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(19th 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

Wednesday, the 4th March, 2015

1. *Ms. Naseema:

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

(a) the criteria adopted to collect the amount from oil and gasexploration companies under social welfare obligation fordevelopment of local communities;

(b) the criteria adopted for disbursement of the collected amountto respective provinces where such exploration companiesare operating at present;

(c) the year-wise amount paid to each province under said headduring the last five years; and

(d) whether it is a fact that the exploration companies have notbeen contributing under such heads in letter and spirit; if so, thesteps being taken in this regard?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): (a) As per existing criteria, the Exploration and Production companiesare required to deposit the Social Welfare Obligatory funds in the joint accountswith the concerned DCOs/DCs. of respective districts.

(b) The E&P company identifies the schemes in consultation with thelocal communities and civil administration. The schemes are endorsed byconcerned MNA of the area and monitored by the concerned DCOs/DCs of theconcerned district.

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(c) Earlier, there was no procedure for maintaining joint bank accountsin districts. The existing criteria is effective since September 2013 under whichE&P companies are bound to deposit unspent Social Welfare funds in theirrespective districts of the operations. The details of the amount so far deposited inthe province since September are as under;

Punjab US$ 2.402 MillionSindh US$ 3.145 MillionKPK US$ 1.032 MillionBalochistan US$ 1.690 MillionFata US$ 0.035 MillionIslamabad US$ 0.015 Million

(d) The Exploration and Production companies are discharging their-Social welfare obligation with few exceptions. The defaulting companies havebeen directed to immediately deposit the outstanding amount in the joint accounts.These companies are being denied extension where the social welfare obligationshave not been discharged.

2. *Ms. Naseema:


(a) the sector-wise priorities given by the Government for theprovision of Natural Gas during the year 2013-14 till date;

(b) whether it is a fact that each sector of the country is facing gasproblem at present; if so, the reasons thereof;

(c) the quantity of the gas allocated for each sector during the saidperiod alongwith their rate of line losses and theft in each sector;and

(d) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure the provisionof gas on preferential basis for domestic consumers and toremove drawbacks of the said sector?

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Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): (a) The sector wise priority is as under:

Domestic and Commercial sectors FirstPower sector SecondGeneral Ind., Fertilizer & Captive Power ThirdCement sector incl. its captive power FourthCNG sector Fifth

(b) Yes. The main reason is gap between demand and supply of naturalgas. The gap further widens due to continuous extension in distribution network ofgas utility companies. On the other hand there is no considerable increase in inputs.Small fields which have been connected to the system, hardly compensate for thereduction of supply due to depletion of major gas fields.

(c) The quantity of the gas consumed by each sector during the last twoyears is attached as under;

(In MMCFD)——————————————————————————————Sector FY12-13 FY13-14——————————————————————————————Power 915 874Domestic 763 729Commercial 112 104Transport (CNG) 274 240Cement 2 2Fertiliaer (Feed) 407 457Fertilizer (Fuel) 108 143General industry Pak Steel 27 23 Captive Power 319 311 Other Ind. Incl Textile 434 370—————————————————————————————— TOTAL 3360 3253——————————————————————————————

As regards rate of line losses for each category, it is apprised that both thegas utility companies have an integrated network; therefore the sector-wise figures

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for line losses i.e. Un-accounted For Gas (UFG) are not available. However,overall UFG figures for both the gas utility companies are as following:

SSGCL____________________________________________________________Line Losses FY 12-13 FY 13-14(UFG) MMCF % MMCF %——————————————————————————————Company-wide Line 28,788 6.88% 28,727 6.80%Losses——————————————————————————————

SNGPL____________________________________________________________Line Losses FY 12-13 FY 13-14(UFG) MMCF % MMCF %——————————————————————————————Company-wide Line 47,992 10.53% 41,416 9.85%Losses____________________________________________________________

* Above figures are based on allowance of non-consumers and law and orderaffected areas.

(d) There is “no gas holiday” for domestic sector customers due to itsplacement on top priority in the natural gas load management policy. It may,however, be noted that there is continuous gap between demand and supply. Thisshortfall is bridged through load management in different sectors including Power,Industry, CNG and Fertilizer so as to cater for high priority domestic andcommercial sectors in accordance with the Natural Gas Allocation and ManagementPolicy, 2005. Due to increase in demand during winters, the consumers at differentlocalities may face low pressure. The gas utility companies have undertaken systemaugmentation, looping of line, re-drilling of service tee and establishment ofemergency teams to resolve low pressure complaints. Operational teams areworking round the clock for this particular activity.

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3. *Ms. Aasiya Nasir :

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to grant 5% quota to Minorities in armed forcesfor commissioned and other categories of services;

(b) if the answer to part (a) above is negative, whether there is anyproposal under consideration of the Government to increase thecurrent quota therefor; if so, when it will be implemented?

Reply not Received. 4. *Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to construct Motorway from Peshawar to Kabul;

(b) if so, the time by which the construction work of the saidMotorway will be started and completed?

Minister for Communications: (a) Yes, there is a proposal underconsideration of the Government of Pakistan to construct a Motorway fromPeshawar to Kabul.

(b) Agreement for conducting feasibility study has been finalized foraward. Delegation from Afghanistan is expected to come to Pakistan to share thePlans and Term is of Reference (TOR) following which the feasibility study shallcommence. If the project is found feasible at the conclusion of six (6) monthsfeasibility study period, then it is expected that the project spread over four (4)years completion time may start in 2016.

5. *Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased tostate the names of precious metal’s deposits available in DistrictChiniot at present alongwith the location and total quantity thereof,separately?

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Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): Constitutionally, all minerals other than nuclear substances are Provincialsubject and detailed mineral exploration/feasibility studies are managed byrespective Provincial Government. Federal Government is mandated with geologicalsurveys and formulation of national policies/plans.

Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP), an attached Department of Ministryof Petroleum & Natural Resources, carried out geological investigations in Chiniot-Ashaba area (Punjab) during 1982-85 & 1989-95 and discovered iron oredeposits. Drill-holes showed occurrence of iron-copper- cold mineralization under92-192 meters thick alluvial cover, containing 41.52-77.58% iron oxide,0.54-62% silica, 15-433 ppm copper and traces of gold (0.02-0.8 ppm), arsenic(upto 50 ppm), titanium oxide (0.1-1.0%) and phosphorous oxide (upto 1%).GSP is presently executing a geophysical survey project of Mines & MineralDepartment, Government of the Punjab for exploration of metallic minerals in theadjoining area of Chiniot.

As per report of Government of the Punjab, it is executing anotherexplration project envisaging 50 deep boreholes in Chiniot & its adjoining Rajoaareas through a Chinese company (MCC) under supervision of German consultants.The analysis of borehole samples has indicated presence of iron ore & sulphidemineralization (after depth greater than 400 meters ) containing copper ore alongwithtraces of silver, gold, aluminum, arsenic, barium, cobalt, chromium, phosphorous,lead, titanium & zinc etc. Quantity and quality of metallic minerals would bedetermined after completion of exploration work in next 10 months period.

Accurate reserve estimation (Grade & quantity) of metal deposit in Chiniotarea would be available after completion of detailed exploration, including drillingand subsurface ore modeling.

6. *Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:

Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) the date of decision made to grant 20% allowance to theemployees of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP);

(b) the date by which the said allowance will be granted to saidemployees;

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(c) whether the said allowance will be granted to all the employeesof ECP;

(d) whether it is a fact that the employees of Provincial ElectionCommission, KKP are still deprived of the said 20% allowance;if so, the reasons thereof; and

(e) the steps being taken by the Government to grant said allowanceto all employees of the ECP?

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs: (a) 20% Election Allowance tothe employees of Election Commission of Pakistan was sanctioned pursuant tothe decision of Election Commission by the Hon’ble Chief Election Commissionerof Pakistan, in exercise of his powers delegated to him vide Finance DivisionO.M., dated the 25th July, 2000 w.e.f. 1st March, 2013. The decision was takenby the Election Commission in its meeting held on 7th March, 2013 which wasalso attended by the Senator Saleem H. Mandviwalla, the then Minister for Finance,Mr. Rana Asad Ameen, Special Secretary, Finance Division, Ms, Fakhra T. Abbasi,Financial Advisor, Election Commission of Pakistan and Mr. Nazir Ahmad Khan,Deputy Financial Advisor, Election Commission of Pakistan. According to theapproval conveyed by the Finance Division vide their U.O No. 5(4)/2007-12-DFA (J)-623, dated the 2nd April, 2013, necessary sanction letters were issuedand the payment started to the employees of Election Commission with effectfrom 1st March, 2013. However, payment of said allowance was stopped by theAGPR vide letter No.TM/ HA/1-73/Pay and Allowances/ 2013/Part.-II/1574,dated the 8th October, 2013 with effect from-11-09-2013, in pursuance of theinstructions of Finance Division:On the advice of Finance Division, a Summarywas sent to the Prime Minister seeking his approval. The Hon’ble PM was pleasedto accord approval for grant of 20% Election Allowance to the employees ofElection Commission, subject to the concurrence of Finance Division. Despite theapproval of the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Finance Division is reluctant to giveconcurrence and set terms and conditions of 20% Election Allowance and paymentof said allowance has been stopped since then. Recovery of paid 20% ElectionAllowance has also been made by the AGPR, Islamabad from the employees.

(b) The said allowance shall be granted to the employees of ElectionCommission with effect from 1st March, 2013 the date when it was sanctioned bythe Hon’ble Chief Election Commissioner.

(c) Yes it will be granted to all the employees of ECP, subject to theimplementation of approval of Hon’ble Chief Election Commissioner by the FinanceDivision.

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(d) Like other employees of this Commission, orders/approval issue bythe Finance Division also applicable to the employees of PEC, KhyberPakhtunkhwa. As such, disbursement of 20% Election Allowance in respect ofemployees of PEC, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has also been stopped.

(e) Nothing has been initiated by the Finance Division to the release ofElection Allowance to the employees of Election Commission.

7. *Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:


(a) the details of Pakistani and multinational companies workingfor tapping oil and gas in the country at present alongwith thedate to start work thereon;

(b) the companies which have sold oil and gas on the basis ofproduction alongwith the period and value thereof;

(c) the quantity of oil sold by MOL and OMV during the years2012-13 and 2013-14;

(d) the benefits accrued and losses caused to the Governmenttherefrom;

(e) the number of companies which have got licenses for tappingoil and gas during the years from 2002 to 2010 alongwith detailsthereof; and

(f) the amount in dollars invested by those companies during thelast five years alongwith the number of wells dug by them duringthe said period?

Reply not received.

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8. *Ms. Amra Khan:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased tostate:(a) the province-wise total production of oil and gas in the country

during the period from 1st January, 2012 to 31st December,2014;

(b) whether it is a fact that the said production has not been increasedduring the said period; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(c) the quantity of oil and gas consumed by each province duringthe period from 1st January, 2012 to 31st December, 2013?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): (a) Province-wise production of Oil/Condensate and Gas from 1stJanuary, 2012 to 31st December 2014 is as under:

——————————————————————————————Province Oil (Barrels) Gas (MMCFT)

——————————————————————————————Sindh 34,705,628 3,091,916

Punjab 15,520,730 192,075

Balochistan 79,719 851,695

KPK 39,550,129 396,711——————————————————————————————

Total 89,856,206 4,532,397——————————————————————————————

(b) Overall gas production has not shown any increase despite additionof around 600 MMCFD gas to the system due to depleting tend of major gasfields. However oil production has shown 31% increase as compared to 2012production.

(c) The approximate quantity of oil and gas consumed by each provinceduring the period from lst January, 2012 to 31st December, 2013 is as under:

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——————————————————————————————Province Approximate Oil consumed

quantity of gas during Januaryconsumed 2012 to

in BCF (Billion December 2013Cubic Feet) (M.Ton)

——————————————————————————————Punjab 1170 24,194,593KPK 170 2 302 576Sindh 1198 8,963,055Balochistan 206 4,249,309AJK — 368,284FATA — 83,126

——————————————————————————————Total 2744 40,160,943

——————————————————————————————9. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani :

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased tostate the steps being taken by the Government to avoid petroleumcrises in future?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): Following steps have been taken by the Govt. to avoid Petroleum crisesin future:—

i. A POL situation cell has been established to monitor Petroleumsupplies in the country, round the clock.

ii. The Product Review Meeting that used to be held once in a month,is now convened on weekly basis, to ascertain demand and supplyof Petroleum products in the country.

iii. OGRA has been requested to ensure compliance by Oil MarketingCompanies to their licensing condition including development of 20days storages.

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10. *Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to refer to StarredQuestion No.156 replied on 14-1-2015 and to state:

(a) the percentage of construction work of Sukkur-MultanMotorway completed so far; and

(b) the total number of lanes of the said Motorway alongwith thename of the construction firm for the said project?

Minister for Communications : (a) The construction of Sukkur-Multan

section of Karachi-Lahore Motorway has not been started yet.

(b) It will be constructed as 6-lane motorway. The construction firm hasnot been procured yet.

11. *Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased tostate the number of recommendations presentd by the Council ofIslamic Ideology during the last five years alongwith theimplementation status thereof?

Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights : Reports of Council ofIslamic Ideology for the year 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 have already beensent to Parliamentary Affairs Division for laying it before the Parliament. Moreoverreports for the year 2012-13 and 2013-14 are being processed for publication,which will be presented shortly after publication. Furthermore recommendationsduring the last five years are annexed herewith.

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

12. *Ms. Belum Hasnain:


(a) whether it is a fact that there is a mashroom growth of PrivateCourier Services in the country without any regulation by theGovernment;

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(b) if so, the time by which the regulations will be made by theGovernment to regulate and monitor the services of PrivateCourier Companies presently working in the country?

Minister for Communications : (a) Yes, it is a fact that in Pakistan,

private courier services are operating without any regulatory authority. There is astrong need to have a regulatory mechanism in place. In this regard, case hasalready been taken up with the Ministry of Communications (Postal Services Wing).

(b) The proposal will be implemented after necessary legislation by theparliament.

13. *Ms. Belum Hasnain:

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased tostate:(a) whether it is a fact that Unaccounted For Gas is being raised

by the Government to shift the burden of gas theft to consumers;if so, the justification thereof; and

(b) the causes of dismantling the gas pricing agreement of the MariPetroleum Company Limited and replacing it with marketrelated formula?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid Khaqan

Abbasi): (a) Government has not allowed Gas Utility Companies any margin anaccount of Unaccounted For Gas (UFG). The Federal Government has notchanged the UFG benchmark of 4.5% prescribed by OGRA and only hasrecognized / accepted that certain factors including theft by non-consumers andgas losses in Law & Order affected areas are beyond the control of the Gas UtilityCompanies and hence the Companies should not be penalized on their account.

(b) Mari Petroleum Compony Limited was the only E & P Companyoperating under a cost plus formula. This formula had a number of inherentlimitations due to exposure of the Government, both Federal and Provincial, onaccount of increasing risks/cost of exploration and rising cost of development/production, As a result, ECC has approved the dismantling of Mari GPA (costplus pricing formula) and its replacement with a market oriented pricing formulataking account of the above facts in line with all other oil (E&P) companies inPakistan.

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14. *Mr. Iqbal Muhammad Ali Khan :

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased tostate whether it is a fact that the Oil and Gas DevelopmentCorporation Limited has sold 325 cars at an average price ofRs.200,000/- per vehicle to its officers; if so, the justification thereof?


Abbasi): The statement is partially correct to the extent of sale of vehicles whichwas done in accordance with the car policy in vogue (Annex-I)

The Car Policy was approved by the Board of Directors. As per policy,the buy-back option is available to entitled officer for purchasing only the entitled/allocated vehicles subject to The completion of five (05) years of its use at 10% ofits original cost.

However, in case of retirement/death the cars are sold to the officer(s)/family at book value if the vehicle is less than five (05) years old.

It is pertinent to mention that Company’s guidelines/policy is in line withthe prevalent Car Policies in the corporate sector in general and E&P companiesof Oil & Gas Sector in particular. In line with policy, following vehicles have beensold to the entitled officers during the last five (05) years.

——————————————————————————————Policy Option No. of Vehicles Sold

——————————————————————————————On buy back 171On Retirement 154

——————————————————————————————Total 325

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(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

15. *Mr. Iqbal Muhammad Ali Khan:


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(a) whether it is a fact that oil of Rs.142 billion has beenpilferaged in connivance with employees of Pakistan State Oilin the country during the period from 1-6-2013 till date;

(b) if so, the steps being taken or proposed to be taken by theGovernment to make recovery from them?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): (a) Reportedly no incident of such pilferage has taken place in PakistanState Oil during the stated period.

(b) Not applicable.

16. *Syed Waseem Hussain:


(a) whether it is a fact that a number of oil and gas reservoirs existin Sindh Province; if so, the reasons of low gas pressure in theurban and rural areas of the said province; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to lay down a new gas pipeline in the said areas; ifso, when it will be implemented?

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

SSGCL has reported that there is no gas load shedding for domestic andcommercial sectors in urban and rural areas of Sindh Province. However, due toseverity in weather condition and increase in use of Gas generators, some pocketsmay experience low gas pressure.

(b) The company has reported that such low pressure does not persistfor long period and is controlled through pressure enhancement in the affectedareas. The company also replaces all corroded, depleted and undersize pipelinenetwork through rehabilitation and reinforcement schemes, where necessary.

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17. *Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho:


(a) whether it is a fact that the Turkmanistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline Project has not been completed so far; if so,the reasons alongwith the date of completion of said project;and

(b) the cost escalated as a result of delay in the completion of thesaid project?


Abbasi): (a) Yes; it has not been completed so for. The main reason is that the leadFinancer/Consortium leader, which is a key to the success of this project of greatmagnitude, has not been selected so far.

It is expected that the project will be completed by 2018.

(b) Any impact on the Project cost will be determined based on thefeasibility study being prepared by the Transaction Advisor. Financial impact will beknown once the report is finalized.

18. *Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho:


(a) whether it is a fact that the Members of the Board of PakistanState Oil have been removed from their services during the year2013-14 till date;

(b) if so, the reasons thereof?

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

(b) The Board of Management of PSO failed to perform its duties. Dueto severe fuel crisis such steps were initiated.

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19. *Dr. Fozia Hameed:


(a) whether it is a fact that the Gawadar Coast has “shale” gasreserves; if so, the steps taken by the Government for itsexploration and utilization; and

(b) the quality and quantity of said gas?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi): (a) The Shale Gas exploration and findings are at very starting stagesand at this period no such findings have been done at said area.

As the process would develop such task would be done all over.

(b) As at (a).

20. *Ms. Musarat Rafique Mahesar:


(a) the year-wise total quantity of petroleum products importedduring the last five years, except during the period from1-11-2014 to 31-1-2015, separately alongwith the details thereof;and

(b) The year-wise expenditure incurred thereupon during the saidperiod separately alongwith the details thereof?


Abbasi): (a) The total quantity of oil imported during last five years, including firstfour months of the current fiscal year, is tabulated as under:—

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(Quantity in 000 MT)——————————————————————————————

Period Total Quantity2009-10 12,3792010-11 12,3702011-12 11,5042012-13 10,4872313-14 11 576July-Oct, 2014 4,574

——————————————————————————————The details can be seen at Annex-I.

(b) The total expenditures incurred during last five years is tabulated asunder:—

(Value in US $ Million)——————————————————————————————

Period Total Expenditures (Value)2009-10 6,7372010-11 8,2502011-12 9,4222012-13 8,2822013-14 8,956

July-Oct, 2014 3,270——————————————————————————————

The details can be seen at Annex-I.

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21. *Mr. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased tostate the steps being taken by the Goveremment since June, 2013 toimplement provisions of the Constitution and laws to eliminatecorruption in the Federal Government institutions?

Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights : NAB is struggling

hard to eradicate corruption through its three pronged strategy of awareness,prevention and enforcement. Under awareness regime NAB has taken concretesteps to create awareness against corruption. Following activities are notable tobe described here:

TV Talk Shows

Radio Programmes

Walks

Lectures

Seminars

Workshops

Advertisements in leading English / Urdu newspapers

Newsletters

Essay Writing Competitions

Declamation Contests

Poster / Painting Competitions

Character Building of future generation through establishment ofcharacter Building Societies (CBS) at schools. colleges anduniversities level across the country.

Publication of procedure for lodging a complaint in NAB on the BillBoard.

Installation of permanent bill boards carrying anti corruption slogansat prominent points.

Printing NAB’s message on Utility Bills

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Dissemination of anti-corruption messages through mobile phonemessaging in addition to electronic media.

Holding of seminars in a year for different segments of societies, withactive participation of NGOs and UN offices to ensure greater visibilityand effectiveness.

In commemoration of anti Corruption day (9th December), holdingof different activities i.e. TV Talk Shows, seminars, walks,declamation contests, display of posters / Banners and publicationof Special Supplements in the newspapers.

Recent Measures

Under proactive approach, NAB has been engaging different Governmentaland Non-Governmental Organizations in fight against corruption. In this contextfollowing steps have been taken:

a. Signing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HigherEducation Commission (HEC) for creating awareness amongststudents of various Universities.

b. Collaboration with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) - Pakistan CricketTeam advertisement for “Say No to Corruption”.

c. Collaboration with Pakistan Hockey Federation - Hockey Team toraise slogan “Say No to Corruption”.

d. Collaboration with Pakistan Television (PTV) for airing the song“Say No to Corruption”.

e. Collaboration with PTA, PIA, SNGPL and IESCO to display andprint NAB slogan “Say No to Corruption” from their plat form.

f. Signing of MoU with UNODC (in the pipe line) for joint effortagainst corruption.

g. Generic and sector specific awareness campaigns in print media,focusing on warning public against:

(1) Possible financial scams.

(2) Fake housing societies.

(3) Unrecognised education institutions etc.

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h. Interaction with civil society organizations (Aimed at changingsocietal attitude towards corruption from acceptance toabhorrence)

i. Anti-Corruption Themes in the National Education Curriculum forclasses 1-12

j. Efforts are being made to join hands with Motorways Police to takefollowing initiatives:

(1) Display of advertisement board at various points with“Say No to Corruption” at Motorway (M1, M2, M3).

(2) Distribution of pamphlets, hand bills and stickers etc. havinganti-corruption messages to vehicles plying on Motorway.

(3) Joint seminar on “Say No to Corruption” with MotorwayPolice.

(4) Joint newspaper advertisements for awareness of general publicregarding ill effects of corruption.

(5) Any new creative ideas which would strengthen theanti-corruption campaign as proposed by your good office.

Under Prevention Regime NAB has established prevention committeesu/s 33-C, NAO to review rules and regulations of Federal as well as ProvincialDeptts., so as to suggest doable recommendations in coordination with Deptts.concerned.

Through enforcement regime, NAB has been successful not only in bringingthe culprits to book but also recovering billions of plundered money. Statisticaldata showing efforts and performance of NAB during the period in question is asfollows:

Inquiries: 869Investigations: 201Recoveries made through VR/PB: Rs.3880.474 MillionReference filed in the Court: 237

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22. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:

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

(a) the steps being taken by the Government for promoting Scientificand Technological Research in Pakistan; and

(b) the proposed plans and the commitments of the Governmentfor the promotion of Science and Technology in the country?

Minister for Science and Technology : (a) Ministry of Science and

Technology (MoST) has been striving to promote Scientific and TechnologicalResearch and 15 autonomous Organizations (Annex-I) under the administrativecontrol of MoST are engaged in implementing programmes in the areas of Scientificand Industrial Research, Water Resources, Renewable Energy Technologies,Applied Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Standards and Quality Control,Electronics, Housing Research, Popularization of Science in the Society andimparting quality education in different fields of science & technology.

Detailed information about MoST and its organizations alongwith theirachievements is also available at the website of MoST (www.most.gov.pk).

(b) MoST has prepared Science, Technology & Innovation Strategy2014-18 with emphasis on development of human resource in Science andTechnology, improving S&T structure for enhanced performance, achievingexcellence in Emerging Sciences and Technologies, optimal utilization of establishedtechnologies, technology and innovation support to industry.

MoST have initiated projects with specific focus on emerging technologieslike development of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies, Biotechnology andNanotechno logy for economic development.

An amount of Rs 1.21 billion has been allocated in PSDP 2014-15 forexecution of 39 development projects regarding labs up-gradation, pilot plantfacilities, workshop development, quality assurance/standardization and humanresource development.

1. Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)2. Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR)

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3. Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST)4. Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF)5. Council for Works & Housing Research (CWHR)6. Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)7. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT)8. National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)9. National Institute of Electronics (NIE)10. National Institute of Oceanography (NIO)11. Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC)12. Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA)13. Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET)14. Science & Technology Development Corporation (STEDEC)15. Centre for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB)

23. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:


(a) the income earned and expenditure incurred by the PakistanPost (PP) during the last five years till date; and

(b) the total number of stamps issued by the PP during the last oneyear alongwith the utilization thereof?

Minister for Communications: (a) The income (revenue) earned andexpenditure incurred by the Pakistan Post Office Department for the last ten yearsis at Annex-I

(b) Pakistan Post has issued 14 commemorative Postage stamps in theyear, 2014. The detail is at Annex-II.

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24. *Shazia Marri:


(a) whether it is a fact that Pakistan has impressive reserves ofshale gas;

(b) if the answer to part (a) above is in the affirmative,whether studies have been carried out in this regard so far; ifso, the district-wise details of said gas reserves in the country atpresent?


Abbasi) : (a) According to the study of EIA (U.S. Energy informationAdministration), around 105 TCF of shale gas and 9.1 billion barrels of shale oil arepresent in the country. These are preliminary figures and are yet to be verified.

(b) Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources (MPNR), has launcheda study with the assistance of USAID to evaluate potential of Shale Gas in theLower and Middle Indus basins and technology required for its extraction. Presently,no data is available about district wise potential of Shale Gas.

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25. *Shazia Marri

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased tostate the details of agreements signed with Qatar to import LNGalongwith the estimated cost thereof?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi) : Since the terms and Condition of the LNG Sale and Purchase Agreementwith Qatar including price of LNG are being negotiated and has not yet been finalized,therefore, the estimated cost thereof cannot be specified at present.

26. *Sajid Ahmed:

Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) the mandate of Federal Government to hold Local BodiesElections in the country; and

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

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs: (a) (i) The Federal Governmentis mandated with ensuring local self government in Cantonment Areas as per point2 of 1st Part of the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution.

(ii) The Hon’ble Apex Court vide its Order dated 13th November,2013 passed in Constitution Petition No.77/2010 (President Baluchistan High CourtBar Association vs Federation of Pakistan and others) observed that as per theprovisions of Articles 32 and 140A of the Constitution, the Federal Government isduty-bound to hold elections in the Federal Area.

(iii) The Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan vide its Order dated 19thMarch, 2014 and 20th March, 2014, passed in Civil Appeal No.297/2014 (ElectionCommission of Pakistan through its Secretary Vs Province of Punjab through itsChief Secretary and others), inter-alia, directed the Federal Government to carryout appropriate amendments/legislation to empower the Election Commission ofPakistan to initiate and carry out the process of delimitation of constituencies forthe Local Government Elections in the Punjab and Sindh Provinces.

(b) (i) The draft of the proposed bill for amending the CantonmentOrdinance, 2002 so as to empower ECP for holding elections in CantonmentBoards has been submitted to the Competent Authority for its promulgation.

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(ii) A draft bill for introduction of Local Governments in Islamabad CapitalTerritory (ICT) is pending with the Standing Committee concerned for its approval.

(iii) The Federal Government promulgated Ordinance No. VIII of 2014[The Delimitation of Constituencies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014] on 14thOctober, 2014 through which the Election Commission of Pakistan has beenempowered to carry out the exercise of delimitation in the Punjab and SindhProvinces.

27. *Sajid Ahmed:


(a) whether it is a fact that rate of Toll Tax has recently beenincreased; if so, the details alongwith the justification thereof;

(b) whether leakage/misappropriation in collection of said tax hasbeen assessed prior to increase in the rate thereof; if so, thedetail; if not, the reasons thereof; and

(c) the steps being taken to bring good governance in the NationalHighway Authority?

Minister for Communications: (a) Yes, Toll rates have been revisedafter three years w.e.f. 7th July 2014 with the approval of NHA Executive Boardin its 236th meeting held on June 17th 2014.

The reason of increase are:

i. To cope with increased maintenance cost due to inflation in thecountry.

ii. The National Highways & Motorways requires attractive toll ratesfor investors to invest and recover with profit if the National Highways& Motorways is undertaken on BOT/PPP basis.

iii. To ensure that services to the commuters on National Highways &Motorways to be continuously provided in the most appropriatemanner, the toll rates have to be increased.

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(b) Leakage/ misappropriation in collection of toll is not possible as thetoll plazas are awarded on net guaranteed amount.

(c) (i) ADMIN

Ensuring office attendance & timing

· Biometric attendance

· >65% reduction in later arrivals

· 100% attendance of daily wages employees- random check

Introduction of KPIs and monthly review

Introduction of SMS based vehicle log system at HQ

· 46% reduction in vehicle repair and maintenance expense· 24% reduction in POL expense

· Computerization of Admin records in progress

· Start with medical records - over 12,000 beneficiaries - HQ inPhase -I (5,000 beneficiaries)

ii. OPERATIONS

· Establishment of M&I section

· Transparency in tendering process

· Expediting the evaluation, award and execution of pendingmaintenance works under AMP for FY 2013-14.

· Focus on standardized signage and road furniture· Online Bill Tracking System developed

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iii. REVENUE

Procedural· Synchronizing of toll plaza auctions - July to June

· Enhancing qualification of bidders (05 for ETTM)

Contractual

· Defaulters disqualified from bidding

· Daily deposit of revenues in NHA A/C

· Two tier dispute resolution mechanism

− Adjudicator− Arbitration

Enforcement

Establishment of ETTM toll plazas on BOT basis

NHA teams to takeover toll plaza in case of default

Toll Rationalization

· Revision of toll rates

· Round off toll rates to nearest 10s

28. *Ms. Aisha Syed:


(a) whether it is a fact that the post of Director General of thePakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQC(A) islying vacant since long; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) whether it is also a fact that a junior officer of the PCSIR isrunning the PSQCA at present; if so, the justification thereof?

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Minister for Science and Technolocy: (a) No. The post of DirectorGeneral, PSQCA is vacant w.e.f. 01-11-2014. Presently senior most officer ‘ofBS-20 has been allowed to look after the work of Director General. The recruitmentprocess has been completed and summary for appointment of Director General,PSQCA is being submitted to the Prime Minister for approval after whichnotification would be issued.

(b) As above.

29. *Ms. Asyia Naz Tanoli:

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether itis a fact that a number of complaints have been registered againstthe misuse of Post Box Numbers set up in GPOs in the country duringthe present Government; if so, the steps taken by the Government inthis regard so far?

Minister for Communications: No complaint has been registered in the

field formations or Directorate General, Pakistan Post, Islamabad about misuse ofpost box numbers during the last 18 months. Nonetheless, the necessary stepsstand prescribed to stop the misuse of facility.

30. *Mr. Sher Akbar Khan:


(a) whether it is a fact that SNGPL has failed to implement theDirective of the Prime Minister issued on 3rd November, 2007for supply of gas to 19 villages of Tehsils Thakht-e-Nusrati andKarak; if so, the reasons thereof;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the 126 KMs main Sui Gas SupplyPipeline was approved for the said areas; if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether is further a fact that the 397 KMs distribution line wasapproved for said Tehsils; if so, the details thereof ;

(d) whether Rs.922.990 million was approved for said developmentscheme; if so, the details thereof; and

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(e) the total number of meters installed in each of the said villagesso far?

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (Mr. Shahid KhaqanAbbasi) : (a) No. SNGPL has reported that the directive has been implementedto the tune of approved cost of the project i.e. Rs. 837.046 million.

(b) 143.90 Kms supply means was approved as per the plan of theproject, out of which 117.30 Kms supply mains (8” & 6” die) has been laid.

(c) 368.510 Kms distribution network was approved as per the plan ofthe project, out of which 188 Kms has been laid.

(d) The initial cost estimates based on preliminary survey were to thetune of Rs. 922.890 million, however, after detailed survey, and over all Manningand technical feasibility the cost of the Project was approved as Rs. 337.046million.

(e) The total number of meters installed in each of the said villages are asfollows:—————————————————————————————————Consumer Category Takht-e-Nusrati Karak————————————————————————————————Domestic 1216 4140Commercial Nil 22Special Domestic Nil 9————————————————————————————————Total 1216 4171————————————————————————————————

MOHAMMAD RIAZ, Secretary.

ISLAMABAD:The 3rd March, 2015.

PCPPI—2317(2015) NA—03-03-2015—650.

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(19th Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Wednesday, the 4th March, 2015

167. Ms. Shaista Pervaiz:(Deferred during 4th Session)


(a) the names, qualification and relevant experience of the

Government officers nominated for various Boards of Directorsof companies and organizations working under the Ministryduring the period from 1-3-2008 till date; and

(b) the date-wise details of meetings attended by each one of themalongwith the remunerations received for each meeting duringthe said period?

Reply not received.

13 Sahibzada Tariq Ullah:(Deferred during 9th Session)

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased tostate:

(a) the total number of cases of mismanagement, irregularities andcorruption detected/registered in the Government departmentsand disposed of by each High Court including the IslamabadHigh Court during the last five years till date alongwith thedetails thereof; and

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(b) the total number of cases pending in each High Court at present?

Reply not received.

142. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:(Deferred during 9th Session)


(a) the name, designations and domicile of persons appointed inthe Ministry, including SNGPL, SSGPL and OGDCL on regular,contract and daily wages basis during the last five years; and

(b) the names of persons appointed in the Ministry on deputationbasis during the said period alongwith the salaries, allowancesand other fringe benefits admissible to them?

Reply not received.

44. Syed Asif Hasnain :(Deferred during 16th Session)

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased tostate the number of persons recruited in the departments workingunder the Ministry during the last five years alongwith the provinceand merit-wise detail thereof?

Reply not received.

5. Ms. Aisha Syed:(Deferred during 17th Session)

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased tostate the names, parentage, designation, educational qualificationand place of domicile of the persons appointed in BPS-1 to 20 onregular, contract and daily wages basis in said Division during theperiod from 1st January, 2008 to 1st March, 2014 alongwith the detailsof present job status of each employee thereof?

Reply not received.

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8. Mr. Ramesh Lal :(Deferred during 17th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that there is low pressure of Sui Gas in DrubMohallah, Main Civil Hospital Road, Shahdad Kot and VillageHetum Sohu, Tehsil Naseerabad, District Qambar Shahdad Kot,Sindh at present;

(b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to enhance thepressure of Sui Gas in the said areas?

Reply not received.

10. Malik Muhammad Amir Dogar :(Deferred during 17th Session)

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased tostate the category-wise total number of employees ofOGDCL working on contract, daily wages and third party contractbasis alongwith the period for which the above said employees havebeen working in the said institution?

Reply not received.

11. Sahibzada Tariq Ullah :(Deferred during 17th Session)


(a) the details of SROs/Memo/Notifications issued by the Ministryrelating to its attached departments to regulate and administerfor the welfare of the public and for other purposes during 2011,2012 and 2013-14; and

(b) the purpose of the issuing those SROs/Memo/Notificationsalongwith the copies thereof?

Reply not received.

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13. Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan :(Deferred during 17th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that application No.701019232 and consumerNo.73370629801 and 12 other applications for gas connectionsopposite street of Village Majohan, Alipur Lethrar Road WelfareCentre, Islamabad had been submitted on 5th August, 2008;

(b) whether it is a fact that the plan to lay 125 meter 2 inch and 245meter 1 inch pipeline from the funds of sui gas department wasapproved;

(c) if so, the time by which the said line will be laid down in the saidareas?

Reply not received.

23. Mr. Imran Zafar Leghari :(Deferred during 17th Session)


(a) the total number of reports released by the Islamic IdeologyCouncil during the last two years; and

(b) the number of reports of the Islamic Ideology Council presentedin the Parliament during the said period alongwith number ofreports to be presented in near future?

Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights : (a) No reports arereleased by the Council of Islamic Ideology during the last two years. Annualreport of the Council of Islamic Ideology for the year 2012-13 has recently beensent to Printing Press for publication. Whereas report for the year 2013-14 isbeing processed in the Council for publication.

(b) Since no reports are released during the said period, therefore noreport has been presented before the Parliament. Moreover the reports for theyear 2012-13 and 2013-14 will be presented shortly after their publication.

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Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased torefer to Starred Question No.108 replied on 30th October, 2014 andto state:

(a) the name of the authority who directed SNGPL to supply gas toa particular locality alongwith criteria adopted therefor;

(b) the justification for issuing bills of natural gas to the consumersof Village Darkali Sher Shahi, Tehsil Kallar Syedan, DistrictRawalpindi without provision/supply of natural gas to them;

(c) whether it is a fact that such billing without provision of naturalgas to the above-mentioned consumers is tantamount to violationof human rights;

(d) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to provide naturalgas to those consumers at the earliest?

Reply not received.


Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased tostate the category-wise detail of recruitments made in the departmentof the Ministry during the period 1-1-2010 till date in MalakandDivision alongwith details thereof?

Reply not received.

62. Sahibzada Tariq Ullah:(Deferred during 17th Session)

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased tostate the names, parentage, designation, education qualifications andplace of domicile of the persons with disabilities appointed in BPS 1to 20 on regular, contract and daily wages basis in the Ministry during

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the period from 1st January, 2008 to 1st May, 2012 alongwith thedetails of present job status of each employee thereof?

Reply not received.

14. Ms. Khalida Mansoor :(Deferred during 18th Session)


(a) the period specified for gas supply to the consumers by installing

sui-gas meter on the payment of demand notice;

(b) whether it is a fact that the gas supply starts within two yearsafter submitting demand notice;

(c) whether it is also a fact that sui gas connection has not beenprovided to Bashir Ahmed S/o Muhammad Ali, House No.37,Street Sanarain near Mohallah Kacha Kot, City Malsi, DistrictWahari Consumer No.5691337642 who submitted DemandNotice on 17th January, 2013; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(d) the time by which the gas supply will be started to the saidpremises by installing gas meter?

Reply not received.

15. Ms. Asyia Naz Tanoli :(Deferred during 18th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that application for connection vide consumerNo.73370629801 dated 5th August 2008 is pending vide letterNo.6153/(Ib(d)-ID dated 3rd July 2014 in office of SeniorEngineer Development for installation of meter in Galiopposite Welfare Office in the Gali Adjacent to Umar Storein Village Magguhan Ali Pur, Lehtrar Road Islamabad; and

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(b) whether it is also a fact that applications of old consumers havebeen pended for next year; if so, the time by which suigas connections will be provided?

Reply not received.

1. Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:


(a) whether it is a fact that the Burhan Interchange to PeshawarMotorway (M-2) was approved and inaugurated in the presenceof the people of Qutab Bandi Ghazi, Tehsil Hazro, District Attockand was named “Qutab Bandi” but now the sign board namedonly ”Ghazi” has been installed overthere;

(b) the names of those officers/officials who have changed the signboard and the authority which approved the said changealongwith the reasons thereof;

(c) the action to be taken against the responsibles therefor;

(d) if the answers to part ((a) and ((b) above are in the affirmative,the difficulties being faced by the NHA to write the name ofsaid Interchange as “Qutab Bandi Ghazi” Interchange?

Reply not received.

2. Ms. Belum Hasnain:


(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to provide protection to the Judges, lawyers andwitnesses concerned with Court proceedings; if so, the detailsthereof; and

(b) whether any proposed legislation or any other amendment isunder consideration of the Ministry to provide security to thesaid persons; if so, the details thereof?

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

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3. Mr. Iqbal Muhammad Ali Khan


(a) whether it is a fact that there is a shortfall of employees belongingto Sindh Rural and Urban in the Ministry and its attacheddepartments, autonomous bodies and semi autonomous bodies;if so, the reasons thereof; and

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

Minister for Science and Technology : (a) It is stated that the followingattached departments, autonomous bodies and semi-autonomous bodies of MoSThave informed that there is no shortfall of employees hailing from Sindh Rural andUrban.

i. Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)

ii. Pakistan Science Foundation. (PSF)

iii. National Institute of Oceanography. (NIO)

iv. Council for Works and Housing Research, (CWHR)

v. STEDECTechnology Commercialization Corporation of Pakistan.vi. Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (PCSIR)

On the other hand, the following attached departments, autonomous bodiesand semi-autonomous bodies have stated that there is shortfall of employees fromSindh Urban and Rural due to the previous ban on direct recruitment imposed bythe Federal Government.

i. Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST)ii. National Institute of Electronics, (NIE)iii. Pakistan Council for Science and Technology. (POST)iv. Pakistan National Accreditation Council, (PNAC)v. Pakistan Standard & Quality Control Authority (PSQCA)vi. Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technology, (PCRET)vii. Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources, (PCRWR)

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The following attached department, autonomous bodies and semi-autonomous bodies have intimated that they observe the policy of open merit,therefore quota system is not being observed in these organizations.

i. Centre for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB)ii. National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)iii. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (C I IT)

(b) Since the ban is lifted now therefore the recruitment is under processaccording to quotas.

4. Ms. Musarat Rafique Mahesar

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the stepstaken by the Government to reduce fares of bus services betweenvarious cities in order to transfer benefits of oil price reduction togeneral public?

Reply not received.

5. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased tostate the salaries, allowances and other fringe benefits admissible tothe employees appointed in the Ministry including SNGPL, SSGPLand OGDCL on regular, contract and daily wages basis during thelast four years?

Reply not received.

6. Mr. Jamshed Ahmad Dasti


(a) whether it is a fact that the pressure of the Gas in Green StreetNo.4, Clifton Colony, Near Wahdat Road, Lahore is very lowsince long; if so, the reasons thereof; and

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(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to improve the gas pressure in the said area; if so,when it will be implemented; if not, the reasons thereof?

Reply not received.

7. Mr. Waseem Akhtar Shaikh

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

(a) whether it is a fact that the Pakistan Council of Science andIndustrial Research (PCSIR) has not been paying pensionerybenefits to its retired employees since July 1st, 2012;

(b) whether it is also a fact that respective High Courts have directedto pay pensionery benefits to said employees;

(c) whether it is further a fact that PCSIR had given cheques ofdormant accounts therefor;

(d) if the answers to parts (a), (b) and (c) above are inaffirmative, the justification thereof; and

(e) the steps being taken to pay pensionery benefits to saidemployees?

Minister for Science an Technology : (a) Monthly pension is beingpaid to the pensioners regularly. However, arrears of commutation (since March2014) and in certain cases the arrears on account of increases on restored portionof pension are pending for payment.

(b) In 4 cases, the Lahore High Court had directed to pay arrears ofpensionary benefits (i.e increases on restored portion) which were complied with.

(c) Incorrect. No cheques of dormant accounts were issued.

(d) Delaying in payment of arrears occurred due to insufficient budgetaryallocations by the Finance Division during 2013-14 & 2014-15 under the head ofpension. Efforts were made to seek additional funds through supplementary grant

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during the year 2013-14, which did not materialize. Hence the payments of arrearsremained pending.

(e) PCSIR is presently facing a short fall of Rs. 332.676 Million underthe head “pension” allocation. The Secretary MoST has accordingly sent a requestfor supplementary grant to the Finance Secretary vide No.15(3)/F&A/ Release/PCSIR/2014-15 dated 15 September 2014 (Annex-I) followed by another letterby CF & A.O MoST vide No.15(3)F&A/Release/ PCSIR/ 2014-15 dated18-12-2014 (Annex-II). The matter is under consideration in the Finance Divisionand pending payments will be cleared as soon as the required funds are providedto PCSIR.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

MOHAMMAD RIAZ, Secretary.

ISLAMABAD:The 3rd March, 2015

PCPPI—2317(2014) NA—3-3-2015—650.

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