Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Election Commission of Pakistan has denied fundamental/constitutional right of several members of the Senate, who were elected otherwise than as a candidate of a political party in the Senate’s Election which was held in March, 2018, to be part of a political party of their choice as provided in clause (2) of article 63A that permits to a member of a House having been elected otherwise than as a candidate or nominee of a political party, to become a member of a Parliamentary Party after such election by means of a declaration in writing; if so, the justification thereof; and (b) what remedial steps are being taken in this regard?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state whether there is any plan under consideration of the Government for the permanent closure of Utility Stores?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the details of the estimated amount which Federal Government intends to save for the current fiscal year via Prime Minister’s austerity drive; (b) whether the austerity drive will be applicable to all state institutions including judiciary and military establishment?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state the details of expenditure incurred on the visits of the Prime Minister since 01-08-2018?

Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Election Commission of Pakistan has denied fundamental/ constitutional right of several members of the Senate, who were elected otherwise than as a candidate of a political party in the Senate’s Election which was held in March, 2018, to be part of a political party of their choice as provided in clause (2) of article 63A that permits to a member of a House having been elected otherwise than as a candidate or nominee of a political party, to become a member of a Parliamentary Party after such election by means of a declaration in writing; if so, the justification thereof; and (b) what remedial steps are being taken in this regard?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the details of the estimated amount which Federal Government intends to save for the current fiscal year via Prime Minister’s austerity drive, (b) whether the austerity drive will be applicable to all state institutions including judiciary and military establishment?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the terms and conditions of the agreements between the Government  and the protesters made on 31-10-2018 and 2-11-2018; (b) the total number of cases registered against the protestors; (c) the details of damage caused by protestors; and (d) whether any compensation has been paid to injured and dead and those who sufferred property loss along with the details; if not, the reasons therefor?

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Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a) the procedure adopted for appoint of every officer working in the NAB at present alongwith the prescribed method of their recruitment; (b) details of each employee including their parent departments absorbed in the bureau alongwith procedure adopted therefor; (c) whether educational qualifications of each employee were verified from respective educational institutions and regulatory bodies and such credentials were examined with reference to their service record; if so, the details thereof; (d) the irregularities reported in the process of making appointments in the bureau and fake educational credentials of several employees were also found; if so, the details thereof; and (e) steps being taken by the Government to address the menace of illegal appointments in the NAB and make accountable those who have submitted fake educational credentials?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: 3 (a) the terms and conditions of the agreements between the Government and the protesters made on 31-10-2018 and 2-11- 2018; (b) the total number of cases registered against the protestors; (c) the details of damage caused by protestors; and (d) whether any compensation has been paid to injured and dead and those who sufferred property loss alongwith the details; if not, the reasons therefor?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a) the procedure adopted for appoint of every officer working in the NAB at present alongwith the prescribed method of their recruitment; (b) details of each employee including their parent departments absorbed in the bureau alongwith procedure adopted therefor; (c) whether educational qualifications of each employee were verified from respective educational institutions and regulatory bodies and such credentials were examined with reference to their service record; if so, the details thereof; 3 (d) the irregularities reported in the process of making appointments in the bureau and fake educational credentials of several employees were also found; if so, the details thereof; and (e) steps being taken by the Government to address the menace of illegal appointments in the NAB and make accountable those who have submitted fake educational credentials?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state: (a) the benchmarks upon which cost of Hajj is calculated alongwith procedure adopted therefor; 27 (b) the authority who made such calculation, and whether or not, such calculation is re-verified from an independent third party; (c) when were such calculation made for the Hajj, 2019; (d) the difference in prices of each component of aforesaid calculation of the current Hajj i.e 2019 and previous Hajj i.e 2018 alongwith reasons of increase in prices of each component in this years Hajj; and (e) the efforts, which have been made by the present Government to reduce the expenses of Hajj-2019?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) when Higher Education Commission (HEC) will recognize the Islamabad Campus of Al Khair University, Mirpur, AJK alongwith details of disciplines, which were allowed to be taught in the campus; (b) the details of degrees alongwith name and discipline of each degree holder, which have been recognized of the aforesaid campuses by HEC, since the date of recognition of the campus; (c) whether it is a fact that HEC announced an amnesty scheme to recognize degrees of all colleges/campuses of Al Khair University in contrary to the judgments of Islamabad and Peshawar High Courts; if so, the justification and legal backing of such scheme; (d) whether degrees, which were recognized as mentioned above in part (b) before the announcement of the said amnesty scheme, are considered legal; if so, the reasons thereof; and (e) whether HEC will announce such scheme for any other educational institution?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a) the procedure adopted for appoint of every officer working in the NAB at present alongwith the prescribed method of their recruitment; (b) details of each employee including their parent departments absorbed in the bureau alongwith procedure adopted therefor; (c) whether educational qualifications of each employee were verified from respective educational institutions and regulatory bodies and such credentials were examined with reference to their service record; if so, the details thereof; (d) the irregularities reported in the process of making appointments in the bureau and fake educational credentials of several employees were also found; if so, the details thereof; and (e) steps being taken by the Government to address the menace of illegal appointments in the NAB and make accountable those who have submitted fake educational credentials?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Broad Sheet LLC, an international firm with whom NAB had signed an agreement in 2000 and concluded in 2008 against the payment of 1.5 million dollars, filed a lawsuit in International Court of Arbitration (ICA) against the NAB and denied to have received 1.5 million dollars as claimed by NAB; if so, the name of person to whom such amount was paid; (b) the details and reasons of not accepting such claim of NAB by the firm;(c) whether it is also a fact that arbitrator of ICA awarded an interim award in favour of the firm; if so, the details thereof; and (d) whether NAB intends to inquire the signing of said agreement to identify the loss of millions to national exchequer; if so, the reasons and details thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state the estimated loss in financial terms to the economy due to each sit-in and lockdown in different cities of the country during the last seven years?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the terms and conditions of the agreements between the Government and the protesters made on 31-10-2018 and 2-11-2018; (b) the total number of cases registered against the protestors; (c) the details of damage caused by protestors; and (d) whether any compensation has been paid to injured and dead and those who sufferred property loss alongwith the details; if not, the reasons therefor?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state the estimated loss in financial terms to the economy due to each sit-in and lockdown in different cities of the country during the last seven years?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the terms and conditions of the agreements between the Government and the protesters made on 31-10-2018 and 2-11-2018; (b) the total number of cases registered against the protestors; (c) the details of damage caused by protestors; and (d) whether any compensation has been paid to injured and dead and those who sufferred property loss alongwith the details; if not, the reasons therefor?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state the estimated loss in financial terms to the economy due to each sit-in and lockdown in different cities of the country during the last seven years?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the terms and conditions of the agreements between the Government and the protesters made on 31-10-2018 and 2-11-2018; (b) the total number of cases registered against the protestors; (c) the details of damage caused by protestors; and (d) whether any compensation has been paid to injured and dead and those who sufferred property loss alongwith the details; if not, the reasons therefor?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the terms and conditions of the agreements between the Government and the protesters made on 31-10-2018 and 2-11-2018; (b) the total number of cases registered against the protestors; (c) the details of damage caused by protestors; and (d) whether any compensation has been paid to injured and dead and those who sufferred property loss alongwith the details; if not, the reasons therefor?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the estimated loss in financial terms to the economy due to each sit-in and lockdown in different cities of the country during the last seven years?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the terms and conditions of the agreements between the Government and the protesters made on 31-10-2018 and 2-11-2018; (b) the total number of cases registered against the protestors; (c) the details of damage caused by protestors; and (d) whether any compensation has been paid to injured and dead and those who sufferred property loss alongwith the details; if not, the reasons therefor?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the estimated loss in financial terms to the economy due to each sit-in and lockdown in diferrent cities of the country during the last seven years?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the estimated loss in financial terms to the economy due to each sit-in and lockdown in different cities of the country during the last seven years?

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(a) whether it is a fact that despite depositing the amount of demand notice under the Account IDs 10665433115 dated 06-08-2020, 14451222674 dated 25-08-2020, 6856055881 dated 19-03-2020, 03898190859 dated 04-08-2020, 75634682315 dated 10-08-2020, 26231813218 dated 26-08-2020, 15089935892 dated 26-08-2020 by residents of Chak No.81/JB, Pandoori Pansra, Dijkot Road, Faisalabad and Chak No.82/JB Jaggat Pur, Pansra, Dijkot Road, Faisalabad, and No. 15089935892 Dated 26-08-2020, No. 64220082115, dated 19-09-2019 by the residents of Bota Basti Chak No.275/JB, Pansra Road Tehsil and District Faisalabad, the authorities concerned have failed to install meters of natural Gas against aforesaid demand notices; (b) if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) what steps are being taken to install meters against aforesaid demand notices at an earliest?

Will the Minister for Energy (Petroleum Division) be pleased to state: (a) details of either new schemes of providing natural Gas or extension in existing set up for provision of natural gas have been since August, 2018 or to be carried out in upcoming financial years in NA-106, Faisalabad; (b) the present status of the each of the above scheme alongwith funds reserved, released and utilized for each of above scheme; and (c) the time by which, each scheme will be completed?

Will the Minister for Energy (Power Division) be pleased to state: (a) Sub-Division-wise number of transformers that either burnt or got faults since August, 2018; (b) the date upon which each transformer got fault and date upon which, each of above repaired and installed back; (c) whether it is a fact that number of transformers, installed in NA-106, Faisalabad are overloaded; (d) if so, is there any assessment has been made in recent times to rationalize the electricity load on transformers in aforesaid constituency; if so, the details thereof; if not, the reasons thereof; (e) if such assessment has been made, the stage-wise time frame, in which load management on the transformers in aforesaid constituency will be rationalize?

Will the Minister for Energy (Power Division) be pleased to state: (a) Sub-Division-wise number of transformers that either burnt or got faults since August, 2018; (b) the date upon which each transformer got fault and date upon which, each of above repaired and installed back; (c) whether it is a fact that number of transformers, installed in NA-106, Faisalabad are overloaded; (d) if so, is there any assessment has been made in recent times to rationalize the electricity load on transformers in aforesaid constituency; if so, the details thereof; if not, the reasons thereof; (e) if such assessment has been made, the stage-wise time frame, in which load management on the transformers in aforesaid constituency will be rationalize?

Will the Minister for Energy (Petroleum Division) be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the facility of natural Gas has not been extended to the additional settlements/abbadies of Chak No.81/JB, Pandoori Dijkot Road near (Sir Syed School), Chak No.83/JB, Gillian near (Government High School) and Chak No.275/JB, Pansara, Tehsil and District Faisalabad, which is why the residents of such additional settlements/abbadies are deprived of basic facility such as natural gas; if so, the justification thereof; (b) whether the concerned authorities have made any proposal to provide natural gas to the aforesaid additional settlements/settlements by increasing the existing infrastructure of natural gas of the said areas; if so, the details; if not, reasons thereof; and (c) what steps are being taken by the Government to lay pipeline of natural Gas for providing natural Gas to remaining part of the Chak at as earliest?