Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) applicable to all Petroleum Sector companies in Pakistan; and (b) number of social projects completed during last ten years along - with their date, amount and beneficiaries?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the amount released for the construction of new Dams and water reservoirs in the country during the current financial year?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the salient features of the Government’s new energy policy?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state the steps taken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to reduce its current expenditures by 30% during the current financial year in pursuance of Prime Minister’s directive?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the contracts of M.D. and some other senior officers of Pakistan State Oil have recently been terminated, if so, their names and designation;and (b) whether it is also a fact that the appointments of the said officers were made after following the relevant rules and procedure, if so, the reasons for termination of their contracts?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the contract of the last Managing Director of OGDCL was terminated, if so, its reasons; and (b) whether it is also a fact that the said post is lying vacant at present, if so, the reasons for not filling the same so far?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the steps taken by the Ministry of Petroleum and Na tural Resources to reduce its current expenditures by 30% during the current financial year in pursuance of Prime Minister’s directive?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a grid station was approved for Barikot (Swat) in 2010 and the amount for the same was released in 2011-2012; and (b) the details of work completed on the said grid station so far and the time by which the remaining work will be completed?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the estimated cost of the project of supply of natural gas to district Bannu; (b) the names of union councils in the said district to which natural gas has been supplied indicating also the expenditures incurred in each case; and (c) the names of union councils in the said district to which natural gas will be supplied under the said project indicating also the estimated cost in each case?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the estimated quantum of natural gas discovered from Zarghoon oil / gas field; and (b) the time by which natural gas will be supplied to various areas in Balochistan from the said gas reservoir?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that approval for supply of natural gas to Barikot, Swat, was granted in 2007, if so, the work completed on that project so far; (b) whether it is a fact that service lines have not been laid in some villages of the said area so far, if so, the time by which the same will be laid; and (c) the time by which the said project will be completed and natural gas will be supplied to the consumers of that area?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the details of various taxes levied on petroleum products at present; and (b) the increase made in the said taxes during the present regime?

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 Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons who have allotted plots by the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation in sector G-14, Islamabad, against journalists’quota; and (b) the names of journalists who have been allotted plots by the Foundation against 3% quota reserved for journalists, print and electronic media since 2004?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the names, date of birth, designation, length of service and names of Departments of the Government officers / officials who were allotted plots / flats in Islamabad by the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation during the last five years indicating also the size and location of plot in each case; and (b) the criteria adopted for allotment of the said plots?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the details of taxes being charged from the consumers of Natural gas; and (b) the increase made in the said taxes during the present regime?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the date on which work on project of supply of natural gas to District Lower Dir was started; (b) the percentage of work completed on the said project; and (c) the time by which the remaining work of that project will be completed?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the details of increase made in prices of petroleum products during the present regime?

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 Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that amount is being charged on account of security deposit through monthly sui gas bills from Government employees residing in Government flats or hired houses in Islamabad, if so, its reasons; and (b) whether it is also a fact that the said charges are meant only for defaulters, if so, the reasons for its charging from non-defaulters?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to refer to starred question No.57 replied on 23rd August, 2013 and state whether an additional 100 KVA transformer has been installed at village Sahib Hassan Killi near Bismillah Colony, Tehsil Takht Bhai, District Mardan, if not, the time by which the same will be installed?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the water flow in Indus Basin River system in each year since 2001 indicating the details for rivers Kabul, Indus, Jehlum, Chanab, Ravi and Sutlaj, separately; (b) the quantum of the said water used in the associated canal network during Rabbi and Kharif seasons with year-wise breakup; (c) the additional water made available for agriculture purposes since bui lding of Mangla, Tarbela and Chashma reservoirs indicating also the storage at those reservoirs with year-wise breakup; (d) the number of years the reservoirs had 114 MAF or more to be distributed as envisioned in 1991 water appropriation award; and (e) the steps taken by the Government for 10 MAF additional water storage capacity as envisioned in the 1991 Water Accord?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the amount of electricity bills presently outstanding against the consumers in Balochistan with district-wise breakup; (b) the reasons for non recovery of the said amount; and (c) the number of illegal electricity connections in District Turbat at present?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the number of WAPDA employees penalized on the charges of their involvement in electricity theft and provision of illegal electricity connections during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the number of persons appointed in Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), Sui Southern Gas Pipelines Limited (SSGPL), Sui Northern Gas pipelines Limited (SNGPL), Pakistan State Oil (PSO) and Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) on permanent, contract and daily wages basis during the last four years with province-wise breakup?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the audit of secret funds of the Ministry in not being carried out, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the names of places in Districts Quetta, Pashin, Zohb, Sherani, Harnai, Lorali, Musa Khel, Qila Abdullah, Qila Saifullah and Sibi, Balochistan, where drilling is underway for discovery of oil and natural gas; (b) the progress / results of the said drilling so far; and (c) the names of other places in the said Districts where oil and natural gas reservoirs have been identified in the survey reports?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the amount provided by the Members of Senate, National Assembly and Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa out of their development funds to PESCO for provision of transformers and other material and details of its utilization; and (b) the details of pending provisions of material for which the amount has been received but the job has not been undertaken?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that various DISCOs in the country charge amount from the consumers at the time of provision of electricity connections on account of sharing cost of transformers which are provided by the Parliamentarians and the Members of the Provincial Assemblies out of their development funds, if so, the amount collected in such cases by each DISCO during the last five years?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state.. (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to generate electricity with coal at Power Plant in Gaddani, Balochistan, if so, its details; and (b) whether it is a fact that production of electricity with coal at the said Plant will be injurious to human health and marine life, if so, the steps proposed to be taken by the Government to overcome that danger?

Will the Minister Incharge of the President’s Secretariat be pleased to state the number of persons presently working in the President’s Secretariat and President House, separately, with province-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the rate at which royalty is being paid to the concerned provinces on production of petroleum products; and (b) the amount paid to each province under the said head during the last 10 years?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the names and service groups of the officers presently serving as Consulate General and Press Attache in Consulate General of Pakistan in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, indicating also the names of departments / offices where they have been serving or the names of dignitaries with whom they have been performing duties since 2000; and (b) the criteria laid down for appointment / posting against the said posts?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of houses / residences hired in Jeddah for the officers presently posted in the Consulate General of Pakistan in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, indicating also the names of officers residing in those houses / residences and the amount of rent in Pakistani rupees being paid by the Government of Pakistan in each case; and (b) the amount in Pakistani rupees being paid as house rent each month to the employees of the said Consulate General who have not been provided official residences?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of Pakistani soldiers martyred in the recent shelling by Indian forces on Pakistani borders; and (b) the steps / being taken by the Government of Pakistan to prevent such incidents in future?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons working in Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) with Grade-wise and Province-wise breakup; (b) whether it is a fact that some vacant posts, including the posts of Assistant Managers (Mines), were advertised in the press recently, if so, the names, place of domicile and other particulars of the persons appointed against those posts; and (c) the names of newspapers in which the said vacancies were advertised?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the number and location of gas fields which were operational on 30th June, 2013 indicating also the quantum of gas being extracted and wellhead price in each case; (b) the formula which is applied, to fix the said price; (c) the percentage of the wellhead price which is utilized for the welfare and development of the nearly localities and the authorities / departments through which the same is utilized; and (d) the amount of royalty on gas payable to the Government of Balochistan and the time by which the same will be paid?