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(9th Session)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES”

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

Wednesday, the 26th February, 2014

(Originally Starred Question Nos. 63, 236, 355, 242, 363, 373, 92, 93, 94,95, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 109, 111, 113, 114, 120, 122, 168 and 174

were set down for answer during the 8th Session)

63. *Shehryar Afridi:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that circular debt is surging again;

(b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to combat thesaid problem?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Surgein circular debt takes place mainly due to non-availability of required funds to payoff the liabilities of Power generators. Circular debt re-emerges due to shortremittance by DISCOs in the wake of less recovery and sort release of subsidy byGovernment of Pakistan. Moreover, heavy mounts have been stuck up with AJ&Kand all provincial Governments manly due to non-implementation of policy decisions.

The strength of Power Sector mainly depends upon the behavior of all thestake holders to meet their obligations relating to clear the liabilities of PowerSector alongwith the provision of administrative support. Disturbance in the Powersystem due to non-availability of Finance will definitely have economic implicationsfor the provinces. Smooth flow of Power according to energy need of the provinceswould lead to economic development which is ultimate objective of the Government.

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(b) The strength of Power Sector mainly depends upon the behavior ofall the stake holders to meet their obligations relating to clear the liabilities ofPower Sector along with provision of administrative support. Disturbance in thePower system due to non-availability of Finance will definitely have economicimplications for the provinces. Smooth flow of Power according to energy need ofthe provinces would lead to economic development which is ultimate objective ofthe Government.

Elimination of circular debt depends upon the implementation of policydecisions regarding resolution of aforesaid issues.

236. *Jamshed Ahmad:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether itis fact that the audit of payments made to the NEPRA has not beenconducted during the last five years; if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): NEPRAis a quasi-judicial autonomous body. It generates its own funds and does notobtain any kind of financial support from Government of Pakistan. NEPRA’s financialaccounts are duly prepared and audited by the independent auditors firm. Further,it is also subject to Federal Audit conducted by Auditor General of Pakistan.

355. *Munaza Hassan:


(a) whether it is a fact that the reservoirs of potable water aredepleting at fast pace in the country;

(b) whether it is also a fact that no comprehensive policy/planninghas been formulated to control the shortage of potable water atnational level; and

(c) the steps being taken by the Government to preserve the saidreservoirs?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Lossin storage capacity of reservoirs due to sedimentation is a natural phenomenon.The major reservoirs have lost almost 28% of their gross storage capacity by theend of year 2013(Annex-I).

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Construction of new reservoirs would supplement this loss. WAPDA isundertaking several projects which are at various stages of implementation tomitigate the adverse effects of storage loss.

(b), (c) WAPDA has been vigilantly looking after the water scarcity issuein the country. Addition of 2.88 MAF to the existing capacity of Mangla DamProject is a step in this direction. Similarly Gomal Zam Dam and Darawat DamProjects have added another 1.0 MAF to the storage capability of the country.There are several other small, medium and large multipurpose projects which areat different stages of execution (list attached at Annex-II).

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

242. *Dr. Nisar Ahmad Jatt:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the month-wise progress made through the measures taken by the Governmentto control/reduce the difference between cost of the generation ofelectricity and determination of tariff since April, 2013 till date?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): NEPRAdetermines the tariff based on cost of supply of each corporate entity. The tariffdetermined by NEPRA is charged to consumers after its notification by Governmentof Pakistan. Government however notifies less tariff than the tariff determined bythe National Electric Power Regulatory Authority. The difference between NEPRAdetermined and Government of Pakistan notified tariff is being paid by theGovernment as tariff differential subsidy. No Government can provide subsidy foridefinite period as provision of huge subsidy hampers the economic developmentof country. So, Government has increased consumer end tariff.

The detail of tariff determined by NEPRA and notified by Government ofPakistan since April 2013 is as follows:———————————————————————————————————————————

Tariff NEPRA Government of DifferenceEffective Determined Pakistan Notified Rs.kwh

Tariff Rs./kwh Tariff Rs./kwh———————————————————————————————————————————

01-07-2012 14.66 8.78 5.8805-08-2013 14.66 10.95 3.7101-10-2013 14.66 11.67 2.99

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The detail of subsidy paid by the Government since April 2013 is as follows:——————————————————————————————

Month Tariff Subsidy Rs. Million——————————————————————————————

April 2013 23,839May 2013 27,217June 2013 31,928July 2013 35,686August 2013 35,324September 2013 28,903October 2013 22,377November 2013 16,088

——————————————————————————————Total 221,362

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In addition to provision of subsidy to masses, Government has been makingefforts to control/reduce the difference between cost of the generation of electricityand determination of tariff for which following medium/long term efforts are beingmade.

- Installation of Hydel Power Plants.

- Conversion of existing oil based Power plants to coal based plants.

- Increase inefficiency of existing Power plants.

- Establishing the new coal based Power plants.

This Ministry assure that materialization of such efforts will bridge the gapbetween cost of supply and consumer end tariff.

363. *Tahira Aurangzeb:


(a) the reasons for not eliminating loadshedding in the country from2008 to 2013 by the Government;

(b) the responsibles therefor?

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Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Themain reasons, for not eliminating loadshedding in the country from 2008-2013are:—

• Unprecedented increase in electricity demand by domestic andcommercial consumers due to change in socio economic environmentof the country.

• Water indents/releases are allocated by Indus River System Authority,according to the agricultural demand of the provinces. Furthermore,the low level of Tarbela and Mangla Reservoirs results in lowgenerating capacity for the same water discharge as compared togenerating capacity at higher reservoir level, resultantly forced outageof generating units.

• Insufficient supply of gas to Thermal Power Plants of GENCOs andIPPs from SNGPL/SSGC due to increased demand of gas byDomestic, Commercial, CNG, Fertilizer and industrial sectors.

• Insufficient and irregular supply of furnace oil (HSFO/LSFO) toGENCOs and IPPs Power Plants by PSO due to less availability ofproduct, logistic problems and especially payment issues on accountof circular debt.

• Frequent Forced outages of mechines on different Maintenanceschedules.

• Derating of old and outlived machines of GENCOs.

(b) The Load shedding in the country from 2008 to 2013 could not heeliminated due to the above mentioned reasons.

373. *Syed Asif Hasnain:


(a) the total outstanding amount of circular debt of IPPs for thecurrent year; and

(b) the time by which said amount will be paid to 1PPs?

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Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Thetotal outstanding amount of circular debt of IPPs for the current year upto31-01-2014 is Rs. 173 billion.

(b) Existence of receivables / payables is a regular feature of each businessconcern and always remains in books of accounts. There is no issue of circulardebt at present in Power Sector. Power Sector payables as on 31-01-2014 wereRs. 246 billion where as its receivables from consumers were Rs. 491 billion.Majority of the receivables are from Private consumers Rs. 326 billion, fromGovernment (federal provincial) Rs. 125 billion and from KESC Rs. 41 billion(without markup). As a business norm payables must be paid when they becomedue, however, low recovery and pilling up of receivables are major implement inthe way.

92. *Lal Chand:


(a) the year-wise details of water released down stream from KotriBarrage during the last five years; and

(b) the required water in million acre feet to be released therefromunder water accord 1991?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Thewater escaped below Kotri Barrage during the last five year 2008-09 to 2012-13 is given as under:—

Million Acre Feet (MAF)——————————————————————————————

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13——————————————————————————————

5.82 4.06 54.51 14.24 6.01——————————————————————————————

The Water Accord 1991 stipulates under para-7 as given below:—

“The need for minimum escapage to sea, below Kotri, to check seaintrusion was recognized. Sindh held the view, that the optimum levelwas 10 MAF, which was discussed at length, while other studiesindicated lower/higher figures. It was, therefore, decided that further

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studies would be undertaken to establish the minimum escapageneeds downstream Kotri.”

In the year 2005, the study was conducted/completed by the internationalPanel of Experts (IPOE) which submitted its report on 20th November 2005.According to the study 3.6 MAF perennial & 5 MAF flood flows on annual basisare required. Main points of the study are as under:—

(a) 5000 Cs perennial flow is required below Kotri Barrage to checkseawater intrusion, accommodate the needs of fisheries and environmentalsustainability, and to maintain the river channel (In a dry year the amount can beproportionally reduced in relation to reductions in irrigation water supply) whichworks out to 3.6 MAF.

(b) A total volume of 25 MAF in any 5 years period (annual equivalentamount of 5 MAF) to be released in a concentrated way as flood flow (Kharifperiod), to be adjusted according to the ruling storage in the reservoirs and thevolume discharged in the four previous years.

(c) Based on the post Tarbela flow data the above recommendationswould result in a required additional release downstream of Kotri Barrage duringlow flow months in an average year and in a typical dry year. This will requireadditional storage capacity to prevent a reduction of water availability for irrigatedagriculture. Environmental flows would as and when appropriate be routed viaupper rivers before release downstream of Kotri Barrage.

93. *Dr. Nafisa Shah:


(a) the present status of the Gadani Power Project; and

(b) the total quantity of coal to be imported for the said projectduring the year 2013-14 alongwith the per unit tariff/ratethereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) ForGadani Power Park, Site Survey, Revenue Survey and Topographical Surveyhave been completed by the Consultant (NESPAK) and now NESPAK is in theprocess of preparing Master Plan and Feasibility Study related to Power Park atGadani.

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(b) Coal will not be imported for the said project during the year2013-14. However, approximately 20 Million Tonnes of coal will be importedper annum after commissioning of 6600 MW complex. Furthermore, NEPRA isin the process of working on Upfront Tariff of Power Projects at Gadani.



(a) the total number of Coal Fired Plants which have beencommissioned by the present Government; and

(b) whether coal will be imported for those plants; if so, the rate/tariff thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Atpresent, no coal fired power plants have been commissioned. However, presentGovernment has planned to construct following coal fired power plants.

i. 2x660 MW Coal Fired Power Plant, Jamshoro: The preliminarydocumentation of this project has been completed. This project isbeing financed by Asian Development Bank. The tentative completiondate of this project is 2018.

ii. 2x660 MW Coal Fired Power Plant, Gadani: Government hasplanned to construct power park at Gadani Balochistan. 10x660MW machines will be installed on imported coal. 8x660 MWmachines will be installed by IPPs and 2x660 MW machines will beinstalled by Pakistan Power Park management company limited. WsNESPAK has been assigned to prepare feasibility report, PC-I, EIA,bidding documents etc. by PPPMCL.

(b) i. For 2x660 MW Coal Fired Power Plant, Jamshoro, 20% Thar Coal(Lignite) and 80% imported coal (Sub-bituminous) will be used.

ii. For 2x660 MW Coal Fired Power Plant, Gadani, 100%importedcoal (Sub-bituminous) will be used.

iii. The tentative rate/tariff of electricity will be US 10 Cents/Kwh.As per NEPRA determination.

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95. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether itis a fact that subsidy has been given to industrial and commercialconsumers on energy during current year; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): NEPRAdetermines tariff of each distribution company, based on legitimate cost of supply.The tariff determined by NEPRA varies from company to company due to followingreasons:

• Variation of T&D losses among DISCOs due to geographical situationof companies.

• Consumer / consumption mix varies among DISCOs.

• Tariff adjustments, pertains to previous period varies among DISCOs.

Government, however, adopted a uniform policy for consumer end tariff.At present minimum tariff among DISCOs for commercial and industrial categoriesis being charged. A DISCOs having above minimum charge as determined byNEPRA has been paying subsidy to its consumers to keep the uniformity amongconsumer end tariff.

DISCO wise detail of per unit subsidy which is being provided to consumers itplaced at Annex-A.

It is added here that DISCOs submit their subsidy claims to the officer ofChief Engineering Advisor, Ministry of Water & Power, Government of Pakistan,Islamabad (Subsidy Cell). After verification of subsidy claims by subsidy cell thesame are forwarded to Ministry of Finance for release of subsidy is available inthat office.

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101. *Belum Hasnain:


(a) the classification of the taxes being charged from electricityconsumers at present alongwith the rates and justificationsthereof; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment for abolishing such taxes for domestic consumers;if so, when it will be implemented?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a)

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102. *Belum Hasnain:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleasedto state:

(a) the steps taken by the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council(PARC) for production and research of high yielding seeds ofTomatoes, Potatoes and Cucumber during the last three yearstill date; and

(b) the total types of said seeds produced/introduced by the PARCduring the said period?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. SikandarHayat Khan Bosan): (a) PARC has successfully developed hybrid seed oftomatoes. Which are under evaluation?

Potato varieties have been introduced and research on varietal developmentis in progress.

Cucumber germplasm acquired form different sources and being used forbreeding purposes.

(b) Tomato: High yielding variety Rio-Grande was introduced throughPARC system and is being successfully grown by the tomato growers. Its seed isavailable with Punjab Seed Corporation and other Private Seed Companies.

Potato: Tissue culture produced seed is being multiplied/evaluated at“Summer Agricultural Research Station, Kaghan”. National Potato Program,NARC and Gilgit Agriculture Research Station, Naltar.

Cucumber: The seed production in cucumber is a bit difficult task as itbelongs to highly cross pollinated group. There is no set system for seed productionin the country. Seed of a desi variety is available.

103. *Naeema Kishwar Khan:


(a) the quantum of electricity being generated in the province ofKhyber Pakhtunkhwa, at present;

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(b) the demand of electricity in the said province at present;

(c) the per unit rates at which electricity is being generated andsupplied in the said province separately, at present;

(d) whether the production/generation of electricity in the saidprovince is more than its consumption; if so, the justification ofloadshedding in the said province; and

(e) the steps being taken by the Government in order to minimizethe loadshedding and provision of electricity to the people atlower rates?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Thedetail of installed capacity by WAPDA in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa isas under:———————————————————————————————

Sr.# Station Installed Generation onCapacity (MW) 16-01-2014

——————————————————————————————1. Tarbela 3478 3722. Wasrak 243 —3. Allai Khwar 121 614. Khan khwar 72 —5. Jabban 22 6.06. Dargai 20 4.07. Gomal Zam 17 —8. Kurram Garhi 4 3.69. Chitral 1 0.8

——————————————————————————————Total: 3978 447.4

——————————————————————————————The generation of hydel power from reservoirs is dependent on the indent

of IRSA for release of water. The run of river Projects are dependent on theavailability of water on snow melting season, At present 447 MW is being generated.

(b) The demand of electricity in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,at present is 1,757 MW (Average Daily-Reported Demand as on 06-01-2014).

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(c) The tariff per unit rate is based on basket price for all the country.Each consumer is to pay that rate.

(d) The country is facing supply and demand gap and ultimately all sharethis gap. The generation is a national asset.

(e) Following steps are being taken by the Government in order tominimize the load shedding and provision of electricity to the people at lowerrates.

• To convert oil based plants to coal to reduce cost of generation.• Installation of plants on Hydel sources.• Provision of maximum gas for gas based plants.• Improvement in recovery position and reduction in losses.• To control theft of power.• To control law and order situation in the country.• Maximum provision of energy to Industrial Sector to improvement

revenue and overall economy of the country.



(a) the reasons to fix Rs.6.00 billion annually for payment to theGovernment of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 1991 till dateas royalty/Net Hydel Profit (NHP) under the head of electricity;

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to give royalty/NHP under the said head accordingto AGN Qazi Formula; if so, the steps being taken in this regard;and

(c) whether there is also any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to increase the amount of said royalty/NHP due toincrease in the prices of electricity; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a)Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been demanded the royalty / Net HydelProfit (NHP) for the renewable energy being produced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Upon the directions of Government of Pakistan, WAPDA on receipt from NTDCL

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is regularly making payment of Rs. 6 Billion annually to Government of KhyberPakhtunkhwa since 1991 as royalty / Net Hydel Profit (NHP) for all the hydelPower stations located in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

(b), (c) In order to resolve the royalty / Net Hydel Profit (NHP) issues,a Committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Ministry of Water &Power. However, Committee has not yet formulized its decision.

105. *Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether itis a fact that the construction of small Dams has been started by theGovernment to remove shortage of water in the country; if so, theprovince-wise details thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): TheGovernment of Pakistan gives highest priority to the development of water &power resources of the country to harness its full potential for ever increasingpopulation of the country.

President of Pakistan has assigned WAPDA to construct 12 Small/ MediumDams in four Provinces and FATA on fast track basis.

These Dams will store 2.7 MAF of flood water, which will be utilized toirrigate about 0.37 million acre of new culturable command area. The status ofeach is as under:—

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109. *Nighat Parveen Mir:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether itis a fact that the generation of power by Solar and Wind has beenmade on very small scale since the establishment of Alternative EnergyDevelopment Board (AEDB); if so, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif):Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) is pursuing and facilitating thedevelopment of Alternative & Renewable Energy (ARE) based power projectsthrough the private sector under RE Policy 2006. The RE power projects basedon wind and solar energy are being developed by private sector on IPP mode.

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Two wind power projects of 49.5 MW and 56.4 MW capacitiesrespectively are operational. Three (03) wind power projects of 150 MWcapacities in total are under construction and will be completed in 2014. Anotherthirteen (13) wind projects having a cumulative capacity of 680 MW are at advancestages, ready to achieve financial closing in 2014. In total, 33 wind power projectsare in different stages of development.

22 solar power projects having a cumulative capacity of 772.99 MW areunder different stages of development and can achieve commercial operation DeCOD by 2015/16 subject to availability of Grid by NTDC and announcement oftariff by NEPRA.

111. *Khalida Mansoor:


(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to allow private sector to generate solar electricityfor domestic use;

(b) if so, the incentives to be provided to the said sector therefor?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a)Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) is promoting the use of solartechnology at domestic level for electricity generation. The private sector is alreadyusing solar energy for domestic use for self consumption as there is no restrictionor licensing requirement.

The RE Policy 2006 allows consumers to avail features like Net-Meteringand Wheeling of Energy which require interconnection with the grid. Theimplementation of such schemes, however; requires regulatory framework enablingthe domestic, commercial and industrial users to carry out net-metering / wheelingusing solar energy. AEDB has prepared draft rules for distributed generation,covering electricity generation from solar at domestic level, and submitted thesame to NEPRA for announcement.

(b) NEPRA, being the regulator, is the concerned agency for developingregulatory framework including incentives.

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113. *Zahra Wadood Fatemi:


(a) whether it is a fact that a detailed study has been conducted bythe Ministry on Pakistan’s Glacial System;

(b) whether it is further a fact that the said study/analysis provideda futuristic assessment of water and silt discharge into majorrivers from glacial melts;

(c) the year-wise estimates/projections for per capita consumptionof water during next ten years in Pakistan; and

(d) the steps being taken by the Ministry to ensure the availabilityof water to meet the consumptive requirements?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) During1985-1989, WAPDA conducted comprehensive study on the Glacial System ofPakistan, that are located in the Upper Indus Basin, in collaboration with CanadianUniversities. The objective of the study was to establish the active hydrologic zonein the Hindukush-Karakoram-Himlayan Range and contribution of water fromsnow melt; glacier melt and rainfall from this zone into the Indus River System. Itwas estimated that the contribution of snow and ice melt towards the Indus RiverSystem from Western Rivers is about 95 MAF. The study also estimated thesediments generation from the glaciated Hunza basin of Upper Indus Basin (UIB).

On the finding of that study, Flow Forecasting System was established in1991 within WAPDA that included establishment of high altitude automatic weathernetwork in Upper Indus Basin, acquisition and installation of data collection andtransmission system and development of Hydrologic Model.

With the growing concerns of Climate Change and its perceived threats tothe Glacial System of Pakistan, WAPDA has initiated six year Glacier MonitoringProgram in July 2012 through which WAPDA will be able to forecast future wateravailability into the Tarbela Reservoir and Indus Water System.

New study is being undertaken with the assistance of World Bank. TheToR of the study is as under:

• Mass balance of six major UIB glaciers will be carried out.

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• Mapping and monitoring of the snouts of 52 medium to large glacierswill be carried out.

• Six new high altitude automatic weather stations will be installed inUIB above 4500 meters above sea level.

• Existing high altitude UIB weather network will be upgraded

• Distributed hydrologic model will be developed for the UIB hydrologicconditions that will forecast long-term water availability for the currentcentury on decadel time steps for River Indus at Tarbela.

(b) The study will provide a futuristic assessment of water only, whereassediment generation from the possible glacial melts is not a part of this GlacierMonitoring Program.

(c) The detail of Current & Future Water Requirements of Pakistan(2010-2025) is as under:—

(MAF)——————————————————————————————

Sr. Present & Future Water AdditionalNo Usage Requirements Requirements

——————————————————— in 20252010 2015 2020 2025

————————————————————————————————————————1. Agricultural 107 111 115 119 122. Industrial 4.02 4.28 4.54 4.8 0.783. Municipal 6.90 8.10 9.30 10.50 3.604. Environmental 1.46 1.54 1.62 1.70 0.24

————————————————————————————————————————Total 119.38 124.92 130.46 136 16.62

————————————————————————————————————————Source:- (PEC) World Environmental Day-2012.

Water Availability Per Capita/Year (M3) is attached as Annex-A.

(d) WAPDA has been vigilantly looking after the water scarcity issue inthe country. Addition of 2.88 MAF to the existing capacity of Mangla Dam projectis a step in this direction. Similarly Gomal Zam Dam and Darawat Dam Projecthave added another 1.0 MAF to the storages capability of the country. There areseveral other small, medium and large multipurpose projects which are at differentstages of execution alongwith implementation period is attached as Annex-B.


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114. *Dr. Nisar Ahmad Jatt:


(a) the estimated loss caused due to over/under billing and parkingof units in distribution companies during the year 2012-13 tilldate; and

(b) the time by which independent financial audits of all thedistribution companies will be conducted for the detectionthereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a)Company wise losses caused due to over / under billing and parking of units indistribution companies during the year 2012-13 till date are give as under:——————————————————————————————Company Losses in units Amount of Losses Amounts

(M.Kwh) (Rs. in Mln) Recovered (Rs. in Mln)

————————————————————————————————————2012-13 07/2013 to 2012-13 07/2013 to 2012-13 7/2013 to

11/2013 11/2013 11/2013———————————————————————————————————————————LESCO 129.50 69.03 1487.25 867.82 562.21 369.09GEPCO 55.23 32.57 384.39 231.7 256.77 173.96FESCO 59.09 37.34 667.53 456.99 574.58 322.05IESCO 55.20 3.19 56.00 42.69 33.32 21.17MEPCO 101.10 46.27 1047.24 499.82 565.74 260.03PESCO 475.15 203.46 4322.59 2083.95 609.53 133.44HESCO 756.83 311.05 2796.58 1539.33 810.33 326.07SEPCO 445.52 273.65 3333.45 2234.51 98.44 54.71QESCO 12.07 0.37 126.45 4.50 16.42 4.14———————————————————————————————————————————TOTAL 2089.59 977.23 14221.48 7961.31 3527.34 1664.66———————————————————————————————————————————

(b) At present there is no proposal conduct independent financial auditof distribution companies particularly to detect over billing, under billing/parkingof units. As internal and statutory audit are already doing the job to detect overbillingand parking of units.

Following steps are taken to keep watch and control electricity theft in thecountry:—

a. Constitution of Task Force.

b. Field survey for kunda connections

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c. Rotation of Meter Readers

d. Lodging of FIRs

e. Incentive policy to regularize the kunda connections

f. Implementation of DAWN RAIDS in the kunda infected areas

g. A public awareness compaign too in underway to educate the peoplesnot to resort to kunda culture.

h. Reward for detection of theft.

i. Heavy punishment for field staff involved in theft of electricity.

j. Replacement of LT Bear Conductors with ABC Cable.

120. *Mehboob Alam:


(a) whether it is a fact that the PC-1 of K4 project regarding waterwas approved during the last year; if so, the time by which itwill be implemented;

(b) the total number of projects prepared by the Government withrespect to water so far alongwith the feasibility reports thereof;and

(c) the time by which those projects will be completed?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) TheK4 project is not included in federally funded PSDP projects of Ministry ofWater & Power

(b), (c) WAPDA has been vigilantly looking after the water scarcity issuein the country. Addition of 2.88 MAF to the existing capacity of Mangla Damproject is a step in this direction. Similarly Gomal Zam Dam and Darawat DamProject have added another 1.0 MAF to the storages capability of the country.There are several other small, medium and large multipurpose projects which areat different stages of execution alongwith implementation period is attached asAnnex-A.

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@122. *Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak:


(a) whether it is a fact that the surface water availability in IndusBasin is being badly affected due to climate change effects,melting of glaciers, and utilization of water of Western Riversby India;

(b) if so, the steps taken by the Government to address the saidissues?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif):

(a) • Climate change is often talked about at various forums and is effectingmetrological events resulting in severe drought (2000-2009) and floodof 2010, posing challenge to water availability in Pakistan.

• Realizing the importance of glaciers and their sensitivity to climatechange, WAPDA has initiated a Glacier Monitoring & ResearchProgram with the support of World Bank. The program aims atforecasting the water availability from the Upper Indus Basin glaciersinto the Indus River System during the current century.

• India is allowed to construct Run-of-the-River hydroelectric plantsand limited storage works on the Western Rivers (Indus, Jhelum &Chenab) within the limits of design criteria provided in the relevantprovisions of the Indus Waters Treaty 1960. Accordingly, India isbound to provide detailed information and design data regarding theproposed projects. Office of Pakistan Commissioner for Indus Watersreviews the design of these projects in accordance with the designcriteria provided in the Treaty and if the design does not confirm withspecified criteria, Pakistan has right to object on these projects. Theseobjections are resolved either at the level of the two Commissioners,called the Permanent Indus Commission during the meetings oraccording to the dispute settlement mechanism provided in the IndusWaters Treaty 1960.

——————————————————————————————@ Transferred from Climate Change Division.

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• It is pertinent to mention here that so far India has not constructedany storage works on our rivers and do not have any capability tocontrol or misuse of the waters of Western rivers.

• Pakistan is receiving almost the same volume of water in all the threeWestern rivers as we were receiving waters at the time of signing ofthe Treaty in 1960 and none of the user agency including WAPDAand provincial Irrigation departs reported any reduction in the averageinflows of the rivers. The histograms showing inflows in all the threeWestern rivers are enclosed as Annex-I.

(b) WAPDA has been vigilantly looking after the water scarcity issue inthe country. Addition of 2.88 MAF to the existing capacity of Mangla Dam Projectis a step in this direction. Similarly Gomal Zam Dam and Darawat Dam Projectshave added another 1.0 MAF to the storage capability of the country. There areseveral other small, medium and large multipurpose projects which are at differentstages of execution (list attached at Annex-II).


168. *Sufyan Yousuf:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the time bywhich the amount of circular debt will be paid?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): Existenceof Receivables/Payables is a regular feature of each business concern and alwaysremains in books of accounts. We understand that there is no issue of circular debtat present in Power Sector. Power Sector payables as on 31.12.2013 were Rs.209billion where as its receivables from consumers were Rs.480 billion.

Surge in Circular Debt takes place mainly due to non-availability of requiredfunds to pay off the liabilities of Power Generators. Circular Debt re-emerges dueto short remittance by DISCOs in the wake of less recovery and short releasesubsidy by Government of Pakistan. Moreover, heavy amounts have been stuckup with AJ&K and all provincial governments mainly due to non-implementationof policy decisions.

The strength of Power Sector mainly depends upon the behavior of all thestakeholders to meet their obligations relating to clear the liabilities of Power Sector

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alongwith provision of administrative support. Disturbance in the Power systemdue to non-availability of Finance will definitely have economic implications for theprovinces. Smooth flow of Power according to energy need of the provinceswould lead to economic development which is ultimate objective of the Government.Elimination of circular debt depends upon the implementation of policy decisionsregarding resolution of aforesaid issues.

174. *Shahjahan Baloch:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the totalamount of circular debt of the country as on 15-12-2013?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif):Re-emergence of Circular Debt takes place due to non-availability of requiredfunds to pay off the liabilities of Power Generators. Circular Debt re-emerges dueto short remittance by DISCOs in the wake of less recovery and excess linelosses than determined by NEPRA and non-release/short release of subsidy byGovernment of Pakistan.

Reconciled overdue payables to Power generators as on 31.05.2013were Rs.561 billion. Payment/adjustment of Rs.503 billion was made. Afterdeducting liquated damages of Rs.23 billion, payments /adjustments of Rs. 480billion were made.

However, payables as on 15.12.2013 were Rs. 206.907 billion(Annex-I), increasing by Rs.126 billion (207-81). Increase in payables is due tofollowing reasons:

i. Short receipts by DISCOs to the tune of Rs.63 billion during theperiod (Jul-December) 2013.

ii. Short subsidy receipts from ministry of Finance to the tune of Rs.47billion during (Jul-December) 2013.

iii. Short receipt of KESC subsidy against Billing of Rs.10 billion (Jul-December) 2013.

Following steps are being taken by the present Government to eliminateCircular Debt in future:

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i. To convert oil based plants to coal to reduce cost of generation

ii. Installation of plants on Hydel sources

iii. Provision of maximum gas for gas based plants

iv. Increase in tariff keeping in view the socio economic condition of thepeople

v. Improvement in recovery position and reduction in losses

vi. To control theft of Power.

vii. To control Law and Justice Division and order situation in the countryMaximum provision of energy to industrial Sector to improve revenueand overall economy of the country.

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31. *Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations andCoordination be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the drug manufacturers have againincreased the prices of essential medicines; if so, the reasonsthereof; and

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

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations andCoordination: (a) (i) During last 2 years, 105 cases of unauthorized price increaseby the Pharmaceutical companies were noticed by the Drug Regulatory Authorityof Pakistan (DRAP). Upon taking action by the DRAP, 16 companies filed writpetitions /suits in Sindh High Court, Karachi, Lahore High Court, Lahore andCivil Judge Lahore and managed to obtain stay orders.

(ii) Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association filed aConstitutional Petition in the Sindh High Court, Karachi against the withdrawal of15% price increase by the Federal Government and the honorable court suspendedthe operation of notification to withdraw the said increase. Resultantly, the mostrecent price increase observed, is under the shelter of the stay orders.

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(b) The following steps have been taken by the Federal Government toensure that the drugs are available in the market at approved rates:

i. The DRAP filed an application in the Supreme Court of Pakistanseeking to pass appropriated orders for resolving /disposal of petitions/suits filed by pharmaceutical companies in Sindh High Court, Karachi,Lahore High Court, Lahore and Civil Judge Lahore and the honorablecourt issued notices to 14 companies for illegal price increase ofmedicines.

ii. It also filed 25 Civil Miscellaneous Applications (CMAs) in the SindhHigh Court, Karachi, Lahore High Court, Lahore and Civil JudgeLahore to vacate stay orders issued by the courts in matters ofunilateral price increase on medicines by pharmaceutical companies.

iii. DRAP field offices have been requested to be vigilant, conduct marketsurveys and take actions against the companies if found overchargingof drugs.

iv. Under Section 6 of the Drugs Act, 1976, the storage and sale ofdrugs is regulated by the Provincial Governments, therefore, DRAPhas advised the Provincial Health Authorities to take action underthe law against the companies who increase prices of drugs morethan approved prices.

32. *Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleasedto state whether it is a fact that the bird flu is spreading again amongbroiler chicken in the country; if so, the steps being taken by theGovernment in this regard?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. SikandarHayat Khan Bosan): No.

33. *Dr. Arif Alvi:


(a) the negative repercussions of decision made by the internationalCourt of Arbitration (ICA), Hague on the Neelum Jhelum HydroPower Project;

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(b) whether it is a fact that the said decision is not in accordancewith the objections raised and demands made by Pakistan; ifso, the details thereof;

(c) whether it is also a fact that the ICA has mentioned in itsjudgment that Pakistan did not provide essential/required datapertaining to the current/anticipated agricultural use of waterfrom the Kishen-Ganga;

(d) whether it is further a fact that Pakistan did not submit data toICA regarding the impacts on the said project on Pakistan;

(e) if the answers to part (c) and (d) above are in the affirmative,the responsibles thereof alongwith the steps being taken in thisregard?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a)Pakistan sought relief on the two questions from Court of Arbitration (CoA):—

(i) Whether or not India is allowed to divert waters of Kishenganga(Neelum) River to Jhelum River in occupied Jammu & Kashmirthrough Kishenganga project? and

(ii) Whether India is allowed to drawdown water level of a Run-of-River hydroelectric plant below Dead Storage Level except in anunforeseen emergency?

Regarding the first question the Court has given a partial award in February2013 and has ruled that India can divert the water of Kishenganga Dam to JhelumBasin. Due to this diversion the annual inflows at Neelum Jhelum Project site willreduce about 13% which will result in 10.6% less annual power production fromthe Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Plant.

(b) The second question was regarding placement of spillway and thecontrol on storage i.e. the lower the spillway the more the control on the reservoir.This question was decided completely in Pakistan’s favour, according to the decisionIndia will not be able to drawdown the water level in the reservoir and this willprotect Pakistan from the fluctuations in the Neelum flows due to operation ofsediment flushing by India.

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(c) There is absolutely no river depended agriculture uses from the watersof Neelum river in Azad Jammu & Kashmir, therefore Pakistan could not providedany data of the agricultural uses from the Neelum river therefore the Court ofArbitration highlighted this point in the final decision that Pakistan did not providedany agricultural uses data.

(d) It is not true that Pakistan did not submit data to the Court ofArbitration regarding the impacts of the Kishenganga Project on Pakistan. On theother side Pakistan’s whole case was based on the impacts of the KishengangaDam on the projects in Pakistan and environmental damages due to diversion ofwater through Kishenganga Dam. Due to this fact the Court of Arbitration orderedin the Final Award of December 2013 to release of minimum flow of 9 cumecswhich is mainly calculated on the basis of the environmental requirements. Thisrelease of 9 cumecs will reduce hydroelectric generation loss at Neelum JhelumHydropower Project from 13.6% to 10.6% annually.

(e) Replied as above.

34. *Dr. Arif Alvi:


(a) whether it is a fact that the Government of Pakistan andAfghanistan held negotiations regarding the construction ofKunar River Power Project (KRPP) of 1500 MW in Afghanistan;if so, the details thereof; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to sign a treaty with the Government ofAfghanistan on Kabal River similar to Indus Water Treaty beforesigning an agreement on KRPP; if so, when it will beimplemented; if not, the reasons thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Theproposal of developing power potential on Kunar River is under discussion.Afghanistan Government indicated that 1500 MW power can be generated fromKunar River. Govt. of Pakistan is requesting for the said feasibility study so thatmodality of joint development and collaboration in implementation can be workedout.

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(b) Internally within Pakistan, there has been a proposal to have a legaldocument with Afghanistan for beneficial sharing of waters of common rivers betweenAfghanistan and Pakistan. But there is no response from Afghanistan, as yet.

Director General (Afghanistan) has been pursuing the matter withGovernment of Afghanistan to have maximum possible exchange of data/informationof river flows and potential water development/uses before going for formal talkswith Afghanistan about the treaty. It was learnt through Ministry of Foreign affairsthat Afghan Government was in process of preparing a National Water Policy andit was expected that after framing of the Policy, Afghan Government might initiatethe dialogue with Pakistan on the issue.



(a) whether it is a fact that floods damage crops and land worthbillions of rupees every year in the country;

(b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to identify andset up short medium and long term goals in order to strengthenthe Indus Basin to control the said damage?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) ) Itis fact that floods damage abadies, crops, valuable agricultural land and otherprivate and public property in the country during monsoon season.

(b) As short term measure, Federal Government provides funds throughPublic Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for execution of emergent floodprotection schemes under Normal/Emergent Flood Programme. Provincial IrrigationDepartments & Federal Line Agencies are responsible for preparation of PC-Isand execution of such schemes.

Rs. 1000.00 million have been allocated under PSDP (2013-14) forexecution of emergent nature flood protection schemes through Normal/EmergentFlood Programme.

For medium/long term measures, work on formulation of National FloodProtection Plan-IV (2015-2025) on countrywide basis has been initiated. ThePlan is- likely to be ready by the end of current year (2014).

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(a) whether it is a fact that the manufacturing of essential medicineshas been stopped during the recent years; if so, reasons thereof;and

(b) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure the availabilityof medicines in the domestic market and to fix and maintain theprices of medicines at affordable level?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations andCoordination: (a) Manufacturing of essential medicines has not been stopped bythe pharmaceutical companies and most of the essential medicines are beingproduced locally.

(b) The following steps have been taken by the Federal Government toensure availability of medicines in the domestic market and to fix and maintain theprices of medicines affordable level:

i. Manufacturing of generic drugs is being encouraged and facilitated,as by and large the generic products are cheaper than the brandeddrugs. Priority and all facilitations are being given to the manufacturersof generic drugs and to make their investment fruitful in the shortestpossible time. For that purpose, meetings of the various boards arebeing held frequently.

ii. Priority is also being given to grant registration to new licenses/newsections to increase production of drugs which increase competitionin the market which in turn results in the reduction of prices of drugs.

iii. A policy to rationalize the prices of drugs is under consideration ofthe Policy Board of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan, Ministryof National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination.

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37. *Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho:


(a) the steps being taken by the Pakistan Agricultural ResearchCouncil (PARC) to produce high yielding seeds except forTomatoes, Pototoes and Cucumber; and

(b) the kind of seeds under-going research/process by the PARC atpresent?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. SikandarHayat Khan Bosan): (a) Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) hasdeveloped varieties/ hybrids of various crops through:

• Germplasm acquiring from international partners

• Evaluation in various ecologies

• Selection of desired traits

• Adoptability trials

• National Uniform Yield Trials

• Availability of Quality seed

• Farmers Training

• Field Days

(b) Varieties/ Hybrids developed during the last five years are:——————————————————————————————

S. No Crops Varieties/ Hybrids Developed——————————————————————————————

1. Wheat 232. Sugarcane 23. Sunflower 24. Canola 45. Rice 36. Maize 57. Pulses 138. Fodder 8

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Seed Produced of the newly developed varieties/ hybrids——————————————————————————————

S. No Crops Seed Produced (Tones)——————————————————————————————

1 Wheat 2708942 Sugarcane 40003 Sunflower 84 Canola 2405 Rice 12616 Maize 7937 Pulses 1678 Fodder 72

——————————————————————————————Varieties/ Hybrids in pipeline (PARC/NARS) are:

——————————————————————————————Crops Numbers Varieties/Hybrids

————————————————————————————————————————Wheat 4 (PARC) NR-378, NR-379, NR-399 and NR-400

Rice 3 (PARC) NARC-10-6, NARC-10-8, NARC-10-13-1

Sugarcane 4 (PARC) Thatta-300 HOTH-300; HOTH-127 and2 (SRI, AARI, HOTH-326 CPF-248, S-2003-US-633Faisalabad)

Cotton 5 (Hybrid) MNH-456, MNH-886, CIM 595 CIM-598and FH-114

Tomato 4 (Hybrid) NTT05-08. NTT 04-08, NTT 06-08 and NTT 07-08

Maize 1 (Hybrid) NARC-2704 Islamabad- Gold, Islamabad-2 (PARC White

Sunflower 2 (Hybrid) SMH-0917 and SMH-0932

Canola 3 (Hybrid) PARC Canola Hybrid, CRH-101 and CRH-119

Groundnut 2 (PARC) PG-972, PG-1058

Fodder 2 (Hybrid) NARC-Hyb-2 and NARC-Hyb-4

-do- 1 (PARC) Millet-8781

-do- 1 (PARC) NZ-0034

Lentil 1 (PARC) NARC-11-1

Chickpea 1 CMC-2011-F, NCS-0709 (Kabli)

Mung 1 MCM- 257-2

Citrus 4 (Hybrid) NARC 05-18, NARC 05-17, NARC 05-14 andNARC 05-6

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38. *Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the stepsbeing taken to ensure transmission of electricity to the National Gridfrom generation of alternate energy?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): PC-Isfor the Projects titled “Evacuation of power from 1756 MW Wind Mill PowerPlants at Jhampir and Gharo Wind Clusters” and “1000 MW Quaid-e-AzamSolar Park at Lal Suhanra” have been submitted to Ministry of Planning,Development and Reforms for processing/approval of CDWP/ECNEC.

39. *Muhammad Rehan Hashmi:

Will the Minister for Ports and Shipping be pleased to state the stepsbeing taken by the Government to reduce the pollution in the SeaPort areas caused by Ships?

Minister for Ports and Shipping (Mr. Kamran Michael): All shipscalling Pakistani Ports are inspected by the Marine Pollution Control Departmentof the Ports for Pollution Prevention Measures strictly in accordance with theInternational Convention MARPOL 73/78. In this regard a prior notice to marinersis forwarded through their respective Shipping Agents.

This inspection not only ensures that the ship does not cause any pollution/emissions during its stay in port but also takes an account of oily and other wasteproduced onboard during its sea passage and their safe disposal.

Records related to production and disposal of oil sludge / plastic duringpast six months are checked to verify if the ship has discharged this stuff in theoceans, which is strictly prohibited.

Records ships bilge water overboard discharge valves are required to bekept chained and locked in the Harbour. Performance of oily water separator ischecked and it is also ensured that the ship does not have any connection bypassing the oily water separator. The inspection is conducted very strictly and incase of any contravention the ship is issued warning and subsequently penalized.The penalties have created sufficient deterrent and the Harbour has acquired cleanersurface in the context of oil pollution.

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Marine Pollution control centre has been established in Port QasimAuthority and its main function is to keep vigilance, especially over the Sea tocheck and monitor that no oil spill is taking place from Ships / Vessels entering intoPort Qasim territorial water and to take corrective measures and recovery if oilspill is detected. Vigilance activity over the sea Ports is carried out by SurveillanceBoats.

40. *Parveen Masood Bhatti:

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to statewhether there is any proposal under consideration of the Governmentto attract foreign investors in Pakistan for setting up new industries;if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza KhanJatoi): In order to increase competitiveness as an investment destination, theInvestment Policy, 2013 maintains the open policies and continues to expand theopening and liberalization process to all sectors and generalizes the policies acrossall sectors to have uniformity and openness across the economy. Some salientfeatures of the Investment Policy to promote Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) areas under:

• Free entry for Foreign Investors.

• All sectors and activities are open for foreign investment and noGovernment sanction is required for setting up any industry unlessspecifically prohibited or restricted for reasons of national securityand public safety. The specified restricted areas include:

o Arms and Ammunitions

o High Explosives

o Radioactive substances

o Security Printing, Currency & Mint

o No new unit for the manufacturing of alcohol, except industrialalcohol (only for Corporate Agriculture Farming)

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• There is no minimum requirement for the amount of foreign equityinvestment in any sector.

• There is no upper limit on the share of foreign equity allowed, exceptin specific sectors including Airlines, banking, Agriculture and Media.

• Foreign Investors are permitted to hold a 100% equity share.

• There is no requirement for obtaining NOC from the provincialgovernments for locating the project anywhere in the country exceptin the areas that are notified as negative areas.

41. *Parveen Masood Bhatti:


(a) the total amount incurred by the Government on the constructionof Kala Bagh Dam Project so far; and

(b) whether the said project has been abandoned by theGovernment?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a)Project Planning, Feasibility Study and the Detailed Engineering Design of theKalabagh Darn Project was completed by WAPDA before year 1988.

Rs. 2.237 Billion has been incurred on Kalabagh Dam Project so far.

(b) Implementation / construction work on Project will be started ondecision by Govt. of Pakistan.


Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleasedto state the total production of cotton in the country during the year2013 alongwith the benefit accrued therefrom during the said period?

Transferred to Textile Industry for answer on Next Rota Day.

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(a) the production of rice in the country during the last year;

(b) the expected production of the rice for the next year; and

(c) the annual consumption of rice by the present population of thecountry?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. SikandarHayat Khan Bosan): (a) 5.58 million tons.

(b) It is too early to predict next year rice crop at this stage.

(c) 2.57 million tons.

44. *Dr. Nikhat Shakeel Khan:


(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to construct Federal Government Hospitals in thebackward areas of the country;

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

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations andCoordination: (a) The Ministry has not proposal under consideration to constructany Hospital in the country.

45. *Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations andCoordination be pleased to state whether it is a fact that medicalinstruments are not being registered by the Drug Regulatory Agencyof Pakistan; if so, the reasons thereof?

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Minister for National Health Services, Regulations andCoordination: Medical devices like disposable syringe, disposable set forcollection or transfusion of blood or giving any infusion, cannula, catheter, stent,auto-disable syringe, butterfly needle, surgical ligatures, sutures, bandages,absorbent cotton, adhesive plaster, etc have been declared as drug under theDrug Act, 1976 and are being registered by the drugs Registration Board underthe Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan.

46. *Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the time bywhich loadshedding of electricity in the country will be over?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif):

Demand Supply Position

During 2006-2007, the demand shot up due to shift in domesticconsumption pattern. Millions of electrical appliances like air conditioners,Refrigerators, Deep Freezers, washing machine and vacuum cleaners etc. but nota single MW added in the system which widened the gap between demand andsupply. The demand and supply position during the period is given below:——————————————————————————————

Sr. Year Demand Supply Surplus/ %age ofNo. (Max) against Shortfall shortfall

demand (Max)(Max)

——————————————————————————————1. 2004 12595 12792 197 Surplus2. 2005 13848 12600 (-)1248 09.003. 2006 15838 13292 (-)2546 16.074. 2007 17398 13442 (-)4956 28.495. 2008 17852 13637 (-)4215 23.616. 2009 18583 13413 (-)5170 27.827. 2010 18521 12163 (-)6358 34.338. 2011 20058 15062 (-)4996 25.009. 2012 19915 12732 (-)7183 36.06

10. 2013 20012 16170 (-)3842 19.20——————————————————————————————

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The above position reflects that the loadshedding has been reduced from36% to 19% because of the measures taken by the Government. These effortspertain to:

(c) Supply side measures.

(d) Demand side measures.

The supply side measures consist of following areas.

1. Addition of new power plants.

2. Rehabilitation of GENCO plants.

3383 MW Capacity Power Plants (IPPs) have been installed / addedin the system since March, 2008.——————————————————————————————Sr. No.Name of Project Capacity in MW——————————————————————————————

01 Malakand-III 81

02 Nishat Power Limited 200

03 Nishat (Chunian) Project 200

04 Sapphire Power Project 175

05 Liberty Power Tech 225

06 Foundation Power Project Dherki 200

07 Hub Power Narowal 220

08 Halmore Power Project 225

09 Chashma Nuclear Power Unit-2 (C-2) 340

10 New Bong Escap 84

11 Uch-II 375——————————————————————————————

Sub – Total 3383——————————————————————————————

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In addition to above capacity generation by IPPs, following installedcapacity generation has also been added through Hydel and Wind Power:——————————————————————————————Sr. No. Name of Projec Capacity in MW——————————————————————————————

1. Jinnah Hydel Project 962. Allai Khawar 1213. Khan Khawar 724. Fauji Fertilizer Company (Wind Power) 505. Zorlu Energy Pakistan Ltd. (Wind Power) 56

——————————————————————————————Total 395

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Besides above generation, future power addition of 4090 MW throughvarious resources is expected to be connected to the National Grid during2013-14. Efforts (both on short term and long term basis) are being made to endload shedding. These short term and long term projects are summarized below:

The future power addition of 4601 MW through hydroelectric powerplants, PEPCO’s/ Public is expected to be connected to National Grid during2012-13. Efforts (both on short term and long term basis) are being made to endloadshedding. These short term and long term projects are summarized below:—

i. Short Term Measures

A. Hydel Projects——————————————————————————————

Sr. # Name of Project Capacity in MW——————————————————————————————

1. Duber Khawar 1302. Lareb Hydro Power Project 943. Gomal Zarn 174. Satpara 175. Jabban Hydro Power Project 22

——————————————————————————————Sub-Total (i) 280

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B. PEPCO’s/Public——————————————————————————————


1 Nandipur Power Project 4252 Chichoki Mallian 5253 Guddu 7504 UAE Gifted Power Plant, Faisalabad 3205 Lower Saptgah 4966 Lower Palas Valley 665

——————————————————————————————Sub-Total (ii) 3181

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C. Independent Power Producers (IPPS)——————————————————————————————


1 Grange Holding 180

2 New Park Energy Pvt. Ltd. 50

3 Tenage Generasi Ltd. 50

4 Green Power Pvt. Ltd. 49.5

5 Beacon Energy Ltd. 49.5

6 M/S. Three Gorges First Wing 50Firm Pakistan Pvt Ltd, formaelyChina International Water andElectric Corp, (CWE)

7 Dawood Power Ltd. 49.5

8 Sapphire Wing Power Co Pvt. Ltd. 50

9 Arabian Sea Wing Energy Pvt. Ltd . 50.4

10 Lucky Energy Pvt. Ltd. 50——————————————————————————————

Sub-Total (iii) 628.50——————————————————————————————

Grand Total (i+ii+iii) 4090——————————————————————————————

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D. Long Term Measures

In long term, following generation is expected:———————————————————————————————


1 Neelum Jhelum HPP 9692 Basha HPP 45003 Terbela Extension 14105 Karam Tungi 844 Golan Gole, Chitral 1066 Dasso HPP 43207 Bonji Hydro Project 71008 Manda Dam 7409 Akhoori Darn 600

10 Kial Khawr 12211 Jabban Power Station 22

——————————————————————————————TOTAL: 19973MW

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Re-Habilitaion of GENCOs plants

a. The following units of Guddu Power plants have been re-habilition. Their lost capacity of 105MW has been restored.——————————————————————————————

Units No. Original Capacity Capacity after loss RestoredCapacity

——————————————————————————————06 100 65 35

09 100 65 35

10 100 65 35——————————————————————————————

(b) The below mentioned plants have been planned to be rehabilitatedto their original capcity and which will take about 12-18 months.

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Guddu——————————————————————————————

Units No. Original Capacity Capacity after loss——————————————————————————————

05 100 6507 100 6508 100 65

——————————————————————————————Total 195

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Muzaffargarh——————————————————————————————

Units No. Original Capacity Capacity after loss——————————————————————————————

01 200 160 02 200 16003 200 160

——————————————————————————————Total 480

——————————————————————————————Jamshoro

——————————————————————————————Units No. Original Capacity Capacity after loss

——————————————————————————————02 200 15003 200 15004 200 150

——————————————————————————————Total 450

——————————————————————————————Following Demand Side Measures which called “ Energy Conservation”

have also been taken to curtail the demand:

2. Demand Side Measures.

1. Disconnection of billboards and neon signs, encouragement toconvert to solar power systems.

2. Conversion of Cellular Towers to Solar Power Systems-dataavailable with DISCOs.

3. Switching of Alternate Street lights points and conversion of streetlights to solars systems/LEDs (in the longer run).

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4. Ornamental lights-complete elimination.

5. Ceremonial lights-complete elimination.

6. Sports lighting/usage-ban till the crises remains.

7. Institutional lighting after office/working hours write letters to headsand also ensure non-use of such lighting.

8. Liaison with Provisional Agriculture Departments for educating agritube-well users for:

i. Night time usage from 10:00 PM to 06:00 AM.ii. Usage of Standard motor/pump.iii. Re-winding with standard wire etc.

9. Installation of LT capacitors on consumer premises etc to enhancelife of customer appliances etc. Liaison with local manufacturers/farmer chambers.

10. Replacement of Incandescent Bulbs with CFLs (emery savers)-through etc advertisement coordination with standard purchasers e.g Philips, Osramsogo, GE etc/educationl program to be launched.

11. Direct liaison with electrical appliance makers in the country forintroduction of energy efficiency technologies on fast track.

12. Pinpointing of Role Models /Entities successfully implementing energyefficiency modules-contact such industry etc.

13. WAPDA/PEPCO buildings and projects- design departments toincorporate such requirements in their designs.

14. Installation of TOU/TOD/Static meters on 3 phase domestic andcommercial consumers having load 5 KW and above.

15. Staggering of Holidays industry and Government offices.

16. Closure of shopping malls & commercial centers/markets/plazas at08:00 pm through awareness program.

17. Marriage Halls must be closed at 10:00pm.

18. Usage of Air-conditioner in Government offices for grade-20 andabove after 11 am.

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19. Campaign to keep A.C thermostat at 26°C minimum.

20. Five days working in a week in Government.

Hopefully, by the addition of generation in national grid and by adoptingconservation measures, there would every possibility to eleminate load sheddingin the country in due course of time.

47. *Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleasedto state the steps being taken by the Government for promotingagriculture in the country?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. SikandarHayat Khan Bosan): The steps being taken by the Government for promotingagriculture are summarized as under:—

i. Development and promotion of new high yielding wheat varieties.Research system in the country developed during 2011-12 highyielding varieties of wheat (8), rice (1) and sugarcane (2), whichwere approved and released for production.

ii. Ensured supply of farm inputs for production of various crops.

iii. Dissemination of good agricultural practices through provincialagricultural department using field visits and electronic and printmedia.

iv. State Bank of Pakistan enhanced the agricultural credit allocation(2013-14) to the tune of Rs. 360 billion against last year’s(2012-13) disbursement of Rs.315 billion.

v. It has been decided between the Government and private fertilizermanufacturers that the price would be printed on the bags forinformation of the Consumer from 1st March, 2014.

vi. Liaison with international foras and organizations for assistance inproduction or Agriculture in the country.



(a) whether it is a fact that the Main Chashma Right Bank Canal(CRBC) has been cracked at many places; if so, the water beingwasted at present and losses expected therefrom;

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(b) whether it is also a fact that if the said canal is not repairedtimely the agricultural land will be badly affected therefrom;

(c) the areas being irrigated by the said canal at present; and

(d) the steps being taken by the Government to repair the said canal?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a)Chashma Right Bank Canal (CRBC) has not been cracked at any place.

(b) Timely repair of the Main Canal is of vital importance for assuranceof the indented supplies to the Secondary system of canal. However, themaintenance of canal has not been carried out for the last four years due to non-availability of funds to be provided by the Provincial Governments as per costsharing formula.

(c) The command area of Chashma Right Bank Canal is 6,06,600 Acres.

(d) Maintenance of canal has not been carried out for the last four yearsdue to non-availability of funds to be provided by the Provincial Governments asper cost sharing formula.



(a) the steps being taken by the Government in respect ofovercharging of the fee from parents at the time of admission inPrivate Medical and Dental Colleges which are functioning inthe country under the Administrative control of the Ministry;

(b) the steps being taken against the un-registered Private Medicaland Dental Colleges; and

(c) whether it is a fact that those Colleges are collecting funds fromthe Overseas Pakistanis as donations, but not providing properfacilities to the students; if so, the steps being taken in thisregard?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations andCoordination: (a) PM&DC has devised criteria of “Fee and refund of Fee andcirculated to all Private sectors medical/dental “colleges for strict compliance. On5th December, 2013 briefing was given to NAB regarding donation policy to getadmission in private medical colleges. On 17th December, 2013 NAB HQ vide

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their letter No. 5-4 (20) Misc/A&P/NABHQ/2013/1345 has instructed PM&DCto circulate “Fee and Refund of Fee policy to all public and private medical collegesunder the jurisdiction of PM&DC for strict compliance and for placement at theprominent places in the vicinity of the medical colleges. The instruction of NABhave been circulated vide PM&DC letter No. 4-NAB/Council-2013/260469-559dated 20th December, 2013.

(b) Admissions were stopped vide this office letter No. PF-12-F213 (Insp)21783 dated 20th January, 2014 and circulated to all concerned.

(c) It is a matter of fact that PM&DC only has regulatory control overthe fees being charged by medical colleges as per their admission criteria submittedto the Council. The PM&DC Ordinance does not have any clause to regulate theaspect of donations if any being charged by medical colleges from overseasPakistani students in the shape of donations for ensuring admissions. However, onthe cognizance of NAB, necessary remedial measures have been taken byPM&DC as per NAB’s directives and NAB’s instructions have been circulatedto all medical colleges in the country.


Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether itis a fact that a number of IPPs are not operating at full capacity dueto non-payments of their dues by the Government; if so, the totalnumber thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): Thefollowing IPPs/Units of IPPs are not operating due to shortage of Fuel at present(as on 19-2-2014):——————————————————————————————S. No. Name of IPP Units Capacity

——————————————————————————————1. KAPCO 1&2 279MW

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ISLAMABAD: KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI,The 25th February, 2014. Secretary.

PCPPI—289(14) NA—25-2-2014—700.

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9th Session

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Wednesday, the 26th February, 2014

(Originally Unstarred Question Nos. 34, 184, 229, 237, 407, 26, 80 and 81were set down for answer during the 8th Session)

34. S. A. Iqbal Qadri:


(a) the composition and functions of National Energy PolicyCommittee; and

(b) the names of the members of the said committee alongwith theirdesignation perks and privileges?

Reply not received

184. Belum Hasnain:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that a number of retired officers are residingin the Government accommodations in Islamabad; if so, thenames alongwith the addresses thereof;

(b) whether standard rent is being charged therefrom; if not, thereasons thereof;

(c) if so, the total amount of rent charged therefrom during the lastthree years; and

(d) the steps being taken to get Government accommodationsvacated from those occupants?

Reply not received

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229. Malik Abdul Ghaffar Dogar:


(a) the total number of officers of departments under the Ministryincluding WAPDA who are utilizing official vehicles at present;

(b) whether the fuel and maintenance of those vehicles is theresponsibility of WAPDA; and

(c) whether there is any proposal to curtail the said expenditures; ifso, when it will be implemented?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a)requisite information pertains to various departments of Ministry of Water & Poweris given below:

DISCOs____________________________________________________________

Sr. # Company No. of Officers using official vehicles

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––1 PESCO 1272 TESCO 343 QUESCO 54 HESCO 445 SEPCO 1656 IESCO 117 MEPCO 3958 FESCO 2309 GEPCO 124

10 LESCO 31111 PEPCO 3212 Coo(CPPA) 1413 NTDCL 46514 WAPDA 2015 PCIW 116 IRSA 617 FFC 0

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————————————————————————————————Sr. # Company No. of Officers using

official vehicles––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

18 MOWP 019 AEDB 1120 ENRCON 021 PPIB 7

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––G.TOTAL 1986

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

WAPDA:

(a) 89 WAPDA Officers are in BPS-20 & above and they are entitledto use official vehicles.

(b) Yes the fuel & Maintenance of official vehicles is borne by officesconcerned as per approved policy.

(c) The expenditure is curtailed as per Government austerity measureson yearly basis.

POL limits have already been fixed for all official vehicles and economy inexpenditures is already being observed strictly.

237. Dr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani:


(a) the names of widows of deceased employees to whom houseshave been allotted in Islamabad under the Prime MinisterPackage during the period from 1-7-2012 till date alongwiththe number and location of houses/quarters thereof; and

(b) whether it is a fact that a number of such widows have not beenallotted houses in Islamabad under the said package so far; ifso, the reasons thereof alongwith the time by which houses/quarters will be allotted to them?

Reply not received

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407. Syed Waseem Hussain:


(a) whether annual maintenance and renovation works ofGovernment houses are carried out at present; and

(b) the period since when the maintenance and repair of those houseshave not been carried out?

Minister for Housing and Works: (a) The annual maintenance andrenovation works of government houses is being carried out by Pak-PWD. Theallocation of funds is not made according to the actual requirements of maintenance.The government allocates funds for Annual & Special Repair besides for purchaseof material for day to day maintenance through annual budget allocation.

Only 24.42% budget have been allocated against the demand as per detailbelow:—

Detail of actual Demand and Allocation––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Object Demand Original Economy ModifiedClassification for 2013-14 Budget cut @ 30% Allocation

Allocation imposed for 2013-14for 2013-14 by Finance

Division––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––A13301-R&M 265.586 69.214 14.061 55.153of OfficeBuildings

A13302-R&M 263.011 93.457 19.541 73.916of ResidentialBuildings–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Total 528.597 162.671- 33.602 129.069

(A) (24.42%) (A)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

(b) Funds are regularly allocated but due to paucity of maintenance/repair funds, the repair/maintenance works of government houses is carried outagainst which complaint is received or which are in a dilapidated condition.

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26. Khalida Mansoor:


(a) the names and addresses of those persons who have been allowedto export cows, buffaloes and goats by the Government; and

(b) the country-wise export of the said livestock?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. SikandarHayat Khan Bosan): (a) As per decision of the Economic CoordinationCommittee of the Cabinet (ECC), there is ban on the export of live animals witheffect from 0lst October, 2013. As such, the reply is Nil.

(b) Not Applicable.

80. Mrs. Shahida Rehmani:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the totalnumber of official accommodations allotted to the employees of CDAduring the period from 1st January, 2010 till date alongwith the detailsthereof?

Reply not received.

81. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state theprovince wise details of the housing project launched by the Ministryduring current year?

Minister for Housing and Works: No housing project has beenlaunched during current year by Ministry of Housing and Works.

28. Dr. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto:

Will the Minster for National Food Security and Research be pleasedto state the project wise total amount of funds allocated for foodresearch during the last three years till date?

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Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. SikandarHayat Khan Bosan): Project-wise detail of funds allocated for food researchprojects during last 03 years is given as under:

Funds Allocation (Rs. million)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––S. No. Title of the Project 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

1 Research for Agriculture Development 99.193 105.000 230.000Programme

2 National Institute for Genomics and 34.571 100.000 120.000Advanced Biotechnology

3 Pak-China Cooperation for Agricultural 7.753 17.000 65.000Research and Development (PCCARD)

4 Indigenization of Hybrid Seed Production 41.155 14.000 45.872for Enhanced Crop Production

5 Establishment of Horticulture Research 00.00 00.00 15.000Institute, Khuzdar Balochistan

6 Establishment of Livestock Research 00.00 00.00 20.000Institute, Tutbat, Balochistan

7 Strengthening of Coastal Agriculture 00.00 00.00 15.000Research Station Bhawani Balochistan

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Total :- 182.672 236.000 510.872

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

29. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi:

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to statewhether it is a fact that a bank branch is a pre-requisite forestablishing Utility Store in a particular area in the country; if so, thereasons thereof?

Minister for Industries and Production (Mr. Ghulam Murtaza KhanJatoi):Availability of a bank branch is a pre-requisite for opening of a Utility Storein particular area for safe and secure deposit of sale proceeds on daily basis.

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The sale proceeds of the stores is deposited in the Bank Accounts ondaily basis. The sales proceeds from different branches of the Bank are collectedin the main account of the corporation at Islamabad on daily basis for onwardpayment to the suppliers / vendors.

30. Parveen Masood Bhatti:


(a) whether it is a fact that a 100 KVA transformer has been stolenfrom “Goth Ahmed Qaim Khani Patoyun, District Sanghar”during the recent past;

(b) if so, the steps being taken to install a new 100 KVA transformerin said village at the earliest?

Reply not received

31. Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the namesof projects for power generation being executed at present alongwiththe date of commencement thereof?

Reply not received

32. Saman Sultana Jaffri:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations andCoordination be pleased to state the total number of FederalGovernment Hospitals in Karachi at present?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations andCoordination: (a) At present there is no Federal Government hospital at Karachi.



(a) whether it is a fact that non-entitled persons have occupied theGovernment accommodations vide bogus allotments inIslamabad;

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(b) if so, the details thereof?

Reply not received


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

(a) whether it is a fact that influential persons have grabbed theland of KPT worth millions of rupees in front of KPT Hospital;

(b) if so, the number of cases being/proceeded against illegaloccupants of the land of KPT; and

(c) whether there is any proposal under consideration to conductsurvey of Tumber Mart, Kemari 69/1; if so, when it will beimplemented?

Minister for Ports and Shipping (Mr. Kamran Michael): (a) It iscorrect that influential persons have grabbed the land of KPT, worth million ofrupees in front of KPT Hospital. In fact during the year of 2012-13 oneMr. Akhter Jadoon former Provincial Minister for transport forcibly occupiedKPT Plot No. 5, 7, 8, measuring 16920 Sq. Meter in front of KPT Hospitalwhich were reserved for hospital for which notices have been sent to the occupantsand later the KPT Anti Encroachment Department demolished /stopped theconstruction work but they again started the work. Later KPT filed C.P.No. D-789/2013 in High Court and the court granted stay order; the Nazir of the HighCourt also inspected the site and submitted his report in the court. The KPT hasalso filed contempt proceeding against the above said Ex-Minister Mr. AkhtarJadoon and others which is still subjudice in the Court.

(b) The total No. of cases being proceeded against illegal occupationsof the land of KPT are 05 Nos. details attached at Annex-A.

(c) No proposal is under consideration to conduct survey of TimberMart, Kemari 69/1.

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Annex-‘A’

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTANMINISTRY OF PORTS & SHIPPING

(KARACHI PORT TRUST)***

DETAILS OF CASES FILED BY KPT AGAINST LAND GRABBERS

1. KPT has filed a C.P.No. D-789 of 2013 against the land grabbers in theHigh Court of Sindh at Karachi wherein the court passed order and directed theparties to maintain status quo. The Honourable Court also appointed the Nazir ofthe High Court for inspection of the property and the Nazir of the High Courtinspected the property and submitted his report in the Court and now the matter issubjudice in the High Court of Sindh at Karachi. KPT has also filed a Petition forcontempt proceedings against the parties.

2. Further KPT has also filed constitution petition bearing C.P.No. D-1740/2011, C.P.No. D-322/2012 and C.P.No. 3136/2011 land Civil Suit No. 891/2006 in High Court of Sindh, against the encroachers which are still subjudice.

3. The Legal Advisor M.S. Khalid Anwar & Co. has also filed a constitutionPetition No. 47/2011 before the Supreme Court of Pakistan against Province ofSindh regarding title of KPT land within Port limits which is still subjudice in theHon’ble Court.

35. Naeema Kishwar Khan:


(a) the Government department-wise amount of WAPDA’soutstanding dues under the head of electricity bills at present ;and

(b) the steps being taken by WAPDA to recover the said outstandingamount?

Reply not received

36. Naeema Kishwar Khan:


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(a) the total number of vehicles which are in possession of theemployees presently working in EPI Programme in the KhyberPakhtunkhwa alongwith the utilization thereof; and

(b) the number of vehicles taken on rent for the said programmealongwith the justification and utilization thereof?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations andCoordination: (a) Total fourteen (14) vehicles are in possession of the employeespresently working in EPI/ PEI Programme of Health Department, KhyberPakhtunkhwa as Under:————————————————————————————————————S. No. Vehicle No: Duty/Attached With Utilization————————————————————————————————————

1. AA-2630 Dr. JanbazAfridi Local official duty, Field(Deputy Director EPI duty monitoring visits to

the districts

2. X-91-AF Dr. Ishaq (AD Ligistics) Local official duty, Fieldduty, monitoring visits tothe districts.

3. X-68-2900 Dr. Taimur Shah Local official duty, Field(AD Admin) duty, monitoring visits to

the districts.

4. X-91-5 Dr. Nasreen (AD Local official duty, FieldTraining) duty, monitoring visits to

the districts.

5. X-67-4428 General Duty Local official duty, Fieldduty.

6. A-2753 Provincial EPI Store Vaccine Collection anddistribution

7. X-91-10 Provincial EPI Store Vaccine Collection anddistribution

8. A-1376 Provincial EPI Store Vaccine Collection anddistribution



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————————————————————————————————————S. No. Vehicle No: Duty/Attached With Utilization————————————————————————————————————

11. EPI-76 Provincial EPI Store Vaccine Collection anddistribution

12 X-91-6 Provincial EPI Store Vaccine Collection anddistribution

13 X-91-4 Provincial EPI Store Vaccine Collection anddistribution

14 A-1220 General Duty Vaccine Collection anddistribution

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––(b). No vehicle has been taken on rent for the Programme.

37. Dr. Nafisa Shah:

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the tariffstructures being offered for Coal, Wind and Hydel Energy,respectively?

Reply not received


Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the month-wise total amount under the head of “Electricity Excise Duty” paidby WAPDA to each province during the year 2013-14?

Reply not received


Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the valueof circular debt increased in the country during the period from 2008to 2013?

Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) Thevalue of circular debt increased in the country during the period from 2008 to2013 is was 198 to 411 billion Rs.

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40. Maiza Hameed:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations andCoordination be pleased to state the mechanism of coordination withthe provinces to ensure the implementation of internationalcommitments made regarding Health related MDGs, the UN EveryWoman Every Child strategy, the Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) and ensuring100% immunization of children and access to health workers etc?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations andCoordination: After assigning the roles of Coordination & Regulation to thisMinistry by the Cabinet. The Federal Government alongwith WHO and otherHealth Development Partners and the Provincial Government convened a nationalmeeting on accelerating progress in the health sector in Islamabad on 22-23November, 2013 for better Coordination among all, recommendation of the meetingare placed at Annex-I.

In the light of recommendations Ministry hold a consultative meeting with allProvincial and area Government where there is need to develop national Plan etc.

Thus for example to develop recommendations National Accelerated Planof Action for MDG 4-5 a meeting was held on 3rd December, 2013 which wasparticipated by Population and Health Department of all provinces and areaGovernment Health Development Partners and Ministry.

Similarly for SUN movement a meeting was held on 17th December,2013 in Bhurban and Road map was developed with consultation with all ProvincialHealth Development Partners and Ministry.

Annex-IRECOMMENDATIONS

This meeting of devolved health sector in Pakistan was a strategic step to fillthe important coordination vacuum that had been generated following devolutiondue to short transition time and inadequate preparations both at federal andprovincial level.

The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination andthe representatives from provincial health departments and AJK haveunanimously shown their resolve to further explore the roles and responsibilitiesidentified in their respective domains.

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The actions agreed during the meeting are in line with the 18th constitutionalamendment and the expected roles of the Ministry of National Health Services,Regulations and Coordination.

The participants have resolved the potential roles for the federal Ministry andthe provincial departments for major areas that require coordination of healthsector in Pakistan. These include:

• Health policy planning and strategy development• Coordination at federal and provincial level for health sector financing• Human resource planning, forecasting and capacity development• Essential public health functions• Coordination with development partners• Pharmaceutical sector regulation• Health services regulation.

The deliberations from the meeting can serve as first working document forthe Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination andthe provinces to further clarify their roles and coordination mechanisms withother sectors as well as with the development partners.

The development partners have shown their support to the new healthinfrastructure and are keen to work both at federal and provincial level in linewith the agreed roles and responsibilities of these arms of the state.

The compiled version of deliberations, suggesting the potential roles andresponsibilities of federal and provincial governments, categorized for variousareas of health system are annexed to the end of this report.

Both federal and provincial representatives agreed to continue dialogue andfurther explore these deliberations, and review the roles and responsibilities. Inorder to move ahead, the following way forward was suggested. The authoritiesboth at federal and provincial level agreed to:

o Share the outcome/recommendations of this consultation with provinces, nationalo Provinces to discuss these outcomes/recommendations at provincial levelo Nominate provincial focal points to work closely with national levelo Establish a task force at national and provincial levels to develop a mechanism too Endorse recommendations through appropriate forums (e.g. Council of

Common level, other stakeholders refine and provide guidance onimplementation of recommendations Interests or legislation).

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41. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:


(a) the total number of projects of electricity completed in DistrictLower Dir Lower during the last five years; and

(b) the total number of said projects under process at present?

Reply not received

42. Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub:


(a) the number of posts lying vacant in various cadres in the WAPDAOffices, District Lower Dir; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to fill the said posts; if so, when it will beimplemented?

Reply not received

43. Sahibzada Tariq Ullah:


(a) the main functions of the National Agricultural Research Council(NARC);

(b) the total land under the utilization of NARC in Islamabad atpresent; and

(c) the budget allocated for the said council for the financial year2009-10 alongwith the head-wise utilization thereof?

Minister for National Food Security and Research (Mr. SikandarHayat Khan Bosan): (a) The mandated functions of the Pakistan AgriculturalResearch Council (PARC) are:

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a. to undertake, aid, promote and coordinate agricultural research;b. to arrange expeditious utilization of research results;c. to establish research establishments mainly to fill in the gaps in existing

programmes of agricultural research;d. to arrange the training of high level scientific manpower in agricultural

sciences;e. to generate, acquire and disseminate information relating to

agriculture;f. to establish and maintain a reference and research library; andg. to perform any other functions related to the matters aforesaid.

National Agricultural Research Centre is one of its researchestablishments located in Islamabad.

(b) NARC, Park Road: 560.07 hectarePARC HQ: 104000Sq. feet (400x 260)

(c) Actual expenditure of PARC budget by Major Heads for theyear 2009-10

(Rs. in millions)—————————————————————————————————————Object Current Development Total

budget budget—————————————————————————————————————Salaries and Allowances 919.776 20.275 940.051Others Benefits 4.529 0.141 4.670Medical Charges 81.870 1.396 83.266Pension Contri/GPF etc. 88.670 0.117 88.787Transportation 40.209 12.697 52.906Communication 8.784 0.591 9.375Utilities/Office/supp/Rent 176.700 27.681 204.381Repair & Maintenance 17.523 4.332 21.855Other Services 30.547 14.842 45.389Other Charges 6.212 15.891 22.103Support to Other Instt. 0.000 91.694 91.694Fixed Assets 4.036 41.896 45.932Capital Work in Progress 6.633 57.117 63.750Technical Assistance/Trg. — 2.675 2.675Releases to Provincial 2.550 50.757 53.307Advances to Employees 0.600 — 0.600————————————————————————————————————— Total:- 1388.639 342.102 1730.741—————————————————————————————————————

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44. Sahibzada Tariq Ullah:

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations andCoordination be pleased to state the prescribed criteria for registrationof imported medicines in the country?

Minister for National Health Services, Regulations andCoordination: The Drugs Act, 1976 regulates import, export, manufacture, storage,distribution and sale of drugs under section 7 of the Drugs Act, 1976. Drugs areregistered by Drugs Registration Board on the basis of safety, efficacy, quality andeconomic value of drugs as given under the Drugs (Licensing, Registering andAdvertising) Rules, 1976.

45. Admissibility is being reconsidered.

46. Admissibility is being reconsidered.

47. Maulana Muhammad Gohar Shah:


(a) whether it is a fact that electricity poles have been installed inadjoining localities of Kot Abbas Shaheed, Tehsil and DistrictMultan (NA-148); if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether it is also a fact that electricity transmission lines havenot been laid in all those localities; if so, the reasons thereof;and

(c) the time by which electricity transmission lines will be laid inthe remaining localities?

Reply not received

KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, Secretary.

ISLAMABAD:The 25th February, 2014.

PCPPI—289(14) NA—25-2-2014—700.

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