Will the Minister for Economic Affairs be pleased to state the total amount of aid received so far from foreign countries for the flood affectees during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state: (a) whether the amount of taxes and fuel surcharges collected by private airlines in the country at present goes to the government account; (b) if so, the revenue received during the year 2010-2011; and (c) whether there is any proposal to review the said policy; if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state: (a) whether loan was granted to the persons /firms who purchased government units privatized during the years 2008 to 2012; and (b) if so, the amount thereof in each case separately?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that various commercial companies use to send SMS/Messages of ambiguous advertisements against the will of the cell phone customers; (b) whether there is any law/regulations framed by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to stop such unwanted messages; and (c) the steps taken by the PTA against such companies and individuals in this regard?

Will the Minister for Capital Administration and Development be pleased to state: (a) the total number of schools for girls in Islamabad and its suburbs; (b) details of vacant seats of primary / Montessori school female teachers in each school; (c) the modus operandi offilling up three vacant seats; and (d) whether it is a fact that the number of schools and teachers are insufficient to meet the educational requirements of Islamabad?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the details of official vehicles and squad provided to the Ex-Ministers for Interior and Narcotics Control; and (b) the details of expenditures being incurred on POL of the said vehicles and on security and the protocol facilities provided to the said Ministers?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the details of facilities and medicines being provided by the Government to drug addicts rehabilitation centers in the country; and (b) the amount spent on the rehabilitation of drug addicts in each of those centers during the financial year 2013-14 with month wise break up?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to link Pakistan Railways network with Afghanistan and Central Asia, if so, the details thereof; and (b) whether any feasibility study regarding cost and implementation of the said project has been carried out, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to include new locomotives in Pakistan Railways during the current fiscal year, if so, the details thereof and the time by which the same will be included?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the criteria prescribed for registration of private courier companies in the country; and (b) the names and addresses of the said companies presently registered in the country?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to increase the allocation of funds for Lowari Tunnel Project as per its requirements?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any project in progress to impart technical training to the youth of Balochistan Province, if so, the number of youths presently getting training under that project; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to launch such project if the same is not in progress at present, if so, when?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the number of officers and officials working in the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan; (b) the names, designations and names of parent departments of the persons working on deputation basis in the said authority; and (c) the number of persons working on contract basis in that authority with cadre-wise / grade-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish more utility stores in Hyderabad, if so, when?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons appointed in PIA since 2008; and (b) the number of contractual employees in the said Airline whose services have been regularized during that period?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) the details of office bearers of the Collective Bargaining Agent, CDA, sent abroad during the last five years indicating also the purpose of visit, name of authority which granted approval for visit and expenditure incurred in each case; and (b) the benefits accrued to CDA from the said visits?

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state: (a) the details of programmes launched and initiatives taken by the present Government to provide financial assistance and employment opportunities to the IT qualified youth in the country; and (b) whether any programmes have been launched and initiatives have been taken by the present Government in collaboration with Pakistan Software Houses Association to participate in the IT related exhibitions abroad, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a)the details of official vehicles and squad provided to the Ex-Ministers for Interior and Narcotics Control; and (b)the details of expenditures being incurred on POL of the said vehicles and on security and the protocol facilities provided to the said Ministers?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a)the details of facilities and medicines being provided by the Government to drug addicts rehabilitation centers in the country : and (b)the amount spent on the rehabilitation of drug addicts in each of those centers during the financial year 2013-14 with month wise break up?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to obtain, loans from foreign commercial banks, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state whether it is a fact that unfiltered / impure water is being marketed in the name of mineral water in the country, if so, the action being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) the ratio of industrial growth in the country since 2009-10 with year-wise break up; (b) whether it is a fact that the said ratio during that period has decreased in comparison to the years 2007-08 and 2008-09, if so, the reasons thereof, and (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to increase that ratio?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that security staff and motorcades are being provided to the ex-Interior Ministers, if so, the details thereof; and (b) the amount being spent by the Government every month on provision of that facility to the Ex-Ministers for Interior?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the city-wise number of CSD shops established in the country at present; and (b) the percentage of subsidy being given to consumers on various items in those shops?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the total number of persons disappeared during 2012; and (b) the action taken by the law enforcement agencies for their recoveries?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the names of the employees of PIA who have been posted in USA at present along with their domicile and designation; (b) the date of posting of those employees; (c) the names of persons who recommended for their posting; and (d) the criteria adopted in the said postings?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the contract for Karachi - Hyderabad Motorway (M- 9) project was awarded to a Malaysian Company ‘Vinapuri’ on the basis of BOT; (b) whether it is also a fact that the said contract has been cancelled, if so, the reasons therefore; and (c) the time by which the construction of the said motorway will be restarted?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the length of motorway from Faisalabad to Multan to be constructed; (b) the time by which the construction of said motorway will be completed; and (c) the estimated cost of the project?

Will the Minister for Postal Services be pleased to state: (a) the number of Post Offices presently functioning in the country with districtwise breakup; and (b) the profit earned from post offices during the last three financial years with head-wise breakup?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the payable amount to the Frontier Works Organizations (FWO) by the National Highway Authority; and (b) the time by which it will be paid to FWO?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the total revenues collected at toll plazas by the Motorway Police during the financial year 2011 and 2012; and (b) the total strength of employees of Motorway Police and the province-wise details of recruitments made during the years 2011 and 2012 consecutively?

"Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the contract for Karachi - Hyderabad Motorway (M-9) project was awarded to a Malaysian Company ‘Vinapuri’ on the basis of BOT; (b) whether it is also a fact that the said contract has been cancelled, if so, the reasons therefore; and (c) the time by which the construction of the said motorway will be restarted?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the length of motorway from Faisalabad to Multan to be constructed; (b) the time by which the construction of said motorway will be completed; and (c) the estimated cost of the project?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the number of Post Offices presently functioning in the country with district-wise breakup; and (b) the profit earned from post offices during the last three financial years with head-wise breakup?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the payable amount to the Frontier Works Organizations (FWO) by the National Highway Authority; and (b) the time by which it will be paid to FWO?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the total revenues collected at toll plazas by the Motorway Police during the financial year 2011 and 2012; and (b) the total strength of employees of Motorway Police and the province-wise details of recruitments made during the years 2011 and 2012 consecutively?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state; (a) the amount collected from all the Motorways Interchanges during the financial year 2011-2012; and (b) the names of Interchanges having E-Tag facility on motorways?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a percentage of amount of fine collected is paid to National Highways and Motorways Police as commission / reward; if so, the ratio and justification thereof. and (b) the total amount of said commission / reward paid to the said police during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the total amount of aid received so far from foreign countries for the flood affectees during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) whether the amount of taxes and fuel surcharges collected by private airlines in the country at present goes to the government account; (b) if so, the revenue received during the year 2010-2011; and (c) whether there is any proposal to review the said policy; if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) whether loan was granted to the persons /firms who purchased government units privatized during the years 2008 to 2012; and (b) if so, the amount thereof in each case separately?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to sate: (a) whether it is a fact that the Government has launched an amnesty scheme for registration of duty free vehicles in the country, if so, the number of vehicles registered under that scheme; and (b) the revenue collected under the said scheme and its comparison with the revenue collected from the local automobile industry during the same period?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the growing area and production of tea in the country and steps taken by the Government for enhancement of tea cultivation?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) the present status of construction of family suites in Parliament lodges; and (b) whether it is a fact that the terms of contract with the construction company for the said project were changed by CDA Board in 2011, if so, the details of the present terms of that contract?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Climate Change Division be pleased to state the steps taken by the National Disaster Management Authority for the rehabilitation of the torrential rain affected people in the country including the Gilgit Baltistan region during the year 2013?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research he pleased to state: (a) the present production of wheat, sugar and rice in the country; (b) whether the present production of the said food items is insufficient to meet the domestic demand; and (c) the steps taken by the Government to increase the production of the said food items during the years 2011 and 2012?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the number of Government Employees registered so far for the housing scheme launched by the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation with year-wise and category-wise break-up; and (b) the amount collected as registration fee from the said employees with yearwise break-up?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) collected registration fee from Government employees in connection with allotment of plots in a housing scheme in 2010, if so, the name of the bank authorized to collect that fee; (b) the time by which the scheme will be launched indicating also the sector earmarked for the purpose; and (c) the criteria adopted for determining priority / seniority for allotment of plots in the said scheme?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the names of employees of Islamabad Police illegally occupying Government accommodation in Islamabad; and (b) the steps-taken by the Government to get vacated the said accommodations?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to resolve the issue of shortage of Government owned residential accommodations in Islamabad; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct flats / houses in Islamabad for the Government employees during the current financial year?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is fact that Sui Southern Gas company limited is at the verge of bankruptcy, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) the dues and receivables of Sui Southern Gas company at the credit of KESC, WAPDA, Pakistan Steel Mills and other public entrepreneurs and the recoveries made thereof during the last five years?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the number of persons appointed in Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) since January, 2011?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that security staff and motorcades are being provided to the ex-Interior Ministers, if so, the details thereof; and (b) the amount being spent by the Government every month on provision of that facility to the Ex-Ministers for Interior?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the total number of persons disappeared during 2012; and (b) the action taken by the law enforcement agencies for their recoveries?

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state: (a) the criteria being adopted for awarding Government advertisements to the newspapers and periodicals; and (b) whether any quota has been laid down for awarding the advertisements to national, regional and local newspapers, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development be pleased to state: (a) the initial amount of contribution made by the Government to the Workers Welfare Fund; and (b) the steps being taken by the Federal Government for further contribution in the Workers Welfare Fund along-with its details?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a percentage of amount of fine collected is paid to National Highways and Motorways Police as commission / reward; if so, the ratio and justification thereof; and (b) the total amount of said commission / reward paid to the said police during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the total amount of aid received so far from foreign countries for the flood affectees during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) the production and demand of vegetable ghee and oil in the country during 2010-2011; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to control the prices of the said items?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Petroleum products being exported to Afghanistan at present are exempted from taxes, if so, the details and justification thereof and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to levy tax on those products, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Climate Change Division be pleased to state the steps taken by the National Disaster Management Authority for the rehabilitation of the torrential rain affected people in the country including the Gilgit Baltistan region during the year 2013?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) the total amount of domestic and foreign loans outstanding against PIA present; and (b) the purpose of obtaining the said loans by PIA and the progress thereon?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: (a) the present production of wheat, sugar and rice in the country; (b) whether the present production of the said food items is insufficient to meet the domestic demand; and (c) the steps taken by the Government to increase the production of the said food items during the years 2011 and 2012?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the number of applications received by the Federal Directorate of Education for deputation under the Wedlock Policy of the Government indicating also the names of applicants, dates of applications and steps taken thereon?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact that plots are allotted by CDA to the officers / officials working on deputation basis in that authority, if so, the details of plots allotted to such persons so far?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that there were frequent delays in PIA flights during the last one year, if so, its reasons and the steps being taken by the Government in this regard; and (b) the percentage of PIA flights which were on schedule/in time during the said period, month-wise?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the amount outstanding against the Government which is payable to the oil refineries at present; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to pay the said amount to those refineries?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state: (a) the amount of Foreign Direct Investment made in the country during 2011-2012; (b) the volume of the said investment made by the overseas Pakistanis; and (c) the number of Foreign Direct Investment cases under process at present?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of Indian prisoners / detainees released by Pakistan during the last two years; and (b) the number of Pakistani prisoners / detainees released by the Indian Government during said period?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the names of forces presently deployed on the borders of country to control smuggling; and (b) the performance / salient achievements of the said forces during the last two years?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government for restructuring of Pakistan Railways, if so, when; (b) the amount required for the said purpose; and (c) the budget allocated for the said department for the current year with head-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the measures adopted by the Federal Investigation Agency to prevent cyber crimes in the country; and (b) the number of FIRs registered and investigations conducted against the persons found involved in the said crimes during the current year?

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development be pleased to state: (a) the initial amount of contribution made by the Government to the Workers Welfare Fund; and (b) the steps being taken by the Federal Government for further contribution in the Workers Welfare Fund along with its details?

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resources Development be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the students of private universities in the country are provided financial assistance from Workers Welfare Fund, if so, the names of universities students of which were provided such assistance during 2010-2011 and 2011-2012?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the length of roads in Balochistan maintained by NHA with route-wise breakup; and (b) the names, designation, place of domicile and place of present posting of Engineering Staff presently deputed on the said roads?

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state the details of steps taken by the Government to block obscene, adulterous and derogatory sites on Youtube and other internet sites of such nature?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that fine has been imposed on PIA by a number of countries for carrying passengers on faulty / fake documents, if so, the details thereof since 1st January, 2011; and (b) whether it is also a fact that PIA has not evolved an integrated system to curb such practices by taking all institutions of the Government on board, if so, the steps being taken to evolve such system?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) the profit earned or loss suffered by PIA from its flights on Karachi-Frankfurt Copenhagen sector during the last three years with month-wise break-up; and (b) whether it is a fact that PIA is suffering loss-on the said sector, if so, the reasons for not discontinuing its operation on that sector?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile Industry be pleased to state: (a) the number and names of subsidiary organizations of the Ministry of Commerce and Textile Industry working in the country at present; (b) the amount of budget allocated for the said organizations during the last three years and the amount utilized out of the same; and (c) the number of trade missions of the Ministry working abroad at present indicating also the amount of budget allocated for the same during the said period?

Will the Minister Incahrge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the life saving mdicines are not presently being provided adequately to the patients in the Federal Government Hospitals, if so, the reasons thereof ; (b) whether it is also a fact that the medicines for Hepatitis B and C are not being provided to the patients in those hospitals regularly; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to provide the said medicines to those patients timely and regularly?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state: (a) the details of movable and immovable assets of ERRA indicating also their estimated value; and (b) the details of projects launched by the said authority so far indicating also the present status of project and sources of funding in each case?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the number of the officers of departments under the administrative control of the Ministry of Water and Power including WAPDA who are using official vehicles at present; (b) whether the expenditures on fuel and maintenance of the said vehicles are borne by the departments concerned; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to curtail the said expenditures, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state: (a) the names of the Muslims and Non-Muslims members of the Evacuee Trust Property Board at present; and (b) whether any Non-Muslims Pakistani can be appointed as Chairman of the said Board, if so, the procedure thereof?

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased to state: (a) the number of Non-Muslims appointed as Judges in various courts of the country during the year 2013-14; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to increase the number of Non-Muslim judges in the country?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) The names of cities to which natural gas has been provided since 2010; and (b) The criteria adopted for supply of gas to the said cities?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the names of small hydel power projects under construction in the country at present indicating also the estimated cost and progress made so far in each case?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state: (a) the names and educational qualifications of the members of the Prime Minister’s Inspection Commission; (b) the criteria laid down .for selection / appointment of the said members; and (c) the salient achievements of the Commission and details of cases disposed by it during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resources Development be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the students of private universities in the country are provided financial assistance from Workers Welfare Fund, if so, the names of universities students of which were provided such assistance during 2010-2011 and 2011-2012?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the length of roads in Balochistan maintained by NHA with route-wise breakup; and (b) the names, designation, place of domicile and place of present posting of Engineering Staff presently deputed on the said roads?

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased to state:(a) the number of special courts in the country; (b) the number of anti-terrorism courts in the country; and (c) the number of cases disposed of by said courts during the last two years?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the number of cases registered against pharmaceutical companies in the country for producing substandard medicines during the last two years; and (b) the present status of the said cases?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile Industry be pleased to state: (a) the quantity and value of dates exported from Pakistan during 2010-11 and 2011-12; and (b) the present ranking of Pakistan amongst the dates exporting countries?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of Pakistanis arrested in the United Arab Emirates on different charges during 2010, 2011 and 2012; and (b) the details of legal assistance provided to the said persons by Pakistan Missions there?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the criteria / procedure laid down for checking the overloaded vehicles on the Motorways and National Highways in the country; and (b) the number of persons arrested / challaned for overloading on the said roads during the year 2013-14?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of Pakistanis arrested and awarded sentenced to death and other punishments in Saudi Arabia on account of various charges from 2010 to 2012; and (b) the details of legal assistance provided by the Pakistan Missions in Saudi Arabia to the said persons?

Will the Minister.for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is fact that most of the rural areas of the country are facing 16 hours load-shedding during the current year, if so, the reasons thereof (b) the plan the government has adopted to face the increasing electricity demand of public during the upcoming peak summer season; ( c) the volume of electricity generation during the year 2012 till to date along with the total electricity purchased from the Independent Power Producers (IPPs)"" during the year 2012; ( d) the total volume of debts at the government~· credit f or electricity consumption and recoveries thereof and (e) the total recoveries made by the electricity distribution companies from public from January, 2012?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the names, educational qualifications and date of appointment of the incumbent Managing Directors of SSGCL and SNGPL indicating also the pay, allowances and other privileges admissible to them; and ( b) the procedure adopted for the appointment of the said Managing Directors?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of delegations of Government functionaries sent abroad by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since March 2013 indicating also the names of countries where the same were sent; (b) the expenditure incurred on the said visits; and (c) the socio economic impact of those visits on the country?

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons / employees who have been allotted plots by the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation in Sector G-14, Islamabad, against the quota reserved for journalists during the last five years; and (b) the names of journalists who have been allotted plots by the said Foundation against the quota reserved for them during that period?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Islamabad Police has placed concrete blocks in front a number of streets in various sectors of Islamabad, if so, the reasons thereof; (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to remove the said unnecessary blockades, if so, when; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure the protection of life and property of the people in Islamabad ?

Will the Minister for States and Frontier Regions be pleased to state the number of ongoing skill development projects in FATA?

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development be pleased to state whether it is a fact that serious financial irregularities have been pointed out during the audit of the Employees Old Age Benefit Institution (EOBI) in the purchase of land in Lahore and Sukkur, purchase of commercial plots in I-8 Markaz, Islamabad, purchase of 388 official vehicles, award of contracts to various companies without observing the PEPRA Rules, if so, the action taken against the officers / officials involved in each of these financial irregularities?

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state:(a) whether it is a fact that irregularities have been surfaced in the project of extension of optical fiber on the Coastal Highway, if so, the action taken against the persons found involved in the same and present status of the cases; and (b) the estimated cost, date of initiation and projected time frame for completion of the said project?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct a new link road to the new Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, despite the fact that a road facility to that airport already exists, if so, the reasons for construction of the new road; and (b) the estimated cost of the said new road?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to obtain loans from foreign commercial banks, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the outstanding amount of domestic debt in rupees as on 1st June, 2014 and the increase made in it during the last one year; and (b) the outstanding amount of foreign debt in US dollars as on 1st June, 2014 and the increase made in it during the last one year?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the details of aid received by the present Government from foreign countries for the flood affectees in the country and details of its utilization / disbursement?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to reduce / exempt the duty on the import of Agricultural Machinery, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state that: (a) whether it is a fact that manufacturing of China’s cars in Pakistan will be cheaper as compared to the cars presently being manufactured Pakistan; (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to allow Chinese car manufacturing companies to manufacture cars in Pakistan, if so, the details thereof; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to reduce the prices of cars presently being manufactured in Pakistan, if so when?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state that: (a) the criteria and parameters laid down for import of explosive material in the country; (b) the mechanism and parameters set down to control and manage the sale and purchase of the said material in the country; and (c) whether it is a fact that unconventional explosives are mushrooming in the country, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to control the import of the same?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state:(a) the names of vehicles being manufactured / assembled by Pak Suzuki Motors Company Limited at present; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to reduce the prices of the said vehicles, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state whether it is a fact that income remittances by the employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted in Pakistan Missions abroad are exempted from tax, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state the ratio / percentage of subsidy given on various commodities by the Utility Stores in the country during 2010-11 and the present ratio/ subsidy?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be please to state the details of steps taken by the Government to block obscene, adulterous ant derogatory sites on Youtube and other internet sites of such nature?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons presently working on deputation basis in CDA; (b) the reasons for appointing the said persons on deputation basis in that authority; and (c) the criteria laid down for appointment on deputation basis in the said authority?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that PIA marketing department presently does not have a full Director and is working under officiating Director; (b) the educational qualifications and experience of the said Officiating Director and the salary, allowances and other fringe benefits admissible to him; and (c) the main strategies being adopted by the said department to improve the financial position of the airline?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile Industry be pleased to state: (a) the volume of trade with Spain during the last three years; (b) the details of various items exported to the said country during the period; (c) the details of various items imported from that country during the said period; and (d) the steps taken by the Government to improve the balance of trade with that country?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the names of cities to which natural gas has been provided since 2010; and (b) the criteria adopted for supply of gas to the said cities?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the names of small Hydel power projects launched by the Federal Government in the country which are under construction at present indicating also the estimated cost and progress made so far in each case?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state:(a) the names of Pakistanis whose death sentence was consummated / executed in various foreign countries during the current year; and (b) the steps taken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for pardon and /or repatriation of the said persons before consummation of the sentence?

Will the Minister för Planning and Development be pleased to state: (a) whether targets of various sectors as pledged in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are likely to be achieved by the deadline of year 2015, if not, the reasons thereof; (b) the steps being taken by the Government to achieve the said targets goals; and (c) the details of progress made so far in various sectors for achieving the said targets indicating also the present indicators thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the sales tax for unregistered retailers has recently been reduced from 17% to 1% and sales tax on fabrics has been reduced from 5% to 3%, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that shops / stalls at Sunday Bazaars in Islamabad have been sublet ted by the allot tees, if so, the mechanism for checking and discouraging such practice; (b) whether it is also a fact that substandard food items are being sold in the said bazaars and prices of various items are also higher, if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard; and(c) the mechanism to check and monitor the quality and prices of commodities being sold in those bazaars?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: (a) the steps taken by the Government to increase the production of wheat in the country; and (b) whether it is a fact that some areas have been earmarked for the said purpose, if so, the district-wise details thereof?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile Industry be pleased to state: (a) the quantum of sugar presently available with Trading Corporation of Pakistan; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to import sugar, if so, when?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state: (a) the names and educational qualifications of the members of the Prime Minister’s Inspection Commission; (b) the criteria laid down for selection / appointment of the said members; and (c) the salient achievements of the Commission and details of cases disposed of by it during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons working in electricity Distribution, Transmission and Generation Companies in the country; (b) whether it is a fact that free electricity units are provided to those persons, if so, the number of free electricity units provided to them per annum; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to replace the said free electricity units with monthly payments under the head of utility charges to the said persons?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state the number of Passports issued by Pakistan Missions abroad during the years 2011 and 2012 with country-wise figures?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the business of Pakistan Railways has been decreasing day by day, if so, the losses suffered by that department during 2012; (b) the amount presently outstanding against various departments on account of transportation charges indicating the amount outstanding against each department; and (c) the amount recovered by Pakistan Railways under the said heading since 2011?

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development be pleas to state: (a)the demand for Pakistani workers received from the Middle East countries duri 2011 and 2012; (b)the number of Pakistani workers sent to the said countries during that period; and (c)the steps taken by the Government to enhance the capacity of Pakistani workers?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a)the names of NGOs in the country which are providing diagnostic services and medical treatment to the patients of HIV /AIDS and hepatitis; and (b) the details of medical facilities being provided to the said patients in the Federal Government Hospitals?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: (a)the quantity of wheat available in the country at present with province-wise break•up; (b)whether the said quantity is sufficient to meet the requirements of the country, if not, the steps being take by the Government to meet the requirements; (c)whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to import or export wheat, if so, the details thereof; and (d)the steps being taken by the Government to control the hoarding of wheat in the country?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that percentage of taxes for registered taxpayers has been increased during the last five fiscal years, if so, the details of increase with years-wise break-up and its reasons; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to rationalize the percentage of taxes for them?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the amount of external public debt of the country as of 15 December, 2013; and (b) the amount of foreign currency reserves of the country on the said date?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Climate Change Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that most of the industrial waste in the country is being disposed of in the rivers, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to control the same; (b) the number of waste water treatment plants installed in Sindh Province to control the said waste during the last five years; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to install more such plants in the country, if so, the locations thereof?

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the monetization of official vehicles policy is being violated by a number of officers of the Ministry as they are using official vehicles despite getting monetary compensation for the same, if so, its reasons and the action taken against them; (b) whether it is also a fact that the official vehicles of the Ministry are also used by the non-entitled officials, if so, its reasons and the action taken against them; and (c) the steps taken / being taken by the Ministry to regulate the use of official transport by the officers / officials?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state the details of trade agreements signed by the Government of Pakistan with other countries during the current financial year with country-wise break-up indicating also the status of implementation of agreement in each case?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of wanted Pakistanis in Afghanistan at present; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government for repatriation of those persons?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact PSO has paid undue demurrages to the oil ship tankers during the last two years, if so, its reasons; and (b) the details of payments made on account of those demurrages?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the details of vehicles placed at the disposal of National Counter Terrorism Authority (NECTA) at present; and (b) the budgetary allocations for Petroleum Oil and Lubricants (POL) of National Counter Terrorism Authority (NECTA) during the years 2010-2011 and 2011-12 and details of its utilization?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) the details of liabilities of the Pakistan Railways at present; (b) the date on which the assets and liabilities of Pakistan Railways were evaluated lastly; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to discharge the said liabilities?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the number of cases of kidnapping for ransom, gang rape, robberies and missing persons in the country reported to the Ministry of Interior since 2008; and (b) whether it is a fact that the ratio of these heinous crimes has increased during the period?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) the acreage of land owned by Pakistan Railways in the country indicating also its present market value; and (b) whether it is a fact that some portion of the said land has been given on lease for commercial purposes, if so, the revenue / income earned from the same during the last five years?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons working in the National Highways Authority; (b) the number of persons appointed in the said Authority during the period from March, 2008 to November, 2013; (c) the procedure adopted for the said appointment; (d) whether the educational certificated / degrees of the said persons have been verified, if so, its details; (e) whether it is a fact that a number of irregularities were committed in those appointments, if so, the details thereof; and (f) whether any inquiry has been conducted in the said irregularities, if not, the time by which the same will be conducted?

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development be pleased to state: (a) the amount in EOBI fund at present; and (b) whether it is a fact that the pensions of retired Employees of the Old Age Benefit Institute have not been increased since long, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) the number of utility stores in Sindh province at present; and (b) the income earned from and expenditure incurred on those stores during the year 2012?

Will the Minister for Planning and Development be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Pakistan stands at 146th position in the Human Development Index (HDI) of the World at present, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to improve the said position?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the budget provided to the Federal Directorate of Education for female schools in Islamabad during financial year 2011-12?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) the action taken by the Aviation Division / concerned authorities on the recommendations of the Senate Standing Committee on Defence regarding holding an inquiry against General Manager Marketing and Planning, Mr. Rashid Aziz; and (b) whether it is also a fact that despite serious allegations against the said officer and instructions of that Committee, the said officer has been given additional responsibilities / charge of General Manager Passenger Sales Division?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of vacant posts of Section Officers in the OMG Group in the Federal Secretariat as of 30th December, 2013; (b) the number of the said posts earmarked for appointment on promotion basis through the FPSC Promotional Examination for the Posts of Section Officers; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to fill those posts from amongst the qualified candidates beyond S.No.50 who qualified the said examination conducted by the FPSC in 2012 instead of conducting new examination, if so, its details?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the rules and procedure laid down for promotion against the posts of Senior General Managers, General Managers and Deputy Managing Directors in PSO; and (b) whether any irregularity has been found in the promotions against the said posts during the last six years, if so, the details thereof and the reasons for making such promotions?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the details of advertisements made / published by the Ministry in the media during the last two years indicating also the expenditure incurred on each advertisement; and (b) whether it is a fact that there is substantial increase in expenditure on advertisements by the Ministry during the said period, if so, its reasons?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Ex. MD./CEO of the PSO, Mr. Naeem Yahya got approved a salary package of Rs.1,651,640/- per month from the Board of Management of PSO instead of getting it approved by the Government, if so, its reasons; (b) whether it is also a fact that there is a vast difference between the said salary package and that offered by the Government, if so, its details; (c) whether it is further a fact that the said MD drew access amount of Rs.8552476.00 due to that salary package in addition to an advance payment of Rs.700,000/-; and (d) whether the Government has conducted any inquiry / investigation in the said matter and recovered the access amount, if so, its details?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state whether it is a fact that Government has imposed moratorium on death penalty in the country, if so, its reasons?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that there is an increase in the incidents of car lifting / theft in Islamabad Capital Territory, particularly from the public places and markets, if so, the steps taken by the Government to control the same; and (b) the number of FIRs registered in the cases of car lifting / theft in the said territory during the last three years and the number of stolen cars recovered in those cases?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact that no funds were allocated under the head of “Free Books” for the students of Federal Educational Institutions in the budget for fiscal year 2013-14, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) the number of trade agreements made between Pakistan and Afghanistan during the last three years; and (b) the volume of trade between the two countries at present?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the per liter price of petrol and diesel purchased from foreign countries/companies during the year 2012-13; (b) the rate, including taxes, at which petrol and diesel are being supplied to the petrol pumps in the country at present; and (c) the percentage of profit, per liter on petrol being earned by the Government, the Refineries and petrol pump owners at present?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister’s office be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to disband Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA), if so, the alternative body / department to which the work presently done by ERRA will be assigned?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state: (a) the procedure adopted for selection of Khudam-ul-Hujjaj for Hajj 2012; and (b) the number of Khudam-ul-Hujjaj appointed with category-wise details?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the number o f persons working in the National Highways Authority; (b) the number o f persons appointed in the said Authority during the period from March, 2008 to November, 2013; (c) the procedure adopted for the said appointment; (d) whether the educational certificated / degrees o f the said persons have been verified, if so, its details; (e) whether it is a fact that a number o f irregularities were committed in those appointments, if so, the details thereof; and (f) whether any inquiry has been conducted in the said irregularities, if not, the time by which the same will be conducted?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is fact that the construction work o f Larkana-Qambar road was started last year; and (b) whether it is also a fact that the said work has not been completed so far; if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which the construction work o f the said road will be completed?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that goods worth of five billion dollars are smuggled annually in the country causing annual loss of Rs. 200 billion to the exchequer; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to control the said smuggling?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) the quantity of coconut and pine-apple being exported at present; and (b) the foreign exchange earned from the export of the said fruits during the fiscal year 2012-13 and current fiscal year?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) the details of inquiries into administrative and financial irregularities / embezzlements initiated by CDA against its officers / officials since March, 2008 indicating also the present status of each inquiry; (b) whether it is a fact that a number of the said inquiries have not been finalized so far, if so, its reasons and the time by which the same will be finalized; and (c) whether it is also a fact that the officers / officials against whom those inquiries are being conducted are still working on same posts, if so, its reasons?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that some civil servants have been nominated by the Government on the Boards of Directors of some public and private sector enterprises during the last five years; (b) whether it is also a fact that huge remunerations have been paid to those servants in addition to their salaries, if so, the names of such public servants, amount paid as remuneration so far and justification for that nomination in each case; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to amend the relevant rules for such nominations and give remunerations / allowances to such Directors in accordance with their entitlement, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) the number of locomotives imported from China during the last five years; (b) the number of locomotives with Pakistan Railways which are out of order/defective at present; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to import more locomotives?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state whether any irregularity has been surfaced on account of payment of salaries, allowances and other benefits to Ex-MD. and present MD. of PSO, if so, the action taken thereon?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Government has singed agreements with USA for investment in the country during the year 2013-14, if so, the present status of those agreements?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the number of plots developed for Government Employees in the Bara Kahu Housing Scheme, Islamabad, so far with category-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state whether it is a fact that issuance of new arms licenses has been banned by the Government, if so, the procedure to be adopted to dispose off the already approved cases of arms licenses presently pending with NADRA?

Will the Minister for State and Frontier Regions be pleased to state: (a) the number of non functional educational institutions / schools in FATA at present; (b) the number of the said educational institutions / schools which have been closed down / collapsed due to law and order situation during the last five years; (c) the estimated amount required for restoration of the said schools/ educational institutions; and (d) the steps being taken by the Government for restoration of the said schools / educational institutions?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that there is no regulatory authority to monitor the functions / working of private courier companies in the country, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish a regulatory authority for the said purpose, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state: (a) the amount allocated by the Higher Education Commission to public sector universities in the country for research purposes during the last five years and details of its utilization with university-wise breakup; and (b) whether it is a fact that in some cases the said amount was not utilized for the purpose it was allocated, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to improve the electoral process by introducing latest technology like electronic voting machine and bio-metric verification system?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) the details of inquiries into administrative and financial irregularities / embezzlements initiated by CDA against its officers / officials since March, 2008 indicating also the present status of each inquiry; (b) whether it is a fact that a number of the said inquiries have not been finalized so far, if so, its reasons and the time by which the same will be finalized; and (c) whether it is also a fact that the officers / officials against whom those inquiries are being conducted are still working on same posts, if so, its reasons?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to enhance exports, except textile goods, of the country?

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to launch new projects for the promotion of Information Technology in the Province of Sindh particularly in Karachi, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that PIA has hired the services of a number of Chartered Accountants on higher salary package to work in the Head Office and monitor the financial activities of the airline during the last two years, if so, the benefits accrued from the same; and (b) whether it is a fact that the said Chartered Accountants have now been transferred to their home stations to perform duties not commensurating with their qualifications, capabilities and purpose of their hiring, if so, its reasons?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state the location and size of plots / land purchased / acquired on lease in Islamabad by each foreign mission during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the details of financial administrative irregularities pointed out in the audit report of Pakistan Housing Authority for the financial year 2012-13 indicating also the names and designation of the persons responsible for the same and action taken against them; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to control such irregularities in future?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the names of places / locations where drilling of wells have been carried out for exploration of oil and gas in the country during the last five years; and (b) the number of the said wells from which oil and gas have been explored / is being explored?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the number of trains which were operational in the country before 1st June, 2013 and those at present?

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state: (a) whether any special audit of Lok Virsa, Islamabad, was conducted during the last five years, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether any misappropriation was pointed out in the reports of the said audit; (c) whether any recovery has been made from the persons involved in the said misappropriation, if so, the details thereof and (d) whether any irregularity with regard to appointments made in that department was pointed out in the said reports, if so, the action taken in this regard?

Will the Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education be pleased to state: (a) the amount allocated by the Higher Education Commission to public sector universities in the country for research purposes during the last five years and details of its utilization with university-wise breakup; and (b) whether it is a fact that in some cases the said amount was not utilized for the purpose it was allocated, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to introduce more productive and disease resistant seeds / varieties of crops in view of the water shortage and climate change in the country?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: (a) the annual production of milk in the country at present; and (b) the details of milk products exported during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Incharge of Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of public parks inaugurated by the Chairman CDA during the last five years with year-wise break-up; (b) whether it is a fact that the said parks have not been properly developed so far, if so, its reasons; (c) the funds provided for the development of those parks during the said period with sector-wise break-up; (d) whether it is also a fact that the said funds have not been utilized for the purpose for which the same were allocated, if so, its reasons; and (e) the steps being taken by the Government to properly develop the said parks?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) the names, educational qualification, experience and tenure of the persons who served against the post of Marketing Director, PIA during the last three years; (b) whether it is a fact that Operation Engineers have been appointed against those posts during the said period, if so, its reasons; and (c) whether it is also a fact that Marketing Directors in PIA are drawing salary of Operation Engineers despite the fact that they are serving in other sections / departments?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any provision for lodging complaints / complaint centers in Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS) and Federal Government Services Hospital (FGSH), Islamabad for redressal of complaints of patients, if so, the details thereof; and (b) the number of complaints received by the said offices or centers in those hospitals during the last two years and action taken thereon separately?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of out door patients treated in PIMS, Islamabad, during 2011 and 2012; (b) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to provide better facilities to the said patients in that hospital; and (c) whether the indoor patients are provided medicines and facility of clinical tests free of cost in the said hospital?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the funds / amount provided by World Health Organization (WHO) to control TB, HIV, AIDs, Child Malnutrition and Cancer in the country during the last five years with year-wise break-up and details of utilization of the same?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state the number of delegations sent to the Peoples Republic of China during the last three years and the results achieved there from?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the names, designation and educational qualifications of the persons working in the Drug Testing Unit of NIH, Islamabad; and (b) whether it is a fact that there is a shortage of staff in the said Unit, if so, the time by which that shortage will be removed?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the number of agreements signed by the Government for setting up/installation of rental power plants in the country since July 2008; (b) the quantum of electricity generated in MW by each of the said plants so far; and (c) the amount paid by the Government to the said plants so far with plant-wise break-up

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the quantity of minerals exported to foreign countries during the last three years with country-wise break-up; and (b) the names of firms / companies which were awarded contracts for export of minerals from Saindak Project during the said period?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the names, designation and length of service of the employees of the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation who have been allotted plots in Islamabad during the last five years indicating also the location of plot allotted to each of them; and (b) the criteria / procedure adopted for allotment of plots to the said employees?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) whether it is fact that the public transport is not being plied in Islamabad since long; if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to launch a public transport service in ICT; if so, when it will be implemented?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to control the increasing incidents of rape particularly of minors in the country; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to introduce / make more stringent laws to control the said crime?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the details of official vehicles and squad provided to the Ex-Ministers for Interior and Narcotics Control; and (b) the details of expenditures being incurred on POL of the said vehicles and on security and the protocol facilities provided to the said Ministers?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the amount spent on repairing, maintenance, renovation and extension of railway stations in the country since 2010 with station-wise and head-wise breakup indicating also the name of authority which accorded approval of expenditures in each case?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the project of establishing a new hospital in Islamabad has been delayed, if so, its reasons; (b) the steps being taken by the Government to execute the said project at the earliest; (c) whether funds have been allocated for the said hospital / project in current PSDP or under any other head, if so, the details thereof; (d) the proposed location of the said hospital and (e) the time by which the said hospital will be completed?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to introduce more productive and disease resistant seeds / varieties of crops in view of the water shortage and climate change in the country?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the names and location of hospitals and medical centers in the country where the treatment for HIV/AIDS is being provided under the National AIDS Control Programme indicating also the number of Doctors and para-medical staff working in each of that hospital / center?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the criteria prescribed for registration of private courier companies in the country; and (b) the names and addresses of the said companies presently registered in the country?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: (a) the name, age, educational qualifications, experience and date of appointment of the present Chairman of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC); and (b) whether the appointment of the said Chairman was made by advertising the post in the press?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statics and Privatization be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to obtain loans from foreign commercial banks, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to State whether it is a fact that unfiltered/unfiltered/impure water is being marketed in the name of mineral water in the country, if so, the action being taken by the government in the regard?

Will the Minster for Industries and Production be pleased to State; a) The ratio of industrial growth in the country since 2009-10 with year wise breakup; b) Whether it is a fact that the aid ratio during that period has decreased in comparison to the years 2007-08 and 2008-09 if so, the reasons thereof; and c) The steps taken/being taken by the government to increase that ratio?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any provision for lodging complaints / complaint centers in Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS) and Federal Government Services Hospital (FGSH), Islamabad for redressal of complaints of patients, if so, the details thereof, and (b) the number of complaints received by the said offices or centers in those hospitals during the last two years and action taken thereon separately?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of outdoor patients treated in PIMS, Islamabad, during 2011 and 2012; (b) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to provide better facilities to the said patients in that hospital; and (c) whether the indoor patients are provided medicines and facility of clinical tests free of cost in the said hospital?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the names, designation and length of service of the employees of the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation who have been allotted plots in Islamabad during the last five years indicating also the location of plot allotted to each of them; and (b) the criteria / procedure adopted for allotment of plots to the said employees?

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased to state: (a) the details / title of cases of murder and kidnapping disposed off by each High Court in the country during the last five years; (b) the details / title of cases of murder and kidnapping disposed off by the Islamabad High Court since its establishment; and (c) the number of the said cases pending in each of the said court at present?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the make, model, type, actual price, sale price and condition of the vehicles sold by OGDCL to its own employees through auction during the last five years with year-wise break-up indicating also the names and designations of the officers / officials to whom the same were sold; and (b) whether it is a fact that the said vehicles were auctioned / sold at depreciation value of 10%, if so, the rules under which the same has been done?

Will the Minister for Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of public parks inaugurated by the Chairman CDA during the last five years with year-wise break-up; (b) whether it is a fact that the said parks have not been properly developed so far, if so, its reasons; (c) the funds provided for the development of those parks during the said period with sector-wise break-up; (d) whether it is also a fact that the said funds have not been utilized for the purpose for which the same were allocated, if so, its reasons; and (e) the steps being taken by the Government to properly develop the said parks?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) the names, educational qualification, experience and tenure of the persons who served against the post of Marketing Director, PIA during the last three years; (b) whether it is a fact that Operation Engineers have been appointed against those posts during the said period, if so, its reasons; and (c) whether it is also a fact that Marketing Directors in PIA are drawing salary of Operation Engineers despite the fact that they are serving in other sections / departments?

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development be pleased to state: (a) the initial amount of contribution made by the Government to the Workers Welfare Fund; and (b) the steps being taken by the Federal Government for further contribution in the Workers Welfare Fund along with its details?

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resources Development be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the students of private universities in the country are provided financial assistance from Workers Welfare Fund, if so, the names of universities students of which were provided such assistance during 2010-2011 and 2011-2012?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the length of roads in Balochistan maintained by NHA with route-wise breakup; and (b) the names, designation, place of domicile and place of present posting of Engineering Staff presently deputed on the said roads?

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state the details of steps taken by the Government to block obscene, adulterous and derogatory sites on Youtube and other internet sites of such nature?

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased to state: (a) the number of special courts in the country; (b) the number of anti-terrorism courts in the country; and (c) the number of cases disposed of by said courts during the last two years?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the number of cases registered against pharmaceutical companies in the country for producing substandard medicines during the last two years; and (b) the present status of the said cases?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the details of aid received by the present Government from foreign countries for the flood affectees in the country and details of its utilization/disbursement?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to restructure the units proposed to be privatized in order to get the best possible price thereof; (b) whether it is a fact that some profit making institutions like Banks, OGDCL and PPL are also being privatized, if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) the details of mismanagement surfaced in privatization of Public entities in the past and precautionary measures being adopted by the Government to avoid the same?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) the number of Utility Stores in Karachi at present; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to establish more such stores in the said city?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the revenue collected through taxes on export of garments during the last three years with category-wise/type-wise breakup?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the per liter price of petrol and diesel purchased from foreign countries/companies during the year 2012-13; (b) the rate, including taxes, at which petrol and diesel are being supplied to the petrol pumps in the country at present; and (c) the percentage of profit, per liter on petrol being earned by the Government, the Refineries and petrol pump owners at present?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister?s office be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to disband Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA), if so, the alternative body/department to which the work presently done by ERRA will be assigned?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state: (a) the procedure adopted for selection of Khudam-ul-Hujjaj for Hajj 2012; and (b) the number of Khudam-ul-Hujjaj appointed with category-wise details?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a number of retired Government Officers are residing in/occupying Government accommodations in Islamabad, if so, the names and addresses of such officers; (b) whether any rent is being charged from those officers, if so, the amount collected from them during the last three years and if not, its reasons; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to get vacated those accommodations from the said occupants?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the quantity of coal imported during the last five years and the expenditure incurred thereupon?

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government for implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and concluding observations and recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on 3rd and 4th combined periodic reports submitted by Pakistan?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state the percentage of officers in the Police Service of Pakistan who belong to FATA, Balochistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir?

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the rate of cyber crimes is increasing in the country; if so, the reasons thereof; (b) the steps being taken by the Government for the prevention of those crimes; and (c) whether any law has been made to control the said crimes, if so, the present status of implementation thereof?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state the quantity of tea imported in the country during the fiscal years 2010-11 and 2011-12 indicating also the names of the countries from where the same was imported?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the procedure prescribed/laid down for renewal of arms licenses; (b) the number of prohibited and non-prohibited bore arms licenses renewed by NADRA since July, 2013; and (c) the number of those licenses cancelled during the said period?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to provide bedding facilities, on payment basis, to the passengers of trains during long journey, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the number of rape cases registered in the country since June, 2013 with district-wise break-up; and (b) the number of persons arrested, challaned and convicted in the said cases indicating also the present status of each case?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the amount of funds provided by WHO for health sector in Pakistan during the last five years with year-wise break-up; and (b) the details of utilization of the said amount with year-wise and province-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the names and locations of the education institutions established by the Government of Pakistan abroad; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish more such institutions abroad, if so, the proposed locations thereof?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the names of banks where amount of challans by Motorways Police is deposited at present; and (b) whether it is a fact that the said amount can not be deposited in the Post Offices, if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which the same will be allowed?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the details of aid received by the present Government from foreign countries for the flood affectees in the country and details of its utilization/disbursement?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to restructure the units proposed to be privatized in order to get the best possible price thereof; (b) whether it is a fact that some profit making institutions like Banks, OGDCL and PPL are also being privatized, if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) the details of mismanagement surfaced in privatization of Public entities in the past and precautionary measures being adopted by the Government to avoid the same?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) the number of Utility Stores in Karachi at present; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to establish more such stores in the said city?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the revenue collected through taxes on export of garments during the last three years with category-wise/type-wise breakup?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state the steps taken/being taken by the Government to improve the quality and rationalize the prices of various items being sold at utility stores in the country?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister?s Office be pleased to state whether it is a fact that plots in Islamabad have been allotted to officers of the Prime Minister?s Office during the current year, if so, the names, designations of the officers and the costs and size of plot allotted to each officer of the Prime Minister?s Office?

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Pakistan has signed United Nations convention on Child Rights in 1990; (b) whether it is also a fact that the incidents of domestic violence against the children are increasing in the country, if so, the steps taken / being taken by the Government to control the same?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state the names of projects/schemes launched by the Government for welfare of minorities in the country during the last three years indicating also the amount spent in each case and present status of each project/scheme?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to provide bedding facilities, on payment basis, to the passengers of trains during long journey, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to make the Pakistan Railways a profitable institution by bringing changes in its infrastructure; and (b) the bailout packages provided by the Government and other donor agencies to the Pakistan Railways for the recovery of its losses during the year 2011 and 2012?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state the number of persons treated in centers established for treatment of drug addicts in the country during the last five years?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the government to evolve a mechanism for registration of unclaimed children in the country by NADRA; and (b) whether it is a fact that the said children face problems in issuance of National Identity Cards and Passports, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to resolve the same?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, was amongst the top 20 Universities in the ranking of Higher Education Commission till 2010; (b) whether it is also a fact that the said University has now been excluded from that ranking, if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) whether it is further a fact that the number of students of the said university has been decreased, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the length of Kashmor - Jamshoro section of the Indus Highway Sindh; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government for proper maintenance of the said Highway?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state the names and place of domicile of the persons appointed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on contract basis since 2012?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to slate: (a) the criteria prescribed for regulating and monitoring the activities of NGOs in the (bunny; and (b) whether it is a fact that activities and audit reports of the said NGOs are not accessible to the public through online system, if so, the time by which the same will he made accessible?

Will the Minister Inchrage of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a number of aeroplanes of PIA have been grounded during the current year, if so, the details thereof and the reasons for grounding in each case; (b) whether it is also a fact that a number of aeroplanes have been purchased and obtained on lease for PIA during the said period, if so, the details thereof indicating also the date of purchase / lease in each case; and (c) the impact of purchase / obtaining on lease of the said aeroplanes on flight schedules of PIA?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) whether the Prime Minister’s Flood Relief Fund still exists, if so, the amount in the same at present; and (b) the number of flood affected persons benefited from the said fund since 2010?

Will the Mintier Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to revamp PIA?

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased to state the names and addresses of the persons against whom cases are pending with National Accountability Bureau at present indicating also the details of charges against each of them?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the names, grades and place of domicile of the employees of various Ministries/Divisions, attached departments, autonomous and semi autonomous bodies who have been allotted plots during the last five years; and (b) the criteria and procedure adopted for allotment of plots to the said persons?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) is sending inflated electricity bills to its consumers without meter reading, if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state whether it is a fact that only the persons working in accounts section of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation have been promoted during the last three years whereas those working in engineering, programmes, news and administration sections, whose promotion was due, have not been promoted during that period, if so, the reasons for this disparity?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a fee @ 1500 is being charged for issuance of a smart card by NADRA; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to reduce the said fee, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state the income of PTV Sports Channel during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Allama lqbal Open University, Islamabad was amongst the top 20 Universities in the ranking of Higher Education Commission till 2010; (b) whether it is also a fact that the said University has now been excluded from that ranking, if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) whether it is further a fact that the number of students of the said university has been decreased, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the number of the persons working on adhoc and daily wages basis in Allama Iqbal Open University with department / section-wise and grade-wise break-up; (b) the details of payments made to the said persons since 2011-12 with year-wise break-up; and (c) whether it is a fact that appointments against some key posts in the said university have not been made on permanent basis, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state whether it is a fact that there is no uniform curriculum in educational institutions in the country, if so, the steps being taken by the government to introduce the same in the all public and private educational institutions in the country?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the details of plans made by the Government to extend the existing network of motorways in the country during the financial year 2013-14 indicating also the progress achieved on those plans so far?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the criteria prescribed for regulating and monitoring the activities of NGOs in the country; and (b) whether it is a fact that activities and audit reports of the said NGOs are not accessible to the public through online system, if so, the time by which the same will be made accessible?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the amount of foreign aid received by the Government during the fiscal year 2014-15 and its utilization or proposed utilization with head-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to stabilize the value of Pakistani Rupee against the US dollar?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the printers presently being used at PIA ticket counters and in PIA networks are incompatible with SABRE reservation system; (b) the estimated cost for making the said printers compatible with that system; and (c) whether any inquiry has been conducted into the issue of purchasing the said printers and causing loss to national exchequer, if so, its details?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state that: (a) whether it is a fact that CDA has taken over charge of a large area of Zone-IV under the Islamabad Capital Territory (Zoning) Regulation, 1992, if so, the present status of development work in the area; and (b) whether it is also a fact that the residents of the said area has not been provided with proper sanitation, drinking water, education and health facilities, if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which the same will be provided to them?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that proper arrangements have not been made for provision of clean drinking water in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences and Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital, Islamabad, if so, the steps taken / being taken by the Government to provide the same; and (b) the amount allocated for provision of clean drinking water in the said hospitals during fiscal years 2010-11 and 2011-12?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) is sending inflated electricity bills to its consumers without meter reading, if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the amount collected under the head of petroleum development levy during the last five years; and (b) the amount spent on the development of Petroleum Sector during the said period?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the number of electricity generation projects launched by the Alternative Energy Development Board during the last five years; and (b) the quantum of electricity being generated from the said projects and per unit cost of production of the same?

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government for the protection of major Archeological sites in the country?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state the names of VIPs with whom police personnel and vehicles were deputed by the Islamabad Capital Territory Police for protocol and security duties during the year 2013-14 indicating also the number of police personnel and vehicles deputed with each of them?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state whether it is a fact that there is no uniform curriculum in educational institutions in the country, if so, the steps being taken by the government to introduce the same in all public and private educational institutions in the country?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the details of plans made by the Government to extend the existing network of motorways in the country during the financial year 2013-14 indicating also the progress achieved on those plans so far?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state whether it is a fact that foreign aid and funding to the seminaries, mosques and charity organizations in the country is being sent through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, if so, the names of seminaries, mosques and charity organizations which received foreign aid and funding during the last five years indicating also the amount received by each of them?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state the names and place of domicile of the persons appointed as Lecturers and Professors on regular and contract basis in the Universities in Sindh province since 9th January, 2010?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the amount/budget allocated for various projects of the National Highways Authority during the last five years with year wise and project wise break up indicating also the amount released and utilized out of the same; (b) whether it is a fact that a number of projects launched by the said authority during that period could not be completed within the stipulated period, if so, the reasons thereof and the increase in the cost of those projects caused by that delay; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure the completion of the NHA projects within the stipulated time?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state that: (a) whether it is a fact that open spaces earmarked in master plan for National Police Foundation Housing Scheme in Sector O-9, Islamabad as approved by CDA are being converted into small residential plots, if so, the action taken by the Government against the same; and (b) whether there is any procedure or mechanism to ensure that open spaces, utility plots and Parks in Housing Schemes are safeguarded from being converted into residential plots?

Will the Minister Incharge for Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact that more than 20,000 women and children died during pregnancy and child birth in the Federal Government hospitals during the last five years, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to control the same?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) whether ti is a fact that parks in Gulshan-e-Jinnah, Sector F-5/1, Islamabad are in a dilapidated condition since long, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to carry out maintenance work in the said park, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact 152 official vehicles of OGDCL (Toyota and Cultus cars) were sold for a sum of Rs. 40 million during last five years while the auction price/price in open market of those vehicles was Rs. 445 million, if so, the reasons for selling the vehicles at lower price; (b) whether it is also a fact that 43 Toyota and Cultus cars were sold to officials at outrageous price of Rs. 1000/- per car, if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) whether it is further a fact that 61 Toyota cars were sold at price of Rs. 96,900/ per car and 84 Cultus cars were sold for less than Rs. 60,000/- each and 16 such cars for Rs. 79,700/- each, if so, its reasons?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the names, designation, grades, length of service and the name of department of the Government employees who have been allotted plots in Islamabad during the last three years indicating also the Plot No., Sector and date of allotment in each case?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state that: (a) whether it is a fact that no houses/flats have been constructed for Government employees in Islamabad during the last fifteen years, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct new houses/flats for Government employees in Islamabad, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the number of prisoners in jails sentenced to death at present; and (b) the name of last such prisoner executed in the country indicating also the date and place of his execution?

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to revamp Pakistan Television particularly to its News Channel, in order to make it more credible; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to constitute a Parliamentary Committee or an independent board of non-partisan experts for the said purpose; if so, when?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that fares of public transport in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) have recently been increased by the transporters without the approval/notification by the competent authority; and (b) the procedure laid down for increase/decrease in fares of public transport in ICT?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state whether it is fact that the procedure for payment in foreign currency has been adopted to increase the Afghan Transit Trade (ATT), if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) the names and designation of the officers presently holding dual and current charges of higher posts in the Ministry of Commerce and its attached departments indicating also the name of post, duration of dual or current charge and justification for the same in each case; and (b) whether it is a fact that many junior officers of that Ministry and its attached departments have been granted current charge of higher posts ignoring the senior ones, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to improve the operation and services of PIA?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Prime Minister’s Polio Monitoring and Coordination Cell is working under the administrative control of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination at present; and (b) the functions performed by the said Cell since 2013-14 with district wise break up?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state that: (a) whether it is a fact that the use of non-sterilized surgical instruments is one of the main reasons of the spread of fatal diseases like Hepatitis, AIDS, TB etc. in the country, if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard; and (b) whether sterilized plants or units have been provided by the Government at the local level in the country, if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that community fund is maintained in Pakistan Embassies in Germany, Spain, UK, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, India, New Zealand, France, Abu Dhabi, Italy and Japan, if so, the details of amount of in that fund and the details of its utilization during the last five years; and (b) the names and addresses of Pakistanis for whom the amount was spent from the said fund during the said period and purpose for spending in each case?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the names of registered and non registered NGOs working in the country with province wise break-up indicating also the subject/field of work and number of persons working in each NGO; and (b) the names of foreign organizations/countries which financial aid/funds to the said NGOs during the last 05 years?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to bring Agricultural Sector into the tax net; if so, when?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the number of persons who have availed the Prime Minister’s Tax Amnesty Scheme so far and the amount collected therefrom?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state that whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to make available General Waiting List for allotment of Government accommodations in Islamabad in order to make the system of allotment of those accommodation more transparent, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the name of countries with which Pakistan is presently negotiating for procurement of electricity indicating also the quantum of electricity proposed to be procured and rate at which the same will be procured; and (b) the time by which supply of electricity from those countries will be started?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the names of foreign countries which have raised objections on Pak-Iran Pipeline Project since 2012-13 indicating also the details of objections raised by each of them and stance taken by the Government of Pakistan thereon?

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage be pleased to state the number of advertisements given by political parties to official TV channels / electronic media during election campaign from March to May, 2013, indicating also the air time and cost of the same with party-wise breakup?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the number, names and locations of Housing societies of Pakistan Railways?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the number of official vehicles and Police personnel presently provided for squad and security duty to the ex-Ministers for Interior; and (b) the details of monthly expenditures being incurred on POL of the said vehicles and salaries of the personnel?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the procedure laid down and educational qualifications prescribed for appointment of Chairman, Members, and other officers of the Drug Regulatory Authority?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the office work of Pakistan Post has not been computerized so far; if so, the reasons thereof; (b) the steps being taken by the Government for computerization of the said work and the time by which the same will be computerized; and (c) the funds required for the said purpose?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the amount allocated for the National T.B. Control Programme during the fiscal year 2013-14 indicating also the amount spent out of the same; and (b) the number of T.B patients in the country being treated under the said programme with city wise break up?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the names of the units and institutions for which the privatization is under consideration by the Government at present; and (b) whether privatization of the also above said units/institutions will be made completely/partly or by selling some of its shares?

Will the Minister for Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of dengue virus cases surfaced / reported in the Islamabad Capital Territory during the last two years; (b) the measure adopted by the Government to control the said virus; and (c) the medication provided to the patients of that virus by the Federal Government hospitals during the said period?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state that: (a) the number of Government residences available with the Ministry of Housing and Works at present with category-wise break-up; (b) the procedure prescribed for allotment of the said residences; and (c) the names of Government employees presently on general waiting list indicating also the name of department and date of application in each case with category-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided financial assistance for the construction of the Nelum Jhelum Hydro Power Project and Dasu Dam, if so, the amount thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to obtain further financial assistance from the ADB or other international donors or financial institutions for the said projects, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the electricity worth Rs. 2000 billions is being stolen annually in the country; if so, the steps being taken by the Government to control the same; and (b) the amount recovered on account of said theft by the present Government so far?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) the funds allocated for the renovation / repair of Railways Stations in the country during the last eight years till to-date; and (b) the number of development projects launched by the Ministry of Railway and completed during the above said period?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the funds are provided by the USA to the government of Pakistan under the heads of Law Enforcement and Narcotics Control; and (b) whether it also a fact that the said funding is un-conditional, if not, the terms and conditions thereof?

Will the Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the details of efforts being made by the Government to revive the game of Hockey in the country; (b) the number of Astroturf fields available in Pakistan at present; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to groom youngsters and find the best potential / talent in the country for the said game?

Will the Minister Incharge of the National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the number of private medical colleges established in the country since March, 2008; (b) the number and location of the medical colleges proposed to be established in the country during 2013 and 2014; (c) the criteria laid down for issuance of NOC / registration of the said colleges; and (d) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to regulate functioning of the said colleges?

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development be pleased to state the number of laborers and workers sent abroad for employment during the current year with the country-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Asian Development Bank has asked Pakistan to prevent power and gas theft to control the rate of inflation; and (b) if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of mobile phone consumers in the country at present; and (b) the amount of the revenue collected by the Government as tax on mobile phone calls during the year 2012-13?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the amount provided to PIMS and Federal Government Polyclinic hospitals for provision of medicines to the patients during 2012?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) the salient functions of Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Board; and (b) the names, designation, date of appointment, educational qualifications and experience of the officers working in the said Board indicating also the salary, allowances and other fringe benefits admissible in each case?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided financial assistance for the construction of the Neelum Jehlum Hydro Power Project and Dasu Dam, if so, the amount thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to obtain further financial assistance from the ADB or other international donors or financial institutions for the said projects, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that electricity worth Rs. 2000 billions is being stolen annually in the country, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to control the same; and (b) the amount recovered on account of said theft by the present Government so far?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the names, designations, grades, length of service and the name of department of the Government employees who have been allotted plots in Islamabad during the last three years indicating also the Plot No., Sector and date of allotment in each case?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state that: (a) whether it is a fact that no houses / flats have been constructed for Government employees in Islamabad during the last fifteen years, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct new houses / flats for Government employees in Islamabad, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government for provision of un-interrupted supply of natural gas to domestic consumers in the country during the coming winter season?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the number of complaints received against Police Officers on account of registration of fake FIRs in Islamabad since 2012 indicating also the action taken thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to amend the relevant law and specify penalty therein for such officers, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to start train service between Islamabad and Istanbul, if so, when; and (b) the estimated traveling time by train between the said two destinations and the probable fare for that journey?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that at present there is no excise mobile squad in Islamabad to attest / confirm the registration of vehicles on road; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish the said squad, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the number of stadiums for women sports in the country; and (b) whether it is a fact that the said stadiums are insufficient to meet the requirement, if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government for promotion and development of sports in the country?

Will the Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that an international cricket stadium is under construction in District Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, if so, the acreage of land acquired for the same; (b) the estimated cost of the said stadium, the amount allocated and spent thereon so far; and (c) the time by which the said stadium will be completed?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Asian Development Bank has asked Pakistan to prevent power and gas theft to control the rate of inflation; and (b) if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the amount of donations given to the Government of Pakistan by the neighboring and friendly countries during the year 2014-2015 indicating also the purpose for which the same were given and the details of utilization thereof with head-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Pakistan is a party to Millennium Development Goals agreements for improving the standard of living of the common man, if so, the details of each target thereof; (b) the time fixed for achieving the said targets goals; (c) whether it is a fact that Pakistan has failed to achieve the said targets goals, if so, the reasons thereof; and (d) the steps being taken by the Government to determine the role of the Federation and Provinces in order to achieve the said goals after the 18th Amendment in the Constitution?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the procedure adopted to ensure transparency in appointments in the institutions / departments under the administrative control of that Ministry?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state the benefits accrued to Pakistan from Afghanistan-Pakistan transit trade agreement during the year 2012-13 and 2013-14?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the names of areas / villages in Islamabad declared as Model Villages according to the Master Plan of Islamabad indicating also the details of infrastructural projects launched in those areas / villages so far and the present status of development work in each area / village?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the number of blue passports issued to unauthorized persons during the last five years; and (b) the names of officers / officials found involved in issuance of the said passports and the action taken against them?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the financial benefits accrued to Pakistan Railways from the Cargo Trains during the year 2013-14?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state the quantity of narcotics and psychotropic substances seized during the year 2011-12 with area / regions wise break up indicating also the number of persons arrested in those cases?

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Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the number of drugs registered in the generic list in Pakistan; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to decrease the price and increase the production of the said drugs at national level?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that department of Postal Services has constructed rest houses in the country, if so, the purpose for which the same were constructed and the purposes for which the same are being used at present; (b) the average monthly expenditures presently being incurred on each of the said rest houses; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to privatize the said rest houses, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of Pakistani prisoners repatriated from USA since 15th March, 2008; and (b) the main allegations against the said prisoners?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to provide interest free loans to the Tea and Mushroom growers in the country, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the details of support being provided by USA to Pakistan in energy generation, improved distribution, management, policy reforms and technological cooperation?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the names, designations and length of service of employees of the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) to whom plots were allotted in Islamabad during the last five years indicating also the location of plot allotted in each case and criteria adopted for the same?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the names and location of run of the River Hydro Power Projects presently in progress in the country indicating also the estimated cost, expected date of completion and capacity of generation of electricity of each project?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the salient achievements of Tuberculosis and Malaria Control programmes in the country since 2013-14?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state the names and locations of factories / industries working under the purview of the Ministry of Industries and Production indicating also the names of items being produced, production capacity and per day production of each of the same at present?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the amount borrowed by the Government from foreign countries and financial institutions during the last three months indicating also the rate of interest at which the same was borrowed?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that most of the ventilator machines in PIMS, Islamabad are out of order, if so, the amount to be incurred on repairing of the same; (b) the steps being taken to buy new ventilator machines for the said hospital to deal with emergency and accidental cases; (c) the amount allocated and utilized on purchase and repairing of the said machines in that hospital during the last two years; and (d) whether record of patients of accident cases who were not admitted in that hospital is maintained, if so, the number of such patients who were not admitted due to non availability of the said machines and were referred to the private hospitals during the said period?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the production capacity of IPPs, solar and hydel power projects in the country indicating also the quantum of electricity being produced by those projects at present?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the time by which new locomotives will be inducted in the railway system indicating also the number of trains to be made functional through the same?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of Pakistanis deported from abroad except the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during the last five years due to their illegal visits / stay; and (b) the names and addresses of the persons who have been found involved in illegal human trafficking during the said period?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the names and locations of Federal Government Liver Transplant Centers functioning in the country at present; (b) the number of patients benefited from the said centers since June, 2013; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish more such Centers in the country, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to upgrade and bring the standard of construction of National Highways and Motorways in the country at par with international standards?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) the details of ongoing schemes launched by the Government for the development of industrial sector in the country; (b) the funds allocated and utilized under the said schemes during the last two fiscal years; and (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government for the development of backward industrial estates in the country and the results thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state whether it is a fact that ZTBL has re-scheduled its loans for the flood affectees in the four provinces of the country, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to prevent drop out of students from primary and secondary schools in Islamabad?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the amount collected as rent by CDA from the Houses, Flats, Shops and other property owned by it during the year 2013-14, indicating also the number of defaulters at present?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of patients treated in the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences and Federal Government Polyclinic Hospitals, Islamabad during the year 2014-15; and (b) the number of patients referred from other cities to the said hospitals during the last one year?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government for exploration of shale gas in the country; and (b) the date on which the last study on shale gas in the country was completed indicating also the results thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the types of taxes included in the prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene oil during the year 2013-14 indicating also the justification thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the revenue collected under the head of Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) during the last five years and the details of its utilization; (b) the amount of the said Cess presently outstanding against various companies in the country and the steps taken by the Government for its recovery; and (c) whether it is a fact that various companies have misappropriated/misused the said Cess, if so, the details of such misappropriation/misuse during 2012-13 and 2013-14 and the action taken by the Government against the persons responsible for the same?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct new run of the river projects and water reservoirs in FATA, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the number of operational and non-operational locomotives with Pakistan Railway at present?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons whose names have been included in the Border Management System (BMS) upon deportation from abroad during the last five years with year wise break up; (b) whether it is a fact that the names of a number of those persons have not been excluded from the said System despite the fact that they obtained valid visas of other countries during that period, if so, the number of such persons; and (c) whether any priority is being given to exclude the names of those persons from that System who obtain valid visas of other countries, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to control adulteration in fresh/unpacked milk in Islamabad Capital Territory; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to control the use of unhygienic injections being injected to cows and buffaloes for increasing their production of milk in the said area?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state whether it is a fact that it has recently been decided by the Government to bring back all Pakistanis who are imprisoned in foreign countries, if so, their number with country wise break up and the time by which they will be brought back?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms be pleased to state the details of infrastructure development projects launched by the present Government which are ongoing at present indicating also the estimated cost and percentage of funds released so far with head-wise breakup in each case?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to launch new national saving schemes, if so, the details thereof and the time by which the same will be launched?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the utilization of the amount received from neighboring and friendly countries as financial assistance during the year 2014-15 with head wise break up?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of hostels established for women working in the Federal Government departments in the country with city-wise break up; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish more such hostels, if so, the details thereof and the time by which the same will be established?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to complete the Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline project?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to control water scarcity in the country in future?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to overhaul the Railway tracks and repair/renovate Railways Stations of Mir PurKhas and Khokrapar, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the number of raids conducted by FIA for the recovery of smuggled/spurious drugs in the country during the last six months; (b) the names and quantity of the said medicines recovered during those raids; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to control/prevent the smuggling of those medicines in the country?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state whether it is a fact that a number of retired employees have been appointed on re-employment basis in Pakistan Railways during the last three years, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the details of registered and unregistered stents being used for heart patients in the country; (b) the steps being taken by the Government to control the use of unregistered stents in the country; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to register imported stents, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to launch Health Insurance Scheme for patients in the country, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the names of private courier companies in the country at present; (b) the procedure laid down to regulate those companies; and (c) whether the said companies follow that procedure, if not, the details of action taken against the violators during the period from 2013 to 2015?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) Whether it is a fact that the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control vide its directive No. F.No.1/1/2013-AS(1) dated 12th June, 2013, imposed a ban on appointment on deputation and permanent absorption of officers and officials in the Islamabad Capital Territory Administration; (b) whether any officer / official has been appointed on deputation or absorbed permanently or given extension in deputation period in any office of the said Administration since the issuance of that directive, if so, the details thereof; and (c) the number of officers / officials working on deputation basis in various offices of that Administration who have been repatriated to their parent department since the issuance of the said directive with department wise breakup?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the steps taken by the present Government to remove encroachments from the Railways land in the country and the achievements made in this regard so far?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the number of official vehicles owned by the National Police Bureau, Islamabad at present; (b) whether it is a fact that a number of the said vehicles are being utilized by non-entitled officers of that Bureau, if so, the details thereof; and (c) the names and designations of the non-entitled officers using those vehicles indicating also the reasons for the same in each case?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: Updated on March 25, 2016 (a) the details of registered and unregistered stents being used for heart patients in the country; (b) the steps being taken by the Government to control the use of unregistered stents in the country; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to register imported stents, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to launch Health Insurance Scheme for patients in the country, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the names of private courier companies in the country at present; (b) the procedure laid down to regulate those companies; and (c) whether the said companies follow that procedure, if not, the details of action taken against the violators during the period from 2013 to 2015?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state whether it is a fact that due to spray of pesticides on the crops on large scale the issue of environmental pollution is becoming severe in the country, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to address this issue?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state the improvement made in relations between Pakistan and Iran during the last four years?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the details of Pakistani Ambassadors and High Commissioners posted for the second term in a particular / same country during the last five years; and (b) the names of countries where posts of Pakistan’s Ambassadors/High Commissioners are lying vacant at present?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the details of GST, FED and surcharge collected on gas consumed by power producers in the country for electricity generation during the financial years 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the name of authority who regulates the service charges of international and local banks functioning in country at present; and (b) whether it is fact that the service charges of the said banks are different, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the amount of circular debt of Pakistan State Oil at present; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to rationalize the said debt?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state the steps taken / being taken by the Government to remove the existing provocative sectarian literature and prevent new publication of such literature in the country?

Will the Minister for Textile Industry be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a large number of power looms and sizing sectors have been closed down in the country at present, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) the number of employees rendered jobless due to closure of the said power looms and sizing sectors and the steps being taken by the Government to create new jobs for them?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that there was provision for only Golf Club in the Master Plan of Islamabad, if so, the acreage of land allocated / specified for the same in that plan; and (b) whether it is also a fact that presently there are more than one Golf Club in Islamabad, if so, the justification for the same and acreage of land of those clubs?

Will the Minister Inchare of the Climate Change Division be pleased to state the details of projects relating to climate change being executed in the country at present?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the names of the officers working in BPS-17 and above in the Capital Development Authority on deputation basis who have been allotted plots in the developed sectors of Islamabad during the last five years?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that PSO sold petroleum products to some selected consumers during the last days of August, 2012, especially on the last day of that month inspite of having the knowledge that the prices of those products were to be enhanced on next day, if so, its reasons; and (b) whether it is also a fact that PSO suffered a loss of rupees 36.554 million due to the said manipulation, if so, the action taken against the persons responsible for the same?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the rate/ratio of taxes/duties levied in/through the electricity bills during the last three years indicating also the reasons and date of levy of each tax/duty; (b) the amount collected through each of those taxes/duties during the said period with year wise break up indicating also the utilization of the same; and (c) whether statutory audit of the funds/amounts collected through the said taxes/duties has been conducted, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to repair defective and faulty transformers in the country; and (b) whether the existing reclamation workshops in the country are sufficient to repair the said transformers?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state the amount of foreign exchange earned from the export of rice during the last four years with year wise and country wise break up indicating also the rate at which the rice was exported in each case?

Will the Minister for Textile Industry be pleased to state: (a) the details of cases of corruption surfaced in the Ministry of Textile Industry and its attached departments during the last five years; and (b) whether any action has been taken against those found involved in the said cases, if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that state of the art facilities are not available at the Federal Government Polyclinic hospital, PIMS and NIRM, Islamabad for fatal diseases including Liver, Cardiac, AIDs/HIV and other viral diseases, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to improve standard of medical treatment and to provide missing facilities in the said hospitals?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the details of funds provided by Japan International Cooperation Agency, Asian Development Bank and World Bank for improvement of road infrastructure in the country during the last three years indicating also the utilization of the same; and (b) whether any third party audit of the said funds has been carried out, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Pharmaceutical Companies in the country recently increased the prices of essential medicines, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to control the said prices?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the number of official vehicles owned by the National Police Bureau, Islamabad at present; (b) whether it is a fact that a number of the said vehicles are being utilized by non-entitled officers of that Bureau, if so, the details thereof; and (c) the names and designations of the non-entitled officers using those vehicles indicating also the reasons for the same in each case?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and National Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that gas connections are provided to the residents of new residential sectors/localities in Islamabad and Rawalpindi after a lapse of about three years, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to provide gas connections promptly for domestic requirements in the said sectors/localities through one window operation, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Ex. M.D., PSO, promoted 21 officers against the posts of Senior General Managers, General Managers and Deputy General Managers in violation of seniority rules and without the approval of the Board of Management during the year 2012-13, if so, its reasons; and (b) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to rectify the situation?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the number/percentage of persons belonging to FATA working in the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control, its attached departments and subordinate offices; and (b) whether it is a fact that the number of the said persons is less than the quota prescribed for FATA, if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which the said deficiency will be removed?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) number of locomotives purchased from the foreign countries since 2008; (b) the number of unserviceable and defective locomotives at present with the Pakistan Railways Department; and (c) the arrangements that have been made so far to repair/re-assemble the defective locomotives?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state whether it is a fact that smuggling of narcotics has been taking place to and from Pakistan, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to control the same?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the number of passport offices in the country; and (b) the number of passports being issued to the applicants on daily basis by the Passport and Immigration Department?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the details of funds provided by Japan International Cooperation Agency, Asian Development Bank and World Bank for improvement of road infrastructure in the country during the last three years indicating also the utilization of the same; and (b) whether any third party audit of the said funds has been carried out, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) The arrangements of tranport made by the Government for trade being conducted with Central Asian States, China, India and Iran through road at present; and (b) whether it is a fact that the said arrangements are insufficient, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to improve the same?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the criteria including educational qualifications laid down for appointment of directors in National Highway Authority (NHA); and (b) whether it is a fact that a number of persons working against the said posts in that Authority do not fulfill the said criteria/qualifications, if so, the number and reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of Pakistani fishermen arrested and injured by India in the maritime belt of Pakistan during the last five years; and (b) the steps taken by the Government so far in this regard?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the road network for construction of Diamer Bsha Dam has not been started according to the schedule, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a number of taxes have been levied on indigenous LPG, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) the details of the said taxes levied on the said LPG during the last five years indicating also the amount collected from the same?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to establish small and medium scale industries in the country; and (b) the incentives being provided by the Government to encourage private persons to establish the said industries in the country?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the names of industries in country in which cartels exist at present; and (b) whether there is any law to regulate / deal with such cartels, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Textile Industry be pleased to state the details of tax exemptions, subsidy on interest, tariff protection, provision of land on concessional rates or any other concession given to textile sector in the country during the last three years?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state the amount of loan outstanding against the Pakistan International Airlines at present and the steps being taken by the Government to clear the same?

Will the Minister for Textile Industry be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government for the rehabilitation of closed units/ industries of looms and garments in the country?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the details of new wind power projects completed by the present Government in the country indicating also the date of completion and quantum of electricity being produced / to be produced by each of the same?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state whether it is a fact that China cutting has been made on the land of Rawal Dam, Islamabad, if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to improve the standard of the Basic Health Units (BHUs) established in Islamabad Capital Territory?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons arrested on the charges of contraband drugs, liquor and prostitution in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) during the last five years with year wise break up indicating also the number of owners, workers and customers of the said businesses out of the same; and (b) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to control those crimes in ICT?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the arrangements of transport made by the Government for trade being conducted with Central Asian States, China, India and Iran through road at present; and (b) whether it is a fact that the said arrangements are insufficient, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to improve the same?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the details of funds provided by Japan International Cooperation Agency, Asian Development Bank and World Bank for improvement of road infrastructure in the country during the last three years indicating also the utilization of the same; and (b) whether any third party audit of the said funds has been carried out, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state whether the present stock of food reserves are sufficient to meet domestic requirements of the country, if so, the details thereof with province wise break up?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of Pakistanis imprisoned in Malaysia at present; (b) whether it is a fact that the said prisoners are not being treated properly in Jails, if so, the steps taken / being taken by the Government in this regard; and (c) the steps taken / being taken by the Government for repatriation of those prisoners?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the amount collected as taxes on leather goods in the country during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the amount collected as sales tax from large scale manufacturer sector in the country during the fiscal year 2014-15 and 2015-16; and (b) the impact of the said revenue/amount on control of inflation in the country?

Will the Minister for Textile Industry be pleased to state the details of tax exemptions, subsidy on interest, tariff protection, provision of land on concessional rates or any other concession given to textile sector in the country during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Textile Industry be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government for the rehabilitation of closed units/industries of looms and garments in the country?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) the amount of foreign exchange earned through exports of pharmaceutical products during the last two years; and (b) the incentives being given by the Government to increase the exports of the said products?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government for the revival of PIA during the last six months?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the facility of Liver Transplant is available in PIMS, Islamabad, if so, the number of cases / operations of the same conducted so far indicating also the percentage / ratio of success therein?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state whether it is a fact that China cutting has been made on the land of Rawal Dam, Islamabad, if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state: (a) the salient achievements made by the Government through guidelines prescribed for the electronic media in the country; (b) whether it is a fact that said guidelines failed to properly regulate/ control the functioning of TV channels in the country; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to maintain standards of credibility of contents of news and programmes of the said channels?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the ratio/ percentage of population in rural areas of Islamabad Capital Territory which have access to potable water at present; and (b) the steps taken/ being taken by the Government to ensure provision of potable water for the whole population of the said areas?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the disease of Hepatitis ‘C’ has been increasing in the country, if so, the increase registered in the same since 2013 with year wise break up; and (b) the reasons for increase in the spread of the said disease and the steps taken / being taken by the Government to control the same?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state the steps taken / being taken by the Government to improve the standard of services being provided in Pakistan embassies abroad?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the number of employees hailing from Sindh province in the Ministry of Communication, its attached departments, subordinate offices and autonomous / semi-autonomous bodies / organizations is short of the prescribed quota, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to make up the said deficiency?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the amount collected as taxes on leather goods in the country during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the amount collected as sales tax from large scale manufacturer sector in the country during the fiscal years 2014-15 and 2015-16; and (b) the impact of the said revenue / amount on control of inflation in the country?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) the details of cases of corruption surfaced / registered in the Ministry of Industries and Production and its attached departments / subordinate offices during the last five years; and (b) whether any action has been taken against the persons found involved in the said cases, if so, the details thereof in each case, if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) the details of cases of corruption surfaced / registered in the Ministry of Industries and Production and its attached departments / subordinate offices during the last five years; and (b) whether any action has been taken against the persons found involved in the said cases, if so, the details thereof in each case, if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the rates at which various taxes have been levied on oil exploration companies in the country indicating also the criteria adopted for the same; and (b) the amount collected as taxes from the said companies during the last three years?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the number of syrups for fever purchased by PIMS, Islamabad since 1st May, 2013 indicating also the names of company / supplier, rate of purchase and utilization of the same?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to outsource the Lahore Airport, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of posts of teachers and lecturers lying vacant in Schools / Colleges in Islamabad with grade wise break up indicating also the time by which the same will be filled in; and (b) the procedure laid down for recruitment against the said posts?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to control sectarianism in the country?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state whether it is a fact that as per the terms and conditions the Oil and Gas exploration companies operating in the country have to spend 2% of their annual income on the development of the areas of their operation, if so, the amount spent as such by each of those companies since 2008?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the estimated quantum of coal reservoirs in the country with location wise break up?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the original estimated cost of the Bhara Kahu Housing Scheme for Government employees; and (b) whether it is a fact that construction work on the said scheme has not been started so far, if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which the same will be started and completed?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government for efficient and judicious utilization of water in the country?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the number of gas fields in Sindh at present; (b) the details of the priority given to Sindh province in providing natural gas as required under Article 158 of the Constitution; and (c) the details of welfare work carried out in that province by the said fields themselves or by the funds provided by those fields so far?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that TV license fee is being charged in the electricity bills, if so, the amount being collected under the same on monthly basis; and (b) whether it is also a fact that said fee is also being charged in the electricity bills of Mosques and Madrassas, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to waive off payment of the same for them?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the steps taken by the incumbent Government to provide safe drinking water to the residents of Islamabad; and (b) the steps taken by the present Government to prevent the spread of water born diseases in ICT?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the names of individuals, companies and cartels who were found involved in money laundering to foreign countries since 2010-11 indicating also the action taken against them; and (b) the steps taken / being taken by the Government control money laundering?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Pakistan Railways has started transit trade operations, if so, the details thereof; and (b) the amount earned by Pakistan Railways from the said operations since 2014-15?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the details of assistance provided by foreign countries in health sector during the last five years with year and project wise break up?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to control Hepatitis ‘B’ and ‘C’ in the country and to provide free medical treatment to the patients of the same?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to strengthen the national economy indigenously instead of obtaining foreign loans to meet the financial crunch; and (b) whether any programme has been initiated for the said purpose, if so, the details and results thereof?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state whether the Government has allocated and released any funds for construction of the Chirah Dam in Islamabad, if so, the time by which work will be started and completed on the project?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to make the Liver Transplant Center, PIMS, Islamabad functional and to provide proper facilities for the patients in that Center?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to control sectarianism in the country?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the estimated quantity/reserves of precious stones in the country with location wise breakup indicating also the types of stones presently being excavated/mined from the same at present?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to conduct financial audit of the distribution companies to detect over billing, under billing / parking units, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the names and technical expertise of the persons working as Members of the Alternate Energy Development Board indicating also the pay,allowance and other fringe benefits admissible to them?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the steps taken by the incumbent Government to provide safe drinking water to the residents of Islamabad; and (b) the steps taken by the present Government to prevent the spread of water born diseases in ICT?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state whether it is a fact that a number of water filtration plants installed in Islamabad are in dilapidated condition, if so, the time by which the same will be repaired and properly maintained?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that technical allowance is not admissible to the personnel of Bomb Disposable Squad in Islamabad; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to grant the said allowance to the personnel of that squad, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has taken notice of adulteration in milk being sold in Islamabad with particular reference to injections being administered to animals for obtaining extra milk, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to control the said practice?

Will the Minister In charge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state; (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to purchase new aircraft by floating international tenders, if so, the number and type of air crafts to be purchased; and (b) the name of authority responsible to check the quality of new air-crafts at the time of their purchase?

Will the Minister for Textile Industry be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish new garments cities in the country, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the country has been facing trade deficit during the last three years, if so, the reasons thereof; (b) whether it is also a fact that the services sector also faced deficit during the said period, if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to control the said deficit?

Will the Minister In charge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) the expenditure incurred on the construction of Kashmir highway from Rawalpindi and Islamabad so far; and (b) whether it is a fact that work on the said highway has not been completed so far, if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which the same will be completed?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) whether it is fact that the Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) had constructed “C” and “E” types flats in sector G-11/3, Islamabad, if so, the number of flats constructed and handed over to the allottees so far; and (b) whether it is also a fact that neither the facility of Sui-gas has been provided to the said flats nor internal roads in that area have been carpeted so far, if so the time by which those works will be carried out?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the National Water Policy has not been announced so far, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the acreage of land purchased by the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation for the Bara Kahu Housing scheme so far; and (b) the time by which the survey will be completed and development work will be started on the said scheme indicating also the time by which allotment letters will be issued to allottees and possession of plots will be handed over to them?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state whether it is a fact that China cutting has been made on the land of Rawal Dam, Islamabad, if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state: (a) the number of licences issued for setting up television channels and FM Radio stations during the last five years, with year-wise breakup; and (b) the criteria adopted for issuing of the said licences?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the loss suffered by the banks working under the administrative control of State Bank of Pakistan due to writing off loans granted since March, 2010; and (b) the steps taken by the Government or by those banks to recover the amount of said loans?

Will the Minister for Textile Industry be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government for the rehabilitation of closed units/industries of looms and garments in the country?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Federal Government to improve the health facilities in Islamabad?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of Federal Government Hospitals in Islamabad at present; and (b) the number of new hospitals proposed to be constructed in Islamabad in near future?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Capital Development Authority has made payment in September, 2005 to the Sui Northern Gas pipelines Limited (SNGPL) for provision of gas to Sector I-14,Islamabad; (b) whether it is also a fact that SNGPL has failed to provide natural gas to the residents of the said Sector so far, if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to provide natural gas to the residents of the said Sector?

Will the Minister for Human Rights be pleased to state: (a) the procedure laid down by the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) for receiving complaints from individuals and taking suo moto actions in case of violation of human rights; (b) the number of complaints received from individuals and suo moto notices taken by the said Commission during the last three years and the action taken thereon separately; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to check and control human rights violations and ensure protection of human rights in the country?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the names of countries from which Pakistan is purchasing Gas at present?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish new universities or campuses of the existing universities in the districts where there is no university or campus of a university, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a)the number of accidents occurred on Motorways during the year 2015-16 with area wise break up; and (b)the steps being taken by the government to control the said accidents?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: (a)the mandatory role of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research relating to foods security in the country; (b)the steps taken by the Ministry since 2013 to ensure that Pakistan would not become a food deficient country; and (c)the names educational qualifications and experience of experts of food security presently working in the said Ministry?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state whether it is a fact that Federal Board of Revenue has served notices to one hundred thousand wealthy people during the fiscal year 2015-16, if so, the amount of tax collected from the said persons so far?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Climate Change Division be pleased to state: (a)the losses caused by the floods and rains in the country during the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 with city / district wise break up; and (b)the steps taken / being taken by the Government to protect the people from ravages of heavy rains and floods during the year 2017?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to attract more foreign tourists in the country indicating also the infrastructural changes made for this purpose?

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state: (a)whether it is a fact that the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications have carried out inquiries in cases of irregularities in the allocation of funds for installation of Telecommunication Towers in less developed areas in the country during the tenure of the present Government, if so, the details thereof; and (b)whether the Universal Service Fund is properly utilized in the said areas?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a)whether it is a fact that the Capital Development Authority has made payment in September, 2005 to the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) for provision of gas to Sector I-14, Islamabad; (b)whether it is also a fact that SNGPL has failed to provide natural gas to the residents of the said Sector so far, if so, the reasons thereof; and (c)the steps being taken by the Government to provide natural gas to the residents of the said Sector?

Will the Minister for Human Rights be pleased to state: (a)the procedure laid down by the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) for receiving complaints from individuals and taking suo moto actions in case of violation of human rights; (b)the number of complaints received from individuals and suo moto notices taken by the said Commission during the last three years and the action taken thereon separately; and (c)the steps being taken by the Government to check and control human rights violations and ensure protection of human rights in the country?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the names of countries from which Pakistan is purchasing Gas at present?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state whether it is a fact that there is shortage of gas in the country at present?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the names and locations and locations of wells drilled for exploration of oil and gas in the country during the last three years wise break up?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether the Government of India is allowing the stipulated quantity of water to flow to Pakistan from the respective rivers as per the terms of Indus Basin Treaty?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of he Government to establish new universities or campuses of the existing universities in the districts where there is no university or campus of a university, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a)whether it is a fact that a number of accidents have taken place at Mardan Interchange on M-1 during the last two years, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b)whether it is also a fact that the Government has not taken any remedial measures to control the accidents on the said interchange, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the revenue received by the Government from toll plazas on Motorways in the country during the last five years with province wise break up?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to control cancer in the country?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the details of tax exemptions or incentive packages being given to industrialists in FATA?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to acquire land for construction of more houses for Government employees in Islamabad in the near future, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) whether any land of Pakistan Railways has been leased out during the last three years, if so, the location of the land and name of leasee in each case; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to lease out more land of Pakistan Railways, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to ensure that the Private Security Guards working in Islamabad are properly trained, security cleared and physically fit?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state the number of Professional Training Institutes functioning in the country at present with district-wise break up?

Will the Minster for Communications be pleased to state whether it is fact that the National Highway from Bahawalpur to Multan is in a dilapidated condition, if so, the time by which the same will be repaired?

Will the Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government for promotion and development of sports in the country?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the details of tax exemptions or incentive packages being given to industrialists in FATA?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Climate Change Division be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to evolve an up to date monitoring system for timely warning of impending disasters, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to activate the regional economic associations including the SAARC to expand trade volume of Pakistan, with member countries of the same?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Climate Change Division be pleased to state: (a) the mandate of Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Department working under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division; and (b) the role played by the said department during floods in the country during the last year?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to abolish or lower the rates of taxes being collected from consumers through electricity bills, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the upfront tariff determined for energy generated from the Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Ministry of Human Rights has been merged in the Ministry of Law and Justice, if so, the purposes and justification thereof?

Will the Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control be pleased to state: (a) the number of registered and unregistered NGOs working in the country at present; and (b) the criteria laid down for registration of the NGOs?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state whether it is a fact that thousands of acres of land of the Pakistan Railways is under illegal possession in the country, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to get the said land vacated?

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to promote Pakistani manpower in international job market?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the number of Date Trees planted on M-3 Motorway indicating also the expenditure incurred, date of plantation and present status of the same?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the budget allocated released and utilized by the National Highways Authority for its projects in the Sindh province during the last five years with year wise and project wise break up?

Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to evolve an up to date monitoring system for timely warning of impending disasters, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to activate the regional economic associations including the SAARC to expand trade volume of Pakistan, with member countries of the same?

Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state: (a) the mandate of Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Department working under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division; and (b) the role played by the said department during floods in the country during the last year?

Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state the annual percentage of GDP being spent by the Government to control climate change in the country?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to explore new trade markets abroad?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile be pleased to state: (a) the sectors of the textile industry which have benefited from the facility of Generalization System of Preferences (GSP) plus status granted to Pakistan by the European Union; and (b) the steps taken by the present Government to facilitate the said sectors to take maximum benefits from the said facility?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) the number of Oil and Gas exploration companies operating in the country at present; and (b) whether it is a fact that said companies are required to spend a specific amount of their income for the development of the areas of their operations, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a) the details of cases of mismanagement, irregularities and corruption in the Government departments disposed of by each High Court during the last three years; and (b) the number of the said cases pending in each High Court at present?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) the names, educational qualifications and relevant experience relating to oil and gas industry of the incumbent Managing Director, PSO, indicating also the salary, allowances and other fringe benefits admissible to him; and (b) the details of the salary, allowances and other fringe benefits which were admissible to the last four Managing Directors of PSO?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the bridge leading to the Quaid-e-Azam University from Bari Imam, Islamabad, is in a dilapidated condition at present; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to re-construct the said bridge, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to provide potable water at public places including parks and bus stops in Islamabad; and (b) the funds allocated for the said purpose in the budget 2017-18?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: (a) the criteria or parameters laid down for declaring an agriculture product as organic; (b) whether there is any laboratory in the country to test an agriculture product to be organic or otherwise; (c) whether private agricultural laboratories are registered with the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, if so, the procedure laid down for registration thereof; (d) whether there is any mechanism to control the supply of inorganic food to the consumers; (e) the type and quantity of fertilizers which can be used to grow various crops; and (f) the quantity of pesticides a farmer can use to grow various crops?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of registered and unregistered NGOs working in the country at present; and (b) the criteria laid down for registration of the NGOs?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the estimated and actual borrowings made by the Government from the State Bank of Pakistan for budgetary support during the last three fiscal year with year wise break up; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to fix structural failure of the economy and control the excessive borrowings from the said Bank?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reform be pleased to state the ratio of poverty in the country at present and the parameters adopted to define the same?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the ratio or percentage of credit being given by the banks to women in the country at present; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to increase the said ratio or percentage by the banks?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the roads near Islamabad Railway Station and Dry Port are in a dilapidated condition, if so, the steps taken by the Government to repair the same?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the construction cost of new Islamabad Airport has been increased many times, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to promote trade relations with Indonesia during the fiscal year 2016-17?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that an amount of Rs. 8.532 million was paid to the Managing Director, PSO, as performance bonus during 2014-15 and 2015-16; and (b) whether it is also a fact that according to the bonus policy of Finance Division, Managing Directors and Members of the Board of Directors are not entitled to receive bonus, if so, the reasons for granting the said bonus to that Managing Director?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) the details of pay, allowances and other fringe benefits admissible to the present Managing Director, PSO; (b) the educational qualifications and experience in petroleum industry of the said Managing Director; and (c) the details of last employment of that MD indicating also his designation and the pay, allowances and fringe benefits he was getting there?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state the percentage of school buildings damaged by earthquake, 2005, in Azad Jammu and Kashmir which could not be reconstructed so far and the steps being taken by the Government to reconstruct the same?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the bridge leading to the Quaid-e-Azam University from Bari Imam, Islamabad, is in a dilapidated condition at present; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to re-construct the said bridge, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to provide potable water at public places including parks and bus stops in Islamabad; and (b) the funds allocated for the said purpose in the budget 2017-18?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish a Force to control the transportation and smuggling of arms from one province and city to another province and city in the country, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons working in the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation with category-wise breakup; (b) the names and date of appointment of the persons working in the engineering section of the said Corporation; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to upgrade the posts of the persons working in the said section of that Corporation?

Will the Minister for States and Frontier Regions be pleased to state the time by which Afghan refugee’s will be repatriated to their country?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs and Privatization be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to control the illegal transaction of money in the country particularly through hundi / hawala?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state the details of domestic loans obtained by the Government since 01-01-2013 with year-wise break-up?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the construction cost of new Islamabad Airport has been increased many times, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile be pleased to state the value of imports and exports made between Pakistan and Belarus during the last three financial years with year wise break up?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) the number of airlines operating from Islamabad Airport at present ; and (b) the number of airlines with which agreements have been signed for transportation of passengers to and from foreign countries?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) the quota reserved for the province of Sindh in appointment in CDA; and (b) the number of persons working in the said Authority indicating also the number of those belonging to the province of Sindh?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state whether is it a fact that an amount of 6.330 million dollars of Pakistan State Oil is outstanding against various suppliers on account of late load claims during the period from 2004 to 2016, if so, the names of suppliers and the reasons for not recovering the said amount so far?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state whether it is a fact that according to the summary approved by the competent authority, the salary package of the present M.D. PSO was to be rectified by the Board of Management but the same was not done, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) the composition and functions of National Energy Policy Committee; and (b) the names, designations and educational qualifications of the members of the said Committee indicating also the pay, allowance and other fringe benefits admissible to them?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the bridge leading to the Quaid-e-Azam University from Bari Imam, Islamabad, is in a dilapidated condition at present; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to re-construct the said bridge, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to provide potable water at public places including parks and bus stops in Islamabad; and (b) the funds allocated for the said purpose in the budget 2017-18?

Will the Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons working in the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation with category-wise breakup; (b) the names and date of appointment of the persons working in the engineering section of the said Corporation; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to upgrade the posts of the persons working in the said section of that Corporation?

Will the Minister for States and Frontier Regions be pleased to state the time by which Afghan refugee’s will be repatriated to their country?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether any survey has been conducted in recent past to collect data regarding the plants and trees in Islamabad which cause allergy, if so, the details thereof; and (b) the steps taken by the Government to control the pollen allergy in Islamabad?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the total number of persons who possess valid computerized / non-computerized Arms Licenses in the country with province wise break up?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) the losses suffered by Pakistan Railways during the last five year with year-wise break-up; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to make Pakistan Railways profitable?

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government for the welfare of Overseas Pakistanis?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: a) the number of projects for construction of Motorways in the country completed during the tenure of present Government; and b) the details of ongoing projects for construction of Motorways in the country indicating also the location and expected date of completion of the same in each case?

Will the Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination be pleased to state: a) the steps being taken by the Government for the promotion and development of game of Football in the country; b) the funds released by the Government to Pakistan Football Federation during the last three years; and (c) whether it is a fact that the National Sports Policy-2005 has not been implemented so far, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state the present status of outstanding loans of Pakistan obtained from various international lending agencies indicating also the ratio of debt servicing against the same?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state whether it is fact that some 40 firms which received sales tax refunds during the last three years have been found to be fake, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to recover the said amount and take action against them?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms be pleased to state: (a) the details of programmes being introduced by the Government for poverty alleviation in the country during the fiscal year 2017-18 indicating also the progress made in the same so far; and (b) the funds allocated for those programmes during the fiscal year 2017-18?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) the names of hospitals in Islamabad which presently have child psychiatry departments; (b) the number of children who were provided treatment in the said departments of those hospitals during the last three years; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to increase the capacity of the said departments in those hospitals?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state whether any mechanism has been evolved by the Government to fix fee structure for the private and international schools in Islamabad, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state the role being played by NEPRA to ensure uninterrupted supply of electricity to the residents of Karachi by K-Electric?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia provided free of cost crude oil to Pakistan during the period from 2008 to 2010, if so, the details thereof; and (b) whether any foreign country is currently providing crude oil to Pakistan at lower than market price, if so, the name of such countries?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the bridge leading to the Quaid-e-Azam University from Bari Imam, Islamabad, is in a dilapidated condition at present; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to re-construct the said bridge, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to provide potable water at public places including parks and bus stops in Islamabad; and (b) the funds allocated for the said purpose in the budget 2017-18?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether any survey has been conducted in recent past to collect data regarding the plants and trees in Islamabad which cause allergy, if so, the details thereof; and (b) the steps taken by the Government to control the pollen allergy in Islamabad?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the total number of persons who possess valid computerized / non-computerized Arms Licenses in the country with province wise break up?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state whether it is a fact that China cutting has been made on the land of Rawal Dam, Islamabad, if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the number of locomotives with Pakistan Railways indicating also the number of those operational out of the same?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish passport offices in all districts of the country if so, when?

Will the Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether the Pakistan Cricket Board has taken notice of the poor performance shown by the Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team in the recent World Cup held in England, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether the PCB has also taken notice of the performance of tour selection Committee of the said team to make them accountable on their poor selection policy; and (c) the steps being taken by PCB to strengthen the structure and training of that team?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to get membership of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Postal Services be pleased to state: (a) the details of services being provided by the Pakistan Post; (b) the details of increase made in the charges of each of the said services during the last four years; (c) the income earned through and amount spent on the provision of those services during the said period with year wise break up; and (d) the steps being taken by the Government to improve the said services?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has prepared any overall feasibility report of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor; (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to make the said feasibility report available to the general public; and (c) whether the Government has conducted any study to assess the impacts of CPEC on the environment of the region particularly of Pakistan?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state the amount of funds received from USAID, UNICEF and JAICA for various projects in the country since 2012-2013 with year wise, project-wise and province-wise breakup indicating also the utilization of the same in each case?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state the amount provided for Pakistan Development Fund during the year 2013-14 with country-wise breakup?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to slate: (a) the names of hospitals in Islamabad which presently have child psychiatry departments; (b) the number of children who were provided treatment in the said departments of those hospitals during the last three years; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to increase the capacity of the sale departments in those hospitals?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division he pleased to state whether any mechanism has been evolved by the Government to fix fee structure for the private and international schools in Islamabad, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state the role being played by NEPRA to ensure uninterrupted supply of electricity to the residents of Karachi by K-Electric?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile be pleased to state the details of tax exemptions, subsidy on interest, tariff protection, provision of land on concessional rates or any other concession given to textile sector in the country during the last three years?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state the expenditures incurred on the construction of new International Islamabad Airport so far?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that CDA prepared a plan during the previous regime to set up a power house in Islamabad, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether it is also a fact that construction work on the said project has not been started so far, if so, the reasons thereof; (c) the funds allocated for the said project, if any, and (d) the original estimated and revised cost of that project?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia provided free of cost crude oil to Pakistan during the period from 2008 to 2010, if so, the details thereof; and (b) whether any foreign country is currently providing crude oil to Pakistan at lower than market price, if so, the name of such countries?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the names of training institutions working under the administrative control of the Ministry of Housing and Works for capacity building of its employees; (b) the names, educational qualifications and experience of the faculty members of the said institutions; (c) the details of syllabus taught or training being imparted in those institutions; (d) the number of persons imparted training by the said institutions during the year 2015-16 and 2016-17 with grade and post wise break up indicating also the expenditure incurred on the same; and (e) the steps being taken by the Government to improve the capacity of those institutions?

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 bring the religious seminaries into the mainstream educational system in the country; and (b) whether any consultation has been made with various Boards of those seminaries for the said purpose, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that according to the relevant rules the Managing Director (M.D.), PSO can be appointed for only two years on contract basis whereas the present M.D. has been appointed for a period of three years, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) the name of authority which determined and finalized remuneration package of the present M.D., PSO?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether any survey has been conducted in recent past to collect data regarding the plants and trees in Islamabad which cause allergy, if so, the details thereof; and (b) the steps taken by the Government to control the pollen allergy in Islamabad?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state whether it is a fact that China cutting has been made on the land of Rawal Dam, Islamabad, if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to modernize and update the out dated and nonfunctional locomotives of Pakistan Railways?

Will the Minister for Defence Production be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to revise pay scales and upgrade posts of employees of the Pakistan Ordinance Factories, Wah Cantt. to bring the same at par with the employees of the Federal Government?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) the number of trains being operated by Pakistan Railways at present; (b) the profit earned or losses suffered by Pakistan Railways during the last three years; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to induct new trains in Pakistan Railway, if so, when?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to appoint women having Ph.D and M.Phil with B.Ed and M.Ed degrees as teachers and lecturers on contract basis in Schools and Colleges in Islamabad, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile be pleased to state whether it is a fact that a number of countries such as Bangladesh, Korea, Malaysia etc. are giving incentives for investment, production and exports to their respective textile sectors, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to give additional incentives to our textile sector to enable it to compete with them?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that plots were allotted to some Madaris / Religious schools in Islamabad by CDA during the period from 1985 to 1988, if so, the titles and other details of such plots and the names of allottees of the same; (b) whether it is also a fact that the persons other than the original allottees are running business in the buildings constructed on the said plots and the same are not being used for the purpose for which the plots were allotted, if so, the details thereof; and (c) whether any action has been taken by CDA against the persons involved in the said violations, if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state whether it is a fact that FBR has failed to achieve the target of revenue collection during the first quarter of the current fiscal year, if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken by the Government to overcome the same?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to control the smuggling of animals and other items to and from the country; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to improve the existing laws for the said purpose, if so, when?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to appoint women having Ph.D and M.Phil with B.Ed and M.Ed degrees as teachers and lecturers on contract basis in Schools and Colleges in Islamabad, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile be pleased to state whether it is a fact that a number of countries such as Bangladesh, Korea, Malaysia etc. are giving incentives for investment, production and exports to their respective textile sectors; if so, the steps being taken by the Government to give additional incentives to our textile sector to enable it to compete with them?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that plots were allotted to some Madaris/ Religious schools in Islamabad by CDA during the period from 1985 to 1988, if so, the titles and other details of such plots and the names of allottees of the same; (b) whether it is also a fact that the persons other than the original allottees are running business in the buildings constructed on the said plots and the same are not being used for the purpose for which the plots were allotted, if so, the details thereof; and (c) whether any action has been taken by CDA against the persons involved in the said violations, if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Energy (Power Division) be pleased to state the distribution and supply losses of electricity registered in the country during the last five years with province wise break up?

Will the Minister for Energy (Power Division) be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to promote wind energy projects on priority basis to overcome the power shortage in the country?

Will the Minister for Energy (Petroleum Division) be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Sui Northern Gas Pipe Lines Limited and Sui Southern Gas Pipelines Limited have been issuing inflated bills to gas consumers since March, 2017, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to adjust the additional amount charged through the said inflated bills in the next bills of those consumers?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether any survey has been conducted in recent past to collect data regarding the plants and trees in Islamabad which cause allergy, if so, the details thereof; and (b) the steps taken by the Government to control the pollen allergy in Islamabad?

Will the Minister for Interior and be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Federal Employees Cooperative Housing Society has recently handed over possession of 76 non-developed plots to the employees of Parliamentary Secretariat, if so, the time by which development work of the same will be completed?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the affairs of a number of Cooperative Housing Societies in Islamabad are being run by the Administrators appointed by the Commissioner, ICT, if so, the names of societies, date and reasons of appointment of Administrators in each case; (b) the functions and powers being exercised by the said Administrators for the welfare of the members of those societies; (c) the steps taken by those Administrators for the development of the said societies and the number of plots handed over by them to allottees with society wise break up; and (d) whether it is a fact that elections for new management of those societies could not be conducted for long time, if so, the reasons and the time and schedule by which the same will be conducted?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the name of department which checks the standard and quality of milk, juices, chips, chocolates and toffees being sold in Islamabad; (b) the number of staff deputed by the said department for checking those items; (c) the number of visits made by the said staff to the markets of Islamabad and tests of those items conducted by them since January, 2016; and (d) the names of companies whose products were found substandard during the said period and action taken against them?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the details of projects for construction of National Highways and Motorways which have been completed in the country province of Sindh during the last five years; and (b) the details of ongoing projects for construction of National Highways and Motorways in that province?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of Pakistanis imprisoned in Syria at present indicating also the main charges leveled against them; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to get the said prisoners released?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the steps taken by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan for regulating the use, sale and manufacturing of drugs in the country since 2013?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) whether any development work has been started by CDA in Sector I-12, Islamabad, if not, the reasons thereof and the time by which the same will be started; and (b) whether possession of plots have been given to the allottees in the said sector, if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Capital Administration and Development Division be pleased to state: (a) the present status of work on the project for construction of Cardic Centre in PIMS, Islamabad; (b) the budget allocated for the said project so for with date wise break up; (c) whether there is any escalation in original estimated cost of that project, if so, the details thereof; and (d) whether it is a fact that the design of the said project is defective and substandard material is being used in construction of the said Centre, if so, the action taken by the Government against those responsible for the same?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the present calculation of pension of the retired employees of the Civil Aviation Authority is not at par with that of the other retired employees of the Federal Government, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to formulate the pension calculation formula in PIA at par with that for Federal Government employees?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the number of refugees residing in the country at present with city-wise breakup indicating also the time by which they will be repatriated?

Will the Minister for Narcotics Control be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to launch an operation against drugs and narcotics dealers, in the country, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the number of incidents of kidnapping for ransom took place in Islamabad during the last three month indicating also the amount of ransom demanded and paid by the affectees in each case; and (b) the number of kidnapped persons in the said incidents who were rescued?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Government has allowed Independent Power Producers (IPP) to import Liquefied Natural Gas, if so, its details alongwith the justification thereof?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to provide concession / subsidy on electricity bills to the farmers of Balochistan whose crops have been destroyed due to non-availability of electricity for tube wells during the last two years?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the present status of Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons appointed in the Airport Security Force (ASF) since March, 2008 with province-wise break up; and (b) the procedure and criteria adopted for the said appointments?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the revenue earned by PIA from Hajj flights during Hajj 2011; (b) the profit earned from Umrah flights during the holy month of Ramadan in the years 2010 and 2011; and (c) the number of flights of PIA to be operated during Hajj 2012?

Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state: (a) the causalities, damage to crops and loss of property caused by the floods in the year 2011 in the country; and (b) the details of relief provided by the Government to the flood affectees?

Will the Minister for Postal Services be pleased to state: (a) the number of foreign visits undertaken by Director General and Additional Director General, Pakistan Post, during the financial year 2010-11 indicating also the purpose, names of countries visited, expenditure incurred in each case and benefits accrued to the Ministry/Pakistan Post; and (b) whether reports of the said visits were submitted to the concerned authorities?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice he pleased to state the names and addresses of the persons against whom cases are pending in the NAB indicating also the details of the charges in each case?

Will the Minister for Textile Industry be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a large number of power looms/seizing sectors in the country have been closed down during the last two years; and (b) if so, the total number of employees of said sector who have been rendered jobless?

Will the Minister for- Production be pleased to state: (a) the number of Schools of Pakistan Steel Mills functioning at present; and (b) the number of teachers presently working on regular basis in those Schools?

Will the Minister for Production be pleased to state: (a) the names and quantum of products produced by Pakistan Steel during the last three financial years; and (b) the profit earned by the mills during the same period with year-wise breakup?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) the total expenditure incurred on provision of furniture and maintenance work in the Parliament Lodges, Islamabad during the years 2010-2011; and (b) the procedure followed to award contracts to the furniture manufactures/providers?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state: (a) the minimum “Blood Count” required for promotion from B-19 to B-20; (b) the names of officers in B-19 who have been promoted to B-20 during the years 2010 and 2011; and (c) whether it is a fact that the existing criteria of “Blood Count” was not observed in the said promotions, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the Month-wise requirements of petrol, diesel and hi-octane in the country during the last three years till date; (b) the annual production of those products in the country at present; (c) the total quantity of the products imported during the financial years 2009- 2010, 2010-2011 alongwith the rates and names of those countries form where those products imported; and (d) the difference of per liter cost between purchase cost and average consumer price at present?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state whether it is a fact that there is shortage of Government residential accommodation for the Federal Government employees in the country, if so, the steps taken to address the shortage?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the present status of the import of Liquefied Natural Gas; (b) whether it is a fact that LNG has not been imported as planned by the government, if so, the reasons thereof; (c) the steps being taken to import the LNG accordingly; and (d) whether it is also a fact that vast quantities of LNG offered at much cheaper than world present rates was offered by some countries and Pakistan has not imported from them?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the details of roads, with lengthwise breakup, constructed by the National Highway Authority (NHA), during the .financial years 2009-10 and 2010-11 in each Province, Federal Capital, FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan and AJK?

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state; (a) the names of software companies which applied for registration during the last three years; and (b) the names of the said companies registered, so far, along-with details thereof?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the details of first aid facilities established on each Motorway?

Will the Minister for Production be pleased to state: (a) the number of Schools of Pakistan Steel Mills functioning at present; and (b) the number of teachers presently working on regular basis in those Schools?

Will the Minister for Production be pleased to state: (a) the names and quantum of products produced by Pakistan Steel during the last three financial years; and (b) the profit earned by the mills during the same period with year-wise break up?

Will the Minister for Industries be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to control and stabilize the price of sugar in the country?

Will the Minister for Industries be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to lift ban on the import of re-conditioned vehicles, if so, when; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to bring down prices of locally manufactured vehicles?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) the name of the major countries which are importing textile products from Pakistan at present; (b) the total foreign exchange earned by exporting textile products during the last three years, separately; and (c) the steps being taken to enhance the export of textile products?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development,,be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that there is discrimination in payment of orderly / allowance admissible to the officers in BPS 21 who have retired in or before 2006 and those who retired after 2006, if so, its reasons; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to remove the said discrimination with regards to the payment of orderly allowance to the retired officers in BS-21, if not, its reasons?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state: (a) the inflation rate in the country during the financial years 2009-10 and 2010-11; and (b) the causes which lead increase in inflation and steps taken by the Government to control it?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Prime Minister has approved a new wedlock policy for the Federal Government employees, if so, the details thereof and the time by which it will be implemented?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state whether it is a fact that there is shortage of Government residential accommodation for the Federal Government employees in the country, if so, the steps taken to address the shortage?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Recourses be pleased to state the amount collected under the head of gas charges from 1st July to 31st December, 2011 and 1st January to 29th February, 2012, separately?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the names and locations of gold and silver mines in the country indicating also the estimated reserves of each mine?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the nature of complaints received or came to the notice of the Ministry regarding poor arrangements or difficulties faced by the pilgrims during Haj, 2011; and (b) the steps taken by the Government to rectify these errors during the Haj, 2012?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the total number and locations of authorized police barricades in Islamabad Capital area; and (b) whether it is a fact that at some places particularly in the I-8, I-9 and I-10 sectors the police officials erect illegal mobile barricades, if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for National Regulations and Services be pleased to state: (a) the number of multinational pharmaceutical companies working in Pakistan; (b) the number of local pharmaceutical companies working in the country; (c) whether it is fact that sub-standard and unregistered medicines are sold in the open market; and (d) whether there is any mechanism for monitoring the pharmaceutical business in the country; if so, the reasons for failure of the monitoring mechanism to control the sale of unregistered and sub-standard medicines in the open market?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the details of roads, with lengthwise breakup, constructed by the National Highway Authority (NHA), during the financial years 2009-10 and 2010-11 in each Province, Federal Capital, FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan and AJK?

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state: (a) the names of software companies which applied for registration during the last three years, and (b) the names of the said companies registered, so far, along-with details thereof?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) the criteria and procedure laid down for selection of the Chairman and Members of Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA); (b) the salary, allowances and other fringe benefits admissible to the Chairman and Members; (c) the number of officers and officials working in the authority with provincewise breakup; and (d) the procedure laid down for appointment of the officers and level of transparency adopted in these selections?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state: (a) the share of taxes in GDP for the last five years with year-wise break up; (b) the estimated share of taxes in the GDP set for the current fiscal year; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to achieve the said target?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state: (a) the amount of internal and external loans obtained by the Government during the financial year, 2011-12; and (b) the amount of interest paid on these loans?

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state whether it is a fact that Pak Council of Scientific Industrial Research (PCSIR), Lahore has undertaken research to manufacture solar rickshaws, if so, its details?

Will the Minister for Production be pleased to state: (a) the loss suffered by Pakistan Steel Mills during the last three years alongwith the reasons thereof; (b) the annual production capacity of the Mills alongwith the production registered during the last three years; (c) the quantum of steel products imported for the .Mills during the said period; and (d) the steps taken to enhance the production?

Will the Minister far Commerce be pleased to state number of licences far import of arms issued to the private firms / individuals / arms dealers during the last five years alongwith their names, provinces and the countries where from they were allowed to import arms and ammunitions?

Will the Minister for Capital Administration and Development be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a number of vacancies of Headmistresses/Headmasters and Trained Graduate Teachers are lying vacant under the Federal Directorate of Education, Islamabad for a longer time; and (b) whether it is also a fact that the said vacancies have hot been advertised through Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) for recruitment of suitable candidates thereon; if so, the reasons thereof along-with the prospective time frame for filling up these vacancies through FPSC?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state the steps taken by the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) during the years, 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011-12 for the protection of consumers in the country indicating also the results thereof?

Will the Minister for Capital Administration and Development be pleased to state: (a) the total number of official vehicles on the pool of the Federal Directorate of Education; and (b) the names, designations of officers using the official vehicles?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the international routes of PM flights with country-wise break-up; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration to operate PIA flights on more international routes, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the number of incidents of terrorism that took place in the country during the period from January, 2011 to March, 2012; (b) the number of persons killed or injured in the said incidents; (c) the value of losses to the property in those incidents; (d) the compensation if any, paid to the affectees; and (e) the steps taken by the government to control terrorism in the country?

Will the Minister far Defence be pleased to state the details of new Welfare Projects established in the country by Army Welfare Trust (AWT) during the last two yeas?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the amount collected at toll plazas on the National Highways and Motorways in the country during the last four years and details of its utilization with year-wise break-up; and (b) the details of money spent by FWO from above said collection during the last four years with year-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Industries be pleased to state: (a) the quantity of different types of fertilizers available in the country at present; and (b) whether the said fertilizers are sufficient to meet the demand?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of permits / licenses issued to foreign dignitaries for hunting Houbara Busterd for hunting season 2010-11; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to ban such permits / licenses in future?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) the volume of trade between Pakistan and Sudan during the last three years with year-wise breakup; and (b) the steps taken by the Government to increase the said volume?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the criteria laid down for appointment of National Commandant of National Counter Terrorism Authority; (b) the qualifications laid down, for appointment against the said post; (c) the number of persons working on deputation, contract and regular basis in the Authority with province-wise breakup; (d) the procedure adopted for the selection / appointment of the said persons; and (e) the present status of the said organization?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the amount allocated for renovation / repairing of airports in the country since 2010; and (b) the number of projects for renovation / repairing of airports launched and completed during the said period?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the names of new motorways under construction; (b) the amount allocated for each of the said motorways in the current budget; and (c) the amount spent so far on each of the said motorways?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the number of roads and bridges destroyed due to floods in the country during 2010, 2011 and 2012; and (b) the amount earmarked and spent on reconstruction / repair of the said roads and bridges so far?

Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to plant lives and palm saplings in the country during the next plantation drive, if so, its details; and (b) the number of saplings planted in the country during the last five years with location-wise breakup?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) the criteria and procedure laid down for selection of the Chairman and Members of Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA); (b) the salary, allowances and other fringe benefits admissible to the Chairman and Members; (c) the number of officers and officials working in the authority with provincewise breakup; and (d) the procedure laid down for appointment of the officers and level of transparency adopted in these selections?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state: (a) the share of taxes in GDP for the last five years with year-wise break up; (b) the estimated share of taxes in the GDP set for the current fiscal year; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to achieve the said target?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state: (a) the amount of internal and external loans obtained by the Government during the financial year, 2011-12; and (b) the amount of interest paid on these loans?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to restore advance increment on acquiring higher qualification by Federal Government employees, if so, its details?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Planning and Development be pleased to state the steps taken by the Competitive Commission of Pakistan for protection of consumers in the country during 2010-11 and 2011-12 and the results achieved thereof?