Will the Minister for Human Rights be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Pakistan ratified ‘United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006)’ on 5th July 2011 but have not submitted its preliminary report by September 2011 for meeting deadline or subsequent deadlines and so far has not submitted even a single report to the relevant UN Committee; if so, reasons for non-compilation and non-submission of initial report and subsequent periodical reports by Pakistan on the implementation of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; (b) the time by which Pakistan’s periodical reports on ‘UN’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be submitted by sharing of its draft with Parliament before submission to relevant UN body?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030 in light of Sustainable Development Goals?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Ministry for implementation of Early Childhood Education (ECE) as per National Education Policy Framework (2018) launched on 27th November 2018; and (b) the details of financial resources allocated by the Government for this purpose including schedule of national level dialogue for promotion of ECE; and (c) the improvement brought in the learning in early grades during financial year 2018-19?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the total number of new Government Schools established by the Federal Directorate of Education in new residential sectors and colonies of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) during last five years from 2013 to 2018; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government in the context of Article 25-A of the Constitution of Pakistan and Compulsory Education Act 2012 for ICT children and reasons for lack of implementation of above provisions of law?

Will the Minister for Human Rights be pleased to state: (a) the steps taken by the Ministry and National Commission for Child Welfare and Development (NCCWD) to address the concerns of the United Nations, recorded and conveyed through concluding observations of UN Committee on Pakistan’s fifth periodical report on United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child adopted by the UN Committee at its seventy second session from 17th May to 3rd June, 2016, especially the concern with respect to non adoption of pending bills by Pakistan in the area of children’s rights, allocation of enough resources for education, health of children and combating malnutrition among children; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government and NCCWD for the year 2019 with respect to implementation and fulfillment of Article 24 of the UNCRC Convention, which provides especially the access of all children to education health and nutrition?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) whether copy of the report of the Committee constituted by the Federal Government to probe reasons for 39 highly excessive Gas Bills for domestic users has been made public or shared with Parliament; and (b) the remedial steps being taken by the Petroleum Division to address public grievances?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to reduce maternal mortality ratio from 178 per 100,000 to 70 per 100,000?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) what are the relevant rules and regulation of Capital Development Authority for the permission of opening Universities in residential areas of Islamabad Capital Territory; (b) the details of legal basis of the permission granted by the Capital Development Authority for the status of the establishment of Islamabad National University in the red zone of Islamabad Capital Territory in a building which was constructed for official residence of the Prime Minister of Pakistan; and (c) Inventory of the assets present at the location, paintings, decorations, furniture and other usable mobile items etc.?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the reasons for not appointing full time Chairman and Members of Islamabad Capital Territory Private Educational Institutions Registration and Regulation Authority (PEIRA) since its creation more than five years ago through Act No XI of 2013; and (b) whether copies of Annual progress Reports of PEIRA for the last five years have been shared with Parliament; and (c) which Authority is legally required to compile and furnish reports every year as per Article 18 of the Act XI of 2013?

Will the Minister for Human Rights be pleased to state: (a) the steps, taken for the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and mainly Concluding Observations and Recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Pakistan’s fifth periodic report; and (b) what steps have been taken for the implementation of the ICT Child Protection Act 2018; (c) have its Rules been notified; (d) has the National Child Protection Centre (NCPC), Islamabad been notified as Child Protection Institution under the law; (e) have funds been provided for its smooth functioning and protection of hundreds of children at risk who are found on streets and signals in Islamabad Capital Territory; and (f) what is the current budget of the NCPC and how many children have benefited in 2018?

Will the Minister for Human Rights be pleased to state: (a) how much budget has been allocated for free legal aid to the needy and poor children under the Juvenile Justice System Act 2018; (b) how many children were being provided legal aid by the state in the last one year in the ICT(c) how many children were arrested and released from the Police Stations in the ICT in 2018; (d) what steps have been taken by the Federal Government to protect children from violence and abuse, particularly in view of the growing number of child sexual abuse cases?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to reduce maternal mortality ratio from 178 per 100,000 to 70 per 100,000?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) how much budgetary allocations were made for nutrition in the Federal Budgets 2017-18 and 2018-19 alongwith their spending reports; (b) the nutrition related allocations in the Federal Budget 2019-20; (c) the plans of the Government to promote/improve nutrition in Pakistan; and (d) the detail of awareness raising efforts/campaigns carried out to promote girls education as well as nutrition and discourage child marriages?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether the Protection of Breast-Feeding and Child Nutrition Ordinance 2002 and its 2009 rules have been poorly implemented; (b) what steps, have been taken by the Government to ensure effective implementation of the law; (c) how many meetings of the National Infant Feeding Board have been conducted to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the law; (d) what steps, have been taken to create widespread awareness about the Protection of Breast-Feeding and Child Nutrition Ordinance 2002 and the National Infant Feeding Board; and (e) how many complaints have been lodged against them so far?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) what steps have been taken to ensure implementation of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2012; (b) have the rules, framed under the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2012, been notified; and (c) what administrative and legal measures have been taken to protect children from maltreatment and corporal punishment in schools (public and private) and madarassas?

Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state what steps are being taken by the state owned media to create awareness about key child health, development and protection issues i.e promotion of exclusive breastfeeding for six months and its continuance till further two years, importance of education and particularly girls education, negative effects of child marriages on the girls and the society, promotion of peace and tolerance among children as well as youth and promotion of the rights of the child?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reform be pleased to state: (a) the expected schedule of release of 2017 Population Census data relating to Education Attainment Levels of the population,School Enrollment Rates (Gross Enrollment Ratio and Net Enrollment Ratio etc.) and the Literacy Rates; (b) the alternative strategy of the Ministry for provision of reliable information and data on the key social and economic indicators of the country, desperately needed for the evidence-based planning of development interventions at national and provincial levels; (c) if official release of Population Census 2017 data is delayed further due to political reasons?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the important conditions agreed, in principle, by the Government of Pakistan during negotiations with IMF for loans; and (b) how these conditions of IMF are different from the packages signed by the previous Government?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state: (a) the present status of development in the following 9 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC); (i) Rashakai Economic Zone, M-1, Nowshera; (ii) China Special Economic Zone Dhabeji; (iii) Bostan Industrial Zone; (iv) Allama Iqbal Industrial City (M-3), Faisalabad; (v) ICT Model Industrial Zone, Islamabad; (vi) Development of Industrial Park on Pakistan Steel Mills Land at Port Qasim near Karachi; (vii) Special Economic Zone at Mirpur, AJK; (viii) Mohmand Marble City; (ix) Moqpondass SEZ Gilgit-Baltistan; and (b) the status of basic utilities such as electricity, water and gas in the above said zones?

Will the Minister for Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the sources of information and methodology used for collection of data about reported higher use of drugs (e.g Crystal Methamphetamine, also called ice) by students in Islamabad (75% of female students and 45% of male students) as claimed by the former Minister of State for Interior in his public statement on 18th December, 2018; (b) the steps, being taken by the Ministry to curb this alarming trend and protect next generations from drug addiction?

Will the Minister for Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the sources of information and methodology used for collection of data about reported higher use of drugs (e.g Crystal Methamphetamine, also called ice) by students in Islamabad (75% of female students and 45% of male students) as claimed by the former Minister of State for Interior in his public statement on 18th December, 2018; (b) the steps, being taken by the Ministry to curb this alarming trend and protect next generations from drug addiction?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reform be pleased to state: (a) the expected schedule of release of 2017 Population Census relating to Education Attainment Levels of the population, School Enrollment Rates (Gross Enrollment Ratio and Net Enrollment Ratio, etc.) and the Literacy Rates; (b) alternate strategy of the Ministry for provision of reliable information and data on key social and economic indicators of the country which is desperately needed for evidence based planning of development interventions at national and provincial levels; (c) how was the development budget 2019-20 formulated in the absence of exact population census data?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reform be pleased to state the number of projects included in PSDP 2018-19 on which construction work started and the percentage of funds utilized out of funds allocated in PSDP therefor?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) sector-wise list of public and children’s Capital Development Authority or an yP aortkhse rm Gaionvtaeirnnemd ebnyt oorng manaiiznatetinoann icne I aslnadm eaxbpaadn sailoonn gowf eiathc hb updugbelitc a ollro cchaitleddr eann’ds pspaernk;t (b) seexcptaonrs-wioins eo fd eetxaiisltsi nagb poaurt kfsu taunrde pdleavneslo opfm tehnet Gofo nveerwn mpaernkt sf oinr Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT); (c) eZxoiost ianngd s ftuattuurse o pf lcaanrse afonrd i mtsa eixnpteannasniocne, o ifn Icslluadminagb aitds Mreucrugrhrzeanrt aanndd ddeuvreinlogp lmasetn ttw bou fdigneatn sceiapal ryaetaerlsy afosr w thelel causr rreevnet nfiunea gnecniaelr yaeteadr during last three years through sale of tickets; and (d) taolotanlg cwaittehg nourmy-bweirs eo fs tarneinmgathls odfi eadn iamnadl sn uimn btheer oMf unregwh zaanri mZaolos shifted to the Zoo during last three years?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Pakistan is the sixth most populace country and findings of recent population census 2017 show that still Pakistan’s population growth rate is 2.40 percent per annum, which is highest among the neighboring countries; (b) whether it is also a fact that World Bank has estimated that the population of Pakistan may grow up to 376 million by 2047 if present trend continues; (c) if so, what steps the Federal Government has taken for population control?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division be pleased to state: (a) total amount alongwith percentage of funds against budget allocation released to Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) during first three quarters of financial year 2018-19; and (b) total disbursement by BISP to the target beneficiaries by 30th April 2019 with break-up of expenditure on various components of BISP like Waseela-e-Taleem and Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) etc.?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division be pleased to state: (a) total amount alongwith percentage of funds against budget allocation released to Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) during first three quarters of financial year 2018-19; and (b) total disbursement by BISP to the target beneficiaries by 30th April 2019 with break-up of expenditure on various components of BISP like Waseela-e-Taleem and Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) etc.?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that during the previous year 148 cases of polio virus were reported in Pakistan; and (b) what measures are being taken by the Government to eradicate polio virus in the country?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state detail of COVID-19 funds which have made available for public sector Schools and Universities and also for the Higher Education Commission?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state the details of Pakistan’s Covid fund collected by the Federal Government, break-up of expenditures made thereof?

(a) what is the impact of Climate Change related phenomena like floods and excessive rainfall and snow fall on the agriculture in Pakistan; and (b) what steps are being taken by Government to make Pakistan Eco-Friendly alongwith the succession achieved thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state the details of Pakistan’s Covid fund collected by the Federal Government, break-up of expenditures made thereof?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Poverty Alleviation and Social safety Division be pleased to state the details of Pakistan’s Covid fund collected by the Federal Government, break-up of expenditures made thereof?

Will the Minister for Human Rights be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the establishment of National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC) under the Act of Parliament; (b) the appointments of Chairperson and Members of Commission were delayed; if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) whether the Chairperson and Members of the Commission have been paid their salaries since their appointments, so that they can carryout their functions as per their mandate?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: 47 (a) action taken by the Government regarding several irregularities in the Medical and Dental College Admission test (MDCAT) recently conducted in one month piece meal all over Pakistan by the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC); (b) details of action taken by the Government with regard to award of the contract to TEPs recently being inexperienced company; (c) what steps are being taken by the Government to rectify the wrong doings and experimentation of MDCAT exams 2021?