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(25th Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES”

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

Friday, the 6th November, 2015 16 *Ms. Musarat Rafique Mahesar:

(Deferred during 22nd Session)

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training bepleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration ofthe Government to establish more Vocational Training Institutes inSindh; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training: TheMinistry of Federal Education & Professional Training has no such proposal underconsideration. However, the Ministry, through NAVTTC, NTB and NCHD isexecuting several programs in Sindh for providing Vocational and Technical Training.

21 *Ms. Shaista Pervaiz:(Deferred during 22nd Session)

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

(a) the year-wise total funds spent on Human Resource Development

(HRD) during the last five years;

(b) whether it is a fact that very meager funds are being allocated,released and utilized for HRD in the country;

(c) whether it is also a fact that Pakistanis have failed to obtainjobs in the international and domestic markets due to insufficientbudgetary allocations therefor;

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(d) if the answer to part (a)above is in the affirmative, the steps arebeing taken by the Government in this regard?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training: (a) Atthe Federal level Ministry of Federal Education & Professional Training is responsiblefor Human Resource Development i.e. for imparting various skills / training to theyouth of Pakistan so that they can play role in the development of the country,through two of its organizations/departments namely; (i) National Vocational &Technical Training Commission NAVTTC (ii) National Training Bureau (NTB):

The Budgetary Provision/Utilization in this regard, under “Prime Minister’sSpecial Initiative for Hunarmand Pakistan Programe”, “Prime Minister’s YouthSkill Development Programe”, and for Apprenticeship Training Centre, Islamabadfor the last five (05) years is as under:—

(Rs in million)————————————————————————————————

Years Net Funds FundsBudget/Allocation released by Utilized

P&D/Finance inDivision million

————————————————————————————————2010-11 229.976 229.976 229.9752011-12 300.000 300.000 300.0002012-13 240.000 240.000 240.0002013-14 800.000 650.000 646.0502014-15 872.740 872.740 866.829

————————————————————————————————The Budgetary Provision and Utilization in respect of NTB is as under:—

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Years Employees Contingencies TotalRelated

Expenses————————————————————————————————

2010-11 30,114,000 10,129,000 40,243,0002011-12 35,310,000 14,747,000 50,057,0002012-13 41,418,000 13,682,000 55,100,0002013-14 41,730,000 15,330,000 57,060,0002014-15 46,470,000 14,210,000 60,680,000

————————————————————————————————Total: 195,042,000 68,098,000 263,140,000

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(b) i. More funds are now being allocated, released and utilized on HRDthrough NAVTTC and NTB in the country.

ii. The Government allocated funds for the skill development underHRD in last 02 years for Prime Minister’s Youth Skill DevelopmentProgram, which is apart from NAVTTC’s PSDP funded regular skilldevelopment programs, i.e.:—

F.Y 2013-14 (Allocation) Rs. 800.00 million

F.Y 2014-15 (Allocation) Rs. 1178.00

NTB:



iii. Under this (aprox.) 25,000 individuals attained hand-on skills inF.Y 2013-14. Whereas, the training classes for more 25,000 HumanResource will commence w.e.f 17th August, 2015 under PMYSDP(Phase-II) for F.Y 2014- 15.

iv. Only 1% of total population of 200 million is into skilled labour whichhas supported remittances that crossed US $ 10,000 M (SBP) ReportOctober-2014 and as per vision 2025 it has to be raised to 20%and that needs allocation of generous funds by the Government.

(c) The Ministry of Federal Education & Professional Training iscommitted to meet the need of Skill Human Resource in national, regional &international markets. In this endeavor NAVTTC has formulated NationalVocational Qualification Framework (NVQF) and Accreditation System. Besides,establishment of linkages with all stakeholders to address the issue.

Besides above, in order to promote Pakistani Youth in local and internationaljob market, NAVTTC has established a National skill Information System (NSIS)— an online interactive portal. The NSIS provides daily job opening informationto job seekers, prepare for interview, CV building in addition to providing jobseekers information to the registered employers.

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National Action of Plan prepared for the NTB emphasis on datacollaboration, need assessment to meet the skill labour demand both at the nationaland international markets. Detailed Action Plan is at (Annex-A).

(d) NAVTTC’s steps to reform TVET in country envisage the capacitybuilding of Human Resource.

Provision of adequate access to sustainable employment, alleviationof poverty and marginalization, ensuring region’s economicdevelopment through imparting hand-on skills in line with internationalskill demands.

Successful promulgation and execution of National Skills Strategy,to address the TVET challenges in the country.

NAVTTC is ensuring public private partnership (PPP) in the countryto build the confidence of private industry regarding the Governmentalpolicies.

Establishment of 08 sector specific centers of excellence to play apivotal role in promoting innovation and excellence in training.

6934 teachers has been trained under in-service training program tillJune, 2015 and a target of training of 10,000 TVET teachers will beaccomplished till 2016.

Currently, 108 new generation TVET teachers are being trained underNAVTTC’s Pre-service training program at Punjab University, VirtualUniversity & technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Establishment of National Accreditation Council for Technical &Vocational Stream is at its final stage for quality assurance in theTVET sector of Pakistan.

Launch of National Vocational & Qualification Framework to giveequivalence to TVET sector Diplomas / Certificates with generaleducation qualifications.

Establishment of Federal Board of Technical Education & VocationalTraining is under process and draft has been presented to Ministry.

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TVET Regulatory Framework to work in coordination with Provinces,avoid duplication of efforts & sharing of Good practices for the benefitof Nation & to bring uniformity in systems & procedures of TVETsector of Pakistan.

Accreditation of TVET institutes imparting Technical & VocationalTrainings to ensure quality training and produce a manpower that isreadily absorbed in the national and international markets.

Detail of steps being taken by NTB are at (Annex-A).

(Annexure has been placed in the National Assembly Library)

193. *Mr. Asad Umar:(Deferred during 24th Session)


(a) whether it is a fact that a notification was issued on 5-11-2012

by the Higher Education Commission for the establishment ofthe National Technology Council (NTC); if so, the progress madethereupon so far;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the appointments of the Chairman

and staff of NTC are not being made;

(c) whether it is further a fact that the NTC is not functioning;

(d) if the answers to parts (b) and (c) above are in the affirmative,the reasons thereof?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training: (a) Yes,

the Commission approved the Establishment of National Technology Council (NTC)in its 27th meeting held on August 27, 2012. Accordingly the notification forestablishment of NTC was issued on November 5, 2012. Pakistan EngineeringCouncil (PEC) had raised certain observations on the Byelaws of NTC. A meetingof PEC with HEC was held on August 31, 2012 to discussed the observationraised by PEC; subsequently it was decided that the Byelaws will be amended inthe light of discussion of the meeting.

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The proposed amendments in the Byelaws were presented for considerationof the Commission in its 28th meeting held on April 9, 2013. Accordingly, theCommission made following decision;

“The Commission deferred the items and desired that the proposedamendments in the Byelaws of the National Technology Council maybe discussed with all concerned while emphasizing that the term‘engineering’ may be used carefully and in the manner to maintainfocus on ‘technologies’ rather than ‘engineering’ besides providingfor inclusion of all accredit technologies within its scope”.

As per decision of the Commission, a meeting of HEC with Ministry ofScience and Technology and PEC was held on January 17, 2014 in which it wasdecided that as per Commission’s decision the scope of the Council will beenhanced while emphasizing on technologies rather than engineering.

Subsequently, the Commission in its 29th meeting held on September 26,2014 has taken the following decision pertaining to National Technology Council;

“The Commission approved that scope of the National TechnologyCouncil shall comprise fourteen (14) degree programs proposed undersix (6) diversified technologies with following modifications and,desired that the byelaws of National Technology Council may beprepared within approved scope and presented to the commission inits 30th meeting”

The case was presented in the 30th meeting of Commission held on May27, 2015 and the Commission approved the byelaws of National TechnologyCouncil subject to incorporation of certain amendments; the decision of commissionstates;

“The Commission approved the Byelaws of the National TechnologyCouncil (NTC) subject to incorporation of the following amendments andsuch other modifications as deemed necessary by the Chairman HEC”.

The amendments proposed by Commission are being processed forapproval of the Chairman, HEC as per the decision of Commission. Consultationwith different discipline experts was initiated before finalizing the amendments.Once the Byelaws get approved from the Controlling Authority the same wouldbe notified in the Gazette of Pakistan, as per procedure.

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(b) The appointments are dependent upon approval of the Byelaws ofNTC.

(c) The said Council will be made functional after the approval ofChairman and subsequent notification in the Gazette of Pakistan.

(d) The main reason for delay is changing scope of the council fromengineering technologies to all technologies covering 06 diversified disciplines.After formal approval and notification of the council in Gazette of Pakistan, functionsof the council would be started including appointment of Chairman, other Councilmembers and secretariat staff of NTC as per the approved Byelaws.

It is expected that the entire process would take approximately 10-12months from now onwards, from confirmation of Council’s Byelaws to functioningof Council. During the period, following milestones have to be achieved in orderto operationalize the council.

i. Approval of amendments in the Byelaws from controlling authorityi.e. Chairman HEC, as identified by the Commission including anyother modifications as deemed appropriate.

ii. Notification for Establishment of NTC in the Gazette of Pakistan.

iii. Propagation the Establishment of NTC.

iv. Call for Nominations against each position of the Council including06 sub-committees.

v. Selection of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Members of the Council,Convener and members of the sub-committees as per notifiedByelaws.

vi. Selection of the secretariat staff as per the notified Byelaws of theCouncil.

vii. Development of procedural documents and SOPs to conduct variousfunctions of the Council.

194. *Sheikh Salahuddin:(Deferred during 24th Session)

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

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(a) whether it is a fact that the Capital Development Authority soldout/auctioned a number of valuable plots in Islamabad duringthe last five years; if so, the justifications thereof; and

(b) the plot-wise amount accrued from the said sale alongwithutilization thereof?

Transferred to the Cabinet Division for answer on Next Rota Day.

1. *Ms. Sajida Begum:

Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that 25% area must be covered by forests inall countries of the World;

(b) whether there are forests on 25% of the total area in Pakistan;

if not, the steps being taken by the Ministry to enhance the saidarea upto 25%; and

(c) the year-wise percentage of deforestation made in the country

during the last five years?

Minister for Climate Change: (a) No it is not a fact that 25 % areamust be covered by forests in all countries of the world;

(b) The Percentage of forest area is not 25% of the total area of Pakistan;The following steps are being taken by the Ministry of Climate Change to increasethe forest cover in the country;—

1. Convening Inter-provincial, Inter-Ministerial meetings twice a year.

2. Draft National forest Policy 2015 is presently under the process ofconsultation with provinces and other stakeholders.

3. Implementation of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and ForestDegradation (REDD+) for carbon sequestration and makingperformance based compensation for those not cutting the trees andstoring Carbon.

(c) Nation-Wide monitoring and assessment of forests were notconducted during the last five years, however, average rate of deforestationestimated in 2004 was 27000 ha per year.

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2. *Ms. Sajida Begum:

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training bepleased to state the steps taken by the Government to introduce auniform educational curriculum in the country?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training: After

18th Constitutional Amendment the subject of curriculum is totally devolved to theprovinces.

It is a fact that all federating units (Provinces and Area) are implementingthe National Curriculum 2006-07 developed and notified by the defunct Ministryof Education. However, the implementation status is not the same in all provinces/area because of the capacity with respect to curriculum development besides,some provinces have changed parts of curriculum by certain addition/ deletion.However, present government has recently revived the forum of inter-ProvincialEducation Minister’s Conference (IPEMC). The 3rd meeting of IPEMC held atMuzaffarabad (AJ&K) 0n14th October, 2014 has unanimously approved theestablishment of National Curriculum Council (NCC) and accordingly notificationNo.4(4)/2015/RENEP-2009/E-II, dated 27th January, 2015 has been issued tohave uniformity among all Federating Units of the country. The mandate andfunctioning of NCC is placed at (Annex-A). It is optional for the provinces tobecome part of this forum. So far all federating units have become the part ofNCC except Sindh, which has the status of observer. Sindh has not become fullmember of NCC. Other have decided to work together and come up with minimumnational curriculum.


3. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:


(a) the total loss caused to the infrastructure of the public propertyin Chitral during the recent floods; and

(b) the total funds allocated by the Government for the re-

construction works thereof?

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Minister for Climate Change: (a) Total Losses caused to Infrastructure.The total losses and damages caused by flood during Monsoon Season 2015 inDistrict Chitral is as follows:—

i. Deaths — 36

ii. Injured — 07

iii. Houses Damaged — 161 Partially Damaged 504Fully Damaged 665Total

iv. Mosques Damaged — 05

v. Govt. Buildings Damaged — 07

vi. Roads Damaged — 40

vii. Bridges Damaged. — 27

viii. Water Supply Schemes — 100

ix. Irrigation Channels — 09

x. Animal Deaths — 3,633

Relief Efforts

i. A coordinated and major relief effort has been launched by Federaland Provincial Government and the Armed Forces to alleviate thesufferings of the affectees. NDMA has transported 16.5 Tons ofRation, one ton of mineral water bottles, 700,000 aqua tab (WaterPurification Tablets) through two C130 aircrafts of PAF. 11 generatorsand 2 water purification plants. 80 stranded persons / tourists havealso been evacuated by NDMA with the help of PAF. NDMA hasalso provided / requisitioned two helicopters for Chitral which haveconducted 79.5 hours of flying (112 sorties), evacuated 774passengers and distributed 47450 kg of food packs in differentlocations.

ii. It was through utmost efforts and coordination with FWO andNHA that the roads Chitral Garam Chasma, Chitral Bonni roadshave been opened while keeping the N 45 open also.

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iii. NDMA continues to coordinate with NHA for speedy repair andmaintenance of national arteries affected due to floods.

iv. Coordination with Utility Stores Corporation in establishing MobileUtility Stores outlets in coordination with Army Authorities at Chitralalso done.

v. NDMA has also facilitated and coordinated visit of state media toChitral to cover the relief efforts being undertaken.

vi. NDMA in coordination with Pakistan Army is also assisting RadioPakistan in installation of Radio towers in Chitral.

vii. Relief provided till to date is as under:—

(1) Tents — 1,080

(2) Ration / Food Packs — 464.43 tons

(3) Blankets — 3,351

(4) Aqua Tablets — 700,000

(b) Funds Provided

i. Following funds have been provided by Government of KhyberPakhtunkhwa for District Chitral:—

(1) C&W Department — Rs. 100 million

(2) Public Health Engineering Dept. — Rs. 30 million

(3) Irrigation Department — Rs. 10 million

(4) Health Department — Rs. 14.29 million

(5) Agriculture & Livestock Dept. — Rs. 2.9 million

(6) Local Government Chitral — Rs. 143.2 million

(7) Total Funds Provided — Rs. 300.39 million

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ii . Prime Minister of Pakistan during his visit to District Chitral on 22ndJuly 2015 announced the following;—

(1) Total losses due to floods were estimated to be around Rs. 1 billion.Out of which 50% would be contributed by the Federal Governmentand the remaining 50% would be borne by the ProvincialGovernment.

(2) Planning Division would provide Rs. 4 billion for Lowari TunnelProject during current financial year, whereas remaining amount ofRs. 7 billion would be allocated following financial year.

4. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:

Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state the totalfunds spent by the National Disaster Management Authority in Sindh,the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Punjab during the current yearalongwith the head-wise utilization thereof?

Minister for Climate Change: The detail of the total funds spent by the

NDMA in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab through National DisasterManagement Fund (NDMF) during the current financial year is as under:—————————————————————————————————————————————

Sindh Punjab Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Grand Total Amount————————————————————————————————————————————Items: Tents Items: Tents Items: Food Packs

No. of Tents = 10,000 No. of Tents = 10,000 No. of Food Packs: 1650Amount: 9,50,00,000/- Amount: 9,50,00,000/- Amount: 23,12,909/Tarpaulin 5,000 Transportation Charges: 37743263/-Amount: 9,600,000/-————————————————————————————————————————————Total: 104,600,000 Total: 9,50,00,000/- Total: 4,00,55,172 /- Rs. 142,343,263/-————————————————————————————————————————————

5. *Shamas Un Nisa:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state the steps taken by the presentGovernment to provide education to disabled persons in Islamabad?

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Minister In-Charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: The Government has taken concrete steps/programmes for the upliftingand enabling the Persons with Disabilities to become contributing member of thesociety. In this regard, a full fledge Directorate General of Special Education (DGSE)has been established at Islamabad and 11 Special Education Centres/ Institutionsare catering services under the DGSE for provision of Education, Training, andRehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities in Islamabad (Lists of Special EducationCentres / Institutions, Beneficiaries and performance of present Government areat (Annex - A, B, C & D respectively).

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

6. *Shamas Un Nisa:

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

(a) the total funds allocated for the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority(OGRA) during the budget 2015-16; and

(b) the performance of the OGRA made during the last three years?

Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division: (a) No funds are allocatedfor OGRA during the budget 2015-16 from the Federal Consolidated Fund. TheAuthority prepares its own budget in accordance with section 17 of the OGRAOrdinance 2002.

OGRA fund is governed by Section 18 (I) of the OGRA Ordinance whichstates that:

“ Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Fund:- (I) There shall be a fund to beknown as the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Fund which shall vest in theAuthority and shall be utilized by the Authority to meet its expenses and chargesproperly incurred in connection with the carrying out of its functions and dutiesimposed or transferred to it under this Ordinance, including without limitation thepayment of salaries and other remuneration to the Chairman, Members, employees,experts, consultants and advisers of the Authority”.

(b) The performance of OGRA during last three (03) years is as followsin a brief form:

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Oil Sector

Granted permission for 12 new companies to establish Oil MarketingCompanies (OMCS) - attracting approx. Rs. 6.00 billion investment;

Granted permission to 02 OMCs in Punjab province to marketpetroleum products to further strengthen of oil supply chain;

Allowed 03 OMCs to develop new oil storage / terminal in Sindhand Punjab;

Allowed Byco Refinery for commercial operations of 2nd unit (3.55MM ton/annum);

OGRA conducted 3rd party inspection of eighty (80) companies toensure compliance of technical standards;

13 Lube Oil Blending Plants registered

73 Lube Oil Importer Companies registered.

Gas Sector

For upcoming CNG import and Iran Gas, OGRA allowed SNGPLfor Development of Gas Transmission Infrastructure of 109 km longpipeline at a cost of Rs. 14.157 Billion;

Allowed SNGPL to augment supplies from Northern Sources tomeet gas shortage in the country at a cost of Rs. 5.166 Billion toreceive 160 MMCFD additional gas;

Approval, in principle granted for LNG Phase II pipeline;

UFG Control: OGRA allowed SNGPL for UFG reduction to anexpenditure of Rs.5.85 Billion;

For reverse flow of RLNG, OGRA allowed SSGCL for laying of 33km Transmission Pipeline from Masu to Tando Adam;

For upcoming RLNG, the Authority allowed SSGCL to proceedphase-I & ll of pipeline infrastructure;

11 Gas Sale Purchase Agreements allowed between producers, utilitycompanies fertilizers and power companies.

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CNG Sector

21 existing CNG licenses extended which were granted beforeimposition of ban. No new CNG license has been issued owing toimposition of ban by the Federal Government;

OGRA conducted Annual safety inspections of all operational CNGStations to ensure safety of the public. Penalties were imposed onthe violators;

Implemented international technical standards for manufacturing /assembling of CNG compressors dispensers and conversion kits forvehicles, consequently the local manufactures are competing withinternational brands.

Gas Pricing and Revenue Requirements of Gas Utilities

243 Notifications issued for Wellhead Gas Price;

11 Notifications issued for prescribed price of gas companies.

9 Notifications issued for Gas Sale Price on the advice of FederalGovernment;

48 Notifications of petroleum products pricing were issued, computedon monthly basis.

16 Determination of Revenue Requirements of Gas Utilities examined/approved.

27 Notifications were issued for sale price of CNG Sector.

LPG/LNG Sector

10 licenses for operations / marketing of LPG Storage and fillingplants issued;

51 licenses for construction of LPG storage and filling plants issued;

85 licenses of construction of LPG Auto Re-fueling issued;

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2 Marketing licenses of Air Mix LPG plants for LPG storage /operation issued;

License for construction and operation of LNG receiving terminalissued to M/S. Engro Elengy Terminal Ltd;

Provisional license for construction of LNG terminal has been issuedto M/S. Bahria Foundation in March, 2015.

Complaints Resolutions

On intervention of OGRA the utility companies provided relief ofRs.53.02 Million to consumers and provided 1535 gas connectionsafter handling 14330 complaints.

Enforcement

Total 3577 inspections were conducted, 1216 show cause noticesserved and fine Rs. 79.00 Million imposed.

7. *Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

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 establish a HeartSurgery Department in the Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital,Islamabad; if so, when it will be implemented?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and Development

Division: Extension of Federal Government Polyclinic is planned. For this purposean area of 2.54 acres of adjacent land was allotted to Federal Government Polyclinicin 2011 on which extension and reconstruction was planned after which the bedcapacity will increase from 545 to 1100. For this purpose summary was submittedto Cabinet for final approval and on 24-08-2015.

In the proposed project of Extension & Reconstruction of FederalGovernment Polyclinic all departments will be considered at the time of preparationof its detailed PC-I.

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After this extension the departments which are currently not available inthe hospital will be established like invasive cardiology (Cardiac Surgery),Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Oncology etc. will be established in new set-up.

8. *Ms. Belum Hasnain:


(a) whether it is a fact that students of B-Tech of some Universities

in the country have been facing serious issues relating to therecognition of their degrees; if so, the names of the Universitieswhose B-Tech degrees have not been recognized by the HigherEducation Commission so far; and

(b) the steps taken by the Government to address the said issue?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training: (a) No,

the B.Tech degrees/diplomas/certificates awarded by chartered universities/degreeawarding institutions of the country are recognized by Higher Education Commissionas per policy.

(b) Not applicable in view of part (a) above.

9. *Ms. Belum Hasnain:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that patients of the Capital Hospital,

Islamabad are facing problems of shortage of beds, equipments,medicines and absence of staff;

(b) if so, the steps taken by the Government in order to solve the

said problems?

Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division: (a) Paitents of the Capital‘Hospital, Islamabad are facing problems of shortage of beds only. There is noshortage of equipments and medicines in the hospital. The staff of the hospitalremains on their duties.

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(b) To solve the problems of shortage of beds, CDA Board has approvedPC-I of additional medical block of 100 beds in its meeting held on 22-1-2015.

10. *Ms. Musarat Rafique Mahesar:

Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state the reasonsof poor performance made by the National Disaster ManagementAuthority during the recent floods?

Minister for Climate Change: 1. It would be totally wrong to state that

the performance of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) during therecent floods has been poor. There are following agencies in the country which areinvolved in flood management in the country:—

a. National level Strategic Guidance and Contingency Planning byNDMA.

b. Flood Management Planning — by Federal Flood Commission(FFC) implementation through Provincial Irrigation Departments(PIDs).

c. Weather and flood forecast generation - by Pakistan Met Department(PMD) and Flood Forecasting Division (FFD).

d. Receipt of Indian flood discharge data - by Pakistan Commissionfor Indus Waters (PCIW).

e. Regulation of Dams - by WAPDA.

f. Canal water regulation - by Indus River System Authority (IRSA).

g. Barrage operation - by PIDs.

h. Maintenance of flood infrastructure - by PIDs.

i. Flood fighting - by the Irrigation Departments and Army.

j. Resulting disasters are managed by District Disaster ManagementAuthority (DDMAs) / Provincial / National Institutions.

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2. NDMA has played a very proactive role from the start. Some of theactivities are:

a. Pre Monsoon Activities:—

(1) NDMA took comprehensive steps in coordination with otherDepartments/agencies in preparing a workable strategy. Vulnerabilityassessment of different area with regards to Multi Hazards has beencompleted and vulnerable districts identified. The vulnerabilityassessment was shared through National Disaster Management Plan(NDMP) with all concerned.

(2) Efforts to enhance the early warning and weather forecasting capacityof Pakistan Meteorological Department, NDMA supported PMDby providing a product of European Centre for Medium RangeWeather Forecasting (ECMWF), which has enhanced PMD’sweather forecasting capabilities. Up-gradation and replacement ofweather Radars is also being done.

(3) Flood Management Planning, construction / repair of flood protectiondykes, bunds, being the prime responsibilities of Federal FloodCommission (FFC) and implemented through Provincial IrrigationDepartments (PIDs) was catered for. Standing Operating Procedure(SOP) for Regulation of Dams were revised based on previousexperiences for maintaining specific water levels by WAPDA andtimely regulations.

(4) PCIW (Pakistan Commission for Indus Waters) was directed toensure timely information from Indian side for visibility of Riversdischarge data.

(5) An elaborate system has been established with PTA (PakistanTelevision Authority) for SMS Alerts down to community level. Thisis apart from SMS Alerts which are sent by NDMA to Governmentofficials of various departments and agencies.

(6) Warehousing capacity enhancement at Federal, Provincial and Districtlevels was also done by building 5 HRFs (Humanitarian ResponseFacilities) at Muzaffargarh, Lahore, Hyderabad, Quetta and Peshawarwith capacity to store large quantity of relief items. Work on threeothers at Sukkur, AJ&K (Azad Jammu and Kashmir) and GilgitBaltistan are planned in near future.

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(7) Stock building of necessary relief items was also ensured beforehand.Necessary stocks have been strategically dispersed throughout thecountry for a timely and affective response. In order to ensureavailability of rescue equipment, NDMA requested all Provinces toensure timely repair and maintenance of their existing rescue equipmentand to also increase the existing ones. Sequentially all Provinces tookmajor steps in ensuing repair and maintenance and procuring newrescue equipment.

b. Monsoon Season. Heavy monsoon rains, enhanced snow meltsand suspected outbursts from glacial lakes have led to flash floods and flooding inRiver Kabul and River Indus at different locations:

(1) Systematic provisioning of early warnings through weather advisories,alerts, weather updates. So far 35 Advisories have been issued.

(2) An elaborate system has been established with PTA (PakistanTelevision Authority) for SMS Alerts down to community level. Sofar 11 community alerts for Punjab, 3 for Sindh and 1 for AJ&Khave been issued. These alerts have been sent to 52.2 million people.

(3) This is apart from SMS Alerts which were sent by NDMA toGovernment officials of various departments and agencies.

(4) Warehousing capacity enhancement at Federal, Provincial andDistrict levels has also been done. 9 x HRFs (Humanitarian ResponseFacility) and 47 Flospans.

(5) Stock building of necessary relief items has been done beforehand.NDMA’s emergency stocks at Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Islamabad,Lahore, Muzaffargarh, Quetta, Karachi, Hyderabad and Kashmoreare placed on emergency alert to be released on short notice to anyPDMA.

(6) In order to ensure availability of rescue equipment, NDMA hasensured that all Provinces to ensure timely repair and maintenance oftheir existing rescue equipment and to also increase the existing ones.

(7) A National Monsoon Contingency Response Directive which wasprepared after a consultative process has been issued to all the stakeholders giving guidelines for response in case of an active monsoonseason.

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(8) Chitral. NDMA has transported 16.5 Tons of Ration,one ton ofmineral water bottles, 700,000 aqua tab (Water Purification Tablets)through two C130 aircrafts of PAF. 11 generators and 2 waterpurification plants. 80 stranded persons / tourists have also beenevacuated by NDMA with the help of PAF. NDMA has alsoprovided / requisitioned two helicopters for Chitral which haveconducted 79.5 hours of flying (112 sorties), evacuated 774passengers and distributed 47450 kg of food packs in differentlocations.

(9) It was through utmost efforts and coordination of NDMA with FWOand NHA that the roads Chitral Garam Chasma, Chitral Bonni roadshave been opened while keeping the N 45 open also.

(10) NDMA continues to coordinate with NHA for speedy repair andmaintenance of national arteries affected due to floods.

(11) On ground visits of affected areas by Chairman NDMA anddeployment of 5 NDMA teams in different flood affected areas tooversee relief and rescue operations has also been done.

(12) Coordination with Utility Stores Corporation in establishing MobileUtility Stores outlets in coordination with Army Authorities at Chitralwas also done which has helped in alleviating the sufferings of theaffected population.

(13) NDMA has also facilitated and coordinated visit of state media toChitral to cover the relief efforts being undertaken.

(14) NDMA in coordination with Pakistan Army is assisting RadioPakistan in installation of Radio towers in Chitral.

(15) Gilgit Baltistan. 2800 Tents alongwith 1000 food packs (9 kgeach) of NDMA have been transported to Gilgit Baltistan and placedat the disposal of Deputy Commissioners.

(16) AJ&K. NDMA has provided 2000 tents, 2000 blankets and 1500tarpaulin shelters to A.J&K.

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(17) Punjab. NDMA has provided 10000 tents and 5000 plastic mats toPunjab as relief assistance.10 water purification plants. NDMA hasalso coordinated with Nestle Pakistan and provided 77 tons of waterto PDMA Punjab.

(18) Sindh. NDMA has provided 11000 tents, 5000 tarpaulin shelters toSindh.

(19) NDMA has also provided 38 boats to PDMA Sindh & Punjab forrescue operations.

(20) NDMA is in close coordination with Armed Forces of Pakistan.Resources of Army and Navy have been utilized for rescuing andevacuating people to safer places.

(21) National Health Emergency Preparedness Network (NHEPRN) wasdirected to augment its medical response capacities in the affectedareas.

(22) NDMA also shared simulated imageries of SUPARCO withProvinces for early warning and ease in planning purposes.

(23) NDMA has kept Media updated through regular press releases,interviews and press conferences.

11. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:


(a) the number of Ph.Ds in Engineering Management in Pakistan

at present; and

(b) the number of Universities offering said Programme at present?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training: (a) Atotal of twelve (12) Ph.D. have been produced in the field of EngineeringManagement since 1947 to date by Pakistan’s Universities/Higher EducationInstitutions (HEls). The list is attached at Annex-A.

(b) A total of nineteen (19) Universities/HEls are offering Ph.D. DegreePrograms in the field of Engineering Management at present.

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12. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

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

(a) the total funds allocated for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)in

the budget 2015-16; and

(b) the performance made by the CAA during the last three years?

Minister In-Charge of the Aviation Division: (a) No funds allocatedto CAA in Budget 2015-16. PCAA being an autonomous body, generates itsown funds and meets all its current and development fund requirement from thefunds generated by itself. No. budget / grant is received from the FederalGovernment except projects undertaken on behalf of Federal / ProvincialGovernments.

(b) The 03 years performance of PCAA is as under:—

Rs. in-Million————————————————————————————————Description Actual Actual Revised Budget

2012-13 2013-14 Estimates Estimates2014-15 2015-16

————————————————————————————————Revenue 39,716 47,584 49,990 56,176

Current Expenditure 21,324 24,024 33,348 39,300

Taxation 5,960 3,679 7,626 9,262

Surplus 12,432 19,881 9,016 7,614

Development 17,313 10,220 14,279 23,430

Expenditure————————————————————————————————

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@13. *Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:

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

(a) the offices/Ministries of the Federal Secretariat in which bio-metric system of attendance has been introduced to ensuretimely arrival and departure of the employees during the presentregime; and

(b) the time by which the said system will be introduced in theremaining offices/Ministries?

Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division: (a) The saidquestion was circulated to all Ministries / Divisions for provision of requisiteinformation. In response the following Ministries /Divisions have confirmed thatBio-metric system has been installed in their Ministries / Divisions:—

(i) Ministry of Science & Technology(ii) Economic Affairs Division(iii) Ministry of Interior(iv) Railway Board(v) Ministry of States and Frontier Region

(vii) Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony(viii) Cabinet Division(ix) Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation & Coordination(x) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources

(b) The following Ministries / Divisions has confirmed that no Bio-metricsystem has been installed so far. However, installation of system is underconsideration:—

(i) Establishment Division(ii) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs(iii) Ministry of Commerce(iv) Ministry of Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan(v) Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage(vi) Finance Division(vii) Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development

——————————————————————————————@Transferred from Cabinet Division.

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(viii) Ministry of Defence(ix) Ministry of Ports & Shipping.

Note:—The remaining Ministries / Divisions which have not provided therequisite information are being persued vigorously and the information will beprovided shortly.

14. *Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:


(a) whether it is a fact that bio-metric system has been introducedin the Federal Government Hospitals to ensure timely arrivaland departure of the employees during the present Government;

(b) if not, the time by which the said system will be installed therein?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: (a) At present, bio-metric system is not introduced / installed in PIMS,FGPC and NIRM, Islamabad.

(b) It will be installed as and when the funds will be provided forpurchase/installation of bio-metric system at PIMS, FGPC and NIRM, Islamabad.

Bio-metric system has already been installed at CA&DD. Feasibility forinstallation of bio-metric system at PIMS, FGPC and NIRM is being processed. 15. *Ms. Aisha Syed:


(a) the location-wise Educational and Training Institutions workingunder the Ministry at present; and

(b) the number of persons benefitted therefrom during the present

Government alongwith the details thereof?

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Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training: (a) TheMinistry of Federal Education & Professional Training is responsible for HumanResource, Development i.e. for imparting various skills / trainings to the youth ofPakistan so that they can play role in the development of the country, through itsorganizations / departments:—

National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC):

NAVTTC is situated in Evacuee Trust Building in G-5, Islamabad.

National Education Foundation (NEF):

42 Community Model Schools are running by National EducationFoundation located at Muzaffarabad AJ & K (detail annexed atAnnexure- I)

04 Community Model Schools located at Islamabad and 01 High Schoolin Muzaffarabad AJ&K is running with Joint Collaboration of Mercy PakNGO (detail at Annexure-II ).

Basic Education Community Schools (BECS):

The Basic Education Commcer-lunity Schools (BECS) are based on Non-Formal Basic Education system having a single teacher, single home basedroom for school (Class KG to V) where the premises is provided free ofcost by the community. Education in BECS schools is free from the verybeginning. IN each BECS School, 30 learners of age group 4-16 yearsare mandatory. Single teacher is responsible for all the classes of the schoolby adopting multi-grade teaching methods; based on formal schoolcurriculum. The teachers’ honorarium, utility bills, learning material andtext books are provided by the Government of Pakistan. At the end ofgrade five, formal sector conducts the examination and allows admissionin grade six in formal schools. Furthermore, BECS Schools also addressthe issues around mobility of girls children, BECS Non-Formal EducationSchools are local based and easy to access for out of school childrenespecially for females / girls. In BECS 60% students and 80% teachersare females.

Location-wise (District / Tehsil-wise) list of 12,204 home based Non-Formal Basic Education Community Schools (BECS) is attached at

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Annexure-Ill as supplementary material. However, BECS have no traininginstitute.

National Commission for Human Development (NCHD):

The UPE Program of National Commission for Human Development(NCHD) provides access to education in the areas where there is noeducational facilities, through its Feeder Schools. These facilities areprovided in the location that has at least 15-20 un-enrolled children of 5-7 years who cannot attend school in the radius of 1 to 1.5 km. ForBalochistan and hard terrain areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and AJ andK the accessibility criteria is 20 walking minutes. The Feeder Schools islinked with the nearby Government School called Parent School. Thestudents of Feeder Schools are allotted Silsila number from the parentschool; the Curriculum practiced by the respective Provincial Governmentsis implemented in Feeder Schools. Annual exams are taken by the ParentSchool where the successful students are mainstreamed / paved for onwardeducation. Feeder School is a single teacher school where teacher usesmultigrade teaching techniques. The premises for feeder school is providedfree of cost by the community and a committee from the community namedFreeder School Management Committee (FSMC) is looking after theschools progress.

Location-wise name of Feeder schools in four provinces and three areasof Pakistan are 6581 and is attached at Annexure-IV. However, NCHDhave no training institute.

Pakistan Manpower Institute (PMI):

Pakistan Manpower Institute (PMI) location, Shahrah-e-Suhrawardy,G-7/1, Near Zero Point, Islamabad.

Academy of Educational Planning and Management (AEPAM):

Academy of Educational Planning and Management (AEPAM) Ministryof Federal Education and Professional Training, Taleemi Chowk, G-8/1,Islamabad.

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National Training Bureau, (NTB):

National Training Bureau, (NTB) an attached department of this Ministrysituation at Plot No.39, Sector H-9, Islamabad. Is responsible forTechnical Training.

(b) National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC):National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) isproficiently involved in policy making, strategy formulation, regulation &revamping of TVET system in line with its provided mandate. NAVTTCis intended to equip 15,000 individuals with hand-on skills under PrimeMinister’s Hunarmand Pakistan Program i.e. PSDP funded skilldevelopment program. Moreover, 25,000 trainees will be provided skilldevelopment training under Prime Minister’s Youth Skill DevelopmentProgram (Phase-II).

National Education Foundation (NEF):

1. 122 teachers of local Community in AJ & K and 3,470 studentsgetting benefits from these schools during the present government.

2. 17 teachers in 04 Community Model Schools located at Islamabadrunning with joint collaboration with Mercy Pak NGO and 766students are getting benefits from these schools. Moreover, 460students and 34 teachers are getting benefits from Al-Noor ModelHigh School located at Muzaffarabad AJ & K.

—————————————————————————————— Year Total No. of No. of primary

Students /beneficiaries graduates(studentsbenefitted)

————————————————————————————————Male Female Total

————————————————————————————————2013 220,682 279,732 500,414 32,0642014 249,025 326,359 575,384 35,8102015 246,401 305,910 552,311 40,157————————————————————————————————

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National Commission for Human Development (NCHD):

The number of students are as follows:—————————————————————————————— Year No. of Feeder Total Number of No. of primary

Schools/ Students Beneficiaries passedTeachers student

————————————————————————————————Male Female Total

————————————————————————————————2013 9,952 233,291 242,891 476,182 14,5812014 7,500 206,628 213,828 420,457 12,5002015 6,581 157,308 141,727 299,035 11,610————————————————————————————————

Pakistan Manpower Institute(PMI):

Pakistan Manpower Institute (PMI) has conducted 119 training courseswhereby total 4669 number of persons trained / benefitted during tenureof the present Government (2013 to date).

Academy of Educational Planning and Management (AEPAM):

A total of 1064 Education Managers i.e. District Education Officers(DEOs), Deputy District Education Officers (DDEOs), Assistant DistrictOfficers (ADOs), Planning Officers and Head of Secondary and HigherSecondary Schools from all over the country were trained by the AEPAMduring present government period i.e. since 1st July 2013 to 30th June2015 detail is below.

————————————————————————————————S.# Area /Discipline Duration No. of education managers trained

of Trainingprogram

————————————————————————————————F.Y F.Y Total

2013-14 2014-15————————————————————————————————1. Educational Four 129 101 230

Leadership and weeksInstitutionalManagement (ELIM)

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————————————————————————————————S.# Area /Discipline Duration No. of education managers trained

of Trainingprogram

————————————————————————————————F.Y F.Y Total

2013-14 2014-15————————————————————————————————2. Financial One week 356 29 385

Management for GoodGovrnance (FMGG)

3. Use of Data in Three 264 100 364Education Planning and daysManagement by usingcomputer software

4. Research One week 25 - 25Methodologies andReport Writing

5. Education Planning Three 60 60and Management week(EPM)

————————————————————————————————Grand Total 834 230 1064

————————————————————————————————National Training Bureau, (NTB):

Since inception of this Government, 3030 trainees were trained in Techicaltraining Centre (TTC) of National Training Bureau. Detail is attached at(Annex- V)


16. *Ms. Aisha Syed:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division be pleased tostate the number of aircrafts which have been taken on lease for thePakistan International Airlines so far alongwith kinds thereof?

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Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division:

Pakistan International Airlines has acquired 17 aircraft on dry leaseand 33 aircraft on wet lease basis during the last ten years to meet itscapacity requirement.

Previously, PIA used to have more than forty aircraft in its fleet meetingits business requirements. There was any seldom need for acquiringaircraft on lease. Detail is as under:—

Dry Lease:

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17. *Ms. Shakila Luqman:


(a) the total number of dialysis machines in the Pakistan Instituteof Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad at present;

(b) the total number of said machines functional at present; and

(c) the daily average number of patients under going the process

of dialysis in PIMS?

Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: (a) At present, there are 12 dialysis machines in the Pakistan Institute ofMedical Sciences, (PIMS), Islamabad.

(b) At present, 11 dialysis machines are functioning at PIMS, Islamabad.

(c) Daily 40-50 patients undergoing the process of dialysis.

18. *Ms. Munaza Hassan:


(a) the total number of aircrafts purchased on dry and wet leases

during the last five years till date; and

(b) the justification of acquiring aircrafts on said wet lease?

Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division: (a) PIAC has notpurchased any aircraft, rather acquired 14 aircraft on dry lease and 17 aircraft onwet lease basis during the last five years to meet its capacity requirement.

(b) As an immediate solution to bridge the capacity shortfall and maximizeairline’s revenue earning potential, above stated aircraft were inducted on wet-lease as stop gap arrangement on short term basis by PIAC. The induction of

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these aircraft has not only improved the punctuality of operation but has alsocontributed positively towards the earning of the airline.

19. *Ms. Munaza Hassan:


(a) whether it is a fact that the Pakistan International Airlines has

acquired airbus A-320s and ATR; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the total cost of the said aircrafts alongwith the expected benefitsthereof?

Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division: (a) Yes, PIAC has

recently inducted nine A320 aircraft including three from M/s GECAS and sixfrom M/s IAM Aviation and five ATR 72-500 aircraft from M/s Abric Leasing asper list Annexed. This new technology and fuel efficient aircraft induction is tocater for the growth and to meet capacity shortfall due to retirement/grounding ofolder aircraft.

(b) The total rental per month of nine A320 is US$ 2,295,000 and fiveATR 72-500 is US $ 875,000. With the induction of these aircraft PIAC hasimproved the punctuality of operation while contributing positively towards earningof the airline. Now the airline has shown operating profit.

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20. *Dr. Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari:


(a) whether it is a fact that the US Embassy has been allowed tobuild/establish six barriers/barricades in the Diplomatic Enclave,Islamabad; and

(b) whether this is under mutual agreement of similar kind for the

Pakistan Embassy in Washington D.C?

Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division: (a) CDA has not issuedany permission to US embassy to build/establish 06 barriers /barricades in theDiplomatic Enclave, Islamabad.

(b) Not applicable.

21. *Dr. Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari:


(a) whether it is a fact that criminal cases have been registeredagainst employees of Marghzar Zoo, Islamabad; if so, the detailsthereof;

(b) the total number of birds and animals available in Marghzar

Zoo, Islamabad at present;

(c) the total number of employees presently working therein; and

(d) the prescribed criteria for appointment of employees in the saidZoo?

Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division: (a) There is no report of

any criminal case registered against employees of the Marghzar Zoo till date asper record of this Directorate.

(b) There are 14 species of animals (94 Nos), 43 species of birds(711Nos) and 03 species of Reptiles (14-Nos) in Marghzar Zoo.

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(c) There are 113 employees including officers and officials working inZoo & Wildlife Management Directorate.

(d) Ctiteria prescribed for appointment/recruitment of the employees ofMarghzar Zoo is laid down in CDA Employees (Service) Regulations, 1992(Annex-A).


22. *Ms. Naseema:


(a) the names of flights of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

operating from Balochistan at present “especially from Quetta”;

(b) the total estimated income earned therefrom during the tenureof the present Government;

(c) the total expenditure incurred thereupon during the said tenure;

and

(d) the steps being taken by the Government to increase the numberof said flights?

Minister In-charge of the Aviation Division: (a) Details of PIAC flights

operating from Balochistan are as Annexure-A.

(b) & (c) PIAC’s financial during the tenure of present GovernmentJuly 2013-March 2015 as under:———————————————————————————————

JUL-DEC (2013) JAN-DEC (2014) JAN-MAR (2015)————————————————————————————————Revenue-Net 48,098,929 99,519,057 25,875,403

Total Expenditure (72,935,091) (128,830,495) (27,104,966)

Loss Before (24,836,162) (29,311,438) (1,229,563)Taxation————————————————————————————————

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(d) PIAC is keeping a constant eye on the market indicator, traffic trendprevalent on this route and they will certainly take necessary steps to expend theoperation from Quetta for international and domestic routes similarly, the suspendedoperation between Quetta and Dubai will be restored and the number of weeklyflights will also be increased from Quetta to Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore andMultan.

Annex-A

23. *Ms. Zahra Wadood Fatemi:

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritagebe pleased to state the steps being taken by theGovernment for advocacy through media campaign for waterconservation in the country?

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Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage(Mr. Pervaiz Rashid):

Pakistan Television Corporation (PTVC):

Pakistan Television especially PTV News has always given the issue ofthe water conservation as a priority in its Current Affairs Programms to curb theflood situation, generate electricity in the country and for irrigation purposes

For instance while covering recent floods in Pakistan in July 2015, PTVremained focused on above said priority by airing number of short -reports andpromos, which breakup is as under:—

(i) Short Reports: 60Tentative Dur: 05 to 08mts

(ii) Programs on one subject: 23Tentative Dur: 50mts

(iii) Publicity promos:Tentative Dur: 01 to 2.5mts

During the peak hours of floods, Two hours live transmission titled;

“Hum sath hain Tumharary” was designed to highlight relief activitiesfor flood affectees for almost a week on PTV News.

The details of the programmes aired on PTV in this regard are attached atAnnexure-“A”.

Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC):

All PBC Stations broadcast the following programmes for creatingawareness regarding water conservation in the country.

Talking points in popular programmes.Slogans in regional/local languages programmes.Interviews/expressions of experts in rural/agricultural programmes.Broadcast of special programmes on World Water Day (23rd March)every year.Highlighting importance of water reservoirs in the country.


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24. *Ms. Zahra Wadood Fatemi:


(a) the prescribed criteria/mechanism of the National DisasterManagement Authority (NDMA) to manage floods in thecountry;

(b) the pre-monsoon preparations made by the NDMA to tackle/

manage floods;

(c) the resources available with the NDMA to operate in floodaffected areas at present; and

(d) whether the Government invested over the years to increase

those resources; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Climate Change: (a) The prescribed criteria mechanismof the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to manage floods isgiven as under:

Disaster management is a devolved subject. As per the National DisasterManagement Act, there are three levels for the disaster management system,i.e., national, provincial and district levels. NDMA provides the federalbackup where the Provinces are not able to coup with a disaster. Forflood management in the country there are a number of agencies involved:—

(1) National level Strategic Guidance and Contingency Planning byNDMA.

(2) Flood Management Planning – by Federal Flood Commission (FFC)(implementation through Provincial Irrigation Departments (PIDs).

(3) Weather and flood forecast generation - by Pakistan Met Department(PMD) and Flood Forecasting Division (FFD).

(4) Receipt of Indian flood discharge data - by Pakistan Commissionfor Indus Waters (PCIW).

(5) Regulation of Dams - by WAPDA.

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(6) Canal water regulation - by Indus River System Authority (IRSA).

(7) Barrage operation - by PIDs.

(8) Maintenance of flood infrastructure - by PI Ds.

(9) Flood fighting - by the Irrigation Departments and Army.

(10) Resulting disasters are managed by District Disaster ManagementAuthority (DDMAs) / Provincial / National Institutions.

(b) Pre Monsoon Preparedness.—NDMA has played a veryproactive role from the start. Some of the activities are:—

(1) NDMA took comprehensive steps in coordination with otherDepartments/agencies in preparing a workable strategy. Vulnerabilityassessment of different area with regards to MultiHazards has beencompleted and vulnerable districts identified. The vulnerabilityassessment was shared through National Disaster Management Plan(NDMP) with all concerned.

(2) Efforts to enhance the early warning and weather forecasting capacityof Pakistan Meteorological Department, NDMA supported PMDby providing a product of ECMWF (European Centre for MediumRange Weather Forecasting), which has enhanced PMD’s weatherforecasting capabilities. Upgradation and replacement of weatherRadars is also being done.

(3) Flood Management Planning, construction / repair of flood protectiondykes, builds, being the prime responsibilities of Federal FloodCommission (FFC) and implemented through Provincial IrrigationDepartments(PIDs) was catered for. Standing Operating Procedure(SOP) for Regulation of Dams were revised based on previousexperiences for maintaining specific water levels by WAPDA andtimely regulations.

(4) PCIW (Pakistan Commission for Indus Waters) was directed toensure timely information from Indian side for visibility of Riversdischarge data.

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(5) An elaborate system has been established with PTA (PakistanTelevision Authority) for SMS Alerts down to community level. Thisis apart from SMS Alerts which are sent by NDMA to Governmentofficials of various departments and agencies.

(6) Warehousing capacity enhancement at Federal, Provincial and Districtlevels was also done by building 5 HRFs (Humanitarian ResponseFacilities) at Muzaffargarh, Lahore, Hyderabad, Quetta and Peshawarwith capacity to store large quantity of relief items. Work on threeothers at Sukkur, AJ&K (Azad Jammu and Kashmir) and GilgitBaltistan are planned in near future.

(7) Stock building of necessary relief items was also ensured beforehand.Necessary stocks have been strategically dispersed throughout thecountry for a timely and affective response. In order to ensureavailability of rescue equipment, NDMA requested all Provinces toensure timely repair and maintenance of their existing rescue equipmentand to also increase the existing ones. Sequentially all Provinces tookmajor steps in ensuing repair and maintenance and procuring newrescue equipment.

(c) Resources Available with NDMA.— NDMA is a coordinating,implementing, monitoring and policy formulation organization. Its role is differentfrom the emergency services organizations which are employed on ground forrescue and relief efforts. However, NDMA coordinates relief and rescue effortsthrough Provincial Authorities and the Armed Forces where they are requisitionedby the Provincial Authorities. In addition, NDMA maintains its relief stocks in theentire country at strategic places, which can be employed for relief assistance.NDMA maintains nonfood items in its stocks like tents, blankets, mosquito nets,water purification plants, generators, dewatering pumps etc.

(d) Government Investment over the years to increase theresources.—Government has regularly been providing the requisite funding inthe National Disaster Management Fund maintained by NDMA which has enabledNDMA to build its relief stocks, carryout capacity building trainings, providesupport to different departments and even requisition support like requisitioning ofhelicopters etc for rescue and relief efforts when required.

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25. *Engineer Dawar Khan Kundi:


(a) whether it is a fact that the Government is aware of those Doctors

of private hospitals who are prescribing un-necessary tests andavoidable surgeries to patients to meet the corporate targets inIslamabad; if so, the details thereof alongwith the action takenby the Government in this regard;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the Government is aware of those

patients who are being fleeced by some reputed private hospitalsand clinics in Islamabad; if so, the number of cases registeredthere against alongwith the details of action taken thereupon?

Transferred to National Health Services, Regulation and CoordinationDivision for answer on Nex Rota Day. 26. *Engineer Dawar Khan Kundi:


(a) whether the Government is aware of some Universities that are

functioning in the country without recognition of HigherEducation Commission;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the action being taken by the Government against such

Universities?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training:(a) Yes,a total of six (6) universities/institutions have been established in the country throughenactment, without prior approval by the Higher Education Commission.

(b) The detail of the following six (6) universities/Institutions are as under:

(i) South Asian Strategic Institute University, Islamabad

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(ii) Capital University, Islamabad

(iii) The Dar-ul-Madina International University, Islamabad

(iv) Fatima Jinnah Medical University, Lahore

(v) Pakistan Institute of Management, Karachi

(vi) Qalandar Shahbaz University of Modern Sciences, Karachi

(c) The above mentioned six (6) universities/institutions have been advisedto complete process for grant of NOC by HEC till such time, these will not berecognized as universities/degree awarding Institutions.

HEC has informed the respective Universities/Institutes to get their charteramended in accordance with Model Federal Universities Ordinance (FUO), 2002and should meet the Cabinet criteria requirements.

HEC has asked about the status of such universities/institutes from therelevant provincial governments.

HEC has not listed these Institutes on the HEC website as recognizedUniversities/Institutions.

27. *Rai Hasan Nawaz Khan:


(a) whether it is a fact that Climate Changes (CC) are negativelyimpacting the country at present;

(b) whether Government has conducted any study to determine the

magnitude of negative impacts of CC; if so, the details thereof;and

(c) the steps being taken by the Ministry to minimize the said impacts

in the country?

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Minister for Climate Change: (a) Pakistan is also prone to adverseimpacts of climate change. Since 2010 the economic losses due to recurrent floodsis estimated at approximately US 20 billion.

Pakistan is among the countries which are most vulnerable to climatechange, and it has very low technical and financial capacity to adapt to its adverseimpacts. The more immediate and pressing task for the country is to prepare itselffor adaptation to climate change.

Climate Change poses a major threat to food, water and energy securityin the country. In addition coastal and marine environment. dryland ecosystems,agriculture and livestock sector, forests and biodiversity and health are other areaswhich are seriously affected as the climate induced melting of glaciers, cyclonicstorm surges, tropical diseases epidemics, flash floods, droughts and variablemonsoons turned into an inevitable reality for Pakistan. Only by devising andimplementing appropriate adaptation measures it will be possible to ensure water,food and energy security for the country as well as to minimize the impact ofnatural disasters on human life, health and property.

(b) Ministry of Climate Change with UN Habitat, Capital DevelopmentAuthority and ICT Administration assistance has undertaken a study “ClimateChange Vulnerability Assessment of Islamabad” which was launched by Ministerfor Climate Change on World Environment Day (5th June, 2015). The study revealsthat the city of Islamabad and its surrounding Capital territory is exposed to a hostof factors 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 of 621 mm was recorded in 10 hours.

The main findings of the assessment reveal startling facts regarding erraticbehavior 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.

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(c) Government of Pakistan is fully aware of the gravity of the situationand has taken a number of steps to cope with this situation. Some salient stepstaken in this regard are as follows:

Establishment of dedicated Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC);

Establishment of Global Change Impact Study Centre (GCISC) in2003 as a development project meant specifically for conductingclimate change related research. In 2013 it got a legal status by anAct of the Parliament meant to serve as the research arm of theMinistry of Climate Change;

In 2007 National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) wasestablished at the federal level with the corresponding disastermanagement agencies at provincial and district levels by the ProvincialGovernments to deal with whole spectrum of Disaster ManagementActivities;

Setting up by the Planning Commission in 2008 of a Task Force onClimate Change (TFCC) whose Final Report released in February2010;

Drafted National Sustainable Development Strategy;

National Climate Finance Architecture to tap international climatefinance.

Realising the importance of the climate change issue, Government ofPakistan has already approved National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) in 2012to ensure that climate change is mainstreamed in the economically and sociallyvulnerable sectors of the economy and to steer Pakistan towards climate resilientdevelopment. 28. *Rai Hasan Nawaz Khan:

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact thatforeign currency rates for purchase of imported books for the librariesare fixed much higher than market rates; if so, the reasons thereof?

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Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: Foreign currency rates for purchase of imported books for the librariesare higher than market rates as Government allows 19% mark-up on conversionrates of foreign currencies regarding purchase of foreign books imported by thebooksellers in the country in order to cover expenses incurred by the booksellerson import of books as per following break-up:—

(i) 6% withholding tax paid by bookseller at the time of import.

(ii) 13% mark-up is allowed to cover following expenses.

(a) Freight charges,

(b) clearance / handling charges,

(c) Import license fee,

(d) 4.5% Income tax.

2. These conversion and discount rates are fixed on quarterly basis tostreamline the purchase of books by libraries and institutions only. These conversionrates restrict booksellers not to charge rates over and above the conversion ratesfixed by the Government for the period of every 03 months.

29. *Ms. Shagufta Jumani:


(a) whether any subsidy is being given on travelling from Islamabad-Rawalpindi by the Metro Bus Service;

(b) if so, the details alongwith the justification thereof?

Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division: (a) Yes.

(b) Rs.1.5 (billion) annual to be shared by Federal Government andGovt. of Punjab with a ratio of 50:50%. Federal Govt. has provided Rs.750(Million) as Supplementary grant to CDA for on account of Subsidy to Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metro Bus Services.

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30. *Ms. Shagufta Jumani:

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state whether it is afact that mega corruption has taken place in the Pakistan Railwaysduring the last two years?

Minister for Railways (Khawaja Saad Rafique): It is not a fact thatany mega corruption has taken place in Pakistan Railway in the last two years. Asa matter of fact Pakistan Railway, at the verge of collapse in 2013, has increasedits Revenue by Rs.14.0 Billion in last two years which speaks volumes of itsimproved management accountability and transparency in all its operations. It isalso a fact that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has investigated Eleven(11) cases of corruption in Railway, all of which pertain to the previous regimes(2001-2013).

Pakistan Railway is actively perusing these cases with NAB especiallyRoyal Palm Golf Club (year 2002) and Business Express (year 2012).

MOHAMMAD RIAZ, Secretary.

ISLAMABAD:The 5th November, 2015.

PCPPI—11429(15) NA (S)—5-11-2015—650.

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(25th Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Friday, the 6th November, 2015

267. Ms. Khalida Mansoor:(Deferred during 6th Session)

Will the Minister In-Charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state whether the verification ofeducational certificates of all Doctors and other staff of PIMS,Islamabad has been completed; if so, the details thereof?

Minister In-Charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision : The summary regarding verification of degrees is placed at Annex-A.

At present 44 officers have got verified their degrees as per list atAnnex-B.


27. Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:(Deferred during 24th Session)

Will the Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased torefer to Starred Question No.56 replied on 18-03-2015 and to statethe location-wise State Guest Houses in the country at present?

Reply not received.

155. Ms. Naeema Kishwar Khan:(Deferred during 24th Session)


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(a) the total number of filled and vacant posts in the PakistanZoological Department at present;

(b the objectives of the said Department; and

(c) the details of works of breeding of animals, new research andsurvey completed by the said Department during the last fiveyears?

Minister for Climate Change : (a) Total sanctioned posts of Zoological

Survey of Pakistan (ZSP) is 48. Out of which 11 positions including 3 posts oftechnical Officers and 8 non-gazatted posts are vacant at present. The details ofStaff alongwith vacant posts is as under:—

—————————————————————————————Post BPS Strength Filled Vacant——————————————————————————————Director 19 1 - 1Zoologist 17 4 2 2Senior Wildlife Preservation Officer 17 1 1 -Assistant Zoologist 1 6 2 1 1Wildlife Preservation Officer 16 1 1 -Biochemist 16 1 1 -Other (Non-technical positions) 1-16 38 31 7——————————————————————————————Total posts 48 37 11——————————————————————————————

(b) The objectives of Zoological Survey of Pakistan are:

• To obtain information on distribution, population dynamics and statusof animal life of Pakistan

• To set up and maintain standard zoological collections for reference

• To advise Government on all zoological matters includingConservation, Management, Export and Import of fauna

• To impart training and create public awareness about animal (fauna)Conservation

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(c) The Zoological Survey of Pakistan has no mandate to carry outbreeding of animals however details of research and survey of wild animals accordingto their distribution conducted during last 5 years (2010-11 to 2014-15) is asunder:—

Animal data collection of protected areas in collaboration withprovincial wildlife departments for scientific management ofresources

Pakistan has a comprehensive Protected Area network including 26 nationalparks, 93 wildlife sanctuaries and 96 game reserves; the ZSP is responsible toundertake periodic studies on biological aspects of these protected areas. In thisregard during the period ZSP had undertaken faunal survey of two protectedareas including (i) Machiara national park, AJK; and (ii) Chumbi Surla wildlifesanctuary, Punjab with the participation and in-kind assistance of the provincialwildlife departments.

Conservation oriented studies of Endangered and Threatenedspecies for Trophy-hunting Programme.

Pakistan’s successful trophy hunting programme has not only ensured thesustainability of the game species like Markhor, Urial, Ibex and Blue sheep thatwere on the verge of extinction only few years ago.

ZSP on the recommendation of Office of the Conservator Wildlife, Ministryof Climate Change and provincial wildlife departments had conducted studies onungulate species including Suleiman Markhor, Afghan Urial and Himalayan Ibex inthe province of Balochistan and AJK with the involvement of local communitiesand provided outcome of these studies to the authorities to facilitate in allocationof trophy hunting quota to the provinces and conservation communities.

Recommendation to the Government for National Trade Policy onwildlife species and their products.

ZSP is mandated to provide data and recommend quota on regular basisto the Office of Conservator Wildlife, Ministry of Climate Change in the context ofnational trade policy to regulate international trade in wild animals and birds. Inthis regard survey reports prepared on Parakeets/Parrots to facilitate the authority.

A survey of economically important faunal species used ininternational wildlife trade to assist CITES regulatory authority.

Sustainable use of wildlife significantly contributes to local and nationaleconomies in many parts of the world. In Pakistan CITES (the Convention on

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International trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Appendix-I& II species i.e. falcons, pangolins, freshwater turtles are mainly used in illegaltrade. To determine the status and trend of these commercially important speciesregular surveys are required to establish baseline information for sustainable use.ZSP had undertaken survey of above mentioned species and developed informationmaterial to strengthen CITES regulatory authority with authentic and reliable data.

Mid-Winter Waterfowl Census

Mid-winter waterfowl census of selected wetlands of Pakistan is a regularactivity of department. During the month of January in last three years importantwetlands including Manchar, Kalar Kahar, Tarbela & Khanpur Dams down-stream,Head Maralla, Head Qadirabad, Rasul Barrage have been covered. The waterfowlcensus data has been shared with Wetland International to monitor global variationsin bird’s population.

1. Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased tostate the location-wise Sweet Homes established by the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mall for orphan, during the present Government in the country?

Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division: Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal(PBM) has established 07 Pakistan Sweet Homes during the present Governmentin the Country. The details are as under:—

——————————————————————————————Sr. City Building Location Date ofNo. Establishment

——————————————————————————————1 Attock H. No. 81, 82 Street No.13, 2014

Block B, Mehria Town HousingScheme 3, Near TakbeerColony, Attock

——————————————————————————————2. H-13, 786-A Razia Khudadad 2014

Islamabad Complex Capital HomeSector H-13, Golra RoadIslamabad

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3. Dhudyal – Mir Complex, Bhalot 2013Mirpur (AJK) Chowk, Dhudyal

——————————————————————————————4. Skardu (GB) Baltro Road, Jaffar Abad 2013

Olding Skardu——————————————————————————————

5. Shangla (KPK) College Road Alpuri, Shangla 2015——————————————————————————————

6. Bhakkar Chaudhry House, Civil 2015Line Lodhran Hospital, Bhakkar

——————————————————————————————7. PSH Band Murad near Hamdard 2015

Karachi University, Northern BypassKarachi (PBM has shifted 350elderly orphan children frominterior Sindh & Karachi PSHsto PSH Karachi who haveattained the age of puberty)

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2. Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased tostate:

(a) whether it is a fact that appointments are being made in theCapital Development Authority on temporary basis at present;

(b) if so, the reasons alongwith the procedure thereof?

Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division: (a) No appointments inCapital Development Authority have been made since 02-10-2012 except SonsDaughters of deceased who are appointed in accordance with P.M AssistancePackage.

(b) As above.

——————————————————————————————Sr. City Building Location Date ofNo. Establishment

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3. Ms. Belum Hasnain:

Will the Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased tostate whether it is a fact that a number of kiosks and mini shopshave been installed/established on footpaths and in parking areas ofIslamabad; if so, the action taken by the present Government in thisregard?

Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division: CDA has not issued any

permission for establishment of mini shop or kiosk on footpaths or in parkingareas of Islamabad, it is pertinent to mention here that all license of kiosks issuedby CDA are already Cancelled. In case any commercial activity or violativeencroachment is found on footpaths and parking area, it is immediately removedby the Directorate of Enforcement, CDA.

4. Ms. Shakila Luqman:

Will the Minister In-Charge of the Aviation Division be pleased tostate the aircrafts/aeroplanes which can land/take off from the GilgitAirport at present?

Minister In-Charge of the Aviation Division: As per Aeronautical

Information Publication of Pakistan (AIR) C-130, ATR-42 and similar types ofaircraft can land / take off from the Gilgit Airport.

5. Ms. Shakila Luqman:

Will the Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to statethe District and month-wise total amount spent on the National Centrefor Research in Childrens Literature and Vocational DastkariSchools projects of Pakistan Bait-ul-Mall during the last three years?

Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division: Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal

(PBM) operates its pro-poor programmes including Women Empowerment Centres& National Centres for Rehabilitation of Child Labour in all the Provinces fordeserving community.

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National Centres for Rehabilitation of Child Labour.

National Centres for Rehabilitation of Child Labour from hazardous labourenvironment and to impart them primary education. PBM is running 158 suchcentres country_vide as per following break-up:—

——————————————————————————————Province/Region Centres No. of Students——————————————————————————————Punjab 73 7,751Sindh 36 3,889KPK 24 2,478Balochistan 14 1,680ICT/AJK/Northern Areas 11 1,287—————————————————————————————— Total 158 17,085——————————————————————————————

Year-wise break-up of expenditure for last 03 years is as under:—

(Rs. in million)——————————————————————————————Province/Region 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15——————————————————————————————Punjab 161.580 177.738 198.247Sindh 82.879 100.217 114.298KPK 44.154 61.842 61.700Balochistan 30.957 39.180 43.694ICT/AJK/Northern Areas 25.782 31.879 37.404—————————————————————————————— Total 345.352 410.856 455.343——————————————————————————————

District / Month-Wise expenditure reports are enclosed.

Vocational Dastkari Centres/Women Development & EmpowermentCentres.

Women Development & Empowerment Centres have been establishedto provide free vocational training to poor girls, widows and orphan girls in differentmarketable skills to empower them to undergo a respectable life. PBM is running157 such centres country-wise as per following break-up:—

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——————————————————————————————Province/Region Centres No. of trainees——————————————————————————————Punjab 64 43,168Sindh 29 22,704KPK 30 29,221Balochistan 21 12,681ICT/AJK/Northern Areas 13 18,780—————————————————————————————— Total 157 126,554——————————————————————————————

Year-wise break-up of expenditure for last 03 years is as under:—

(Rs. in million)——————————————————————————————Province/Region 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15——————————————————————————————Punjab 58.760 64.553 70.836Sindh 27.862 33.908 38.400KPK 39.621 44.158 52.373Balochistan 26.130 30.906 31.267ICT/AJK/Northern Areas 17.271 20.773 25.613—————————————————————————————— Total 169.644 194.298 218.489——————————————————————————————

District/Month-wise expenditure reports are enclosed.


6. Engineer Dawar Khan Kundi:

Will the Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased tostate whether there is any proposal under consideration ofthe Government to set up culinary institutes in Islamabad; if so, thedetails thereof?

Transferred to Federal Education and Professional Training Division for

answer on Next Rota Day.

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7. Mr. Asad Umar:

Will the Minister In-Charge of the Capital Administration andDevelopment Division be pleased to state the number of FederalGovernment Schools upgraded in Islamabad after last year’s attackmade on Army Public School, Peshawar alongwith the securitymeasures taken by the Government in this regard so far?

Minister In-Charge of the Capital Administration and DevelopmentDivision: Federal Directorate of Education, Islamabad upgraded most of theEducational Institutions under its jurisdiction by taking different steps for theenhancement of security arrangement after last year attack made on Army PublicSchool. In this regard following security measures have been taken by Governmentso far:—

• An amount of Rs.182.337 million allocated and transferred to PWDfor repairing and uplifting of boundary wall of educational institutions.Installation of razor wire is also included in the project. The saidwork has been started in 24 Educational Institutions working underFDE. The detail is placed at Annex-A.

• In order to monitor the project progress 03 members monitoringteam is proposed:—

(i) Concerned Director

(ii) Principal of the School/College

(iii) An Inspector from monitoring cell.

Concerned Principal will act as project director of the project and willmonitor the progress/quality of work on daily basis. Second team headed byDeputy Director Monitoring FDE will also monitor the progress which specialemphasis on quality of work already done and will submit a report to Joint Secretary(Admn.), CADD, Islamabad.

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• For provision of CCTV Surveillance System in all public institutionsunder FDE an amount of Rs.40 million allocated for this purposeand requisite amount transferred to 382 institutions and 04 AEOoffices for installation of IP-Based CCTV surveillance system inconsultation with Ministry of Information Technology. 25 InspectionTeams are assigned the task to check and ensure the installation ofCCTV surveillance system as per specification. This Inspectionactivity is also being monitored and managed through online CCTVInspection Monitoring System.

• Designed and developed Security Inspection Monitoring System(SIMS) for real time monitoring, analysis and reporting securityinspection.

• Designed and developed Daily Visitor Invigilation System (DVIS)for Schools/Colleges to make educational institutions secure from allmanifestation of threat and other suspicious activities. DVIS is acentralized database system which record the basic information ofvisitors which will enable FDE/Law enforcement agencies to getinformation about visitor.

• Focal persons have been identified in each of the 422 educationalinstitutions and their names as well as names of heads of institutions/their mobile phone number have been communicated to police.

• Emergency telephone numbers are displayed at prominent places inthe institutions.

• Emergency exit plans are also implemented in the educationalinstitutions.

• The fire extinguishers are installed in the institutions.

• The list of teaching and non-teaching staff is being sent to IG PoliceIslamabad for their security clearance.

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Annex-A

UPDATE OF UPRAISING OF BOUNDARY WALLS INEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS UNDER FEDERAL

DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION, ISLAMABAD

——————————————————————————————S# NAME OF INSTITUTION REMARKS

——————————————————————————————01 IMSG (VI-X), F-6/1 Work started02 IMCB F-11/1 Work started03 IMCB I-10/1 Work start in next week04 IMCB G-11/1 Work started05 IMCB I-8/3 Work started06 IMCG F-7/2 Work started07 IMCB F-11/3 Work started08 IMCB I-10/1 Work start in next week09 IMCB (Commerce) H-8/4 Work start in next week10 IMCB F-10/3 Work started11 IMCG Nilore Work started12 IMCB (Higher Secondary) G-7/4 Work started13 IMCB F-8/4 Work order in process14 IMCB H-9 -do-15 IMCB (Higher Secondary) G-7/2 -do-16 IMCB F-10/4 -do-17 IMCB (Higher Secondary) G-9/4 -do-18 IMSG (VI-X) G-9/3 -do-19 ICB G-6/3 -do-20 IMCB F-7/3 -do-21 ICG F-6/2 -do-22 IMCB (P.G) H-8/4 Tender yet to be invited23 IMCB G-10/4 -do-24 IMCB (Higher Secondary) G-6/2 -do-

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8. Mr. Muhammad Moeen Wattoo:


(a) whether it is a fact that the Capital Development Authority hasdivided Zone-IV of Islamabad into four Sub-Zones and a buildinghaving a covered area of 1000 square meters can be constructedon 20 kanals farm in Sub Zone-D of the said zone;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the Behria Town Housing Schemeinitiated in the said Sub-Zone has been allowed for constructionof a covered area of 5500 square feet per kanal therein;

(c) whether it is further a fact that rules and regulations have beenmade in violation of the Supreme Court decision dated11-10-2007 regarding division of said zone;

(d) if the answers to parts (a), (b) and (c) above are in theaffirmative, the reasons and responsibles thereof; and

(e) whether action has been taken against the responsibles therefor;if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division : (a) This is correct that

CDA has divided Zone-4 of Islamabad into four sub-zones. As per ICT ZoningRegulation 1992, amended in 2010, the minimum plot size of an Agro farm is 04to 20 kanals, where maximum covered area 1000 sq.yds can be constructedexcluding basement.

(b) This is incorrect that Bahria Town Housing Scheme has been allowed5500 sq. ft per kanal. In fact, the Bahria Agro Farming Scheme has been approvedby CDA in Sub-Zone-‘D’ of Zone-4, where as per regulations 1000 sq. yds areacan be covered over a plot of 04 to 20 kanals. In this scheme, the size of agrofarm is about 04 kanals and the permitted ground coverage shall not be more than20% of total area of Agro Farm i.e. 4500 sq.ft (500 sq yds).

(c) This is incorrect that regulations have been made in violation of theSupreme Court decision dated 11-10-2007. In fact, the regulations have beenamended in compliance of the Honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan decisiondated 24-1-2008 in Suo Moto case No.10 of 2007.

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(d) The answer of part (a) is partially affirmative. The answer of (b) and(c) is not in the affirmative.

(e) Not applicable.

9. Mr. Mohammad Ayaz Soomro:


(a) whether University of the Punjab, Lahore has conducted anyinquiry regarding the number of students who have obtainedDegrees/Certificates from Axact;

(b) if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training : (a)University of the Punjab has not conducted any inquiry regarding the students whohave obtained Degrees/Certificates from Axact.

(b) The Punjab University, Lahore has no legal jurisdiction to conductany inquiry against any other organization. However, foreign degree holderswhenever apply for admission in any program at University of the Punjab, eachand every degree is routed through the equivalence committee of the university. Itis to be placed on record that the equivalence committee is the Ad-Hoc committeeof Academic Council of the University. The mandate of the Committee it todetermine the equivalence/recognize the degrees issued by the universities otherthan university of the Punjab.

10. Mr. Mohammad Ayaz Soomro:


(a) whether it is a fact that an inquiry has been conducted againstthose students who got Degree of Graduation from Universityof the Punjab, Lahore from 2005 to 2015 by producing fakeCertificates of Secondary and Higher Secondary SchoolCertificates;

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(b) whether it is also a fact that the Degrees awarded to thosestudents have been withdrawn; if so, the detailsincluding addresses of those students; and

(c) the action taken against those students?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training : (a) Yes,

the inquires against three (3) students have been conducted by the University ofPunjab, Lahore from January 01, 2005 to June 30, 2015 for producing fakeCertificates of Secondary and Higher Secondary Certificates.

(b) Yes, the B.A. degrees of the following students have been withdrawnby the Punjab University.

1. Mr. Liaquat AbbasVillage & Post Office BurgdaraTehsil and District Haffizabad Resultquashed on 19-09-2013

2. Mr. Bilal AsgharHouse No.229, Block-BFaisal Town, LahoreResult quashed on 27-06-2015

3. Mst. Neelum Ch.House No.P-453, Mohallah Shorkot Road,Toba Tek Singh.

(c) The University of Punjab has cancelled/quashed their B.A. Degreeson producing the fake Certificates of Secondary and Higher Secondary SchoolCertificates.

11. Mr. Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani:

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training bepleased to state whether the Federal Board of Intermediate andSecondary Education, Islamabad has conducted any inquiry againstthose students who have utilized Degrees issued by the Axact duringthe last five years till date; if so, the details; if not, the reasons therefor?

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Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training: FederalBoard of Intermediate & Secondary Education (FBISE) did not conduct anysuch inquiry as it does not fall under the scope of FBISE.

12. Mr. Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani:


(a) the total number of students who obtained Higher SecondarySchool Certificates (HSSCs) from the Board of Intermediate andSecondary Education, Islamabad by submitting fake SecondarySchool Certificates (SSCs) during last five years till date;

(b) the total number of students against whom inquiry was conductedregarding fake SSCs; and

(c) whether HSSCs have been cancelled/withdrawn during the said

period?

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training : (a) Therequisite information on the part of FBISE may be treated as Nil.

(b) The requisite information on the part of FBISE may be treated asNil.

(c) The requisite information on the part of FBISE may be treated asNil.

13. Dr. Muhammad Azhar Khan Jadoon:


(a) whether it is a fact that encroachments have been made in theGovernment Houses of Category A, B and C Type at SectorG-9/2, Islamabad;

(b) whether it is also a fact that all such encroachments are beingmade in connivance with the Capital Development Authority;if so, the reasons thereof; and

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(c) the time by which the said encroachments will be removedalongwith the reasons not to remove them so far?

Transferred to Housing and Works Division for answer on Next RotaDay.

MOHAMMAD RIAZ, Secretary.

ISLAMABAD:The 5th November, 2015.

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