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(37th 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 30th December, 2011

(Originally Starred Question Nos. 79, 17 and 28 were set down foranswer on 16-12-2011)

79. *Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister for Industries be pleased to state the total numberof industries in the country closed down during the year 2011-12alongwith the reasons thereof?

Minister for Industries (Ch. Pervaiz Ellahi): The data/information inrespect of provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Export Processing ZonesAuthority was given as ‘Nil’ on the floor on 16-12-2011. The information in respectof Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been obtained now and as per their information,three (3) industrial units have been closed down during the year 2011-12. Detailof these industrial units is annexed.

Annex

LIST OF CLOSED INDUSTRIAL UNITS IN THE PROVINCE OFKHYBERPAKHTUNKHWA DURING THE YEAR 2011-12

i. N.H Chaudhary Fabrics, Industrial Estate Hattar, District Haripur.

ii. M/s. Noshera Sheet Blour, District Noshera.

iii. M/s. Sohail Jute Mill, District Noshera.

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17. *Ms. Shireen Arshad Khan:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the stepstaken since March, 2008 till date Keeping in view the difficultiesbeing faced by the Federal Government employees for acquisition ofgovernment accommodation alongwith the achievements gainedtherefrom?

Minister for Housing and Works (Makhdoom Syed Faisal SalehHayat): The Federal Cabinet banned the new construction of government ownedaccommodation vide its decision dated 14-3-1995.

The steps taken and achievements made thereon are as under:—

(i) In order to overcome shortage of accommodation for FederalGovernment Servants efforts have been made to take over thepossession of newly constructed two hundred flats in G-6, Islamabadon the pool of Estate Office Islamabad. The possession of one blockhas been taken over from CDA and allotted to the employees fromGWL. The case for eviction of rest of the occupants is being hecticallypursued in the court of law.

(ii) In pursuance to Supreme Court’s judgment the Estate Office’s havebeen directed to make allotments strictly on merit from the GeneralWaiting List. Pick and choose or discretionary decision for allotmenthas come to a stop.

(iii) 48 family suits near old MNA Hostel have been completed and seniorFederal Employees have been facilitated.

28. *Mr. Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that a huge amount of corruption has beenreported against WAPDA in the recent report issued by theAuditor General of Pakistan; if so, the details thereof; and

(b) the action being taken against the responsibles?

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Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) Auditreport for 2010-11 issued by auditor general has pointed out anomalies through12 Audit Paras. After DAC, some paras were settled.

(b) After completion, Audit reports will be presented in NationalAssembly and P.A.C. of National Assembly. Any action if required will follow.

110. * Ms. Shireen Arshad Khan:


(a) whether it is a fact that the load shedding of electricity is beingcarried out in the country at present; if so, the reasons thereof;and

(b) the total number of days during October, 2011 during whichload shedding of electricity has not been carried out in thecountry?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) Therewas no load shedding of electricity in the country from 23-10-2011 to17-12-2011. Now, load shedding has been started w.e.f 18-12-2011 due tofollowing reasons:

• Significant decrease in Water Indents/Releases from Tarbela andMangla reservoirs by IRSA according to the demand of Provinces.

• Insufficient supply of gas to Thermal Power Plants of GENCOs andIPPs from SNGPL / SSGC

(b) • In October 2011, no load shedding of electricity was carried out forseventeen (17) days (Detail is attached as Annex-I).

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111. *Ms. Shaheen Ishfaq:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to refer to StarredQuestion No.75 replied on 21-11-2011 and to state whether it is afact that Pakistan is getting due share of water as per Indus WaterTreaty; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar):Pakistan isgetting its due share of the waters as per the Indus Waters Treaty 1960. TheTreaty allocates waters of Eastern Rivers (Sutlej, Beas and Ravi) to India andthose of the Western Rivers (Indus, Jhelum and Chenab) to Pakistan except forcertain specified uses.

112. *Mrs. Nisar Tanveer:

Will the Minister for Industries be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that massive misappropriation andmismanagement in the Utility Stores Corporation have beenreported in the last report of Auditor General of Pakistan; if so,the details thereof;

(b) whether any integrated investigations were conducted to probeinto such misappropriation and mismanagement; if so, the detailsthereof alongwith the action taken against the responsibles; and

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

Minister for Industries (Chaudhary Pervaiz Ellahi): (a) It is not correctthat massive misappropriation and mismanagement have been reported in the lastReport of Auditor General of Pakistan. The Commercial Audit, during the Audit ofthe Corporation for the year 2010-2011 have pointed out, the following cases ofmisappropriation / embezzlement by the employees of the Utility StoresCorporation. The action taken by USC against each is given as under:—

a. Shortage of Rs. 15.485 Million pertaining to USC NawabshahRegion.—A total of 19 cases of shortages / misappropriation involvingan amount of Rs. 1,54,85,327/- pertaining to USC NawabshahRegion was reported. Immediate action for recovery of the

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misappropriated amount including disciplinary action againstdefaulters was initiated. Out of total misappropriated amount of Rs.15.485 million an amount of Rs. 35,21,919/- has been recoveredleaving behind a balance of Rs. 1,19,63,407/-. For the recovery ofrest of the amount cases have been referred for criminal action againstthe defaulters.

b. Misappropriation of Rs. 9.500 Million in USC Attock Region.—A case of misappropriation of Rs. 9.500 million in USC Attock Regionwas reported by the Commercial Audit. Immediate action forrecovery of the misappropriated amount was initiated. FIR was lodgedagainst the defaulter. Out of total amount of Rs. 9.500 Million, anamount of Rs. 4.449 million has been recovered. Efforts for recoveryof the balance amount are continuing. The criminal action has beeninitiated against the defaulter but he is still absconding.

c. Loss of Rs. 8.802 Million provision of the stock on credit toFranchise Stores.—An amount of Rs. 8.802 Million on account ofissue of stocks to Franchise Stores on credit was pointed out by theCommercial Audit. Immediate action for recovery of the Corporationamount was initiated. Out of total amount of Rs. 8.802 million anamount of 6.712 Million has since been recovered. The recovery ofthe balance amount from the defaulters is being actively persuedfrom the defaulters.

d. Embezzlement of the wheat stocks of the Corporation valuingRs. 39.709 million by M/s Qureshi Flour Mill Peshawar.—Imported stocks of wheat was given to M/s Qureshi Flour Mill,Peshawar for grinding of the wheat and supply of wheat flour toUSC. However, M/s Qureshi Flour Mill, went into default andmisappropriated the stock of wheat amounting to Rs. 39.709 Million.Immediate action was initiated against the said Flour Mill. FIR hadbeen lodged against Mr. Shahzad Qureshi, owner of the QureshiFlour Mill. Presently, Mr. Shahzad Qureshi is in the prison for thelast one and a half year and facing trial in the Court of Session Judge,Peshawar. The Corporation is actively persuing this case. His bailhas been rejected even by the High Court.

(b) The enquiry into each case of embezzlement / misappropriation isconducted and action for recovery of the misappropriated amount and departmental

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disciplinary action is initiated and completed simultaneously. The position of theinquiries conducted in the cases of misappropriation / embezzlement in the casesreported by the Commercial Audit are given here under:—

a. Embezzlement of Rs. 15.485 Million.—The list of the USCemployees who misappropriated / embezzled the stocks / funds ofUSC during their tenure-ship as stores Incharges in USC NawabshahRegion is placed at annexure – A. All these cases were enquired andprobed in to by the Regional Manager USC Nawabshah at locallevel. The service of all these employees found involved inmisappropriation / embezzlement have been terminated.

b. Misappropriation by USC of Rs. 9.500 million in USC AttockRegion.—Mr. Mushfaq-ul-Haq, Incharge Utility Stores, Ghazi, USCAttock Region, while posted as Store Incharge misappropriated /embezzled the sale proceeds of Atta at this store in collaborationwith the owner of Flour Mill. FIR was lodged against the storeIncharge as well as the owner of the mill. An amount of Rs. 4.449million has been recovered leaving behind a balance of Rs. 5.054million. Inquiry was conducted by the senior officers of theCorporation as a result of which the following actions have beentaken against the officers / official found responsible.

i. Incharge store along with concerned Account Officer,Mr. Muhammad Yameen, Area Manager, and Mr. MuhammadShakeel, Area Manager, were terminated.

ii. The then Regional Manager, Muhammad Sharif was awardedpenalty of reduction to lower post.

c. Issue of the stocks on credit amounting to Rs. 8.802 million tothe Franchised Stores.—Disciplinary actions were initiated againstthe official / officers and action for recovery initiated. Out of totalamount of Rs. 8.802 million and amount of Rs. 6.712 million hasbeen recovered leaving behind a balance of Rs. 2.089 million. Thedepartmental inquiries have been conducted and further action inthe matter is in process.

d. Misappropriation of the stock of wheat amounting to Rs. 39.703million by M/s Qureshi Flour Mill, Peshawar:—An inquiry in to

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the matter was conducted by two senior officers of the Corporationagainst the USC Regional Managers and Zonal Managers and in thesaid inquiry nothing incriminating came to light against these officers.USC lodged a FIR against Mr. Shahzad Qureshi, the owner ofQureshi Flour Mill. He was apprehended by the police. His bailapplication was rejected from the Court of Session Judge, as well asby the High Court, Peshawar. Mr. Shahzad Qureshi is in prison forthe last one and a half year and facing trail in the Court of SessionJudge, Peshawar.

(c) The following steps have been taken to have an effective control andsupervision on the affairs of the Corporation:—

a. The number of stores under the supervision and control of theArea Manages have been reduced from 20 to 15 only. Thiswill increase the frequency of monitoring / visits / inspection ofthe stores by the Area Manager.

b. The Corporation has established a full fledged Monitoring andVigilance Department at Head Office headed by a SeniorGeneral Manager (Vigilance). The monitoring and vigilancesystem has been strengthened and Special Vigilance Teams havebeen detailed at Zonal and Regional level.

c. The Periodical Inspection Audit and checking of the stores havebeen increased.

d. Every store is subjected to surprise audit / verification of thestocks once in a quarter.

e. Quarterly stock taking a physical verification of each store isbeing ensured.

f. The computerization of the network of USC for effectiveinventory management and financial control has been initiated.

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

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113. *Ms. Imrana Saeed Jamil:


(a) whether it is a fact that Iran will increase its export of electricityto Pakistan in near future;

(b) if so, when it will be implemented alongwith the details thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) and (b)Import of Electricity from Iran.

Yes, number of projects are in process to increase import of electricity.The present status of these projects is given below.

1. Enhancement in capacity to 74 MW from Existing 39 MWElectricity for Makran Division and Border Town of Balochistan.—Thecontract for import of 30MW power from Iran was signed on 10-11- 2002 forsupplying Electricity to Makran Division and border towns of Balochistan. Currentlythe total capacity contracted under a 30 years contract with M/s TAVANIR ofIran is 39 MW.

Keeping in view the increasing demand of Electricity, a PEPCO delegationon 18-06-2011 negotiated with TAVANIR for the supply of additional capacity of35 MW. TAVANIR agreed to supply the additional Capacity subject to technicalsuitability. It is expected that additional capacity of 35 MW will be supplied soon.

2. 100 MW Electricity Project for Gawadar Balochistan Consideringrapid developments in Gawader area, process of signing another contract withTAVANIR for import of 100 MW for Gawadar area was initiated and the contractwith the TAVANIR was signed on 07-02-2007 at Lahore. For this purpose adouble circuit twin bundle 220 KV line would be constructed from polan in Iran toGawadar in Pakistan. Length of transmission line in Pakistan would be 78 KMand 51.KM in Iran. Agreement has been signed with SUNIRof Iran regarding theconstruction of 220 KV Transmission Line and GIS Grid Station. The project willbe financed through Economic Development Bank of Iran.Expected completiondate is December, 2012.

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1000 MW Electricity Project to meet Demand of Balochistan withNational Grid.—Feasibility study of the project has been completed by jointVenture of consultants comprising M/s NESPAK and M/s Moshanir of Iran.Financial approval of feasibility study by M/s TAVANIR is awaited.This Ministryhad constituted a Joint Working Group. Nomination from Pakistan side have beenmade while nominations from TAVANIR Iran are awaited.

The above working Group will work out mechanism and modalities,including Tariff and other relevant issues, to ensure smooth implementation of thesubject project.

114. *Rana Mahmood -ul- Hassan:


(a) whether it is a fact that Peeran Ghaib Power House, Multan isnot functioning for the last two years; if so, the reasons thereof;

(b) the time by which the said Power House will be made functional;and

(c) whether there is any proposal to privatize the said Power House;if so, the justification thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): PiranghaibPower House Multan in fact is functioning for the last two years. The power planthas generated 585.434 MKWH electrical energy during this period detailed asunder:—

Year Units Generated (MKWH)

2008-09 304.998

2009-10 193.902

2010-11 60.851

2011-12 25.683

Total 585.434 MKWH

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(b) Not applicable.

(c) No proposal to privatize this Power Plant is under consideration.

115. With drawn by the Honourable Member.

116. *Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the numberof times the rates of electricity have been increased during the year2010-11 till date alongwith the reasons thereof?Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): Government

notified five time increases in FY 2010-11. By this, tariff increased from Rs. 6.65/KWH to Rs.7.58/KWH i.e. Rs. 0.93/KWH. Further, under monthly Fuel PriceAdjustment (F PA) mechanism, six times reduction ranging from Rs.0.32/KWHto Rs.1.082/KWH and 6 times increases ranging from Rs.0.26/KWH toRs.1.0722/KWH were made in FY 2010-11. Net impact/increase in tariff undermonthly FPA remained at Rs.0.14/KWH for the year. Consequently an averageincrease in tariff for FY 2010-11 remained at Rs.1.07/KWH (Rs.0.93/KWH+Rs.0.14/KWH)

Reasons

NEPRA determines the electricity tariff, based on legitimate cost of supplyand it takes all stakeholders on board through public hearing for determination oftariff. There are several factors which influence electricity tariff and includes:—

• Increase in oil and gas prices.

• Increase of generation on furnance oil.

• Unfavourable generation mix.

• Appreciation of US dollar.

• Reduction of Hydel Generation.

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118. *Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:

Will the Minister for Production be pleased to state the steps taken tocontrol the losses of Pakistan Steel Mills since March, 2006, till datealongwith the achievements gained therefrom?

Reply not received.

@119. *Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb:


(a) whether it is a fact that the prices of cement have increased inthe country; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) the steps being taken by the government to control the saidprices?

Minister for Industries (Ch. Pervaiz Ellahi): (a) Yes, It is fact thatprices of cement have Increased due to increase in input prices during the currentfiscal year, exorbitantly.

Sharp increase in almost all input prices like -diesel, coal, furnace oil,electricity, sui gas, packing material and transportation have forced the manufacturesto revise upward cement prices. A statement showing yearly average increase ininput prices is attached as Annex-A.

(b) i. In the deregulated economy of Pakistan, market prices are beinggoverned/determined by market forces. Therefore, cement prices are alsoaccordingly, being determined by market forces etc.

ii. In case of collusion to raise prices by manufacturers the CompetitionCommission of Pakistan intervenes.

iii. It is the responsibility of the provincial governments to check theblack marketing & pricing.—————————————————————————————— @Transferred from Production Division.

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120. Admissiblity is being re-considered.

121. Admissiblity is being re-considered.

122. *Ms. Kishwar Zehra:

Will the Minister for Production be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that Government has decided to privatizethe Pakistan Steel Mills;

(b) if so, the reasons thereof alongwith the steps taken to privatizethe said Mills?

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

123. *Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the stepstaken to import electricity from Iran and Tajikistan to over comeshortage of electricity in the country?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar):

Import of Electricity from Iran.

Presently 39 MW Electricity is being imported from TAVANIR Iran underan agreement signed on 6-11-2002. the details of interconnection are notedbelow:—

Mirjawa (Iran)-Taftan(Pakistan) interconnection (20 KV) wascompleted on 24-10-2002 and provides 2 MW of Electricity.

Jalag (Iran)-Mashkhail (Pakistan interconnection (20KV) wascompleted on 4-11-2002 and provides 2 MW.

Jacjigur (Iran)- Mand (Pakistan) interconnection (132KV) wascompleted on 7-9-2003. This interconnection provides 35 MWpower to Makran Division through 132 KV Grid Station at Mand.

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Additionaly, work is in progress it Import Electricity from TAVANIRIran as noted below:—

100 MW at Gwadar, an Agreement signed in 2007 and Project isexpected to become functional in 2012.

1000 MW at National Grid for which tariff is yet to be agreed innext Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting. Feasibility study has beencompleted. Financial and Economic analysis completed by theNESPAK and the same has been submitted to Iranian Side, thereply of Iranian side is awaited.

Import of Electricity from Tajkistan.

Feasibility report has been completed for supply of 1000MWelectricity from Tajkistan and Kyrgyzistan under CASA-1000 Projectthrough Afghanistan. Further more a meeting of all stake holderswhich was held on 19-20 September, 2011 in Bishkek. SecretaryWater and Power represented Pakisan.An MoU was initialed amongthe stakeholders which was placed before the Cabinet for approval.Cabinet approved MoU. A working Group for CASA-1000 projecthas been constituted which held its meeting in Dushanbe along withworking groups of other relevant countries, wherein the issues werediscussed in detail.

124. *Mr. Salahuddin:


(a) the present status of WARSAK Hydel Power Station alongwith theirpower generation capacity at present;

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration to up-gradethe said power station; if so, when it will be up-graded; and

(c) the power generation capacity of the said power station afterup gradation?

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Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) The presentcapability of Warsak Hydel Station is 213 MW due to certain design/ operationlimitations. However, total installed capacity of power Station was 243 MW.

(b) Yes, due to aging of the plant more then 50 years, out lived its usefullife, settlement of civil structure, sediments, non-availability of spare parts/ absolutetechnology, WAPDA has planned Rehabilitation, Up-gradation and Modernizationof Warsak Hydroelectric Power Station. A Consultancy Services Agreement hasbeen signed on September, 13, 2011 to carry out Feasibility Study, Preparation ofDetailed Design, Tender Documents and PC-I. The Scheme aims at:—

Redesign / Replacement of Turbine/generator Complete with advanceparameters.

Replacements of Turbine runners due to severe effects of silt particlesand suggest protective measures.

Rehabilitation, Up-gradation and Modernization of the old Equipmentlike Cooling Water System, Excitation System, MechanicalGovernors, Protection and Instrumentation, Control System, TrashRacks Cleaning Machine, spillway Gates’ Operating mechanism etc.

Cost Estimation, Economical, Financial, Sensitivity Analysis etc.

Time Schedule of the Project.

Determine causes of defects in Civil Structures and remedial measure.

Review of previous Sedimentation Management, and suggesting themost viable solution.

The tentative assignment period is 12 month.

(c) After complete up-gradation, the power generation capacity will be243 MW.

125. *Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for National Regulations and Services be pleased tostate the subjects assigned to the Ministry and its attacheddepartments alongwith the achievements gained since theestablishment of said Ministry?

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Minister for National Regulation and Services: Ministry of NationalRegulations and Services has been assigned the following subjects: —

1. Pakistan Medical and Dental Council.

2. Pakistan Council for Nursing.

3. College of Physicians and Surgeons.

4. National Councils for Tibb and Homeopathy.

5. Pharmacy Council of Pakistan.

6. International exchange of students and teachers, foreign studies andtraining and international assistance in the field of education.

7. National associations in medical and allied fields such as PakistanRed Crescent Society and TB Association.

8. Directorate of Central Health Establishment.

9. Central Board of Film Censors, Islamabad.

10. External examination and equivalence of degrees and diplomas.

11. Commission for standards for higher education.

As regards the achievements of this Division, it is stated that this Divisionhas recently been established on 26th October 2011. The Ministry is being madefully functional by providing budget for the remaining part of fiscal year2011-2012 alongwith the posts of essential staff.


@127. *Ms. Tasneem Siddiqui:

Will the Minister for Industries be pleased to state whether theproduction of car manufacturing factories is sufficient to meet thedomestic requirements; if so, the details thereof?——————————————————————————————

@Transferred from Production Division.

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Minister for Industries (Ch. Pervaiz Ellahi): The production of carmanufacturing factories is not sufficient to meet the domestic requirements. Thereis a demand and supply gap of 2-3 months between booking and actual delivery.Details are at Annex-I.

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128. *Justice(R) Fakharunnisa Khokhar:


(a) whether it is a fact that alternative Energy Development Boardhas failed to provide alternative sources of energy;

(b) if so, the reasons thereof alongwith the date of establishment ofthe said board;

(c) the year-wise total amount of budget allocated by the said boardfor the development and non-development projects during thelast three years alongwith the locations thereof; and

(d) the achievements gained therefrom?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) No. Theorganization is fulfilling its role effectively.

(b) AEDB was established as an autonomous body attached to theCabinet Division, vide Notification No.F.1/7/2003/Admn-II, dated 12thMay 2003.

The government enacted the Alternative Energy Development Board Actin May 2010.

(c) AEDB has not received any development funds since the year 2008for PSDP projects.

AEDB’s budget allocations for the last three years are as under:—

—————————————————————————————— S. Year Budget Allocation No. (PKR)——————————————————————————————1. 2008-2009 57,100,0002. 2009-2010 61,660,000

3. 2010-2011 64,743,000——————————————————————————————

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(d) As a result of the Government’s measures and the AEDB’s efforts,the country has made significant progress in development of a considerable baseof several RE technologies in the country. A comprehensive Renewable EnergyPolicy has been developed, and standard documents finalized as a result of whichthere is a great investor interest in the RE sector of Pakistan. A brief picture of theAEDB activities is as below:—

Power Generation Projects

AEDB has facilitated large pipe line projects, which are expected to comeonline in the next year.

WindThrough its facilitation, Wind Risk was offered to all wind projects inSindh. 10 projects are at advance stage of development / implementation.Construction work for three- 50 MW project (over $ 400 Million) hasstarted in Jhampir area and 8 more are expected to achieve financial closeby June 2012. These projects (US $ 1.6 Billion) are expected to generate550 MW power by 2013.

AEDB has worked with NEPRA to and the feed in tariff has beenannounced for Wind. Under this fast track policy another 1000 MWprojects are expected to come on line by 2013.

There was not a single approved EPC contractor and no turnkey supplieravailable for Pakistan in 2008. Today more than 7 top wind turbinesmanufacturers including Vestas (Denmark), Nordex (Germany), Seimens(Germany), General Electric (USA), Hyundai (Korea), Goldwind (China),Sunec (China) etc. are offering turbines, fully backed by EPC contractand operation & maintenance for extended period.

AEDB has negotiated and arranged the “Counter Guarantee” programwith the assistance of the ADB which has accelerated foreign investmentin this sector. Already Asian Development Bank, IFC, CDB and the IDBhave taken equity interest in the Wind Projects in Pakistan.

HydroAEDB is managing the Asian Development Bank’s Renewable EnergyDevelopment Sector Investment Program (REDSIP). Under this program3projects (56.2 MW) in KPK, 5 in Punjab (24.04 MW) in Punjab and 2projects (30 MW) in Gilgit Baltistan are under different stages ofimplementation.

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AEDB has arranged Technical Assistance (TA) to Punjab and KhyberPakhtunkhwa for their RE projects. TA for Sind and Baluchistan is undernegotiation with donors for Sindh and Baluchistan. The Government ofPunjab issued LOIs to private investors for establishment of 10 smallhydel power projects with a cumulative capacity of 142 MW at differentlocation in Punjab. Similarly SHYDO has issued6 LoI for small hydropower projects.

To further facilitate the investment in small hydro power projects, AEDBhas just completed Feasibility Studies for top 25 hydro sites in Azad Jammu& Kashmir, Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the cumulativecapacity of 284.14MW. This report is being provided to potential investors.

AEDB / UNDP and AKF are implementing 103 Micro hydro Projects(15 MW) in Chitral. This is the first ever Micro hydro program acceptedas Program of Activities under the CDM program of UNFCCC. Phasetwo comprising of 250 plants is under preparation. AEDB has obtainedlicenses for local manufacturing and trained local manufacturers for MicroHydro turbines for the project.

SolarSo far eight (8) LoIs (211 MW) for Solar PV parks have been issued toIPPs; these projects are at various stages of development. Tariff petitionby 1 IPP has submitted to NEPRA.

01 LOI of 50MW Solar Thermal Power Project has been issued by thePunjab Government.

100 kW each solar power projects are being set up with JICAs assistancefor Planning Commission and Pakistan Engineering Council buildings withthe JICA support. Installation is to be completed by March 2012.

Besides these developments in the On grid areas achievements have alsobeen made in Off grid Solar applications:—

Solar Village Electrification ProgramAEDB initiated Rural Village Electrification Program for the far flung energystarved areas in the country. PC-I for electrification of 300 villages ofBalochistan have been approved. 49 villages (3000 houses) in Sindhprovince have been energized under this program so far.

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Parliamentarians’ Sponsored Village Electrification Program (PSVEP)AEDB has initiated Parliamentarians’ Sponsored Village ElectrificationProgram, funded from the development budget of the Parliamentarians.Under this Program, 3 schemes have been / being implemented with thecost of about Rs. 48 Million; proposals (after completing the feasibilitystudies) for 23 schemes costing Rs. 1.568 Billion have been submitted forapproval / release of funds. Feasibility is being conducted for another 10schemes, are at various stages of development.

Program for Introduction of RE for Water HeatingAEDB has undertaken a Program with the assistance of World Bank forthe Introduction of Solar Water Heaters (SWH) in Pakistan. Under thisprogram 1500 Solar Water Heaters would be deployed. On successfulcompletion deployment of another 100,000 heaters would be undertakenwith World Bank Assistance.

Program for Introduction of RE for Ground Water PumpingAEDB has undertaken a Program with the assistance of World Bank forthe ‘Efficiency Improvement of Existing Tube-wells and Introduction ofRenewable Energy for Groundwater Pumping for Multiple Uses in Pakistan.On completion of the project the WB may consider to fund replacementof grid connected / diesel driven tube wells with solar pump.

Imports of Solar Related EquipmentThrough the efforts of AEDB, off grid applications of solar PV and SWHare on the rise. In the last three years market for PV panels have increasedby over 200% per year and solar water heater by 300% annually.

Waste-to-EnergyDetailed study for assessment of Waste-to-Energy resource/ potential andviability being undertaken by AEDB through the World bank Assistance.

A pilot demonstration project to generate 10-20 MW from MunicipalWaste in Karachi being developed with assistance from USTDA. Once developedthis project will be offered to the private sector for investment. A similar approachhas been taken to develop Power from the manure of Landhi Cattle Colony.

AEDB has issued a LoI to set up a 12MW to Lumen Energy to generatepower from agriculture waste (bagasse). Similar project (IPP) is being set up inSindh by an American investor supported by OPIC. This project is expected to

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use more of cotton stalk, rice husk, sugarcane trash, bagasse, wheat chaff andother crops as multi-fuel sources.

Biomass• 27 MW of Biomass / Waste to Energy plant operational. PPA for 15

MW signed between PESCO and Al-Moiz Industries, D. I. Khan.

• 7MW of Biogas / Waste to Energy projects’ PPA signed betweenFESCO and Shakarganj Sugar Mills, Jhang;

• 11 New Waste to Energy Projects (165 MW) awarded GenerationLicense by NEPRA.

• 14000 biogas plants are being installed through RSPN with the costof Dutch Grant.

• 9 RDF / WTE plants operational

ISLAMABAD: KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI,The 29th December, 2011. Secretary.

PCPPI—3276 (11) NA—29-12-2011—700.

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37th Session

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Friday, the 30th December, 2011

(Originally Unstarred Question Nos. 16, 64, 66, 70, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 22,23, 24, 25, 27, 29 and 30 were set down for answer on 16-12-2011)

16. Mr. Jamshaid Ahmad Dasti:


(a) whether it is a fact that transmission cables, transformers andelectric poles installed in Muzafargarh (NA-178) are in adilapidated condition; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration to replacethose installations; if so, the time by which it will be implemented?

Reply not received.

64. Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan Nasir:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact some Houses/Flats of the Ministry wereallotted to the employees of PTCL before its privatization;

(b) whether it is also a fact that those Houses/Flats have beenallotted to the employees of various Ministries/Divisions afterprivatization of PTCL;

(c) if the answer to part (a) and (b) above be in the affirmative;thepresent status of those Houses/Flats alongwith the time by whichthose Houses/Flats will be vacated from the employees of PTCLand handed over to the allottees?

Reply not received.

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66. Mrs. Shagufta Sadiq:


(a) the total number of employees whom government quarters/houses were allotted by the present Federal Minister and Ministerof State; and

(b) whether quarters/houses are being allotted on standard rent basisat present; if so, the prescribed criteria thereof?

Reply not received.

70. Justice(R) Fakharunnisa Khokhar:


(a) the total number of houses/quarters allotted in relaxation ofrules and out of turn basis since March, 2008 till date alongwiththe reason thereof;

(b) the total number of houses/quarters allotted on merit duringthe said period; and

(c) the total number of houses/quarters allotted on standard rentbasis during the said period?

Reply not received.

15. Ms. Shaheen Ishfaq:


(a) the location-wise under completion and proposed housingschemes of the Ministry in the country at present;

(b) the location-wise housing schemes launched by the Ministryduring the last three years till date; and

(c) the total land acquired for each of the above said schemes?

Reply not received.

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16. Ms. Khalida Mansoor:

Will the Minister for Industries be pleased to state the total incomeearned by the Utility Stores Corporation through the sale of ration/ration bags distributed among the affectees of flood and rains duringthe year 2010-11 till date?

Minister for Industries (Ch. Pervaiz Ellahi): The Stocks of essentialcommodities amounting to Rs. 2.2817 Billion were provided by USC to variousagencies/organization including Emergency Relief Cell of the Cabinet and PakistanBait-ul-Mall on the sale prices of USC. the Profit and Loss of the USC are preparedand consolidated on Corporate level by the firm of chartered accountants, whichis in process. The amount of profit and loss earned by USC on the supplies ofthese goods shall be submitted after the consolidation of annual Accounts of USC.

17. Mrs. Nisar Tanveer:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether itis fact that electric poles and cables have been installed near theresidential houses in Sector-II, Khyban-e-Sir Syed, Rawalpindi; if so,the reasons thereof alongwith time by which such poles and cableswill be shifted therefrom?

Reply not received.

18. Ms. Imrana Saeed Jamil:


(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration to constructresidential accommodations for the Federal Governmentemployees in the country in the near future;

(b) if so, the locations thereof?

Minister for Housing and Works (Makhdoom Syed Faisal SalehHayat): (a) The Federal Cabinet banned the new construction of governmentowned accommodation vide its decision dated 14-3-1995. Therefore, no proposal

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is under consideration to construct residential accommodation for the FGS in thecountry in near future.

(b) As above.

20. Begum Nuzhat Sadiq:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the gradeand designation-wise total number of free electricity units allowedmonthly to the employees of WAPDA at present alongwith thejustification thereof?

Reply not received.

22. Ms. Surriya Asghar:

Will the Minister for Ports and Shipping be pleased to state the ratioof the revenue of ports and shipping in the GDP of the country atpresent?

Reply not received.

23. Shaikh Rohale Asghar:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the city-wise total houses constructed and handed over on ownership basisto government employees general public and journalists by FederalGovernment during the last three years till date?

Minister for Housing and Works (Makhdoom Syed Faisal SalehHayat): 1189 apartments have been constructed by the Federal GovernmentEmployees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) in Sector G-11/3 and 4, Islamabad forFederal Government employees in its Housing Scheme Phase-V. Out of them,828 apartments of Category C, D and E have been handed over to their allotteeson ownership basis.

The city-wise detail of total houses constructed and handed over onownership basis to Government employees/General public and Journalists byPakistan Housing Authority (PHA) during the last three years till date is as under:—

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—————————————————————————————————————City Type No. of No. of

Constructed Handed overAprts. Aprts.

—————————————————————————————————————IslamabadI-11/3 D (900 Sft) G+3 104 36

G-11/3 C (1100 Sft) G+3 208 04

Lahore B (1365 Sft) G+3 32 18—————————————————————————————————————

Total: 344 58—————————————————————————————————————

24. Malik Shakeel Awan:

Will the Minister for Production be pleased to state the total numberof persons appointed in the Pakistan Steel Mills, Karachi and itsattached bodies during the year 2011-12 indicating also theirdesignation and place of domicile?

Reply not received.

25. Mr. Salahuddin:


(a) whether it is a fact that a large number of appointments weremade in WAPDA since March, 2008 till date;

(b) if so, the justifications thereof?

Reply not received.

27. Syed Asif Hasnain:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state theprovince-wise total number of Federal Government Houses and Flatsconstructed during the period from 1-1-2008 till date alongwith thenumber of government houses allotted during the same period?

Reply not received.

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29. Ms. Tasneem Siddiqui:


(a) whether it is a fact that plots have been allotted to governmentretired employees and other people by FGEHF in Sector G-14,Islamabad; if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether it is also a fact construction work in Sector, G-14/1,G-14/2, and G-14/3, has not so far been initiated; if so, thereasons thereof; and

(c) whether it is further a fact that the occupation to the allotteesof those sectors has not been given so far; if so, the time bywhich occupation will be given to those allottees?

Minister for Housing and Works (Makhdoom Syed Faisal SalehHayat): (a) Yes, it is a fact that 5486 plots have been allotted to the GovernmentRetired employees and other people by FGEHF in Sector G-14, Islamabad asper following detail:—

i. Retired Federal Government Employees of Ministries/Divisions/Attached Departments and Sub-ordinate offices. 5% (Total Numberof Plots are 279 & Plots allotted 279).

ii. Employees of Federal Ministries/ Divisions/ Attached Departmentsand their Sub-ordinate offices (declared as such and included in therules of business), members of regularly constituted groups/ servicesof the Federal Government, and Members of Superior Judiciary i.e.Judges of Supreme Courts, High Courts and Federal Shariat Courtwho were in service on 15-11-2003 75% (Total Number of Plotsare 4018 & Plots allotted 4018).

iii. Employees of Autonomous/ Semi Autonomous governmentorganizations and public sector corporations under the Administrativecontrol of Federal Government who are in service on 15-11-2003.8% (Total Number of Plots are 458 & Plots allotted 458).

iv. Employees of Constitutional bodies/ Professionals. 5% (TotalNumber of Plots are 329 & Plots allotted 329).

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v. Widows of those eligible Federal Government Employees ofMinistries & Attached Departments & Sub-ordinate offices who diedduring service. 2% (Total Number of Plots are 112 & Plots allotted112).

vi. Journalists. 3% (Total Number of Plots are 183 & Plots allotted183).

vii. Federal Government Employees with major disability. 1% (TotalNumber of Plots are 48 & Plots allotted 48).

viii. Extremely Hardship cases who fulfill the laid criteria for Hardship.1% (Total Number of plots are 59 and Plots allotted 59).

Assessment to compensate Built up Properties is a very complicatedissue.

(b) In sub Sector G-14/1,2 ,3 the land measuring 4820 kanals wasacquired by Housing Foundation through District Administration, ICT Islamabad.Out of which the possession of 2000 kanals is taken over by Housing Foundationand the remaining possession of land is yet to be handed over by ICT. Theconstruction work on 2000 kanals will start soon after the announcement of awardof PUPs. (Built up Properties).

(c) The handing over of possession of plots to the allottees will startafter one year of taking over entire possession of land by Housing Foundation.

30. Rana Mahmood-ul-Hassan:


(a) the total amount deducted during the year, 2009-10 till datefrom those government employees who have been allottedgovernment accommodation/hired accommodation;

(b) the year-wise amount of funds granted under the head ofmaintenance of houses/quarters to Pak. PWD during the saidperiod alongwith the utilization thereof;

(c) the sector-wise funds allocated to each Pak. PWD Inquiry office,Islamabad during the said period alongwith the details ofutilization of said funds; and

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(d) whether it is a fact that that Pak. PWD has no funds formaintenance throughout the year; if so, the action taken orproposed to be taken against the responsibles; if not, the reasonsthereof?

Reply not received.

106. Ms. Shireen Arshad Khan:

Will the Minister for Ports and Shipping be pleased to state:

(a) the year-wise income earned by Karachi Port Trust (KPT) duringthe last three years;

(b) the year-wise expenditures incurred on KPT during the saidperiod;

(c) the year-wise loss suffered by KPT during the said period; and

(d) the year-wise rate of profit of the said port during that period?

Minister for Ports and Shipping (Mr. Babar Khan Ghauri): (a)

(a) (RS. IN MILLION)——————————————————————————————

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11——————————————————————————————

16,702.20 17,560.24 18,197.38——————————————————————————————

(b) (RS. IN MILLION)——————————————————————————————

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11——————————————————————————————

6,153.73 5,894.23 7,456.34——————————————————————————————

(c) (RS. IN MILLION)——————————————————————————————

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11——————————————————————————————

NIL NIL NIL——————————————————————————————

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(d) (RS. IN MILLION)——————————————————————————————

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11——————————————————————————————

63.16% 66.43% 59.03%——————————————————————————————

107. Ms. Shaheen Ishfaq:


(a) the percentage of quota fixed for Journalists in the FederalGovernment Employees Housing Foundation at present; and

(b) whether there is any quota fixed for Federal Governmentemployees in the residential schemes of Journalists; if so, thedetails thereof?

Minister for Housing and Works (Makhdoom Syed Faisal SalehHayat): (a) 3% quota was fixed for the Journalist in Phase-IV (G-14/1,2,3)Housing Scheme.

(b) The reply is Nil.

108. Mr. Wasim Akhter Sheikh:


(a) the year-wise expenditure incurred and income earned by theUtility Stores Corporation during the last three years;

(b) the year-wise subsidies given to USC during the said period;and

(c) the year-wise amount spent on advertisements made by USCduring the said period to publicize the variation in prices?

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Minister for Industries (Ch. Pervaiz Ellahi): (a) The year-wiseexpenditure incurred and income earned during the last three years by USC is asunder:—

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

Detail 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11(un-audited/ProvincialAccount)

——————————————————————————————

Sales 48,734.840/- 52,32.188/- 65,000.000/-

Expenditure 2,202.248/- 2,695.136/- 3,070.000

Net Profit 452.050/- 708.864/- 840.500/-——————————————————————————————

(b) The year-wise subsidies given to USC during the said period is placedas under:—

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

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11(un-audited/ProvincialAccount)

——————————————————————————————2700.000 1400.000 4200.000

——————————————————————————————

(c) The year-wise amount spent on advertisement by USC during thesaid period to publicize the variation of prices is as under:—

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

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11——————————————————————————————

30.000 27.720 24.410——————————————————————————————

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109. Begum Nuzhat Sadiq:


(a) the rates of land purchased during the last three years till datefor the proposed/under completion/launched housing schemesof the Ministry; and

(b) whether the said land is under the occupation of the Ministry; ifso, the details thereof?

Reply not received.

110. Ms. Surriya Asghar:

Will the Minister for Ports and Shipping be pleased to state the incomeearned by the Ministry during the year 2010-11 till date alongwiththe head-wise utilization thereof?

Minister for Ports and Shipping (Mr. Babar Khan Ghauri):

Ministry of Ports & Shipping (Main), Islamabad.

Ministry of Ports & Shipping (main), Islamabad is funded through Nationalbudget and it has no source of income, therefore question to intimate the positionof earning does not arise.

Directorate General of Ports & ShippingWing, Karachi.

Income earned by the PMA, MMD (Main), MMD Light house & LightShips, MMD (Sub-Office), Gwadar and Government Shipping Office Karachifor the year 2010-2011 till to November, 2011 are placed at Annex-I

Annex-I

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTANMINISTRY OF PORTS & SHIPPING

Income earned by the Pakistan Marine Academy, Mercantile MarineDepartment (MMD) (Main), MMD Light house & Light Ships, MMD

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(Sub-Office), Gwadar and Government Shipping Office Karachi for the year 2010-2011 till to November, 2011 are as under:—

————————————————————————————————————————S. No. Name of Department Amount for the Amount from July to Utilization

year 2010-11 November, 2011————————————————————————————————————————

1. Pakistan Marine Academy, Rs. 3,030,929 Rs. 1,423,975 Deposited to

Karachi Government’s

Treasury (State

Bank of Pakistan)

2. MMD (Main) , Karachi Rs. 29,911,000 Rs. 4,069,000 -do

3. MMD (LH/LS) Karachi Rs. 118,333,000 Rs. 47,995,000 -do

4. MMD (Sub Office) Gwadar Rs. 15,000 Rs. 8,000 -do-

5. Government Shipping Rs. 14,509,528 Rs. 7,987,380 -do

Office, Karachi

————————————————————————————————————————

Total Rs. 165,799,457 Rs. 61,483,355

————————————————————————————————————————

@111. Raja Muhammad Asad Khan:


(a) the total production of cement in the country at present; and

(b) the total demand of cement in the country at present?

Minister for Industries (Ch. Pervaiz Ellahi): (a) The total productionof cement is 31.426 million tons as recorded during 2010-11 in the country(Details at Annex-I)

(b) The estimated total demand of cement is 22 million tons during2010-11 in the country (Details at Annex-I).

Source: All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA)

————————————————————————————— @Transferred from Production Division.

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112. Raja Muhammad Asad Khan:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to refer to Un-Starred Question No.9 replied on 17-10-2011 and to state:

(a) the year-wise details of funds allocated/ released to Pak. PWDduring the last three years for renovation/maintenance of houses/quarters of Sector I-8/1, Islamabad alongwith the details of workcompleted under the said head during the said period;

(b) the names of contractors who carried out such works alongwiththe criteria adopted for awarding contract;

(c) whether a statutory audit was conducted thereof; if so, whenalongwith findings thereof; and

(d) whether it is also a fact that allottees of Cat-1V Flats, SectorI-8/1, Islamabad are advised for purchase of repairing items frommarket; if so, the reasons thereof?

Reply not received.

113. Haji Roz-ud-din:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to refer to Un-Starred Question No.63 replied on 21-11-2011 and to state:

(a) the names and designations of the employees of variousMinistries/Divisions to whom Houses/Flats allotted after theprivatization of PTCL alongwith the present status of thoseHouses/Flats; and

(b) the locations of those Houses and Flats?

Reply not received.

114. Moulvi Agha Muhammad:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state whetherit is a fact that a committee was constituted to vacate the houses and

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flats of the Ministry from illegal occupants of the employees of PTCL,WAPDA, Police; if so, the findings thereof alongwith action taken onthose findings?

Reply not received.

115. Moulvi Asmatullah:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to refer to Un-Starred Question No.63 replied on 21-11-2011 and to state theauthority in each case who issued the allotment letter and allowedthe employees of PTCL to reside on standard rent basis in thegovernment owned houses and Flats in Islamabad before and afterthe privatization of PTCL alongwith the justification in each case?

Reply not received.

116. Shaikh Rohale Asghar:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the month-wise total amount of electricity bills recovered from each suite ofParliament Lodges, Islamabad during the last three years till datealongwith the time by which the outstanding amount will be recoveredfrom defaulters?

Reply not received.

117. Malik Shakeel Awan:

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of Hajj and Umrah Tour Operators in thecountry at present;

(b) the procedure and the criteria adopted for the grant of quotafor Hajj and Umrah to the Hajj and Umrah tour operators;

(c) the total number of tour operators to whom Hajj quota was notgiven throughout the country?

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Minister for Religious Affairs (Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah): (a)There were 726 registered Hajj Group Organizers for Hajj 2011. This Ministrydoes not register the Umrah Tour Operators nor any quota to Umrah TourOperators is allotted by MORA. The devolved M/o Tourism was dealing with theregistration of Umrah Tour Operator and licenses in this regard were issued by thedefunct M/o Tourism. After the 18th Constitutional Amendment, the Departmentof Tourist Services has been placed under the Capital Administration Division. It isfurther added for information that the quota for Umrah is allotted by the Saudibased companies to Pakistani Umrah Tour Operators. Only attestation of somedocuments of Umrah Tour Operators is made by MORA.

(b) Criteria for enrolment of HGOs is given in clause 19 of Hajj Policy,2011. However, allocation of quota and categorization of HGOs is regulated underthe provision of clause 20 & 21 of Hajj Policy, 2011. The extract of these clausesare at Annex-I.

(c) Out of already registered 726 HGOs/ enrolled with Ministry of

Religious Affairs, hajj quota was not allocated to five HGOs during Hajj –2011.

Annex-I

19. CRITERIA FOR NEW ENROLEMENT OF HAJJ GROUPORGANIZERS (HGOs).

(I) In determining the criteria for enrollment of new Hajj GroupOrganizers, the Ministry of Religious Affairs shall consider all relevant factors,including but not limited to the following:—

(i) Be a private limited tourism company duly incorporated withSecurities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP),

(ii) Have a paid up capital of rupees twenty (20) million.

(iii) Have five years verifiable / documented experience in Tourism /Umrah/Ziarat.

(iv) Hold an IATA membership.

(v) Has not been convicted / involved in any criminal/ civil/ administrativeoffence, particularly an offence relating to dishonesty, fraud / forgery,

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financial/investment/business crime/ misconduct or other criminal actsor been involved in any acts of misfeasance or serious misconduct.

(vi) Has not been associated with any illegal activity especially illegaldeposit taking.

(vii) Has not been black listed by the KSA or any other foreign governmentin connection with Tourism Affairs including Umrah/ Ziarat.

(viii) Has not been declared defaulter by any bank or financial institutionin connection with payment of loan or taxes in the capacity of individualas director/ chief executive or company as a whole.

(ix) Audit reports of the last three years duly audited by a reputablechartered company.

(x) All directors should hold National Income Tax Number.

(xi) All the new HGOs shall deposit non-refundable Rs. 5 lac in PilgramWelfare Fund, as processing fee.

(xii) The quota allocation for Hujjaj shall not be claimed as a right.

(II) There shall be no new enrolment of HGOs for Hajj 2011.

20. EXISTING HAJJ GROUP ORGANIZERS.

(I) All 630 HGOs already enrolled with Ministry of Religious Affairs inthe year 2010, and were allocated quota of Hujjaj, shall continue tofunction for Hajj 2011.

(II) Enrollment as Hajj Group Organizers in the year 2011 will be for aperiod of five years and would be required to fulfill conditions as laiddown at Para-19 above within next five years, subject to theinstructions / guidelines issued by the Ministry.

(III) Any HGO black listed / suspended / banned by MORA or SaudiAuthorities shall not continue for Hajj 2011.

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(IV) The HGOs already enrolled under the orders of Supreme Court ofPakistan dated 28th July, 2009 shall be treated as existing HGOs.

(V) A list of existing HGOs enrolled with MORA for Hajj 2011 shall beforwarded to Ministry of Hajj, Saudi Arabia with necessary detailsas per Saudi Taleemat.

21. CATEGORIZATION OF HGOs FOR ALLOCATION OF QUOTA.

The following criterion of categorization of the HGOs and correspondingrange of quota allocation, based on of load lifted and number of Hajj operationsundertaken, was observed during Hajj – 2010:——————————————————————————————— Cat Criteria Quota allocation

——————————————————————————————• Have lifted load of 2000 Hujjaj or more during last 06 270 - 300

hajj Operations.

A • No major or minor complaint is established for Hajj 2009.

• Have lifted load of 1500 Hujjaj or more during last 06 240 – 250 B hajj Operations.

• No major or minor complaint is established for Hajj 2009.

• Have lifted load of 1000 Hujjaj or more during last 06 140 - 150 C hajj Operations.

• No major complaint is established for Hajj 2009.

• Have lifted load of 500 hujjaj or more during last 06 hajj 125 - 135 D Operations.


• Have lifted load of 50 hujjaj or more during last 06 100-115

E hajj Operations.


——————————————————————————————

(II) The allocation of quota to each HGOs during Hajj 2011 would remainthe same as was allocated during Hajj 2010 subject to thefollowing:—

(i) Decisions of Complaint Disposal Committee, as constituted bythe Ministry, to process the complaints received against theHGO.

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(ii) Quota of HGOs downgraded, surrendered or enhanced shallbe decided by a committee constituted by MORA on case tocase basis.

(iii) HGOs already enrolled by MORA under the judgment ofSupreme Court of Pakistan, dated 28th July, 2009 for hajj2011 would be placed in the category of “F” with a quotaallocation of 50 (fifty) seats to each HGO.

118. Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the province-wise funds allocated for water and irrigation projects by the FederalGovernment during the current financial year?

Reply not received.

119. Mr. Salahuddin:


(a) the year-wise items produced by the Pakistan Steel Mills, Karachiduring the last five fiscal years alongwith the total quantitythereof; and

(b) the year-wise total profit earned by the said Mills during thesaid period?

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

120. Sheikh Salahuddin:


(a) whether it is a fact that house rent allowance @ 45% is beingdeducted from the salaries of both the husband and wife, ifgovernment accommodation is allotted to one of them; if so,the justification thereof; and

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(b) whether there is any proposal to deduct the said allowance onlyfrom the allottee?

Reply not received

121. Dr. Muhammad Ayub Sheikh:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whetherthere is any proposal to withdraw the facility of free electricity unitsadmissible to the employees of WAPDA; if so, when it will beimplemented?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): It is submittedthat there is no such proposal at WAPDA level to withdraw the facility of FreeElectricity Units admissible to WAPDA employees, However, steps are beingtaken to stop the misuse of the same in consultation with the employees.

122. Syed Asif Hasnain:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the totalnumber of Housing Projects launched and completed by Pak. PWDsince 1-1-2008 till date alongwith the total amount incurredthereupon?

Reply not received

123. Ms. Tasneem Siddiqui:

Will the Minister for Industries be pleased to state the total numberof employees of Utility Stores Corporation as on 12-10-1999, 15-03-2008and 30-10-2011 respectively?

Minister for Industries (Ch. Pervaiz Ellahi): Total number of employeesin USC as on 12-10-1999, 15-03-2008 and 30-10-2011 are as under:—

12-10-1999 — 2209

15-03-2008 — 11378

30-10-2011 — 14425

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124. Mrs. Shakeela Khanam Rashid:


(a) the names and designations of those employees who are residingin Family Suites in Sector F-5/1, Islamabad at present alongwiththe monthly rent being charged therefrom; and

(b) whether the said rent is equal with the rent of quarters/housesof other sectors; if not, the reasons thereof?

Reply not received

125. Mrs. Nisar Tanveer:


(a) the present status of the allotments of Flats in the housing schemelaunched by PHA for government officers in Sector I-12,Islamabad;

(b) the names and grade of officers who have deposited downpayment/installments alongwith the total amount depositedtherefor; and

(c) the time by which construction work will be started andcompleted therein?

Reply not received

KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, Secretary.

ISLAMABAD:The 29th December, 2011.

PCPPI—3276 (2011) NA—29-12-2011—700.

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