NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT “QUESTIONS FOR ORAL …1 (42nd Session) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT ————— “QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES” to be asked

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(42nd 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

Monday, the 4th June, 2012

1. *Sheikh Salahuddin:

Will the Minister for Production be pleased to state:

(a) the main reasons of losses of Pakistan Steel Mills, Karachi atpresent; and

(b) the steps being taken to over come the said losses?

Minister for Production (Mr. Anwar Ali Cheema): The main reasonsfor losses of PSM at present are given below:—

• PSM is functioning at 15% Capacity Utilization. Sufficient rawmaterials cannot be procured due to liquidity crunch. Raw materialsrequired for operation are insufficient, badly affecting operations.

• Fixed cost cannot be covered at low capacity operation, resulting inoperating losses.

• The breakeven point of Capacity Utilization is 75% which can onlybe obtained in the presence of sufficient raw material in hand.

• Sales revenues are very low, due to decreased production.

• Due to continuous losses, liabilities are increasing.

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(b) The steps taken to overcome the said losses are given below:—

• New CEO and CFO have been appointed. Vacancies in the Boardof Directors have been filled to strengthen the Board.

• Financial requirement of PSM for improving the capacity is beingassessed. PSM is striving hard to get balance amount of bailoutpackage amounting to Rs. 14 billion approx. (Rs. 5 billion term loan+ Rs. 9 billion approx. for rescheduling of loans) contained in theBusiness Plan of PSM approved by the Government to improve theproduction thereby losses would be minimized and the breakevenpoint would be achieved.

2. *Mr. Sajid Ahmed:

Will the Minister for Industries be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the production capacity of each cement factory inthe country at present; and

(b) whether those factories are producing cement as per theircapacity; if so, the details thereof?

Minister for Industries (Ch. Pervaiz Ellahi): (a) The details of theproduction capacity of each cement factories (all in private sector) in the countryat present are as under:—

Statement of Installed Production Capacity

North Zone——————————————————————————————

S# Name of Factories ProductionCapacity

——————————————————————————————1. Askari Cement Limited - Wah 1,102,5002. Askari Cement - Nizampur 1,575,0003. Bestway Cement Limited - Hattar 1,228,5004. Bestway Cement Limited - Chakwal 3,600,0005. Bestway-Mustehkum Cement Limited - Hattar 1,086,750

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——————————————————————————————S# Name of Factories Production

Capacity——————————————————————————————

6. Cherat Cement Company Limited - Nowshera 1,102,5007. Dandot Cement Limited - Jehlum 504,0008. Dewan Hattar Cement Limited - Hattar 1,134,0009. D.G. Khan Cement Limited - D.G. Khan 2,110,500

10. D.G. Khan Cement Limited - Chakwal 2,110,50011. Fauji Cement Company Limited - Fateh Jang 3,433,50012. Fecto Cement Limited - Sangjani 819,00013. Flying Cement Limited - Lilla 1,197,00014. GharibWal Cement Limited - Jehlum 2,110,50015. Kohat Cement Company Limited - Kohat 2,677,50016. Lucky Cement Limited - Pezu 3,912,00017. Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited - Daudkhel 3,370,50018. Lafarge Pakistan Cement Company Limited - Chakwal 2,047,50019. Pioneer Cement Limited - Khushab 2,030,250

——————————————————————————————Sub-total (North Zone) 37,152,000

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South Zone——————————————————————————————

S# Name of Factories ProductionCapacity

——————————————————————————————1. AI-Abbas Cement Limited - Nooriabad, Dadu 567,0002. Attock Cement Pakistan Limited - Hub Chowki, Lasbela 1,795,5003. Dewan Cement Limited, Dhabeji 787,5004. Lucky Cement Limited, - Indus Highway, Karachi 3,600,0005. Thatta Cement Limited - Thatta 315,000

——————————————————————————————Sub-Total (South Zone) 7,065,000

——————————————————————————————Grand Total (North + South) 44,217,000

——————————————————————————————Source: —All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association.

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(b) The actual production capacity is 44.217 million tonnes per annumagainst which 31.426 million tonnes is being produced as per demand.

3. *Mr. Sajid Ahmed:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that different rates have been fixed for dayand night utilization of electricity by digital electric metersinstalled in the country for domestic consumers; if so, the reasonsthereof;

(b) whether it is also a fact that various rates of electricity are beingcharged at present from the consumers on new and old electricitymeters; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(c) whether it is further a fact that different rates have been fixedon the consumption of 100 units and above; if so, the justificationthereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) On05-09-2008 NEPRA decided that different rates for peak (4 hours a day i.e.from 6.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.) and off-peak hours 10.30 p.m. to 06.30 p.m.(remaining 20 hours) will be charged to all categories of consumer having sanctionedload 5 KW and above. Appreciably lower rates are offered for off-peak hoursthan peak hours. World vide such tariff policy is adopted to discourage highconsumption during peak hours to reduce peak demand in order to achieve costeffective load management. This also provides good incentive to the consumersfor using more energy during off-peak hours reducing their electricity billssubstantially.

(b) Different rates for peak & off-peak hours can be implemented throughdigital TOU (Time of Use) meters. Thus peak and off-peak hours tariff rates areapplicable to only those consumers having TOU meters and sanctioned load5 KW and above. Others consumers who have not been provided TOU Metersas yet are being charged as per general supply tariff rates till the time their metersare replaced with TOU meters.

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(c) In order to provide relief to poor people, Government of Pakistan is

providing cheaper electricity to the low income/middle income group of domestic

consumer. Therefore, tariff rates are fixed at lower level for low income customers

and high for comparatively higher income customers.

4. *Mr. Himayatullah Mayar:


(a) the details of permission granted by Private Power Infrastructure

Board (PPIB) for launching of Power Projects in the country

during the last four years;

(b) the name of such projects launched during the said period

alongwith the details thereof; and

(c) the name of those projects having not been launched so far

alongwith the action taken against the responsibles?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) The details

of various private power projects to whom PPIB has issued letter of Intent (LOI)

and letter of Support (LOS) during the last four years is at Annex-A.

(b) A total of twelve (12) IPPs (six gas based and six oil based IPPs)

having a cumulative capacity of 2,530 MW have been commissioned since March,

2008. List is at Annex-B.

(c) Status-wise list of aforesaid IPPs to whom LOI and LOS have been

issued by PPIB is given at Annex-C. The projects are processed under Power

Policy 2002 which offers certain incentives and penalties and the projects are

being managed accordingly:

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5. *Rana Mahmood -ul- Hassan:


(a) whether it is a fact that violations of pre-qualified documentsand PPRA rules were made in awarding the contract of GolenGol Hydropower Project;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the contract was given to anunqualified consortium and blacklisted firm of the World Bankand adding new firms in consortium even after the last date ofsubmission of bids without the approval of WAPDA;

(c) if so, the steps being taken to investigate the said violations tomake the responsibles accountable;

(d) whether it is also a fact that the contract of the said project wasnot given to the lowest bidder; if so, the reasons thereof; and

(e) the steps being taken to streamline the affairs of said project atan earliest?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a), (b), (c),

(d) and (e) WAPDA’s contention is that no violation of PPRA Rules were made.Tenders were opened on 30-06-2011 wherein following pre-qualified firms exceptat serial No. iv had participated.

(i) M/s Andtritz Hydro, GmbH, Austria

(ii) M/s Rainpower Norway-Alstom Grid Pakistan as Joint Venture

(iii) M/s FARAB Iran

(iv) M/s UCM Resita Romania-Litostroj (Slovenia) and Technicon(Pakistan) as Joint Venture.

However, at the time of bid submission M/s Andtritz Hydro and Rainpowerformed consortium i.e. (Andritz Hydro and Andritz Technology China), (M/sRainpower-Alstom Grid Pakistan, M/s Indar, Spain and M/s AL-Fajr, Pakistan).

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The Golen Gol Consultants M/s Fitchner first carried out the evaluation of bothConsortiums at par with each other and declared them Responsive. WAPDAConstituted a Tender Evaluation Review Committee who also declared both theabove mentioned Consortiums responsive.

On the representation of M/s Andritz Hydro, the Minister for Water andPower constituted a Fact Finding Inquiry Committee. The Committee in its reportobserved that there were some technical discrepancies besides other issues. Assuch the case was referred to NESPAK for comments/report with regard totechnical discrepancies highlighted by the complainant (M/s Andritz Hydro). Thereport furnished by NESPAK is in the process and under examination withcompetent authority.

ISLAMABAD: KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI,The 3rd June, 2012. Secretary.

PCPPI—602(12) NA—3-6-2012—700.

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42nd Session

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT

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“UNSTARRED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES”

For Monday, the 4th June, 2012

(Originally Unstarred Question Nos. 25, 115, 2, 1, 9, 11, 15, 42 and 79were set down for answer during the 41st Session)

25. Mr. Salahuddin:


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

(b) if so, the justifications thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) 3263appointments have been made in WAPDA since March, 2008 till date in differentcategories. Basic Pay Scale-wise detail is attached as (Annex-I).

(b) It is an admitted position that manpower in any organization enhancesefficiency and overall performance. Recruitment of staff is, therefore, a continuousand ongoing process.These appointments were made to fill vacant positions andto meet operational requirement of the filed organizations spread all over the country.Now ban on fresh recruitment has been imposed w.e.f. 11-10-2011 as per policyinstructions of Federal Government, which is still operative.

Annex-I——————————————————————————————S. No. BPS Total No. of persons appointed in WAPDA since

March 2008——————————————————————————————

1. 1 3942. 2 100

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——————————————————————————————S. No. BPS Total No. of persons appointed in WAPDA since

March 2008——————————————————————————————

3. 3 65

4. 4 38

5. 5 146

6. 6 1110

7. 7 144

8. 8 127

9. 9 70

10. 10 3

11. 11 139

12. 12 29

13. 13 5

14. 14 156

15. 15 46

16. 16 164

17. 17 481

18. 18 38

19. 19 7

20. 20 1——————————————————————————————

Total: 3263——————————————————————————————

115. Moulvi Asmatullah:

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

Reply not received.

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2. Malik Shakir Bashir Awan:

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

(a) whether it is a fact that there is a water leakage in the washrooms of family suits of Gulshan-e-Jinnah, Sector F-5/1,Islamabad for the last three months; if so, the reasons thereof;

(b) whether it is also a fact that complaints for the said water leakagehave been registered in the relevant Inquiry office; if so, thedetails thereof; and

(c) whether it is further a fact that no action has been taken tocontrol the said leakage; if so, the reasons thereof alongwith thedamages occurred therefrom?

Minister for Housing and Works (Makhdoom Syed Faisal SalehHayat): (a) Most of the family suits at Gulshan-e-Jinnah Complex are more than25 years old. The underground water carrying conduit system of bath rooms hasoutlived its normal life and there are a number of complaints regarding the leakingbathrooms. Although this state of affairs is checked by Pak-PWD through day today repair/maintenance, but due to gross scarcity of funds, the problem is not fulladdressed. A survey has recently been conducted to identify the leaking bathroomsdetails whereof are given in Annex-A.

(b) Yes, 08 (eight complaints have been registered with the complaintoffice during the last three months (Annex-B).

(c) The department is doing its best to get the bathrooms repaired asper available financial and human resources. The details of bathrooms which havebeen repaired and where the work is in progress are given in Annex-C. However,owing to non allocation of funds the maintenance has some limitations.

It is further mentioned that, no amount has exclusively been earmarkedduring this financial year for the Complex. An amount of Rs.130,528/- has beenincurred on two number bath rooms during the current financial year (detail ofbath rooms is Annex-D). Total 10 Nos. bath rooms have been repaired in thecurrent financial year through Departmental Labour.

(Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library)

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1. Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti:


(a) the year-wise residential sectors established/constructed inIslamabad during the last four years; and

(b) the year-wise total expenditures incurred on the repair ofgovernment houses in those sectors during the said period?

Minister for Housing and Works (Makhdoom Syed Faisal SalehHayat): (a) No residential Sector has been established / constructed during thelast four years.

(b) Not applicable.

9. Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir:


(a) the total number of applications received by Faisalabad ElectricSupply Company for agriculture tube well connections duringthe period from January, 2007 to July, 2008;

(b) the total number of connections provided to those applicants sofar; and

(c) the total number of said connections being provided by theFESCO in a year alongwith the criteria adopted thereof?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) Totalnumber of applications for tubewell Connections received during the period01-01-2007 to 31-07-2008 are 2959.

(b) Total number of tubewell connections given during the period01-01-2007 to 31-7-2008 are 2631.

(c) Detail of Tubewell connections given by FESCO during the saidperiod:

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Connections installed during 01/2007 to 06/2007 = 705 NosConnections installed during 07/2007 to 06/2008 = 1742 NosConnections installed during 01-07-2008 to = 184 Nos31-17-2008

Total: = 2631 Nos

Previously, the tubewell connections were given on the basis of centralizedquota. However, from April 2011, pursuant to the decision of Lahore High Court,Multan Bench, quota system is abolished and now tubewell connections are givenin chronological order of deposit of Demand Notice amount.

11. Mrs. Nisar Tanveer:


(a) whether it is a fact that monthly salaries have not been providedregularly since long to the maintenance staff/employees of Pak.PWD, Islamabad; if so, the reasons thereof alongwith the timeby which monthly salaries will be provided to those staff/employees regularly; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration to allocatethe maintenance funds separately by Pak. PWD for the saidpurpose; if so, when it will be implemented; if not, the reasonsthereof?

Minister for Housing and Works (Makhdoom Syed Faisal SalehHayat): (a) The delay in payment of salary for the one month occurred due tolate release of funds.

(b) Yes, there is proposal under consideration to, separate themaintenance and salary budget heads and for creation of separate Personal LedgerAccounts (PLA-5).

15. Dr. Darshan:


(a) whether it is a fact that transformers of 50 KV installed at VillageJuma Khan, Narejo, Tehsil Mehr, District Dadu have been burnt;if so, the reasons thereof; and

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(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration to replacesuch transformers with 100 KV transformers; if so, when it willbe replaced?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) Thetransformer of this village was burnt due to kunda connections causing LTconductors touch each other. The transformer will be replaced as soon as therecovery of dues is made.

(b) There is no requirement for replacement with 100 KVA transformer.The installed 50 KVA transformer is sufficient for 13 connections comprising loadof only 13 KW.

42. Mr. Riaz Fatyana:


(a) whether it is a fact that the Pakistan Public Works Department(Pak. PWD), Faisalabad opened tenders on 5th March, 2012 tolaunch development projects in T.T.Singh (NA-94);

(b) whether it is also a fact that the work orders have not beenissued so far thereof; and

(c) if the answers to part (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative,the reasons thereof alongwith the action taken against theresponsibles so far?

Minister for Housing and Works (Makhdoom Syed Faisal SalehHayat): (a) No tenders were opened on 5th March, 2012 for NA-94.

(b) Not applicable.

(c) Not applicable.

79. Raja Muhammad Asad Khan:

Will the Minister for National Regulation and Service be pleased tostate the prescribed procedure adopted for the registration ofmedicines in the country at present?

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Minister for National Regulation and Services (Dr. Firdous AshiqAwan): Procedure for registration of medicines is prescribed under the Drugs Act1976 and the Drugs (Licensing, Registering and Advertising) Rules, 1976 framedthere under. An application is made to the Registration Board, set up under Section7 of the said Act. The Registration Board, after evaluation of the application andsatisfying itself of the safety, efficacy and quality of the drug, applied for, mayregister the drug. The Board if desired may also get the premises in which themanufacture is proposed to be conducted.

An Ordinance has also been promulgated on 16th February 2012,establishing Drugs Regulatory Agency of Pakistan under Ministry of NationalRegulations & Services which is mandated to deal with the subject.

1. Mr. Sajid Ahmed:

Will the Minister for Industries be pleased to state the company andmodel-wise total number of cars manufactured in the country duringthe years 2008-09 and 2009-10 alongwith the year-wise detailsthereof?

Minister for Industries (Ch. Pervaiz Ellahi): The company and model-wise total number of cars manufactured in the country during the years 2008-09and 2009-10 alongwith the year-wise details is as under:—————————————––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CAR 2008-09 2009-10 Cumulative––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Honda (Civic) 4,985 5,648 10,633Honda (City) 6,755 7,852 14,607———————————————————————————————————————— Total: 11,740 13,500 25,240————————————————————————————————————————Toyota (Corolla) 27,054 43,382 70,436Daihatsu (Cuore) 5,803 5,145 10,948———————————————————————————————————————— Total : 32,857 48,527 81,384————————————————————————————————————————Suzuki (Liana) 684 900 1,584Suzuki (Swift) 0 2,578 2,578Suzuki (Cultus) 9,181 12,453 21,634Suzuki (Alto) 6,641 10,665 17,306Suzuki (Mehran) 13,239 22,271 35,510Suzuki (Bolan) 9,639 10;541 20,180———————————————————————————————————————— Total : 39,384 59,408 98,792————————————————————————————————————————

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————————————––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––CAR 2008-09 2009-10 Cumulative––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Hyundai (Santro) 327 212 539

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Grand Total: 84,308 121,647 205,955

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Chevrolet Joy 307 0 307

(N. PAMA)

Nissan Sunny 199 143 342

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Total: 506 143 649

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Grand Total : 84,814 121,790 206,604

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Source: PAMA

2. Mr. Sajid Ahmed:

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

wise details of the total amount paid by the Government to each of

the power generation company during the last five fiscal years till

date?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): The requisitedetail of payments during the last five fiscal years is given as under:—

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3. Mr. Laiq Muhammad Khan:


(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration to set up aseparate Grid Station for provision of electricity to DistrictTorghar;

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

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) & (b)There is no proposal under consideration to set up a separate Grid Station forprovision of electricity to District Torghar.

4. Mr. Laiq Muhammad Khan:


(a) whether it is a fact that 50 KV transformer installed at VillagePhuldar, Union Council, Nikkah Pani, Tehsil Oghi, DistrictMansehra is not functioning properly since long; if so, the reasonsthereof; and

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of theGovernment to replace the said transformer with 100 KV; if so,when it will be implemented?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) The 50KVA transformer of village Phuldar Union Council Nikka Pani Tehsil Oghi becamedamaged in November, 2011. The transformer was repaired and electric supplyrestored to public immediately & now the transformer is running on 2 phase.However the transformer will be replaced with another healthy 50 KVA transformerwithin two days.

(b) There is no any proposal under consideration to replace the said 50KVA transformer with 100 KVA transformer, as the 50 KVA transformer isoperating under load.

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5. Moulvi Asmatullah:


(a) whether it is a fact that the uniform loadshedding of electricityis not being observed by all the feeders of grid station KallarSyedan, District Rawalpindi;

(b) if so, the feeder-wise total number of hours of said loadshaddingobserved during the period from 1-1-2012 till date in the saidarea;

(c) whether it is also a fact that performance based evaluation hasnot been conducted of the said Grid Station; if so, the reasonsthereof; and

(d) the steps being taken to ensure uniformity regardingloadshedding of electricity among all the feeders of the saidgrid station?

Reply not received.

6. Moulvi Agha Muhammad:


(a) whether it is a fact that transformers installed at Dhoke HayatBux and Naumb Toga, Tehsil Kallar Syedan, District Rawalpindihave become over loaded;

(b) whether there is any proposal under consideration to replace/install heavy KV transformers therein; if so, when it will beimplemented?

Minister for Water and Power (Syed Naveed Qamar): (a) Yes, it isfact that the transformers of Dhoke Hayat Bux and Naumb Toga, Tehsil KallarSyedan District Rawalpindi are overloaded.

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(b) 2 LV proposals for installation of additional 50 KVA transformersare prepared, approved and work order issued on 03-05-2012 for the redressalof low voltage in said areas. The work is likely to be completed on 20-05-2012.

KARAMAT HUSSAIN NIAZI, Secretary.

ISLAMABAD: The 3rd June, 2012.

PCPPI—602(2012) NA—3-6-2012—700.

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