Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state whether it is a fact that a number of villages of Lower Dir do not have gas at present; if so, the steps being taken by the Government to supply gas in the said villages?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that there is no Passport Office in NA-7, Lower Dir; if so, the steps being taken by the Government to establish a Passport Office in NA-7, Lower Dir; (b) if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the names of the persons from Lower Dir whose Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) are blocked at present along with the reasons thereof separately; and (b) the steps being taken for the issuance/renewal of the said blocked CNICs?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to ensure keeping of the Fasting and celebration of Eids together with Saudi Arabia; if so, the details; if not, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether the Government intends to take advice of Council of Islamic Ideology in this regard; if so, the details; if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to implement simultaneous times of prayers across the country, make it mandatory for every Muslim citizen to participate in the congregation of each prayer and halt activities in markets/bazaars during congregation of prayers; if so,the details; if not, the reasons thereof?

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Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that work on Samarbagh express line is continued since last three years but it has not been completed till date and as a result electricity is not being transmitted to fifteen (15) villages of vicinity and the masses are facing hardships; (b) if so, the time by which the said work will be completed by the Government?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether Higher Education Commission (HEC), being a regulator, has taken notice that several educational institutions in Tehsil Kallar Syedan, District Rawalpindi including the Pothohar Group of Colleges, have been operating without affiliation with a recognized degree awarding institution, hence looting/earning illegal money from people under the pretext of semester fee and sending their admission of different discipline in different Universities; if so, the details thereof; and (b) whether all such institutions are accountable and have to ensure reimbursement of aforesaid fee collected from those people in recent years under the pretext of semester fee and sending their admission in different discipline in different University?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that work on Samarbagh express line is continued since last three years but it has not been completed till date and as a result electricity is not being transmitted to fifteen (15) villages of vicinity and the masses are facing hardships; (b) if so, the time by which the said work will be completed by the Government?

Will the Minister for Energy (Power Division) be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that work on Samarbagh express line is continued since last three years but it has not been completed till date and as a result electricity is not being transmitted to fifteen (15) villages of vicinity and the masses are facing hardships; (b) if so, the time by which the said work will be completed by the Government?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division be pleased to state: (a) the Union Council-wise number of beneficiaries of BISP at its inception in District Lower Dir; 5 (b) Union Council-wise number of persons who were removed from the beneficiaries once enrolled in the list since the inception of the program alongwith justification thereof; and (c) whether the Government intends to conduct resurvey of the above mentioned District in order to include more deserving persons into the program; if so, when; if not, the reasons thereof?