Assembly Business

List of Business

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

ORDERS OF THE DAY

MONDAY, THE 10^TH AUGUST, 2015.

Business to be brought forward before the Legislature on Monday, the 10^th August, 2015 at 10.00 a.m.

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

(B)     NAAT SHAREEF.

II.      QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

            (Finance Department)

III.      CALL ATTENTION NOTICES:

1.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 02 OF 2015;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. NUSRAT BANO SEHER ABBASI, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Relief, Sindh may please to give answer/ statement that location-wise number of Relief Camps established in the Province due to current flood situation?

2.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 08 OF 2015;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. MAHTAB AKBAR SHAH RASHDI, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Education & Literacy, Sindh may please to give answer / statement that after the 18^th Amendment and establishment of Sindh Higher Education, Chairman has not called any meeting?

IV.     LEAVE APPLICATION OF MEMBERS, IF ANY.

V.       PRIVILEGE MOTION NO. 01 OF 2015;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. KHAIRUNISA MUGHAL, MPA REGARDING MR. ARSHAD QAYOOM BARKI, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER HAVING CHARGE OF C.M.O. TMA MIRPURKHAS DIDN’T ATTEND THE PHONE CALLS OF THE MOVER.

VI.     ADJOURNMENT MOTION NO. 02 OF 2015;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. HEER SOHO, MPA REGARDING JIRGA IN DAHERKI, DISTRICT GHOTKI.

VII.     CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT BILLS:

1.      Bill No. 25 of 2015-The Sindh Zakat and Ushr (Amendment) Bill, 2015.

2.      Bill No. 27 of 2015-The Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University Larkana (Amendment) Bill, 2015.

3.      Bill No. 29 of 2015-The Malir University of Science and Technology, Karachi Bill, 2015.

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

KARACHI, THE                                                                     G.M.UMAR FAROOQ

08^TH AUGUST, 2015.                                                                  SECRETARY

Summary of Proceedings

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

LIST OF STARRED ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR

MONDAY THE 10^TH AUGUST, 2015.

*471. MS. HEER SOHO: Will the Minister for Finance be pleased to state:-

Presently amount of deposits deposited in Sindh Bank as well as number of Government and private sector deposits in said account along with detail thereof?

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH, Minister for Finance:

 *472. MS. HEER SOHO: Will the Minister for Finance be pleased to state:-

(a)   Is it a fact that Sindh Bank is also providing facility for procurement of wheat to the growers;

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

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH, Minister for Finance:

Sindh Bank does not allow finance to grower for procurement of wheat; rather it provides finance to Food Department Government of Sindh for procurement of wheat under commodity operation.

 *474. MS. HEER SOHO: Will the Minister for Finance be pleased to state:-

Sector-wise investment so far made in the Sindh Bank?

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH, Minister for Finance:

 *1227. MS. BILQUEES MUKHTAR: Will the Minister for Finance be pleased to state:-

(a)   Grade-wise number of persons recruited in the department during 2012-13;

(b)   Is it a fact that the above recruitments were made on merit;

(c)    If answer to (b) above is affirmative, the details thereof?

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH, Minister for Finance:

(a)      Grade-wise number of persons recruited during the period 2012-13 is at Annexure, placed on the table of the House.

(b)      The recruitment was made purely on merit basis.

(c)      The following process was adopted while making appointments:-

Ø  The said posts were advertised through leading daily Sindhi, Urdu, and English newspapers i.e. Kawish, Dawn and Jang.

Ø  After short listing the application eligible candidates were advised to appear in written test in various test centers at divisional head quarters.

Ø  The candidates, who qualified the writing test, were called for appearing in interview to appear before Selection Committee for interview.

Ø  Selection Committee keeping in view their written tests and interviews recommended them for appointment, thus the entire process was culminated in transparent manner and on merit.

 *2204. MR. KHURRAM SHER ZAMAN: Will the Minister for Finance be pleased to state:-

Is it a fact that Sindh Bank is functioning under Sindh Government or any private organization is also involved in it?

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH, Minister for Finance:

Sindh Bank is wholly owned by the Government of Sindh and no private organization is involved. The Bank is functioning as a scheduled commercial bank under the prudential rules/regulation prescribed by the State Bank of Pakistan being the central bank of the country.

 *2960. MR. RASHID KHILJI: Will the Minister for Finance be pleased to state:-

Funds earmarked for taluka Hyderabad city during last financial year along with        scheme-wise funds so far released?

ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH, Minister for Finance:

Scheme wise details of funds allocated and released for taluka Hyderabad City during last Financial Year 2013-14 is as under:

 *3206. ENGINEER SABIR HUSSAIN KAIM KHANI: Will the Minister for Finance be pleased to state:-

Funds released for 4 talukas of district Hyderabad during 1^st July 2013 to 30^th September 2013?

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH, Minister for Finance:

The list of funds released for four Talukas i.e. Hyderabad City, Latifabad, Qasimabad and Hyderabad Rural during 1^st July 2013 to September, 2013 is as under:-

Karachi:-                                 G. M. Umar Farooq

the 07^th August, 2015.                     Secretary

                                           Provincial Assembly of Sindh.