Assembly Business

List of Business

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

ORDERS OF THE DAY

MONDAY, THE 10^TH NOVEMBER, 2014.

Business to be brought forward before the Legislature on Monday, the 10^th November, 2014 at 10.00 a.m.

I.       (A)     RECITATION FROM THE HOLY QUR’AN.

(B)     NAAT SHAREEF.

II.      QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

            (Women Development and Livestock Departments)

III.      CALL ATTENTION NOTICES: 

1.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 37 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. MUHAMMAD RASHID KHILJI, MPA: The Honourable Senior Minister for Education & Literacy, Sindh  may please to give answer/ statement that what steps are taken by Government of Sindh to provide Higher Education to the students (Boys and Girls) of Hyderabad or for establishment of a University at Hyderabad?

2.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 27 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY SYED KHALID AHMED, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Local Government, Sindh may please to give answer / statement that is it true that the Transparency International Pakistan wrote a letter to the Chief Secretary, Sindh raising some serious objections as regard with the changing in route after approval of PC-1 by the ECNEC in Karachi Water Supply Project K-IV and that might delay the desperate water requirement of Karachi?

3.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 52 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. NAHEED BEGUM, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Local Government, Sindh may please to give answer/ statement that NSUSC is a Private Organization which deals in system of cleanliness in Sukkur Municipal Corporation and date on which it will remain / exist in Sukkur, amount of loan has been taken from Asian Development Bank and procedure to return the said loan?

4.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 30 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN KHAN, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Local Government, Sindh may please to give answer/ statement that during last eight months not a single mega project like Flyovers, Underpass and Bridges in Karachi, What are the reasons?

5.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 51 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY DR. BAHADUR KHAN DAHRI, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Narcotics, Sindh may please to give answer/ statement that if any steps or action have been taken to control the use of Charas, Heroin, Drugs and Leaker’s in the talukas Daulatpur, Shahpur and Kazi Ahmed of District Shaheed Benazirabad. The use of these alcoholics is very Common in the said talukas which is very dangerous for the life of People.

IV.     LEAVE APPLICATION OF MEMBERS, IF ANY.

V.       PRIVILEGE MOTION NO. 05 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY DR. ZAFAR AHMED KHAN KAMALI, MPA REGARDING MR. ARSHAD BARQI, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, MIRPURKHAS PUSHED THE MOVER BACK TWICE IN FRONT OF PUBLIC AND BEHAVED RUDELY.

VI.     ADJOURNMENT MOTION NO. 06 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. HEER SOHO, MPA AND MS. NAHEED BEGUM, MPA REGARDING SINDH RECORDS 421 CASES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THREE MONTHS.

VII.     ANNOUNCEMENT OF ASSENT TO BILL:

Mr. Speaker announces that the Honourable Governor of Sindh has given assent to the following Bill:-         

The Sindh Local Government (Amendment) Bill, 2014.

VIII.   CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT BILLS:

1.    Bill No. 15 of 2014- The Sindh Epidemic Diseases Bill, 2014.

2.    Bill No. 16 of 2014- The Sindh Eye Surgery (Restriction) Bill, 2014.

3.    Bill No. 17 of 2014- The Sindh Tuberculosis Notification Bill, 2014.

4.    Bill No. 20 of 2014- The Sindh Allopathic System (Prevention of Misuse) Bill, 2014.

IX.    DISCUSSION ON ADJOURNMENT MOTION NO. 04 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. MUHAMMAD SHAHARYAR KHAN MAHAR, MPA/ LEADER OF OPPOSITION, PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH REGARDING LAW AND ORDER SITUATION IS GETTING WORST FROM BAD EVERY DAY.

X.       ANY OTHER BUSINESS WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR.

KARACHI, THE                                                                     G.M.UMAR FAROOQ

7^TH NOVEMBER, 2014.                                                               SECRETARY

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

Summary of Proceedings

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

WOMEN DEVELOPMENT AND LIVESTOCK DEPARTMENTS

LIST OF STARRED ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR

MONDAY THE 10^TH NOVEMBER, 2014.

*790. MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Livestock be pleased to state:-

(a)   Is it a fact that the project to nourish milk and meat has been delayed and the salaries of 332 employees have been stopped;

(b)   If answer to (a) above be in the affirmative, the reasons thereof?

 ANSWER

JAM KHAN SHORO, Minister for Livestock:

(a)      Yes.

(b)      Under ADP No. 43, the project for milk and meat was launched in the year 2006-07 with completion period of 5 years, upto 2010-11. However, the Works & Services Department took its time to complete the civil work and, the project had to be revised for one year; so it completed on 30-06-2012 with completion of the project, the salaries of the contracted project employees come to end. This Department submitted PC-IV to the Planning & Development Department for regularization of non-development side of the Project from where it was moved to the Finance Department. The positions were rationalized from 332 to 77, by 16-04-2013.

The summary was resubmitted to the Finance Department for the sanction of remaining 255 posts.

The Finance Department sanctioned 70 posts instead of 255 posts on dated 31-05-2013.

The total sanctioned posts in the scheme on non-development side are 147 & the salaries of the same has been released from July, 2012.

The 185 posts of different categories employees were not sanctioned by Finance Department.

The summary is than moved to Honorable Chief Minister Sindh for the approval of remaining 185 posts & the same are not approved.

DETAIL OF POSTS PROVIDED & REMAINING POSTS.

 Supporting Documents

i.     Letter of Planning & Development Department L&F, placed on the table of the House.

ii.   Letter of Finance Department, dated 16-04-2013, placed on the table of the House.

iii.  Letter of Finance Department, dated 31-05-2013, placed on the table of the House.

*962. MS. NAHEED BEGUM: Will the Minister for Women Development be pleased to state:-

(a)   Is it a fact that complaints have been received regarding such women who come for refuge in women center at Sukkur but are being handed over to heirs after taking bribe;

(b)   If answer to (a) above is affirmative, the action taken by the government against the persons involved in it?

 ANSWER

MS. RUBINA QAIMKHANI, Minister for Women Development:

The District Officer Sukkur informed that there is no shelter home at Sukkur therefore, women cannot taking refuge in Women Center at Sukkur and there is no complaint regarding the issue, copy at Annexure, placed on the table of the House.

Keeping in view the reply of District Officer Sukkur, since the question does not pertains to Women Development Department, Government of Sindh hence, no action require to be taken by the Women Development Department against the person involved in it.

 *1424. MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Livestock be pleased to state:-

(a)   Is it a fact that the Livestock department has been devolved to the provinces;

(b)   If answer to (a) above is affirmative, name/number of projects running with the co-operation of Federal Government?

 ANSWER

JAM KHAN SHORO, Minister for Livestock:

(a)      No.

(b)      Consequent upon the deliberation/decisions of the Implementation Commission of           18^th Amendment in the process of the 2^nd devolution, Ministry of Livestock & Dairy Development Government of Pakistan was to be devolved to the provinces.

On contrary to that and to meet the obligations of the above Amendment, Ministry of Livestock & Dairy Development was shown devolved in name, but actual Projects/Programs were not transferred to the provinces, rather a new Ministry with the nomenclature of “Ministry of National Food Security & Research Government of Pakistan” was created. The following Projects/Programs/Boards, which were being implemented in the provinces by the developed Ministry of Livestock & Dairy Development and were to be transferred to the provinces, are now being run by the newly established Ministry of National Food Security & Research instead of transfer to the provinces, despite of the requests by the Livestock & Fisheries Department, Government of Sindh.

 1.    Projects run by the Livestock & Dairy Development Board (LDDB)

(i)   Livestock Production & Development for Meat Production.

(ii)  Milk collection processing and production development program.

2.    Prime Minister Special Initiative Livestock (PMSIL) Program.

3.    Poverty Reduction through Livestock holders and Dairy Development.

 Like was on Fisheries side:-

1.    The Marine Fisheries Department.

2.    Korangi Fish Harbor Authority.

3.    Hawksbay Fish Hatchery.

4.    Marine Fisheries Training Center Karachi were also not devolved to Sindh Province.

 *1597. MS. HEER SOHO: Will the Minister for Women Development be pleased to state:-

Number of new and ongoing development schemes placed during 2012-13 along with the fund released for the same?

 ANSWER

MS. RUBINA QAIMKHANI, Minister for Women Development:

 POSITION OF ADP 2012-13 ALLOCATION AND RELEASES

 *1598. MS. HEER SOHO: Will the Minister for Women Development be pleased to state:-

How much implemented on Sindh Women Economic Empowerment project and when the same has been started as well as names of districts where women benefited from it?

 ANSWER

MS. RUBINA QAIMKHANI, Minister for Women Development:

The project of Women Economic Empowerment was not approved by the competent forum, hence not implemented by the Department. However, economic empowerment of the women has been provided by the Department through following schemes:

 Establishment of Sales & Display Resource Centre.

Establishment of Day Care Centre.

Establishment of Women Complaint Centre.

Karachi:-                                                 G. M. Umar Farooq

the 07^th November, 2014.                              Secretary

                                                         Provincial Assembly of Sindh.