LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF POLICE. By: Muhammad Bilal Saeed, CPDI

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3 LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF POLICE By: Muhammad Bilal Saeed, CPDI

4 Acknowledgments This report has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The European Union is made up of 27 Member States who have decided to gradually link together their know-how, resources and destinies. Together, during a period of enlargement of 50 years, they have built a zone of stability, democracy and sustainable development whilst maintaining cultural diversity, tolerance and individual freedoms. The European Union is committed to sharing its achievements and its values with countries and peoples beyond its borders. This research has been conducted by Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives with the support of Friedrich Naumann Foundation under the European Union Project Civil Society and Police Reform in South Asia. The research has been made possible with the technical support of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative. The author wishes to acknowledge the support of Amer Ejaz, Executive Director, CPDI during the course of research. Credit also goes to MPA PAP Ayesha Javed who provided valuable input during the research analysis. Researched and authored by Bilal Saeed, CPDI FNST focal resource person: Dona John, FNST-South Asia *Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) would welcome reproduction and dissemination of the contents of the report with due acknowledgments.

5 Acronyms AJIP AML ANP APML BNP IND JI JUI-F MQM NA NP NPP PAP PMAP PML PML (F) PML (N) PML (Q) PML (Z) PPPP PTI QWP (S) Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan Awami Muslim League Awami National Party All Pakistan Muslim League Balochistan National Party Independent Jamaat-e-Islami Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Muttahidda Qaumi Movement National Assembly National Party National Peoples Party Provincial Assembly Punjab Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Pakistan Muslim League Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) Pakistan Muslim League (Zia) Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Qaumi Watan Party (Sherpao)

6 Contents Introduction...8 I. Background... 8 II. Methodology... 8 III. Importance of question hour session... 9 IV. Structure of the report... 9 Analysis of question hour in the National Assembly Question hour in the National Assembly Composition of National Assembly a Provincial/geographical representation b Party-wise representation Questions requiring an oral response - policing in focus a Response pattern for the oral questions b Nature of unique questions for oral responses c. Nature of questions raised in PAP d Gender-wise number of questions for oral response e Gender-wise unique v/s repeat questions f Member-wise unique v/s repeat questions for oral response e Party-wise number of questions responded v/s not responded f Party-wise unique v/s repeat questions g Repeat questions worst examples Analysis of question hour in Provincial Assembly Punjab Composition of PAP Starred questions in PAP a Gauging efficiency of response to question hour starred questions... 20

7 2.3b Gender-wise number of starred questions responded c Party-wise and member-wise response pattern of starred questions d Starred questions unresponded Annexure Annex 1:- Complete Questions list addressed in NA during first parliamentary year Annex 2: Questions list addressed in PAP during first parliamentary year Annex 2: Questions list addressed in PAP during first parliamentary year... 41

8 I. Background Introduction This is a pioneer research of its sort in Pakistan that specifically investigates legislative oversight of police in National Assembly and Provincial Assembly Punjab. This research examines Legislative oversight of police by looking specifically at the question hour sessions of both National Assembly and Provincial Assembly Punjab. The year in focus is the first parliamentary year of the current government. The questions that have been included in the research analysis are only those that require an oral response. 1 The research is important because policing is strongly connected to life, liberty and property rights of the citizenry and assessing the focus of legislative branch of government towards policing is the important first step to bring any substantial reform in the system. Question hour provides parliamentarian an adequate opportunity to hold police department and the concerned ministry/department accountable. While the Legislative branch - comprising elected assembly members - needs to keep an oversight of police, the citizens need to keep a watchful eye over the performance of their representatives in the assemblies. Proceedings of question hour sessions, available freely on National Assembly and Provincial Assembly Punjb s websites, is a valuable instrument for the people to gauge the performance of the parliamentarians. This study is a simplified analysis that scrutinizes the Legislative branch through a microscopic focus; by looking at the nature and scope of such questions to see whether their representative talks about the issues that are of high priority for the citizens. Purpose of this research is to analyze the trends of questions that are raised in these assemblies regarding police. Not only is such analysis required to gauge the magnitude of Parliamentarians focus of these two assemblies towards policing issues, but also to determine the weaknesses in policing and subsequently, in the long run, to include the identified problem areas into future advocacy initiatives for police reform. Moreover, the inefficient mechanism of assembly, which hinders timely response to questions by the parliamentarians, is brought to limelight. II. Methodology Data of questions for oral responses in both the National Assembly and Provincial Assembly Punjab were recorded on excel and coded as to research requirements. Analysis is quantitative in nature and is carried out solely on excel. Except for categorizing the nature of questions 2 through personal Judgment, all the rest of the data has been collected from either National Assembly or Provincial Assembly Punjab s websites. 1 In the National Assembly, questions that require oral response are called questions for oral response while those requiring an oral reply in Provincial Assembly Punjab are called starred questions. 2 Classification into categories such as administrative, development, reform, general information etc

9 III. Importance of question hour session Question hour sessions are an important tool for the legislative branch of the government to scrutinize the performance of the executive branch of government. Opposition parties benefit from questioning the treasury benches by scrutinizing the various dimensions of their performance, development plans, and problems in the system. Question hour is important because it attracts media attention and the probability of betterment in the system becomes more once media focuses upon any specific issue. Question hour is also an important instrument with the members of the assemblies to portray their association with a cause or even to please the voter bank by asking questions pertinent to issues faced by their constituency. IV. Structure of the report The report is structurally divided into two chapters and a section for annexure. The first chapter analyses the questions for oral response during the first parliamentary year in the National assembly. The second chapter conducts a similar analysis of starred questions (requiring an oral response) in the Provincial Assembly Punjab. Complete detail of questions requiring oral response (called starred questions in the Provincial Assembly Punjab) is presented in annexure.

10 Analysis of question hour in the National Assembly (First Parliamentary year: June 1, 2013 May 31, 2014) 1.1 Question hour in the National Assembly 3 The Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007 provide that the first hour of every sitting after the recitation from the Holy Quran, shall be available for asking and answering questions. The question can be asked to obtain information on a matter of public concern within the special cognizance of the Minister to whom it is addressed. Members may ask different questions of public importance in written relating to the functions and working of different Ministries Divisions. A separate notice for each question shall be given in writing to the Secretary and shall specify the official designation of the Minister whom it is addressed. The Concerned Ministry gave answer in writing to the National Assembly and these answers will be placed before the Assembly on specific day. 1.2 Composition of National Assembly Composition of National Assembly has been carried out under two categories, Provincial/geographical representation and Party-wise representation. 1.2a Provincial/geographical representation The National Assembly has a total of 342 members, including 60 seats reserved for women and 10 for non-muslims, as per Article 51. The seats in the National Assembly are allocated to each Province, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Federal Capital on the basis of population, as officially published in the last preceding census. The current allocation of seats in the National Assembly is as under: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Balochistan FATA Federal Capital Total Punjab Sindh General Women Non- Muslims Total

11 1.2b Party-wise representation When we look at the party-wise composition of National Assembly, we see PML (N) leading with 189 seats, followed by PPPP with 46 seats and PTI with 33 seats. The detailed party wise composition of NA is provided in the table below. Parties No. of Members Pakistan Muslim League (N) 189 Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 46 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 33 Muttahidda Qaumi Movement 24 Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam (F) 13 Pakistan Muslim League (F) 5 Jamat-e-Islami 4 Pukhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party 4 National Peoples Party 2 Pakistan Muslim League 2 Awami National Party 2 Balochistan National Party 1 Qaumi Watan Party (Sherpao) 1 Pakistan Muslim League (Z) 1 National Party 1 Awami Muslim League 1 Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan 1 All Pakistan Muslim League 1 Independent 9 Total Questions requiring an oral response - policing in focus There were 11 sessions of National Assembly during the first parliamentary year, wherein 8,660 starred and un-starred questions were received. Of these 2,703 (31.2%) were answered. 5 There were a total of 58 questions related to policing that were scheduled to be answered during the first parliamentary year. Of the 58 questions, only 39 were unique/first timers, while the rest were repeated once, twice, thrice or even four times to get response, we would refer to such questions as repeat questions. During the parliamentary year 35 questions (89.74%) were answered out of the 39 unique questions. The distinction is important to make as if we do not pay due consideration to this fact of question repetition, a single 4 Currently, one seat from FATA and one from Punjab are vacant 5 National Assembly Performance Report - 1 st Parliamentary year (Available at:

12 question by a parliamentarian when repeated once would appear as two questions, while actually it would only be the same question. 1.3a Response pattern for the oral questions When we analyse at what stage (unique v/s repeat) was the response for question received, we find out that 16/23 questions responded to were unique (69.5%), while the response rate for repeat questions was 4/8 (50%) of the first-time repeat questions, 2/2 (100%) of the second time repeat questions, 1/1(100%) of the third time repeat questions and none of the fourth time repeat questions were responded. Note: It is considered important to mention that there were seven questions that had to be repeated, not once, but twice, thrice or even four times in one case before four of the seven received a reply from the concerned ministry/department. 1.3b Nature of unique questions 6 for oral responses The highest number of parliamentarians questions during the first parliamentary year pertained to police administration (12), followed by 10 questions seeking general information and six question touching areas of police reform/ legal framework. It should be noted that there were quite a few questions that touched more than one category as those questions carried sub-components (more than one questions), in all such cases where multiple a single question touched more than one category, values were fed into all the categories the question corresponded to. 6 Unique questions (or first-timers) as those that have not been brought to the assembly floor for response before.

13 *The categorization of the questions under these eight categories has been done by the author on his personal judgment. Detail of the categorization is presented in Annex: c. Nature of questions raised in PAP When we look at the nature of questions raised in PAP, we find that the focus of the members was highest towards Administrative details (for e.g. number of police stations and their staff) and crime (mostly quantitative figures on crime at a particular location) and criminals (8 each). Followed by the two categories as the most focused upon, questions on police capability and performance and general information scored equally (6 each). Further details are present in the graph.

14 Note: A single question of member comprised 2-3 questions in general. The categorization of questions, as in the NA case, has been done by the author on his own judgment. 1.3d Gender-wise number of questions for oral response A total number of 58 questions for oral responses came up on floor of National Assembly during the first parliamentary year. Out of these 58 questions, 33 were asked by female parliamentarians and 25 by male parliamentarians. It is important to note here that out of these 58 questions; only 39 were unique/first-timers (answered as per the answering schedule / not repeated). 19 questions for oral responses of female parliamentarians were unique as compared to 20 unique questions for oral responses of the male members. Of the 35 out of 58 questions responded to, 18 were asked by female parliamentarians and 17 by male parliamentarians. 1.3e Gender-wise unique v/s repeat questions For the female parliamentarians 19 of the 33 questions, i.e 57.57% were unique, while for male parliamentarians, 20 of the 25 questions, 80%, were unique. The difference in the response percentage of male and female parliamentarians is 22.43%, which is quite significant.

15 Only female parliamentarians fell in the category where questions had to be repeated even three and four times to get answer, while no male parliamentarian reached to that level of questiuon repetition. But to be sure of this trend, of gender discrimnation in question hour, an anylsis of complete question hour sessions, and not merely related to policing issues, must be conducted. There also lies a possibility that this issue of gender discrimination is ministry/department specific; perhaps, questions posed by female parliamentarians are not be taken seriously where they pertain to the internal security issues and law and order environment.

16 1.3f Member-wise unique v/s repeat questions for oral response It is pertinent to repeat that out of the 35 questions that were responded, 23 were unique. From the rest, eight questions had to be repeated once, two questions had to be repeated twice and one question each had to be repeated thrice and four times to get response. The member wise question categorization of unique v/s repeat is presented in table hereunder. Question Category Member Firsttimer/ unique Repeat 1 Repeat 2 Repeat 3 Repeat 4 Total Asad Umar 2 2 Dr. Arif Alvi Dr. Nafisa Shah 2 2 Dr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani 1 1 Imran Zafar Leghari 1 1 Mohammad Ayaz Soomro 1 1 Ms. Aasiya Nasir 1 1 Ms. Belum Hasnain Ms. Farhana Qamar 1 1 Ms. Khalida Mansoor 1 1 Ms. Kishwer Zehra Ms. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto Ms. Munaza Hassan 2 2 Ms. Nighat Parveen Mir Ms. Parveen Masood Bhatti Ms. Shagufta Jumani 1 1 Ms. Shahzadi Umerzadi Tiwana 2 2 Ms. Shakila Luqman 1 1 Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb Ramesh Lal 2 2 Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqub 1 1 Sajid Ahmed 1 1 Shafqat Mehmood 1 1 Shaikh Rohale Asghar 2 2 Sheikh Rashid Ahmed 1 1 Sheikh Salahuddin 1 1 Syed Asif Hasnain Syed Waseem Hussain Grand Total

17 1.3e Party-wise number of questions responded v/s not responded PPPP s parliamentarians submitted 19 questions out of which 10 (52.6%) were answered. PML (N) s parliamentarians submitted 15 questions out of which 10 (66.6%) were answered, while MQM s parliamentarians submitted 14 questions out of which six (42.85%) were responded.

18 1.3f Party-wise unique v/s repeat questions When we look at the party-wise distribution of unique (first-timer) v/s repeat questions, we find that eight 7 (57.1%) of the MQM Parliamentarians 14 questions were repeat questions, with one question having to be repeated four times (Repeat 4) to get a response (details of questions repeated more than once will come later on in the report). Seven (36.84%) out of the PPPP Parliamentarians 19 questions were repeat questions, while for PML (N) only three (20%) of the 15 questions were repeat questions. 7 Eight (8) =Four questions repeated once + two questions repeated twice + one question repeated thrice + one question repeated for the fourth time.

19 1.3g Repeat questions worst examples The following table provides the name of members, their parties, question asked and how many times it had to be repeated on the floor of the house. Member Party Question Narcotics Control be pleased to (a) the number of complaints made against police officers on account of registration of fake FIRs in Islamabad during the year till date; (b) the number of cases processed by the Government along with the action taken against the responsible; (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to amend the law to specify penalty for Ms. Kishwer Zehra MQM such police officers; if so, when it will be implemented? Narcotics Control be pleased to state the year-wise total number of plots allotted by the National Police Foundation to politicians, Ms. Mahreen bureaucrats and others except the employees of police Razaque Bhutto PPPP departments during the last five years till date? Syed Waseem Hussain Ms. Belum Hasnain MQM PPPP (a) whether it is a fact that four hundred ex-servicemen appointed on contract basis in Islamabad Police during the year ; (b) whether it is also a fact that the medical checkup of those employees was conducted during the said period; (c) whether it is further a fact that the Islamabad High Court ordered to regularize the services of those employees; and (d) if the answers to parts (a), (b) and (c) above are in the affirmative, whether medical checkup of those employees was again conducted recently through private lab charging fee of Rs.1600/- per employee; if so, the reasons thereof? Narcotics Control be pleased to (a) the quantity of liquor, heroin and hashish recovered/seized by the Islamabad Police since till date along with the steps taken to control it; and (b) the actions taken against the culprits in each case during the said period? Repeat times Four times Three times Three times Three times

20 Analysis of question hour in Provincial Assembly Punjab 2.1 Composition of PAP (First Parliamentary year: June 1, 2013 May 30, 2014) Provincial Assembly of the Punjab consists of 371 members: 297 general seats, 66 seats reserved for women and 8 seats reserved for non-muslims. 8 When we look at the party-wise composition of Provincial Assembly Punjab, we see PML (N) leading with 312 seats, followed by PTI with 30 seats and both PPPP and PML with eight seats each. The detailed party wise composition of PAP composition is provided in the table below. Party Members Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) 312 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 30 Pakistan Muslim League 8 Pakistan Peoples Party (Parliamentarian) 8 Independent 4 Pakistan Muslim League (Zia) 3 Pakistan National Muslim League 1 Bahawalpur National Awami Party 1 Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 1 Total Starred questions in PAP During the first parliamentary year of PAP, 1,210 starred questions were responded from the total of 2,757 questions admitted. A total of 19 starred questions pertaining to policing were brought on floor of the house, of which 16 (84.2%) were responded. 2.2a Gauging efficiency of response to question hour starred questions It is important to note that the average total time required to get response to the oral questions in the Provincial Assembly Punjab was 269 days (38 weeks/ nine months). It is important to state here that questions directly associated with police have strong implications on law and order in the country and should, therefore, be addressed on urgent priority. However, the process to get response to questions was observed to be extremely slow. Details are provided in the table. 8 The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Article 106(1).

21 Question-hour timeline indicators Days Weeks Months Average time taken by assembly to forward the question to home department Average time taken by home department to respond Average time taken by assembly to table answers (by calling session of home department) Average total time to respond b Gender-wise number of starred questions responded Out of the 17 starred questions on policing answered, 14 were posed by male members and three questions were asked by female parliamentarians. These three questions belonged to two female parliamentarians who belonged to PML (N). 2.3c Party-wise and member-wise response pattern of starred questions A total of 16 questions pertaining to policing issues were responded by the home department in a single sitting during the parliamentary year on 7 March Six questions of PML (N), six of PTI, three of PML, one of JI and one of independent candidate were responded. The questions pertaining to policing were asked by 13 members of the Provincial Assembly Punjab. Details are provided in table hereunder. Party Affiliation Member PML (N) PTI PML JI Ind. Responded Not responded Ehsan Riaz Fatyana Dr. Syed Wasim Akhtar

22 Ahmad Shah Khagga Sardar Vickas Hassan 0 Mokal Ayesha Javed Faizan Khalid Virk Mian Naseer Ahmed Dr. Malik Mukhtar 1 Ahmad Bharath Raheela Khadim 0 Hussain Ijaz Khan Javed Akhtar Mian Muhammad 0 Aslam Iqbal Muhammad Zaheer ud Din Khan Alizai Total d Starred questions unresponded Three of the 19 starred questions went unresponded in the question hour session, out of which two questions were asked by Dr. Syed Wasim Akhtar of JI while one question was asked by Dr. Malik Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath. All three questions that went unresponded are provided in the table below. Member Party Question Dr. Syed Wasim Akhtar Dr. Syed Wasim Akhtar Dr. Malik Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan PML (N) Would the CM tell: a-is it true that bribery at the police station level is a big hindrance in provision of justice in Punjab? B-Is it also true that CM Shahbaz Sharif substantially increased the salaries of the police officials so that they refrain from taking bribes? c- Are there any plans of the Punjab government to tackle this issue? Would the CM please tell: a-details of budget granted to police stations in Bahawalpur during to meet daily expenses such as stationery, food for detainees, electricity, phone and gas bills b- when expenditure in a police station exceeds the allocated budget, then how is it met? Is it true that there is neither SDPO office nor any SDPO appointed in district Bhera? If true, then by what time does the government plan to construct the DPO office and depute the SDPO?

23 Annexure Annex 1:- Complete Questions list addressed in NA during first parliamentary year Nature of information required (author's view) Sr # Member Party Question Adminis trative General Financial Crime & criminals Police misconduct/ illegality/ corruption Infrastructure development Police reform/ legal framework Police capability/ performance Ms. Shahzadi 1 Umerzadi Tiwana PML(N) (a) the names of Heads, Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers worked with the National Police Foundation during the last five years; and (b) the total number of plots allotted during the tenure of said MDs separately alongwith the details thereof? Syed Waseem 2 Hussain MQM (a) whether it is a fact that four hundred ex-servicemen appointed on contract basis in Islamabad Police during the year ; (b) whether it is also a fact that the medical checkup of those employees conducted during the said period; (c) whether it is further a fact that the Islamabad High Court ordered to regularize the services of those employees; and (d) if the answers to parts (a), (b) and (c) above are in the affirmative, whether medical checkup of those employees was again conducted recently through

24 private lab charging fee of Rs.1600/- per employee; if so, the reasons thereof? Mohammad Ayaz 3 Soomro PPPP state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish a Narcotics Police Station in Larkana; if so, when it will be implemented? Syed Waseem 4 Hussain MQM (a) whether it is a fact that four hundred ex-servicemen appointed on contract basis in Islamabad Police during the year ; (b) whether it is also a fact that the medical checkup of those employees conducted during the said period; (c) whether it is further a fact that the Islamabad High Court ordered to regularize the services of those employees; and (d) if the answers to parts (a), (b) and (c) above are in the affirmative, whether medical checkup of those employees was again conducted recently through private lab charging fee of Rs.1600/- per employee; if so, the reasons thereof?

25 Syed Waseem 5 Hussain MQM (a) whether it is a fact that four hundred ex-servicemen appointed on contract basis in Islamabad Police during the year ; (b) whether it is also a fact that the medical checkup of those employees conducted during the said period; (c) whether it is further a fact that the Islamabad High Court ordered to regularize the services of those employees; and (d) if the answers to parts (a), (b) and (c) above are in the affirmative, whether medical checkup of those employees was again conducted recently through private lab charging fee of Rs.1600/- per employee; if so, the reasons thereof? Sheikh Rashid 6 Ahmed AML (a) the year-wise total number of employees of Islamabad Police who have been terminated from service during the last five years alongwith the reasons thereof; and (b) whether any one of the said employees., has been Involved in theft and robbery cases; if so, the details thereof? Ms. Mahreen 7 Razaque Bhutto PPPP state the purpose of the establishment of the National Police Foundation, Islamabad?

26 Syed Waseem 8 Hussain MQM (a) whether it is a fact that an officer of Islamabad Police saved the citizens of Islamabad at Bahara Kahu on Eid-ul-Fiter from a great tragedy by putting his life at stake; and (b) whether any police award/prize has been announced by the Ministry for the said officer; if so, the details thereof? Ms. Nighat 9 Parveen Mir PML(N) state the Tehsil-wise total number of Narcotics Police Stations established in the country at present? Imran Zafar 10 Leghari PPPP state whether the Islamabad Police has the technology to trace the mobile phones; if so, the details thereof? Ms. Munaza 11 Hassan PTI (a) whether it is a fact that there is a shortage of forensic laboratories in the country; (b) if the answer to part (a) above is in the affirmative, whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to increase the number of said laboratories to equip the police force with latest devices of investigation; if so, when it will be implemented?

27 Ms. Mahreen 12 Razaque Bhutto PPPP state the purpose of the establishment of the National Police Foundation, Islamabad? Syed Waseem 13 Hussain MQM (a) whether it is a fact that an officer of Islamabad Police saved the citizens of Islamabad at Bahara Kahu on Eid-ul-Fiter from a great tragedy by putting his life at stake; and (b) whether any police award/prize has been announced by the Ministry for the said officer; if so, the details thereof? Ms. Nighat 14 Parveen Mir PML(N) state the Tehsil-wise total number of Narcotics Police Stations established in the country at present? Ms. Mahreen 15 Razaque Bhutto PPPP Narcotic Control be pleased to state the year-wise total number of plots allotted by the National Police Foundation to politicians, bureaucrats and others except the employees of police departments during the last five years til date? Ms. Mahreen 16 Razaque Bhutto PPPP state the prescribed criteria for the allotment of plots by the National Police Foundation(NPF), Islamabad?

28 17 Syed Asif Hasnain MQM Narcotic Control be pleased to (a) the number of persons recruited in Islamabad Police and other organizations working under the Ministry except FIA, NADRA, Immigration and Passports Offices during the last five years; (b) the financial impacts of the same on each organization during the said period; and (c) whether those recruitments were required therefor; if not, the reasons thereof? Ms. Mahreen 18 Razaque Bhutto PPPP Narcotic Control be pleased to state the year-wise total number of plots allotted by the National Police Foundation to politicians, bureaucrats and others except the employees of police departments during the last five years till date? Ms. Mahreen 19 Razaque Bhutto PPPP state the prescribed criteria for the allotment of plots by the National Police Foundation(NPF), Islamabad?

29 20 Syed Asif Hasnain MQM Narcotic Control be pleased to (a) the number of persons recruited in Islamabad Police and other organizations working under the Ministry except FIA, NADRA, Immigration and Passports Offices during the last five years; (b) the financial impacts of the same on each organization during the said period; and (c) whether those recruitments were required therefor; if not, the reasons thereof? Ye s Ms. Munaza 21 Hassan PTI state whether any reforms are being proposed to improve the existing civilian law enforcement structure in Islamabad; if so, when it will be implemented? Ms. Shagufta 22 Jumani PPPP (a) the number of Police Check Posts established In Islamabad; and (b) the number of policemen deployed on those Check Posts at present?

30 23 Dr. Arif Alvi PTI (a) whether it is a fact that a number of employees of Islamabad Police are Involved in car lifting and terrorist activities during the last three years till date; if so, the details thereof; (b) the action taken by the Government against those employees during the said period; and (c) the number of those accused employees who have been reinstated during the said period? Ms. Kishwer 24 Zehra MQM Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased to (a) the number of complaints made against police officers on account of registration of fake FIRs in Islamabad during the year till date; (b) the number of cases processed by the Government alongwith the action taken against the responsibles; (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of Government to amend the law to specify penalty for such police officers; if so,when it will be implemented? Ms. Shahzadi 25 Umerzadi Tiwana PML(N) Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Secretariat be pleased to state the ratio of officers of FATA and Azad Jammu and Kashmir in the Police Service of Pakistan at present?

31 Ms. Mahreen 26 Razaque Bhutto PPPP Narcotic Control be pleased to state the year-wise total number of plots allotted by the National Police Foundation to politicians, bureaucrats and others except the employees of police departments during the last five years till date? 27 Dr. Arif Alvi PTI (a) whether it is a fact that a number of employees of Islamabad Police are Involved in car lifting and terrorist activities during the last three years till date; if so, the details thereof; (b) the action taken by the Government against those employees during the said period; and (c) the number of those accused employees who have been reinstated during the said period? Dr. Ramesh 28 Kumar Vankwani PML(N) Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to (a) whether it is a fact that the rent for residential buildings is being paid alongwith monthly salary to officers/officials of Islamabad Police; (b) whether it is also a fact that the Government accommodations have also been allotted to those officers/officials in Islamabad; (c) if the answers to parts (a) and (b) above are in the affirmative, the steps being taken by the Government to cancel those allotments?

32 Ms. Mahreen 29 Razaque Bhutto PPPP state the year-wise total number of plots allotted by the National Police Foundation to politicians, bureaucrats and others except the employees of police departments during the last five years till date? 30 Dr. Nafisa Shah PPPP (a) the total number of women appointed in Islamabad Police during the year, alongwith the ratio thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to increase the representation of women in Islamabad Police; if so, the steps being taken in this regard? Ms. Belum 31 Hasnain PPPP (a) the quantity of liquor, heroin and hashish recovered/seized by the Islamabad Police since till date alongwith the steps taken to control it; and (b) the actions taken against the culprits in each case during the said period?

33 Ms. Kishwer 32 Zehra Shaikh Rohale 33 Asghar MQM PML(N) Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased to (a) the number of complaints made against police officers on account of registration of fake FIRs in Islamabad during the year till date; (b) the number of cases processed by the Government alongwith the action taken against the responsibles; (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of Government to amend the law to specify penalty for such police officers; if so,when it will be implemented? (a) whether it is a fact that the performance of Islamabad police is not satisfactory; (b) if so, the steps being taken for improving the performance thereof? Ms. Kishwer 34 Zehra MQM (a) the number of complaints made against police officers on account of registration of fake FIRs in Islamabad during the year till date; (b) the number of cases processed by the Government alongwith the action taken against the responsibles; (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of Government to amend the law to

34 specify penalty for such police officers; if so, when it will be implemented? Ms. Belum 35 Hasnain PPPP (a) the quantity of liquor, heroin and hashish recovered/seized by the Islamabad Police since till date alongwith the steps taken to control it; and (b) the actions taken against the culprits in each case during the said period? 36 Sheikh Salahuddin MQM Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the police of National Highways and Motorways has failed to control the issues relating to overloading, un-trained drivers and over speeding on Highways/Motorways in the country except controlling of overloading on Rawalpindi- Lahore G. T. Road; if so, the reasons thereof? Shaikh Rohale 37 Asghar PML(N) Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to (a) the year-wise total amount of fine imposed/collected by Motorway Police during the last five years; and (b) the head-wise utilization thereof?

35 Ms. Khalida 38 Mansoor PML(N) state the steps being taken by the Government to make Islamabad Police as a model police in the country? 39 Asad Umar PTI state the steps being taken to control the alarming increase in street crimes such as theft/looting of cash, gold ornaments, cell phones, motorcycles, cars and other valuables in Islamabad? Ms. Kishwer 40 Zehra MQM (a) the number of complaints made against police officers on account of registration of fake FIRs in Islamabad during the year till date; (b) the number of cases processed by the Government alongwith the action taken against the responsibles; (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of Government to amend the law to specify penalty for such police officers; if so, when it will be implemented? Ms. Belum 41 Hasnain PPPP (a) the quantity of liquor, heroin and hashish recovered/seized by the Islamabad Police since till date alongwith the steps taken to control it; and (b) the actions taken against the

36 culprits in each case during the said period? Ms. Parveen 42 Masood Bhatti PML(N) (a) the location-wise women police stations in Islamabad at present; and (b) the facilities available therein? Sahibzada Muhammad 43 Yaqub JI (a) the number of persons arrested by Islamabad Capital Territory Police on charges of offences relating to contraband, liquor and prostitution during last five years till date alongwith the yearwise details thereof; and (b) the number of owners of the said illicit businesses, workers and customers who have been arrested so far; and (c) the steps taken by the Government to prevent those crimes? 44 Sajid Ahmed MQM Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the total number of employees of Motorways/Highways police in the country at present?

37 Ms. Kishwer 45 Zehra MQM (a) the number of complaints made against police officers on account of registration of fake FIRs in Islamabad during the year till date; (b) the number of cases processed by the Government alongwith the action taken against the responsibles; (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to amend the law to specify penalty for such police officers; if so, when it will be implemented? Ms. Parveen 46 Masood Bhatti PML(N) state the steps being taken by the Government to simplify the procedure of lodging FIR in Islamabad? Ms. Parveen 47 Masood Bhatti PML(N) (a) the location-wise women police stations in Islamabad at present; and (b) the facilities available therein? Ms. Tahira 48 Aurangzeb PML(N) Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the detail of appointments made in the Motorways Police during the last two years?

38 Ms. Shakila 49 Luqman PML(N) (a) the steps taken or proposed to be taken by the Ministry to control target killings in the country specially in Karachi during the current year; and (b) the achievements gained therefrom so far? 50 Asad Umar PTI state the total number of juveniles who have been arrested and released from the Police Stations in the ICT during the period from to ? Ms. Belum 51 Hasnain PPPP (a) the total number of personnel/officers of the Islamabad Police placed under suspension for various charges during the last five years alongwith the detail of charges levelled against them; (b) whether the suspension is recorded in the personal record of the said officials/officers; if not, the reasons thereof; and (c) whether enquiries against those officers/officials have since been completed/conducted; if so, the details; if not, the reasons thereof? 52 Ms. Aasiya Nasir JUI-F state the steps being taken by Ministry to re-structure and bring improvement in the Women

39 53 Ramesh Lal PPPP Police Stations in Islamabad? (a) the names of the Banks in which Challans of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) are being deposited at present; (b) whether it is a fact that the said challans are not being deposited in the Pakistan Post; if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) the time by which the challans of ITP will be allowed to be deposited in the Post Office Department, Islamabad? 54 Shafqat Mehmood PTI (a) the names of Police Stations in ICT at present; and (b) the names of SHOs working in said Police Stations at present alongwith their ranks and tenure? Ms. Tahira 55 Aurangzeb PML(N) Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the detail of appointments made in the Motorways Police during the last two years? Ms. Farhana 56 Qamar PML(N) (a) whether it is a fact that the Government has started the implementation of its plan for the automation of ICT Police administration; and (b) if so, the time by which it will be completed?

40 57 Dr. Nafisa Shah PPPP (a) the total number of personnel of police and rangers who have been killed in war on terror up till now; and (b) whether Government recognized their sacrifices? 58 Ramesh Lal PPPP Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to (a) the names of banks in which the challans of Motorways Police are deposited at present; (b) whether it is a fact that such challans are not being deposited in the Pakistan Post; if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) the time by which such challans will be allowed to be deposited in the Pakistan Post?

41 Annex 2: Questions list addressed in PAP during first parliamentary year MPA Party Question Answer Question Date Mian Naseer Ahmed Ahmad Shah Khagga Ijaz Khan Dr. Syed Wasim Akhtar PML (N) PML PTI Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Question forwarded Answer Date Would the CM tell: a-whether it is true that an anti car lifting cell has ben established in Lahore to curtail car thefts and catch culprits and when was it established? B-Inform the house on the total number of officials deputed in the department and their grades C-How many complaints of car thefts have been received by the department since Jan 2012 from which police stations and what are the numbers of the cars? C-How many cars have been recovered due to the efforts of the department in the aforementioned time-period? Also identify the car numbers and addresses of owners of the cars to whom the vehicles have been returned D-What action is the department taking about the vehicles not recovered so far and when can the recovery be expected? Provided 1-Jun Jun-13 5-Mar-14 Will the CM please tell: a- Is it true that to protect poor people from sood khors Punjab Prohibition of Private Money Lending Act 2007 was enacted? B- how many complaints have been received against sood khors since 2007 and what has been the response? C- Is it true that police does not cooperate when complaint is lodged against the sood khor by the affectee? d- Is the government planning to take necessary steps to make this law more effective and to disseminate awareness in the general public? Provided 1-Jun Jun-13 5-Mar-14 Would the CM tell: a-how many cases of dacoity have been registered in police station of Balochni, Faisalabad from January 1, 2009 to January 1, 2013 b- how much of goods have been recovered, how many dacoits have been captured, how many dacoits are still uncaptured and by when would those be captured? Provided 3-Jun Jun Jul-13 Would the CM tell: a-is it true that bribery at the police station level is a big hinderance in provision of justice in Punjab? B-Is it also true that CM Shahbaz Sharif substantially increased the salaries of the police officials so that they refrain from taking bribes? c- Are there any plans of the Punjab government to tackle this issue? Not Provided 4-Jun Jun-13

42 Mian Muhammad Aslam Iqbal Dr. Syed Wasim Akhtar Raheela Khadim Hussain Ijaz Khan Javed Akhtar Javed Akhtar Ayesha Javed PTI Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan PML (N) PTI PTI PTI PML (N) Would the CM please tell: a-number of police stations in Lahore b- How many of police stations are in government owned buildings and how many are in prented buildings, please also provide rent details c-is the government planning to transfer Police stations of Sammanabad and Millat park to government owned buildings and by what time? Provided 4-Jun Jun Jul-13 Would the CM please tell: a-details of budget granted to police stations in Bahawalpur during to meet daily expenses such as stationery, food for detainees, electricty, phone and gas bills b- when expenditure in a police station exceeds the allocated budget, then how is it met? Not Provided 8-Jun Jun-13 Would the CM please tell: a-how many dacoities occurred in which police station's precinct of district Lahore from Jan to May 2013, provide details b-how many innocent lives were lost in these dacoities, please provide details c-how much money and other valuables were lost in these dacoities? d-how many dacoits were caught and how many are still roaming free, provide names and addresses of those still uncaught. Provided 10-Jun Jun Jul-13 Details of dacoities in Thana Saddar, Rawalpindi during 2008 to number of cases registered, suspects caught and not caught, money or goods retrieved from those caught Provided 10-Jun-13 3-Jul Aug-13 Is the police staff sanctioned in District Multan sufficient as per requirements, if not what are the reasons? Is the Punjab government seriously considering to increase the staff deficit as per the strength required? Is it true that due to lower than required staff in police, crime rate is increasing on daily basis? Provided 12-Jun-13 3-Jul Aug-13 How many police stations are there in district Multan? How many police stations are in PP 195 of Multan? How many of these police stations are in government buildings and how many in private buildings and what is the rent given for these police stations? Is the Punjab government considering to develop government buildings for these police stations and if yes then by what time? Provided 12-Jun-13 3-Jul Aug-13 How many police stations and police check posts are there in district Lahore and what is the number of officials posted therein? Is the police strength appropriate or less in district lahore, provide details where deficient at the level of police station individually. Provided 13-Jun Jul-13 5-Mar-14

43 Ayesha Javed Ahmad Shah Khagga Ehsan Riaz Fatyana Dr. Malik Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath Faizan Khalid Virk Faizan Khalid Virk Sardar Vickas Hassan Mokal PML (N) PML Independent PML (N) PML (N) PML (N) PML Is it true that money bets are laid on matched in lahore, is it also true that money is booked through telephones for the purpose? Is it also true that police officials assists bookies in this evil venture, and if so than actions have been taken thereof? please tell the house of the actions taken against such officials during the past three years. if the answer to the above is affirmative then what steps has the government taken since 2012 against bookies and their agents and if no action has been taken then provide the reasons thereof. Provided 13-Jun Jul-13 8-Oct-13 Provide the details about the number and location of model police stations constructed in Punjab. What facilities have been provided in these model police stations and are all the model police stations provided equal facilities? Is it true that generator facility is available in all model police stations in Punjab? If the answer to above is true, then does the government plan to provide similar facilities to all the model police stations in Punjab? Provided 13-Jun-13 4-Jul-13 2-Sep-13 How many murders, dacoities, thefts have been reported in district Faisalabad from 1 March 2013 to 11 June 2013? How many of the culprits involved have been caught and how many uncaught? What steps is the police taking to catch those uncaught? Provided 13-Jun-13 4-Jul Aug-13 is it true that there is no DPO office nor any DPO appointed in district Bhera? If true, then by what time does the government plan to construct the DPO office and depute the DPO? Not Provided 13-Jun-13 8-Jul-13 How many police stations are there in PP166 sheikhupura, please provide details of names of officials deputed therein, their grades and length of tenure. How many of such police officials have cases filed against them and due to what reasons. How many of the police officials have corruption cases filed against them, provide their names, designation and address. Provided 17-Jun Jul-13 9-Sep-13 please provide details of number of dacoities in district Sheikhupura from 1 January 2013 to 31 May 2013 by identify their respective police stations. How many criminals were caught and how many still roam free, provide details. What actions have ben undertaken by the police to curtail the growing meance of rising dacoities Provided 17-Jun Jul-13 2-Sep-13 During caretaker government's tenure from 7 to 15 may 2013, how many DO letters were received by DPO Jhang from CM secretariat to free people from the menace of land mafia? Provide the details of land mafia groups that DPO Jhang tackled thereof. Provided 19-Jun-13 3-Jul Oct-13

44 Muhammad Zaheer ud Din Khan Alizai PTI How many DO letters were received by Police Station Jhang City in May 2013 from CM secretariat to assist poor people against land mafia. What is the number of letters on which subsequent action was taken? What actions were taken by SHOs and how many complaints have not been addressed so far, and reasons thereof. Is DPO Jhang planning to form a task force to specifically dela with these land mafia groups so as to resolve the grievances of people for good? Provided 19-Jun-13 3-Jul-13 8-Oct-13

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