponsors/owners of these housing schemes and CDA officials were made andNAB Rawalpindi prepared a report/ presentation to Senate Standing Committeeon Law and Justice in April 2016. The standing Committee made twelverecommendations and placed the same in the form of report before the House ofSenate (Annex-1). The report was adopted by the Senate of Pakistan and therecommendations therein have been placed before CDA Board for considerationand decision. The case was discussed in CDA Board meeting held on 10-10-2016and the Board considering the recommendations of the Senate Standing Committeedirected to examine the case on professional grounds point wise and re-submit theinput/recommendations for appropriate decision, the case of which is under process.


70. *Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division be pleasedto state whether it is a fact that a number of recruitment agenciesincluding the National Testing Service, Pakistan Testing Service andother Testing Services are working without any legal cover; if so, thesteps taken by the Government in this regard?

Transferred to Finance Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

71. *Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:

Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of posts in the Zoological Survey Departmentof Pakistan at present;

(b) the number of posts out of said are lying vacant at present;

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(c) the basic objectives of the said Department; and

(d) the works of animal population, distribution, new research andsurvey completed by the said Department during the last threeyears alongwith details thereof?

Minister for Climate Change (Mr. Zahid Hamid): (a) The totalsanctioned strength of Zoological Survey of Pakistan (ZSP) is 48.

(b) Six posts, out of the total strength are lying vacant at presentAnnex-A.

(c) ZSP is the pioneer Zoological (animal life) Survey organization of thecountry. The basic objectives of the department are:

To obtain information on distribution, population dynamics and statusof animal life in the country.

To set up and maintain standard zoological collections for reference.

To advise the government on all zoological matters, includingconservation, management and trade in wildlife.

To impart training and create public awareness about wildlifeconservation.

(d) The details of work carried out on animal population, distribution,new research and survey during last three years is given as below:

Studies on fauna of Protected Areas in Machiara National Park(AJK), Ayubia National Park (KP) and Chumbi Surla WildlifeSanctuary (Punjab).

Studies on threatened species of Punjab Urial (wild sheep), Bluebull (Neilgai) and Wooly flying squirrel.

Mid-winter Waterfowl Census of major wetlands/lakes of Punjab,Sindh and KP.

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Surveys of economically important faunal species such as Parrots,Falcons, Pangolin, Freshwater turtles, etc. used in international wildlifetrade.

Survey on status and threats to globally threatened Marbled Teal(waterfowl) in Sindh.

Reconnaissance Survey of Freshwater Turtles in Kabul River andIndus River System in Khyber Pkhtunkhwa.

Printing of awareness material on Pangolin.

Annex-A

GRADE-WISE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND VACANTPOSTS IN ZOOLOGICAL SUREVEY OF PAKISTAN

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Grade Posts Posts——————————————————————————————

1. 19 1 0 1 Director2. 17 5 4 1 Sr. Wildlife Preservation Officer3. 16 6 5 1 Assistant Zoologist4. 14 1 1 05. 11 1 1 06. 10 6 6 07. 09 3 3 08. 07 1 1 09. 06 1 1 010. 05 3 3 011. 04 2 2 012. 03 1 1 013. 02 6 6 014. 01 11 8 3 Naib Qasid

——————————————————————————————Total: 48 42 6

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72. *Mr. Muhammad Jamal Ud Din:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state whether there is anyproposal under consideration of the Government to construct anunder-pass in Bhara Kahu, Islamabad for commuters who intend togo to Murree?

Transferred to Communications Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

73. *Ms. Zahra Wadood Fatemi:


(a) whether it is a fact that high rise buildings are being constructedin Banni Gala, Islamabad without obtaining NOC/permissionfrom the Capital Development Authority (CDA); and

(b) whether it is also a fact that the CDA has not taken any actionto stop the said illegal construction; if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: (a) Yes, Highrise Buildings are being constructed in Banni Gala areaIslamabad without obtaining NOC/permission from CDA. Banni Gala falls inMargallah Hills National Park Area of ICT.

(b) Public Notices to stop illegal construction activity are being insertedin the National Dailies from time to time by CDA.

74. *Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:

Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state whether anyEnvironmental Impact Assessment Survey has been conducted inGwadar for constructing 300 MW Coal Fired Power Plant; if so,the details; if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Climate Change (Mr. Zahid Hamid): GwadarDevelopment Authority (GDA) and Environmental Protection Agency, Governmentof Balochistan are responsible for conducting of Environmental Impact Assessment

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Survey for construction of 300 MW coal fired power plant as yet. As informed byDirector General, Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) nophysical action has started with respect to the coal power plant; only initialnegotiations have taken place between GDA and a Chinese group.

75. *Ms. Zaib Jaffar:

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritagebe pleased to state:

(a) the criteria adopted by the present Government for theappointment of the Chairman Pakistan Television alongwiththe terms and conditions including the salary package thereof;and

(b) whether it is a fact that the said post has not been advertised; ifso, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage: (a)Mr. Atta-ul- Haq Qasmi has been an eminent literary personality of national andinternational fame. His professional background dates back to 1968-69 in thedisciplines of poetry, drama. literature and media. Initially, he has been appointedas Director of the Company. He has been appointed in terms of Section-183(b) of the Companies Ordinance-1984, read with, PTVC’s Memorandumand Articles of Association (Article-95) as one of the Directors of the PTVC’sBoard against the position of “one eminent person from the media to be appointedby the Federal Government” in terms of MOIBNH earlier notification (22ndOctober, 2007: (Annex-1). Mr. Qasmi has been appointed for three yearstenure which is protected under Public Sector Companies CorporateGovernance Rules-2013 (rule-5:1) that states as under:—

“A Director, once appointed or elected, shall hold office for a period ofthree years, unless he resigns or is removed in accordance with theprovisions of Companies Ordinance-1984”.

It is stated that Article-95 of PTV’s Memorandum & Articles ofAssociation (Annex-2) states that the “BOD shall elect a Chairman of theCompany from amongst the Directors representing Government of Pakistan topreside over their meeting, and determine the period for which he is to hold office.

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Mr. Atta-ul-Haq Qasmi’s terms and conditions of appointment have beenworked out that entitle him to receive a consolidated salary package ofRs. 15,00.000/- (net of taxes) per month.

(b) The appointment against the said position as mentioned in previousparagraph that he is an eminent professional of international repute. He has beenappointed on a market-based remuneration to implement the vision of the presentGovernment for the revival of Cultural - Broadcast productions to promote positiveimage of Pakistan. The appointment did not require open advertisement in termsof Civil Establishment Code-2007 (Volume-I : Chapter-2: Sl. No. 141:sub para-iii: a & b: Page-216-217) – as the appointment has been made underSection-183 (b) of the Companies Ordinance-1984, read with. PTVC’sMemorandum and Articles of Association (Article-95).

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

76. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:


(a) the year-wise income/revenue earned from tourism since01-01-2013; and

(b) the steps taken by the Government to promote tourism in thecountry?

Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division: (a) The revenue earnedby the PTDC during the last four years with year wise break up as under:———————————————————————————————

Revenue Earned by PTDC(Rs. In Million)

Year Motels PTL Flash TOTALwise man’s

Hotel——————————————————————————————

2013 112.034 49.110 172.941 334.0852014 166.369 44.605 176.604 387.5782015 198.397 53,185 198.710 450.2922016 246.601 43.248 163.228 453,077

——————————————————————————————Total 723.401 190.148 711.483 1625.032

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(b) After 18th Constitution Amendment the subject “Tourism” wasdevolved to provinces, all promotional budget allocations were also stopped.However, PTDC took some steps for promotion of tourism in the country out ofits own resources. Detail of promotional activities at Annex-I.


77. *Shazia Marri:


(a) the details of minor and major trains incidents occurred duringthe last four years alongwith the details thereof separately;

(b) the total number of persons died and injured in those incidentsalongwith reasons thereof;

(c) the loss suffered to the Pakistan Railways therefrom; and

(d) the actions taken against the persons involved in the saidincidents?

Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique): (a) During the period(January 2013 to December 2016) a total of (338) minor and major accidentshave been occurred over the Railway network. Out of which (149) are major and(189) fall in category of minor accidents. The year wise detail of accidents is asunder;—————————————————————————————————————S. No. DESCRIPTION OF ACCIDENTS 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total

—————————————————————————————————————1. Collision of trains 1 1 0 4 6

2. Derailment of trains including yard 13 14 38 22 87derailments

3. Collision at manned level crossings 14 13 18 13 58

4. Collision at unmanned level crossings 47 42 48 50 187—————————————————————————————————————

75 70 104 89 338—————————————————————————————————————

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(b) The year wise detail of dead and injured persons as a result of accidentsfor last four years is given below:—

NO OF PERSONS KILLED AND INJURED——————————————————————————————

YEARS KILLED INJURED——————————————————————————————

2013 14 262014 14 722015 44 2032016 46 166

——————————————————————————————Total: 118 467

——————————————————————————————The 245 accidents were caused due negligence of road users while

negotiating the manned, unmanned level crossing and unauthorized locations. In allthese cases the responsibility of the accident lies on the road users section 91/1 ofMotor Vehicle Ordinance, 1965, and section 128 & 129 of Railways Act.

(c)

(d) Details of staff penalized for negligence is as under:—

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78. *Ms. Surriya Asghar:


(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to appoint females as contractual teachers/lecturersagainst the vacant posts in Schools and Colleges in Islamabadwho have Ph.D, M.Phil Degrees and Bachelor and Master inEducation; if so, when it will be implemented; if not, the reasonsthereof;

(b) whether it is a fact that less qualified persons have beenappointed as contractual teachers/lecturers in said Schools andColleges respectively; if so, the justification thereof; and

(c) whether it is also a fact that the standard of education is beingdecreased therefrom; if so, the reasons for not discontinuing thesaid appointments?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: (a) No such proposal is under consideration in this regard. However,preference is given to the Ph.D and M.Phill degree holder in recruitment, eithermade by FPSC or through open advertisement.

(b) It is not a fact. All the appointments are made according to the existingrecruitment rules after meeting the requisite qualification and other parameters likeage, experience etc.

(c) It is not a fact. Every effort is being made by the Federal Directorateof Education, Islamabad to impart quality education to the children of residents ofICT. The present government has recently initiated Prime Minister EducationReforms programme mainly focused on the uplifting of the standard of theEducational Institutions in Islamabad.

79. *Ms. Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state whether there isany proposal under consideration of the Government to run trains/freight trains from Pakistan to China; if so, when it will beimplemented?

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Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique): There is a plan toestablish new Railway Line via Havelian-Khunjrab, under China-PakistanEconomic Corridor (CPEC) as a long term goal (2025-2030) After laying of thistrack the train service will be started as presently rail line is not existing betweenChina and Pakistan.

80. *Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that Airbus A-310 has been sold to a Germanfirm for peanuts;

(b) if so, the details alongwith the reasons thereof; and

(c) the details of transparency ensured in the said deal?

Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division: (a) PIACL has informedthat the said aircraft has not been sold as yet. However, presently PIACL, hasfour non-airworthy A-310 aircraft already grounded in its inventory andavailable for auction through tendering. One of the aircrafts bearing registrationNo. AP-BEQ is presently parked at Leipzig (Germany). This aircraft wasrented to a London based film company, thereafter, aircraft was flown to Maltaon 25th November 2016 for shooting a film upon request from aforesaid filmcompany. After the shoot, the aircraft was flown to Leipzig (Germany) andhas been parked at Leipzig Museum in its original livery without any change.All the four grounded aircrafts (structure, APUs and engines separately) willbe auctioned in accordance with PPRA Rules 2004 after approval from PIACLBoard of Directors.

(b) Not applicable as the sale of aircraft has not been materialized yet.

(c) PIACL has assured that the sale of aircraft will be carried out asper PPRA Rules 2004 and transparency will be ensured in tendering process.

81. *Mr. Iqbal Muhammad Ali Khan:


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(a) whether it is a fact that there is short fall of Physical TrainingTeachers possessing Sindh (Rural) domiciles in the FederalDirectorate of Education, Islamabad; if so, the reasons thereof;and

(b) the steps being taken or proposed to be taken by the Governmentto overcome the said deficiency?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: (a) Yes, it is fact that there is short fall of Physical Training Instructorpossessing Sindh (Rural) domicile in the Federal Directorate of Education due tonon-availability of the eligible candidates. FDE advertised the posts time and againbut the same could not be filled due to non-availability of eligible / suitablecandidates.

(b) FDE has referred the posts of PTI BPS-16 observing the quotaallocation formalities to FPSC which is under process.

82. *Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:


(a) whether it is a fact that Pakistan Railways (PR) has invested itsfunds in various saving schemes; if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether it is also a fact that such funds are surplus for saidinvestment; if so, the details thereof;

(c) the advantages of such investment to PR and its employees;and

(d) whether it is further a fact that the financial position of Pakistanpermits such investment in view of its fiscal constrains?

Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique): (a) PakistanRailways, being Government Department, keeps its funds with State Bank ofPakistan. There are no surplus revenues for investment. However, amounts ofemployees contributory funds like General Provident Fund (GPF) and BenevolentFund are available. Pakistan Railways has opened a new Account of GPF with

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State Bank of Pakistan where GPF contributions are being deposited. Acommittee has been constituted to decide about investment of available amountof Rs. 2.465 billion as per instructions/policy of Finance Division. In addition,an amount of Rs. 150.000 million, which is contributed by employees towardsBenevolent Fund (Railways), has been invested in the saving scheme of NationalSavings institution. An amount of Rs. 43.050 million has been earned as profitsince Oct.-2014. The return/profit is disbursed to the employees or widows asgrant as per their entitlement.

(b) It is not a fact that these funds are surplus. GPF is a compulsorycontribution from the salaries of regular employees under Provident FundAct 1925. These contributions are returned to employees alongwith profit duringthe service as advance and fully paid after retirement.

(c) In case of investment in government securities, bonds, schemesand Market Treasury Bills, Pakistan Railways will generate additional amountwhich will be utilized to make GP Fund final payments, advances and interest.As return on the amount of Benevolent Fund is being used for the benefit of theemployees.

(d) It is a fact that with the improved financial position of PakistanRailways it is now in a position to invest the amount accumulated in GP Fundaccording to the instructions and guidelines of Finance Division in governmentsecurities, bonds, saving schemes, Market treasury Bills etc.

83. *Ms. Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli:


(a) the date on which the Federal Government Polyclinic and PIMSHospitals were established in Islamabad; and

(b) whether it is a fact that said hospitals are insufficient with respectto needs of hundreds of patients from Islamabad, KPK, AzadKashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and FATA?

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Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: (a)

PIMS

Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad was established in 1985.

FGPC

FGPC, Islamabad was established as referral medical Center in 1966 forFederal Government employees. It was ungraded to Federal Government ServicesHospital in 1986.

(b) PIMS

Yes, it is a fact that PIMS hospital is insufficient with respect to needs ofhundreds of patients from Islamabad, KPK, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan andFATA brief and work load is at Annex-A.

FGPC

The Federal Government Polyclinic Islamabad (Postgraduate MedicalInstitute) is a 545 bedded Hospital, having 22 Indoor and 26 OPD specialtiesincluding specialized diagnostic specialties of Ultrasound, X-Ray, laboratory,Blood Bank, Gamma Camera in the main hospital and 33 dispensaries/ centersin different sectors of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Approximately 2.5 millionpatients are provided treatment each year. This hospital is providing freemedical facility indoor / outdoor to Federal Government Employees and theirdependents, parliamentarians, other dignitaries, resident of Capital Territoryand its surrounding areas including AJK and FATA/ Gilgit-Baltistan. The currentfacility is insufficient to care for patients form AJK and FATA/ Gilgit-Baltistan.The load on the services has increased many fold during the past several yearsdue to increase in population.


84. *Ms. Zaib Jaffar:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to refer to Starred Question No. 87

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replied on 28-11-2016 and to state the total number of patients whoare on waiting lists for surgeries in the Federal Government GeneralHospital, Islamabad at present alongwith department-wise detailsthereof?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: The Federal General Hospital, Chak Shahzad was established on27-02-2012. There is no long waiting list in the hospital for surgeries. There arethree departments doing elective surgeries i.e. General Surgery, ENT and Obs &Gynae departments. During OPD days, patients are booked for elective surgeries.In most of the surgeries, date for surgery from OPD is given for the next operationdays. The Federal General Hospital is maintaining a very high standard as far asdoing elective surgeries is concerned as the maximum waiting time for surgeriesis 7 days.

85. *Mr. Nasir Iqbal Bosal:


(a) whether it is a fact that Climate Change is making bad impactsin the country at present;

(b) if so, whether the Government has conducted any study todetermine the magnitude of negative impacts; if so, the detailsthereof; and

(c) the steps being taken by the Government to minimize the negativeimpacts of climate change in the country?

Minister for Climate Change (Mr. Zahid Hamid): (a) Pakistan isparticularly vulnerable to climate change because it generally has warm climate.Not only does the country lie in a geographical region where the temperatureincreases are expected to be higher than the global average, but the fact is that itsland area is mostly arid and semi-arid (about 60 per of the area receives less than250 mm of rainfall per year and 24 per cent receives between 250-500 mm). Thecountry’s rivers are predominantly fed by the Hindu Kush Karakoram Himalayanglaciers which are reported to be receding rapidly due to global warming. Theeconomy is largely agrarian and hence highly climate sensitive. Because the countryfaces increasingly larger risks of variability in monsoon rains, hence there are largefloods and extended droughts.

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Under the influence of all these factors water, food and energy security ofthe country are under serious threat. Compounding these problems are the expectedincreased risks to the coastal areas and the Indus deltaic region due to sea levelrise, coastal erosion, saline sea water intrusion and increasing cyclonic activity inthe Arabian Sea. The Indus Delta is already located in the intense heat zone andany rise in temperature would impact human health due to heat strokes, food,water and vector borne diseases; human settlements would be endangered due tofrequent floods, droughts and cyclones. In this region, temperature is likely toincrease by 4°C till 2100 and rainfall is going to be highly variable on temporal andspatial scale.

2. The deltaic region would not only be affected by the local weatherconditions but also weather activities upstream Indus and over the neighboring seain the south due to climate change. Although there are many challenges to thelivelihood of the Indus Delta dwellers due to climate change but there areopportunities also. There is a large potential of wind power generation which canattract lot of investment for building climate resilient infrastructure, generatingemployment for the local population and hence ensuring sustainable livelihood. Anorganized land reclamation and water treatment will ensure food security too.

3. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported inits 5th Assessment Report (IPCC-AR5 that there will be considerable climaticchanges in different world regions and the most prominent impacts of climatechange in a region are increase of average temperature and increase in frequencyand intensity of extreme climate events such as floods, droughts, heatwaves andcyclone etc.

(b) Studies undertaken to determine the magnitude of negative impactsof climate change Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment ofIslamabad- 2015

Ministry of Climate Change in association with UN Habitat, CapitalDevelopment Authority and ICT Administration assistance undertook a study“Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of Islamabad”. The study reveals thatthe city of Islamabad and its surrounding Capital territory is exposed to a host offactors accelerating climate change impacts such as erratic behavior and markedchanges in the intensity, frequency and variability of temperature, precipitation,floods, draughts, cyclones etc. The extreme weather events recorded so far inIslamabad include highest maximum temperature of 46.6° C on 24th June 2005and lowest at – 4.3° C on 25th December 1984. In 2001 heaviest rainfall of621mm was recorded in 10 hours.

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2. The main findings of the assessment reveal startling facts regardingerratic behavior and marked changes in the intensity, frequency and variability oftemperature, precipitation, floods, draughts, cyclones etc. The study proposes awell thought out planning interventions to make Islamabad a climate resilient city.The study also makes recommendations of utilizing the present institutionalarrangements for a well coordinated effective implementation of suggested plansin Islamabad.

Study on Heat Wave of Karachi

Ministry of Climate Change formed an Expert Study and InvestigativeGroup to examine the causes of Karachi heat wave and to prepare recommendationsto tackle the similar situation in future.

2. The Committee has submitted its report with the followingrecommendations:

a. Capacity of individuals and communities may be built to respond tothe heat stress during heat-waves by raising heat-health awarenesscampaigns in the country before the onset of a heat waves season.

b. School texts on disasters (due to natural hazards) and theirmanagement be included in the course.

c. Green spaces may be increased by tree plantation in the city on anurgent basis. Provincial and District governments should issue specialdirectives in this context besides monitoring its implementation.

d. The heat island effect can be counteracted slightly by using white orreflective materials to build houses, roofs, pavements, and roads,thus increasing the overall albedo of the city.

e. Green roofs (achieved by growing vegetation) are another methodof decreasing the urban heat island effect. Roof borne plants increasethe albedo and decrease the urban heat island effect.

f. Proper town planning rules and regulations may be observed for allon-going and in future townships.

g. “Cool Centers” with drinking water, fans etc may be established atpublic places and along the main avenues; protection anddevelopment of tree shaded rest areas.

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Government of Pakistan has taken number of steps to mitigate the impactsof climate change in the Country. These steps include measures in country andengagement with International process. Some of the major initiatives include:—

(c) National Climate Change Policy Implementation Committee(NCCPIC)

In order to adopt a coherent strategy across all Provinces to deal withclimate change threats, National Climate Change Policy Implementation Committeehas been constituted. In its first meeting held on 23rd April, 2015 the ProvincialGovernments’ representatives intimated that Provincial Plans of Action are beingdeveloped to tackle this issue in a robust fashion.

86. *Shaikh Rohale Asghar:

Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state whetherPakistan has included in the list of countries affected from the perilsof the climate change; if so, the steps being taken by the Governmentin this regard?

Minister for Climate Change (Mr. Zahid Hamid): Pakistan ranks135th amongst the countries contributing to global warming and 7th amongstcountries most vulnerable to adverse impacts of climate change. The latest issue ofGermanwatch Climate Risk Index 2017 under Long-Term Climate Risk Index(CRI) shows Pakistan elevating to no. 07 from 08 out of the 10 countries mostaffected during the decade 1996 to 2015. Most of the affected countries in thelong-term index have a high ranking due to exceptional catastrophes. To addressthis situation, Ministry of Chmate Change has developed a comprehensive strategyto address Climate Change which identifies policy approaches and implementationpathways for both adaptation and mitigation. Given our extreme vulnerability toclimate change, adaptation and climate resilient development remains our essentialpriority along with adoption of comprehensive approach on disaster risk reductionand management.

(1) Legislation

Ministry of Climate Change has submitted draft legislation on PakistanClimate Change Act (PCCA, 2016). It envisages the establishment of PakistanClimate Authority, Pakistan Climate Change Council and Pakistan Climate ChangeFund. When established the country will be only the 5th in the world to have sucha structure.

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(2) Policy

Ministry of Climate Change had formulated National Climate Change Policy,2012 (NCCP) in consultation with all stake holders, which act as a guidingdocument for federal and provincial departments/organizations.

The present government has prepared a detailed framework forimplementation of National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) which containscomprehensive list of measures to be under taken on priority basis, in the short-term, medium-term and long-term.

(3) Institutions

In order to meet the multifaceted challenge of climate change, thegovernment has established a number of new and dedicated institutions over aperiod of time and these institutions are

a. Ministry of Climate Change (MOCC).b. Global Climate Impact Study Centre (GCISC).c. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).d. Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (PAK-EPA).

(4) Provincial Implementation Committee

The Provinces have notified provincial-National Climate Change policyImplementation committees. These committees are responsible for developingprovincial action plans for their respective province.

(5) Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)

Ministry of Climate Change has completed a study on stocktaking ofgreenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, their trends and projections along withclimate change mitigation, its economic and mitigation modeling and analysis inPakistan. This study has calculated the country’s future emission projections indetail followed by its analysis regarding the potential for mitigation in all sectorsof the economy. The GHG emissions projections along with a possibility ofeconomy-wide mitigation and its abatement cost has also been determinedin the study.

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87. *Dr. Fouzia Hameed:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact that theeducation standard of the Government educational institutions isbeing hampered due to non-availability of teachers and allied staff;if so, the time by which the said shortage will be covered?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: The fact is that the academic process has been affecting to some extentin the government educational institutions due to shortage of teachers. In order tomeet the short fall of teachers, FDE engaged teachers on daily wages basis ineducational institutions as a stop gap arrangement. Resultantly chance of academicloss is left minimum. In order to resolve the said issue vacant posts in BS-16 andabove have been referred to FPSC for appointment. These posts will be filled asand when nominations received from FPSC. However, due to court order,recruitment in BS-15 and below momentarily stalled and shall be resumed as andwhen cleared from court.

88. *Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division be pleased tostate whether it is a fact that there is shortage of aeroplanes in PIAat present; if so, the steps being taken by the Government to meetthe said shortage?

Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division: Yes, PIACL is facingshortage of aircraft due to grounding of its old aircrafts, which had been consuminghigh quantities of fuel, became inefficient and their maintenance cost was very high.Moreover, since 2008-14 no new induction of aircraft was made in the fleet. However,with the support of Federal Government during recent years, PIACL has been meetingits capacity requirements by inducting aircraft on dry lease. It is to mention here thatacquiring aircraft on dry lease is a time-consuming process and sometimes the desiredaircraft are not available immediately. So in such cases, as an interim solution tobridge the capacity gap, PIACL inducts aircraft on short term wet lease. Accordingly,PIACL has been able to meet its capacity requirements.

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89. *Shazia Marri:

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritagebe pleased to state:

(a) the year-wise total amount spent on advertisements via printand electronic media during the last three years alongwiththe details thereof; and

(b) the total amount spent on purely public awareness relatedadvertisements other than highlighting the Governmentperformances during the said period?

Reply not received.

ISLAMABAD: ABDUL JABBAR ALI,The 8th March, 2017 Secretary.

PCPPI—3313(2017) NA—8-3-2017—650.

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(40th Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Thursday, the 9th March, 2017

15. Mir Aamir Ali Khan Magsi:(Deferred during 31st Session)


(a) whether funds have been allocated to metal roads and to laysewerage lines in Muhammadi Town, Sohan, Islamabad so far;and

(b) the time by which the development works will be started in thesaid Town?


31. Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:(Deferred during 34th Session)

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state the total number of fruittrees planted by the Capital Development Authority in Sector G-5and G-6, Islamabad during the last three years?



Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state whether there is any

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proposal under consideration of the Government to plant fruit treesand olive trees in the forest of Shakarparian, Islamabad?


38. Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:(Deferred during 34th Session)

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact thatthe sewerage system of Sector I-14, Islamabad is non-functional sincelong; if so, the reasons thereof?


42. Mr. Waseem Akhtar Shaikh:(Deferred during 34th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that water supply line of Block No.5, Cat.III,Sector G-10/2, Islamabad has developed fault and as a result,water supply to the residents has been suspended since long;

(b) if the answer to above is in affirmative , the steps being takenby the Government to install new water supply line for the saidBlock?



Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state whether there is anyproposal under consideration of the Government to plant fruit treesand olive trees in Japani Park and Zoo in Islamabad?


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(a) whether it is a fact that the street lights of Street No.49particularly from House No.7 to 12, Sector G-10/3, Islamabadremained off since long;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the lights of Park near Khan Marketof the said Sector are non-functional since long;

(c) whether it is further a fact that the said Park has not beenrepaired/renovated during the tenure of the present Government;

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

(e) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to declare the said Park as Women Park; if so,when it will be implemented; if not, the reasons thereof?




(a) whether it is a fact that the employees of Capital DevelopmentAuthority is not performing their duties since long in respect ofcutting grass out sides the houses of Street No.49 particularlyfrom 7-16, Sector G-10/3, Islamabad; if so, the reasons thereof;and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to take action against them; if so, when it will beimplemented?


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47. Mr. Sher Akbar Khan:(Deferred during 37th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that the people have erected encroachmentson the both sides of IJP Road from Faizabad to Peshawar Morr;

(b) if so, the steps taken/being taken by the Government to removethe said encroachments?


34. Shazia Marri:(Deferred during 39th Session)


(a) whether complaints of five male and one female individuals arebeing entertained on daily basis in Water Tanker Enquiry, SectorG-10/4, Islamabad;

(b) whether the priority to register complaints is not being given tofemale in said Enquiry;

(c) the total complaints registered on daily basis in said Enquiryfrom 01-06-2016 to 30-06-2016;

(d) the total persons to whom water supplied therefrom during thesaid period;

(e) whether water is not being supplied to all complainants by saidInquiry;

(f) whether there is huge rush of persons in the said Enquiry whocome for registering their complaints; if so, the securityarrangements made therefor so far;

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(g) whether complaints for supply of water are not being registeredin said Enquiry over telephone; and

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


@6. Ms. Shazia Mubashar:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state the steps taken by theGovernment for the betterment of disabled children?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: The following steps have been taken by the Government for thebetterment of disabled children:—

1441 children with all 04 types of disabilities were given medicalrehabilitation, educational and training facilities.

Provision of free pick and drop services to the Disabled Children.

The National Institute of Special Education is providing in servicetraining to the professionals / staff of education, special education,health, social welfare in the public and private sector for capacitybuilding. The NISE offered 64 courses wherein 2257 participantsfrom all over the country attended the courses in National Institute ofSpecial Education.

The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons(VREDP) is working for imparting vocational skills development tothe Disabled Persons with community participation.

Directorate General of Special Education facilitated the process ofsigning and ratification of United Nation Convention on the Rights ofPersons with Disabilities. Islamic Republic of Pakistan which wasratified on 5th of July, 2011.

_______________________________________________________________@Transferred from Human Rights Division.

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The International Labour Organization (ILO) and Directorate Generalof Special Education completed Quantitative Survey of Persons withDisabilities and their needs for Vocational Rehabilitation in IslamabadCapital Territory.

To create awareness at all levels about disability issues, awarenessmaterial for all disabilities has been prepared, 17 video clips relatedto prevention, social, psychological and economical issues preparedwith the cooperation of Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA) and submitted to M/o Information through NIRM.

279 officers/official attended different Secretariat trainings atIslamabad and 10 officers attended foreign trainings abroad.

National Library and Resource Centre. Islamabad working underDGSE established Mobile Library for the provision of library servicesfor disabled persons at their organization level.

DGSE and NEVTEC collaborated in development of 02 new tradesfor persons with disabilities at National Training Centre for SpecialPersons (NTCSP), Islamabad.

Directorate General of Special Education signed MoU withComprehensive Health and Education Forum (CHEF International)for the provision of Assistive Aids for children with physical disabilitiesfrom National Special Education Centre for Physically HandicappedChildren, Islamabad.

Keeping in view the importance of the sports, 103 children havebeen given training in different sports events. In outcome of thesetrainings, disabled athletes participated in the Special Olympics WorldSummer Games 2011 held in Athens, Greece and won 52 medals indifferent categories and won 02 Silver medals from Australia inDecember 2013.

Pakistan Blind Cricket Team was the World Champion in 2002 and2006 respectively. The Pakistan Team was Runner’s up of T20 WorldChampionship in 2012. In February 2014, the Pakistan Blind CricketTeam clean sweep the Indian Blind Cricket Team by 6 - 0 at Pakistan.

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Computerization of National Braille Press is completed for printingof Braille Books at National Special Education Centre for VisuallyHandicapped Children, Islamabad.

Development Projects

Up-gradation of National Special Education Centre for HearingImpaired Children, H-9/4, Islamabad from Higher Secondary toGraduation level, Islamabad.

Autism Resource Centre has been established in the National SpecialEducation Centre for Intellectually Disabled at H-8/4, Islamabad.

NCRDP

To promote the welfare and rehabilitation of the disabled persons/ children,the National Council for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (NCRDP), CA&DDhas already implementing the following steps taken by the Government at FederalLevel.

Promulgation of Disabled Persons (Employment and Rehabilitation)Ordinance, 1981.

Launching of policy 2002 for disabled persons.

NCRDP. CA&DD Issues disability certificates.

Launching of Special CNIC/ Form-B of NADRA on the basis ofDisability certificate of NCRDP, CA&DD with the universal logo ofDisability.

Free Medical treatment in all Government hospitals to the disabledincluding children and their family members.

50% concession in airfare and rail fare.

NIRM

The National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (NIRM) provides fullrange of services to children with disabilities. Our Pediatric Medicine departmentdeals with children having convulsive disorders

, mental/cognitive challenge, cerebral

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palsy and all secondary ailments associated with congenital and acquired disabilitiesas well as routine management of childhood illnesses.

Our Pediatric Surgery Department provides corrective and palliativesurgical treatments for congenital and acquired physical disabilities.This includessurgical correction of musculoskeletal abnormalities, insertion of ventriculoperitonealshunts and abdominal surgeries etc.

The Physiotherapy Department provides neuro rehabilitation services tochildren having cerebral palsy, hemiplegia, spinal cord injury, spinal bifida,contractures and other chronic disabilities in children.

Our Prosthetic and Orthotic Workshop provides artificial limbs, splints,special shoes and spinal corsets to children with amputation and skeletal deformities.

The audiology department provides diagnostic services to childrensuspected of having hearing impairment for their further management and fitting ofproper hearing devices.

The Speech Therapy Department caters to children with delayed speech,stammering, difficulties in swallowing, post-tracheostomy care, tongue tie and otherconditions affecting speech development in children.

Our Psychology Department plays a pivotal role in rehabilitation of childrenwith emotional disorders, attention deficit disorders, depression, disruptive behaviorand other psychological disorders.

Apart from these departments other departments i.e. Eye. Ent, Padiologyand Orthopedic Surgery ale all deeply involved in providing services to childrenwith disabilities.

@13. Mr. Murad Saeed:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to statethe main reasons which compelled the Government to take theNational Electric Power Regulatory Authority under the control ofthe Ministry?

____________________________________________________________@Transferred from Water and Power Division.

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Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division: In terms of rule 3(3) ofthe Rules of Business, 1973, the business of the Government is distributed amongthe Divisions. However, as per proviso to the / aforesaid rule, the distribution ofbusiness may be modified from time to time by the Prime Minister. In this regardrelevance of the subject to a Division is kept in view while assigning functions toDivisions. Rationalization in the business of a Division is a continuous process forefficient service delivery, good governance and improving performance of theFederal Government.

The placement of National Electric Power Regulatory Authority underWater and Power Division has been made in accordance with the Rules of Business,1973. The Prime Minister has also transferred the administrative control of four(04) other Regulatory Authorities i.e. PTA, FAB, OGRA and PPRA to theirrespective line Ministries / Divisions.

It is pertinent to mention that certain other Regulatory Authorities likeDrug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan, State Bank of Pakistan, Securities ExchangeCommission of Pakistan and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority arealready working / functioning under their respective line Ministries / Divisions.

22. Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:


(a) whether it is a fact that the pension is not being paid to theretired employees of the Capital Development Authority duringthe last three years till date; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to take actions against responsibles thereof?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: (a) No, it is not a fact that the pension is not being paid to the retiredemployees of the Capital Development Authority during the last 03 years tillto-date.

(b) No, there is no plan under consideration of the Government to takeaction against the employees since no one is responsible.

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23. Dr. Fehmida Mirza:


(a) the steps taken by the Cabinet Division to prepare subject-wiselist of titles of all laws and rules made thereunder with referenceto business allocated to the said Division and its attacheddepartments under the rules of business, 1973;

(b) the subject-wise list of said laws/rules;

(c) whether it is a fact that the steps have been taken by the saidDivision to consolidate and amend the said laws and rules tokeep pace with changes in the society; if so, the details; if not,the reasons thereof;

(d) whether it is also a fact that the steps have been taken by thesaid Division to determine the anomalies, inconsistencies anddifficulties in the administration and implementation of said lawsand rules; and

(e) the names of officers/branches appointed/designated therefor?

Reply not received.

24. Dr. Fehmida Mirza:


(a) the steps taken by the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision to prepare subject-wise list of titles of all laws and rulesmade thereunder with reference to business allocated to the saidDivision and its attached departments under the Rules ofBusiness, 1973;

(b) the subject-wise list of titles of said laws/rules;

(c) whether it is a fact that the steps have been taken by the saidDivision to consolidate and amend the said laws and rules to

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keep pace with changes in the society; if so, the details; if not,the reasons thereof; and

(d) whether it is also a fact that the steps have been taken by thesaid Division to determine the anomalies, inconsistencies anddifficulties in the administration and implementation of said lawsand rules;

(e) the names of officers/branches appointed/designated therefor?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division: (a) On receipt of notice of meeting from Ministry ofLaw & Justice Division for revision of Laws, all departments working underCA&DD were directed to furnish required amendments with justification for onwardsubmission to Law & Justice Division.

(b) The subject wise list of titles of said Laws falling under theadministrative control of CA&DD is as under:

1. Disabled Persons (Employment and Rehabilitation) Ordinance 1981.

2. Pakistan Hotels and Restaurant Act, 1976.

3. Pakistan Tourist Guide Act, 1976.

4. Population Welfare Planning Programme (Appointment andTermination of Service) Ordinance 1981.

5. Transfer of Population Welfare Programmed (Filed Activities )Ordinance 1983.

6. Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Islamabad Act 2013

7. Right to free and compulsory Education Act 2012.

8. Islamabad Capital Territory Private Educational Institutions(Regulation and promotion) Ordinance 2007.

9. Islamabad Capital Territory Private Educational Institutions(Regulation and promotion) Ordinance 2009.

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10. Islamabad Capital Territory Private. Educational Institutions(Registration & Regulation) Act 2013.

11. Islamabad Club (Administration) Ordinance 1978.

12. Islamabad Wild Life (Protection, Preservation, Conservations andManagement) Ordinance 1979.

13. Capital Development Authority Ordinance 1960.

14. Capital of the Republic Determination of Area Ordinance 1963.

15. Islamabad (Preservation of Landscape) Ordinance 1966.

16. Capital Development Authority (Abatement of ArbitrationProceedings) Act, 1975.

(c.) Following five ordinances / Acts requiring amendment were

forwarded to Law & Justice Division with justification.

i. Transfer of population welfare program (field activities) ordinance, 1983.

ii. Transplantation of Human Organ and Tissues Act, 2010 (the Subjecthas been transferred to Ministry of National Health and Regulation..

iii. Pakistan Hotels and Restaurants Act, 1976.

iv. Pakistan Tourist Guide Acts, 1976.

v. Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU).

(d) Yes. Necessary amendments have been proposed to remove theanomalies, inconsistencies and difficulties in the administration and implementationof said laws and rules;

(e) The Joint Secretary (Admn.) has been appointed as designated officer.

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25. Mr. Jamshed Ahmad Dasti:

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritagebe pleased to state the steps being taken to refresh the memories ofthe nation about spirit/sacrifices of the muslim freedom fighters toencourage the coming generations thereabout?

Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage:

Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)

PBC broadcasts special programmes to refresh the memories of the Nationabout spirit/sacrifices of the Muslim freedom fighters to encourage the cominggenerations thereabout on the Martyrdom Days/Death Anniversaries of Heroes ofIslam and the freedom fighters of Independence Movement like Muhammad BinQasim. Sved Jamal-ud-din Afghani, Syed Ahmed Shaheed Brelvi (Tehreek-e-Mujahideen) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Quaid-e-AzamMuhammad Ali Jinnah, Mohtarama Fatima Jinnah, Sir Agha Khan, BS. Suharwardi,Nawab Saleem Ullah Khan, Moulvi Montana Muhammad Ali Jouhar, MoulanaShaukat Ali, Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar, Ch. Rehmat Ali, Kh. Nazim-ud-Din.Qazi Muhammad Essa and other prominent personalities.

PBC conducts special transmission every year on its Current AffairsChannel on the occasion of the Independence day 14th of August and PakistanDay on 23rd of March, Historians, academics and experts participate in variousprogrammes to highlight the Freedom Movement and the role played by eminentpersonalities to carve out a new homeland for the Muslims of the subcontinent. Inthese Special Transmissions, different facets and phases of Independence Movementfor a separate homeland for the Muslims of South Asia are highlighted. Studentsfrom different universities are also invited to attend in these Special Programs toparticipate in Q&A sessions.

Special seminars are also organized and broadcast live on these occasionswith the participation of prominent personalities including Ministers.Parliamentarians. Politicians, historians and academics to shed light on the FreedomMovement led by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and other luminaries ofthe Independence Movement.

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PFMRA)

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PFMRA) is mandatedto regulate the private electronic media, however there is no provision in the laws

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enabling binding a licensee to allocate time for any special historic event. SatelliteTV licensees at their own volition broadcast programmes besides songs etc. torefresh memories of the nation about our national heroes from time to time especiallyon such specific declared historical days.

Moreover, PEMRA ensures broadcast of material by its licensees providedby the Ministries concerned, such as Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistanis actively assisted in this regard for commemorating Solidarity day (5th February)& Black Day (27th October) every year, however, specifically no such material torefresh the memories of the nation about spirit/sacrifices of the Muslim freedomlighters has been received by PEMRA.

Pakistan Television Corporation (PTVC)

Over the years, Ideological underpinnings of Muslim freedom fighters inBritish India have always been a prime focus of PTV News Current AffairsDepartment.

Memories of these traditions are vital assets that needs to be transferredto generation after generation finding home in Pakistan.

Apart from iconic contributions made by father of the nation Quaid-e-Azamand Allama Iqbal all personalities who instilled hope and kindled the vigor in tensof millions of Muslims in British India to achieve an independent state. They includeSir Syed Ahmad Khan, Nawab Salimullah Khan, Nawab Waqar ul-Sardar AbdurRab Nishtar, Dr. Muhammad Asad, liaquat Ali Khan, Moulana Zafar Ali Khan.Ch. Rehamt Ali, Syed Suleman Nadvi, Mulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, Moulanazafar Usmni and may more stalwarts in this regard.

As a nation, we owe a lot to these heroes of our’s history and PTV CurrentAffairs Department does all to highlight their achievements during freedom struggleby Muslims in sub-continent.

For instance, each year every historical movement preserved in nationalcalendar is marked by PTV Current Affairs with due diligence and tenacity ofpurpose.

Vision of Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal remains central and at theforefront throughout the year to keep younger generation in touch with Pakistan’sideology and struggle of muslim freedom fighters.

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Recently, we dedicated the whole month of December 2016 tocommemorate Quaid’s birth anniversary along with his ideals of Pakistan state.

PTV Current Affairs is also keenly looking forward to dedicate currentyear 2017 to mark Pakistan Independence day in a befitting manner. The solepurpose is to bring to fore freedom struggle of Muslim who fought bravely on allfronts to win Pakistan.

Being the leading institution in National Broadcast Media, PTV News willcontinue to serve as a harbinger in passing on historical asset to our youngergeneration.

PTV being national broadcaster assumes its responsibility to educate themasses through infotainment aiming at infusing the spirit of patriotism and nationalvalues.

PTV maintains a yearly event calendar to commemorate. special days.events. anniversaries etc. comprehensively including Muslim ideals and freedomfighters. Relevant portion of Yearly Event Calendar is attached at Annexure “A”.

PTV broadcasts marathon transmissions studded with programmes indifferent genres like talk shows, thematic plays, documentaries, quiz, lectures,thematic songs and testimonials.

In this regard PTV re-designs its regular transmission programmes i.e.Morning Show (Morning with Dugan). Children programmes and Raat Gaye etc.in the light of requirement of the event/occasion.

Apart from above stated programming PTV televises Ramazantransmissions (30 days). Muharram transmission ( 10 days). Rabi-ul-Awwaltransmission (12 days). Independence Day transmission (14 days) to commemorate.

Annex-A

YEARLY EVENT CALENDAR 2017—————————————————————————————— S. NO. DATE EVENT——————————————————————————————

01. 04-01-2017 Death Anniversary of Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar

02. 05-02-2017 Kashmir Day——————————————————————————————

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—————————————————————————————— S. NO. DATE EVENT——————————————————————————————

03. 14-02-2017 Death Anniversary of Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar

04. 25-02-2017 Death Anniversary of Khushal Khan Khatak

05. 23-03-2017 Pakistan Day (full day)

06. 27-03-2017 Death Anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

07. 01-04-2017 Death Anniversary of Rehman Baba

08. 21-04-2017 Death Anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal

09. 27-04-2017 Death Anniversary of Haji Abdullah Haroon

10. 13-05-2017 Death Anniversary of Maulana Hasrat Mohani

11. 18-05-2017 Death Anniversary of Ch. Khaliq-uz-Zaman

12. 25-06-2017 Death Anniversary of Nawab Bahadur Yar Jang

13. 09-07-2017 Death Anniversary of Mohtermah Fatima Jinnah

14. 11-09-2017 Death Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad AliJinnah

15. 14-10-2017 Death Anniversary of Raja Amir Ahmad Khan ofMehmoodabad

16. 16-10-2017 Death Anniversary of Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan

17. 02-11-2017 Death Anniversary of Sultan Muhammad Shah AghaKhan-III

18. 09-11-2017 Birth Anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal(FullDay Transmission)

19. 18-11-2017 Death Anniversary of Mirza Abul Hassan Isphahani——————————————————————————————

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—————————————————————————————— S. NO. DATE EVENT——————————————————————————————

20. 27-11-2017 Death Anniversary of Maulana Zafar Ali Khan

21. 25-12-2017 Birth Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad AliJinnah Full day Transmission)

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Will the Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division be pleased tostate whether it is a fact that a PIA Aircraft A-300 is being rented toa film maker for the remake of a film?

Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division: PIACL does not haveA-300 aircraft, however, it may be mentioned here that in November 2016 PIACLaircraft airbus A-310, which was non-fly worthy / grounded, and was rented to afilm company based in London to shoot a film in Malta from 25-11-2016 to05-12-2016 (10 days) .

27. Mr. Siraj Muhammad Khan:


(a) the steps being taken by the Government to curtail the rapidlydepleting ground water levels in the country; and

(b) whether it is a fact that over extraction has resulted in annualdepletion of an estimated more than 3 km of ground water?

Transferred to Water and Power Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

28. Ms. Shazia Mubashar:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state the steps taken by theGovernment for the welfare of poor patients in the Governmenthospitals?

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Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision:

PIMS

PIMS is already catering to the maximum needs of the patients for medicalcare and medicines within the available financial resources. There are differentformularies containing life saving and essential medicines for all the components ofPIMS in OPD’s, Indoor, Critical Care areas, Emergency and Operation Theaters.The formulary medicine are provided to patient free of cost.

Majority of the poor, deserving and mustahiq patients who cannot affordcostly medicines/ implants are assisted through Zakat and Pakistan Baitul Mallfunds and philanthropist.

PIMS also provide the free of cost diagnostic facilities i.e. Radiologicalservice and Laboratory Tests, ECG, ETT, EEG and many other tests to nonaffording patients.

FGPC

The Federal Government Polyclinic is providing quality health services tothe residents of Islamabad (Urban area & Rural areas) and its surrounding areasand from AJK,FATA, Kyber Pakhtunkhawa and Gilgit Baltistan.

Following departments are providing services :-——————————————————————————————

1. Accident and 17. Hepatitis ClinicEmergency

2. Anesthesiology 18. Intensive Care Units

3. Blood bank 19. Medical ICT

4. Cardiology 20. Neonatology

5. Civil Surgeon 21. NephrologyIslamabad

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——————————————————————————————6. Civil Surgeon 22. Neurology

Rawalpindi

7. Dentistry 23. Obstetrics

8. Dermatology 24. Orthopedics

9. Diabetic Clinic 25. Paediatrics

10. ENT 26. Pathology

11. Eye 27. Physiotherapy

12. Gastroenterology 28. Psychiatry

13. General Medicine 29. Radiology

14. General Surgery 30. TB-DOTS Clinic

15. Gynecology 31. Urology

32. Net work of Dispensaries——————————————————————————————

The load on the services has increased many fold during the pastseveral years due to increase in population. However, the Governmenthas taken followings initiatives to provide better and free of cost onregular basis facilities to the people of Islamabad including surroundingareas.

o 545 beds dedicated to Primary, Secondary and Tertiary curativecare services (28 to 30 thousand admissions annually with morethan 95% bed occupancy).

o Round-the-clock Emergency Services (800-1000/day).

o Outpatient services in two shifts (7500-8000/day).

o Diagnostic and other support services (1000+ / day)

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Free of cost medicine are provided to Indoor and Outdoor patients.

Provide free of cost diagnostic services (labs, x-ray, ultrasound).

The Government is planning vertical and horizontal extension of theFGPC hospital, in a purpose built structure. The additional 2.54acres land was allocated from the adjacent Argentina Park on24-08-2015. Recently the possession of the land has been takenfrom CDA and feasibility work will be started soon. This will facilitatefull range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. With this extensionthe number of beds will increase from 545 to 1100.

All the above mentioned measures will lead to improvement in provisionof quality health care services and ultimately result in provision of better healthfacilities.

NIRM

The National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Islamabad (NIRM) is atertiary care hospital catering services to the patients with disabilities. All disabledand poor patients are treated free of cost.

The social welfare department established in NIRM plays a pivotal role inprotecting the disabled poor from catastrophic health expenditures. It collaborateswith philanthropist individuals as well as charitable organizations, both governmentaland non-governmental.

Zakat funds are allocated annually to the tune of Rs. 1.5 million whereasthere is no cap on Baitul Mal funds which are allocated on a case to case basis.

Eye care project: Under auspices of Eye care project, PBM providesintraocular lenses and surgical disposables for cataract surgery patients who cannotafford to buy them on their own.

PBM provides orthopedic implants including artificial joints, plate andscrews, intra medullary nails, hearing aids, drugs as well as wheel chairs on case tocase basis with no expenditure cap.

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FGH

HEALTH FACILITIES IN FEDERAL GENERAL HOSPITAL

The hospital is providing round the clock health services to thecatchment area.

The year wise patient turnover is as follows:——————————————————————————————

S. No Year No. of Patients——————————————————————————————

1. 2012 23,157

2. 2013 84,142

3. 2014 112,928

4. 2015 183,218

5. 2016 212,484———————————————————————————————————————————

The hospital is providing outdoor & indoor services in Emergency,Obs & Gynae, General Surgery, General Medicine, ENT, Pediatricsand Physiotherapy.

The hospital is providing laboratory & radiological diagnostic facility.Recently a 500MA x-ray machine has been installed.

The hospital has two Operation Theaters & one Minor Theaterapproximately 200 surgeries are being carried out per month.

Everything is provided free of charge in the hospital i.e. consultationand medicines.

Facility of Immunization of children and females of child bearing age.

Facility of Polio vaccination for international travelers.

C.H

Capital Hospital works under administrative control of CapitalDevelopment Authority.

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Capital Hospital is a departmental hospital which provides free medicaltreatment to CDA Employees and their family members.

As far as welfare of poor patients is concerned, Emergency treatment HSwell as outdoor treatment is being provided to General Public on a nominal fee ofRs.10/- without any extra charges.

29. Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:


(a) whether it is a fact that all educational institutions in Islamabadare allowed winter vacations at the end of December;

(b) whether it is also a fact that winter starts from 1st Januarysince the last decade;

(c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment keeping in view the climatic change to announcewinter vacations in January instead of December; if not, thereasons thereof; and

(d) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to submit such proposal to provincial Governments;if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: (a) Yes, it is a fact that all educational institutions in Islamabad underFDE are allowed winter vacations at the end of December as per scheduledcirculated in Basic Calendar of the year.

(b) Yes, it is also a fact that during the last few years winter starts fromthe first week of January.

(c) Atpresent no proposal under onsideration in FDE to announce wintervacations in January instead of December.

(d) No proposal has so far been received from any institutions to considersuch proposal.

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30. Dr. Shizra Mansab Ali Khan Kharral:

Will the Minister In-charge of the National Security Division bepleased to state whether there is any National Strategy in place totackle the impacts of climate changes in the country?

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

31. Dr. Shizra Mansab Ali Khan Kharral:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to statewhether there is any procedure/mechanism/law to monitor securityof cyberspace; if so, the salient features; if not, the reasons thereof?

Reply not received.

32. Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state the effectson environment of pollution being spread from Coal Power Plants?

Reply not received.

33. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact thatwater is not being supplied to the residents of Block No.2 and 3,Category-IV, Sector G-10/3, Islamabad since long; if so, the stepsbeing taken by the Government to resolve the said problem?


34. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:


(a) whether it is a fact that the construction of a major hospital inTarlai is deliberately being delayed by Islamabad Administrationdue to pressure from the land mafia;

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(b) whether it is also a fact that the approval for the constructionof said hospital was given two years before; and

(c) the total hospitals constructed by the Government in the ruralareas of Islamabad so far?


35. Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:


(a) whether it is a fact that the reconstruction work of IJP Roadfrom Pirwadhai to Faizabad has been stopped; if so, the reasonsthereof; and

(b) whether it is also a fact that the Capital Development Authorityhas taken notice of it; if so, the steps being taken toreconstruct and to ensure standard works of said Road?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: (a) The work rehabilitation of I.J.P road from Pindora Chowck to G.TRoad is in progress. The work remained suspended for some time as the weatherconditions were not favourable for asphaltic work. However the work has beenresumed at site.

(b) The work of asphaltic wearing course has been resumed and will becompleted by 31-03-2017 in all respect.

The material being used for repair work is tested by Central EngineeringLaboratory, MCI, as per standard specification of NHA. The quality of work ateach stage is checked by field staff and the Central Engineering Lab.

36. Ms. Shazia Mubashar:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state the facilities of health andeducation being provided by the Government in the IslamabadCapital Territory?

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Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: Every effort is being made by the Federal Directorate of Education,Islamabad to impart quality education to the children of residents of ICT including.The present government has recently initiated Prime Ministers Education Reformsprogramme mainly focused on the uplifting of the standard of the EducationalInstitutions in Islamabad. Following steps have so far been taken by the FDE:—

Islamabad Capital Territory has been divided into six administrativeSectors. An officer equivalent to BS-19 heads each administrativearea. Four out of these six areas are located in Rural Sectors.

Besides 125 computers Labs in all Educational Institutions atSecondary and above Levels, 118 new Computer ScienceLaboratories and allied facilities in Educational Institutions for Girlsare being established. It will provide equitable opportunities to exceland to spread the benefits of the telecom revolution to the students inICT. Tentatively these lab shall be available from the beginning of thefollowing new academic session 2017.

Rising of Boundary Wall, Razor wire Special Repair /Renovation ofToilet Blocks, Classrooms Halls, Entrance and Flooring.

Summary for provision of 200 buses sent to PM office out of whichin First phase 70 busses will be provided to the institutions by theend of Feb 2017 .

Free Textbooks have been provided to the students of Class Prepto X.

Free Education from Class I to X has been provided to the students.

White Boards & Water Coolers with Filters

Budget (21.4 Million)

Installation completed (2147 White Board & 303 Water Cooler).

Additional Class Rooms in 22 Schools

70 rooms and 7 Toilet blocks

PM Directive dated 16-10-2015 through ‘valid charge’ expenditure

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Estimated cost 228 Million

CDA to issue tender & complete the task in 3 Months(during summervacations)

PC-I: 200 Schools

PAK-PWD estimates 3.3 Billion

Additional rooms in 200 schools(including 225 rooms)

PC-1 sent to CDA for review

PIMS

PIMS and SZABMU provided both health care facilities i.e. health careto the patient and undergraduate and postgraduate teaching/training to the DoctorsNurses and other supporting staff in the field of health care delivery.

PIMS is providing service in the field of health care in more than 34specialties, details Annex-A.

In the teaching/ training Collage of Medical Technology is providing trainingto the Para Medics in different categories including Operation Theater, Lab,Radiology etc.

The School of Nursing is providing Basic Nursing training to the studentsand Collage of Nursing is providing training Post Basic Nursing training.

SZABMU and PIMS are providing Postgraduate training to the doctorsin the field of surgical and Medical Allied Specialties.

FGPC

The Federal Government polyclinic is providing medical health facilities tothe Government and residents of Islamabad/ Rawalpindi, (Urban area & Ruralareas) and its surrounding areas from AJK,FATA, Kyber Pakhtunkhawa and GilgitBaltistan.

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Following departments are providing services :———————————————————————————————

1. Accident and 33. Hepatitis ClinicEmergency

2. Anesthesiology 34. Intensive Care Units

3. Blood bank 35. Medical ICT

4. Cardiology 36. Neonatology

5. Civil Surgeon Islamabad 37. Nephrology

6. Civil Surgeon Rawalpindi 38. Neurology

7. Dentistry 39. Obstetrics

8. Dermatology 40. Orthopedics

9. Diabetic Clinic 41. Paediatrics

10. ENT 42. Pathology

11. Eye 43. Physiotherapy

12. Gastroenterology 44. Psychiatry

13. General Medicine 45. Radiology

14. General Surgery 46. TB-DOTS Clinic

15. Gynecology 47. Urology

48. Net work of Dispensaries——————————————————————————————

The following service are provided free of cost on regular basis:

o 545 beds dedicated to Primary, Secondary and Tertiary curativecare services (28 to 30 thousand admissions annually with morethan 95% bed occupancy).

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o Round-the-clock Emergency Services (800-1000/day).

o Outpatient services in two shifts (7500-8000/day).

o Diagnostic and other support services (1000+ / day)

o Free of cost medicine are provided to Indoor and Outdoorpatients.

o Provide free of cost diagnostic services (labs. x-Ray,ultrasound).

The load on the services has increased many fold during the pastseveral years due to increase in population. However, the Governmenthas taken followings initiatives to provide better facilities to the peopleof Islamabad including surrounding areas.

The Government is planning vertical and horizontal extension of theFGPC hospital, in a purpose built structure. The additional 2.54acres land was allocated from the adjacent Argentina Park on24-08-2015. Recently the possession of the land has been takenfrom CDA and feasibility work will be started soon. This will facilitatefull range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. With this extensionthe number of beds will increase from 545 to 1100. Facilities likeMRI, C.T Scan will be also available this hospital after its extensions.

All the above mentioned measures will lead to improvement in provisionof quality health care services and ultimately result in provision of better healthfacilities.

NIRM

The National Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine is a 160-bed tertiarylevel facility meant to provide comprehensive and effective health care to patientswith disabilities on priority basis, free of cost. Its OPDs cater to more than 450disabled patients per day and indoor bed occupancy is 92% + per month on theaverage. Patients admitted here are provided complete medical care includinginvestigations, ward admission, medical consultation, surgery, all medicines andsurgical material, anesthesia, ICU care, post operative care, rehabilitation andhigh quality diet. The Institute has the following clinical & diagnostic departmentsand associated services:—

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Orthopedic surgery.

The department offers an array of surgical procedures including but notlimited to

Limb lengthening

Correction of malunited fractures

Total and partial joint replacements (elbow, shoulder, hip and knee)

Pediatric orthopedic surgery

Full range of orthopedic oncological procedures.

Eye surgery

The department of Ophthalmology offers the following services, especiallywith regard to persons with visual impairments

A scan (for estimating power of IOL before cataract surgery)

Yag laser (for post cataract extraction capsulotomy and partialiridectomy in glaucoma)

Argon laser (For cauterization of bleeding retinal vessels in diabeticretinopathy)

Surgery including squint, cataract extraction, trabeculectomy forglaucoma etc.

Low vision clinic providing clinical assessment and devices for personswhose vision cannot be corrected with glasses.

ENT surgery

The department of ENT surgery, apart from clinical assessment andsurgeries for ear, nose and throat problems provides audiometry services forquantitative measurement of hearing impairment.

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Pediatric surgery

All pediatric surgery procedures including

Corrective limb surgery

Corrective surgery for post-polio deformities

Cleft lip and palate reconstruction

Ventriculo-peritoneal shunting

Abdominal defect repairs (herniotomy, PPVL for vesicocele)

Urogenital surgeries

Post burn contractures surgery

Arteriovenous malformation surgery

Gastro-intestinal procedures

Total abdominal hysterectomies for severely mentally challengedpatients

Pediatric medicine

Pediatric medicine department provides full range of services for all typesof acute as well as chronic illnesses associated with congenital and acquireddisabilities.

Radiology

The department of Radiology provides the following services

Conventional X-ray with fluoroscope

Ultrasound

CT scan

MRI

Image intensifier

Mobile x-ray unit

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Pathology

The following services are available in the Pathology lab of NIRM

Hematology

o Complete blood picture with cellular morphology, ESR, Malarialparasite

Chemical Pathology

o Blood glucose, liver function tests, renal function tests, lipidprofile, muscle enzymes, electrolytes

Serology

o Infectious diseases including Dengue, malaria, hepatitis B, C,HIV, TB and typhoid fever

Cytology

o Urine and stool examination

Anesthesia and Operation Theatre

NIRM has 4 main operation theaters and one minor theater.

Major theaters are fully equipped for ophthalmology, orthopedic.pediatric and ENT surgeries including maneuverable operating tables,operating microscopes and state of the art anesthesia machines withventilators

A full fledged CSSD and two steam sterilizers

Four bed ICU/recovery room with cardiac monitors, oxymeters andcentral supply of oxygen and vacuum

Physiotherapy Department

The physiotherapy department caters to the following types of cases

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All types of pediatric disabilities especially cases involving braindamage, musculoskeletal disorders and paralytic conditions

Adult neuro disabilities

Acutely painful conditions of the musculoskeletal system

The following rehabilitation services are provided to manage theseconditions

Manual exercise therapy

Electro therapy

Ultrasound therapy

Spinal traction

Standing frames for paraplegic patients

Training of disabled patients in activities of daily living

Advice on accessible environments

Majority of cases of neurological disorders from twin cities as well asadjoining towns are treated at NIRM.

The department is also extensively involved in teaching and training ofstudents of local universities. Furthermore, this department is an important resourcefor training activities at DGSE and NISE

Speech Therapy Department

Following services are provided by the Speech therapy department

Management of delayed speech in children

Treatment of stammering in children and adults

Management of eating, breathing and swallowing disorders in geriatricdiseases like Parkinson’s disease, dementia and stroke

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Management of swallowing problems in children

Voice disorders (male with female voice, post paralytic)

Post-laryngectomy, post-tracheostomy, post-thyroidectomy andpost-traumatic speech therapy

Speech and Language Therapy Diploma course

Social Welfare Department

The social welfare department plays a pivotal role in protecting thedisabled poor from catastrophic health expenditures. It collaborateswith philanthropist individuals as well as charitable organizations. bothgovernmental and non-governmental.

Zakat funds are allocated annually to the tune of Rs. 1.5 millionwhereas there is no cap on Baitul Mal funds which are allocated ona case to case basis.

List of Projects and their collaborators

Pakistan Baitul Mal

- Eye care project: Under auspices of Eye care project. PBM providesintraocular lenses and surgical disposables for cataract surgery patientswho cannot afford to buy them on their own.

- PBM provides orthopedic implants including artificial joints, plat andscrews, intra medullary nails, hearing aids, drugs as well as wheelchairs on case to case basis with no expenditure cap.

Detail of Grant in AID for Hearing AID/Implant/Prosthesis (PBM)——————————————————————————————Year Hearing Orthosis Implant Eye- Wheel Injections

Aid prosthesis Care chairs

——————————————————————————————2015- 178 66 113 29 85 722016

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——————————————————————————————Year 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

——————————————————————————————Rs. 8,035,840 Rs. 16,130,460 Rs. 22,392,745

——————————————————————————————(Annually Zakat Fund Received 1.5.million)

Dentistry OPD with Margalla Institute of Health Sciences

Under this project MIHS has provided necessary equipment for adental OPD as well as services of a full time dentist and dental hygienistto provide services to disabled patients.

Low Vision Project with Sight Savers International

Under this project, low vision devices are provided to people whosevision cannot be corrected with glasses.

Orthotic workshop with Patient Welfare Society

NIRM established its own orthotic and prosthetic workshop at asmall scale immediately after the earthquake of 2005 in collaborationwith the charitable Patient Welfare Society. Deserving patients withdisabilities are provided a full range of artificial limbs and orthoticdevices at highly subsidized rates.

Miscellaneous Activities:

NIRM is actively involved in social rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.To this end, we collaborate with National Council for Rehabilitation of DisabledPerson (NCRDP) to facilitate disability certification which entitles the disabled toa variety of discounts, disability quota in jobs and other facilities.

Furthermore, in order to take rehabilitation facilities to the door step ofperson with disabilities, we collaborate with local Community Based Organizations(CBOs) to ensure facilitation of persons with disabilities in their homes.

Recent improvement in services:

In recent past, a number of improvements have been made in variousdepartments of NIRM to optimize patient care and to provide maximum possibleservices to the disabled patients.

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A C.T Scan unit installed in Radiology Department.

Up-gradation of Physiotherapy department and establishment of aseparate Gymnasium for admitted patients. With the establishmentof this latest gym, admitted male patients now have access toimproved, personalized physiotherapy services on a need-basedapproach.

Provision of Traction Unit which is extensively helpful for the patientshaving spinal problems.

Up-gradation of Laboratory:

1. Hematology auto analyzer

2. ERBA Chemistry autoanalyzer

3. Microscope.

Performance indicators:-——————————————————————————————Year Indoor Out Surgeries Lab Radiologv

Admissions door Tests X-Rays——————————————————————————————2013-14 2477 83020 1827 62410 6090

2014-15 2116 88293 1929 63120 6840

2015-16 2020 102592 1979 66648 8807——————————————————————————————FGH

HEALTH FACILITIES IN FEDERAL GENERAL HOSPITAL

The hospital is providing round the clock health services to thecatchment area.

The year wise patient turnover is as follows;

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——————————————————————————————S. No Year No. of Patients

——————————————————————————————1. 2012 23,157

2. 2013 84,142

3. 2014 112,928

4. 2015 183,218

5. 2016 212,484——————————————————————————————

The hospital is providing outdoor & indoor services in Emergency,Obs & Gynae. General Surgery, General Medicine, ENT, Pediatricsand Physiotherapy.

The hospital is providing laboratory & radiological diagnostic facility.Recently a 500MA x-ray machine has been installed

The hospital has two Operation Theaters & one Minor Theaterapproximately 200 surgeries are being carried out per month.

Everything is provided free of charge in the hospital i.e. consultationand medicines.

Facility of Immunization of children and females of child bearing age.

Facility of Polio vaccination for international travelers.

C.H

Capital Hospital works under administrative Control of CapitalDevelopment Authority.

Capital Hospital is providing best health care facilities to CDA Employeesand their family members as well as General Public residing in Islamabad CapitalTerritory and periphery. Following specialties are functioning at Capital Hospital:

i. Pediatrics Department

ii. Dermatology Department

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iii. General Medicine Department

iv. Psychiatry Department

v. Orthopedics Department

vi. General Surgery Department

vii. Pulmonology Department

viii. Gastroenterology Department

ix. Cardiac Department

x. Urology Department

xi. Gynecology Department

xii. ENT Department

xiii. Ophthalmology Department

xiv. Dentistry Department

xv. Physiotherapy Department


37. Dr. Shazia Sobia:


(a) the total number of fire tender vehicles in working conditionunder the rescue services of the Fire Brigade (F.B.) at present;

(b) the total number of vehicles of the F.B not in working conditionat present; and

(c) the details of funds allocated for the maintenance work of saidvehicles during the year 2015-16?


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38. Dr. Shazia Sobia:


(a) the total number of play grounds for Cricket, Hockey, Footballand Volley Ball constructed in Islamabad so far; and

(b) the total number of play grounds in Islamabad which are undercontrol of unauthorized persons at present alongwith the sector-wise details thereof?


39. Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:


(a) the total number of plots allotted to land affectees of Islamabadduring the period from 01-01-2015 to 31-08-2016 alongwithnumber of plots and sectors thereof;

(b) the names of persons to whom said plots allotted; and

(c) the names of Member of State, Director General Land, DeputyDirector Land and Servitors posted therefor; and

(d) the posting period of said Officers/Servitors?

Reply not received.

40. Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administrationand Development Division be pleased to state:

(a) the total land in kanals acquired by the Capital DevelopmentAuthority (CDA) in rural areas of Islamabad alongwith the detailsthereof;

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(b) the names of villages/areas in Islamabad/ICT that are under theadministrative control of the CDA at present; and

(c) the names of villages/areas in Islamabad/ICT that are not underthe administrative control of the CDA at present alongwith thereasons thereof?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: (a) 32,831-Acers-05-Kanals-03- Marlas land acquired by CDA inrural areas of Islamabad. (Detail Attached)

(b) So far land of 178 villages acquired by CDA, to which the CDAAdministrated at present. (List containing names of such village is enclosedherewith).

(c) For the detail of villages/ area in Islamabad which is beingadministrated by ICT, does not relates to CDA. Reply of this point may be obtainedfrom ICT Administration please.


ISLAMABAD: ABDUL JABBAR ALI,The 8th March, 2017. Secretary.

PCPPI—3313(2017) NA—08-03-2017—650.