Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the number of nonfunctional thermal power plants in the country at present; and (b) whether it is a fact that a number of the thermal power plants are not operating at their full capacity, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the criteria / procedure laid down for collection of the amount under social welfare obligation from the oil and gas exploration companies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; and (b) the amount collected from the said companies during the last three years and the details of its utilization?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to control / stop the practice of awarding contracts to the firms / contractors in which the officers / high ups of the Ministry of Housing and Works are partners / share holders?

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: (a) the present status of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project; and (b) whether any amount has been allocated for the said project during the current fiscal year, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state: (a) the amount allocated and distributed amongst the needy persons of minority communities in the country during the last five years with province wise and district wise break up; (b) the amount allocated and distributed under the head of scholarships for the needy students of minority communities in the country during the said period with province wise and district wise break up indicating also the names of students who were granted the same; and (c) the amount allocated and spent for development, repairing and rehabilitation of religious places of minorities in the country during that period?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state the steps taken / being taken by the Government for the protection of minorities in Pakistan?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the National Accountability Bureau arrested some persons in connection with illegal increase in prices of medicines and recovered Rs. 180 million from them through plea bargain during 2016, if so, the details thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to arrest and investigate more persons in the said case, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Human Rights be pleased to state: (a) the steps taken by Government to improve the image of Pakistani women at national and international level during the last two years; (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to launch a public awareness campaign to prevent violence against women in the country, if so, the details thereof; (c) the major problems being faced by the women prisoners in the country and the steps taken by the Government to solve the same during the said period; and (d) the steps being taken by the Government to improve the working/ performance of the National Commission on the Status of Women?

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 Water and Power be pleased to state the quantity of electricity being produced from different sources in the country indicating also the per unit cost of the same separately?

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 Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons working in the Evacuee Trust Property Board with grade wise break up; and (b) whether 5% quota in appointments reserved for minorities has been implemented in the said Board?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state: (a) the names, designations, date of birth and main responsibilities of the Officers in BPS-20 and above working in the Prime Minister’s Office indicating also the names of officers who are receiving the transport monetization allowance; and (b) the budget allocated for and utilized by the said Secretariat during the last three years with head wise and year wise break up?

Will the Minister Incharge of the President’s Secretariat be pleased to state: (a) the names, designations, date of birth and main responsibilities of the Officers in BPS-20 and above working in the President’s Secretariat indicating also the names of officers who are receiving the transport monetization allowance; and (b) the budget allocated for and utilized by the said Secretariat during the last three years with head wise and year wise break up?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a) the procedure / criteria and SOPs laid down for registration of a case in NAB; and (b) whether it is a fact that the NAB has prepared an action plan relating to cooperative housing societies, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state the number of applications / cases filed in the Federal Services Tribunal (FST) during the last three years indicating also the number of applications accepted, rejected, decided and under process out of the same?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the number of blocks and apartments in Gulshan-e-Jinnah, Islamabad; and (b) the addresses of the said apartments illegally occupied indicating also the names of illegal occupants, designations and names of departments in each case?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a number of apartments have been occupied illegally in Gulshan-e-Jinnah, Islamabad, if so, the details thereof; (b) the number of the said illegal occupants who have filed cases in courts relating to their occupation of the said apartments; and (c) the action taken by the Government so far and the time by which those apartments will be got vacated from illegal possession?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the criteria laid down for allotment of rooms / suits to Government employees in Federal Lodges / Hostels; (b) the details of the said employees who have been allotted rooms/ suits in those Lodges / Hostels at present; (c) whether it is a fact that a number of non-entitled persons are also living in the said Lodges / Hostels, if so, the details thereof; and (d) the action taken / being taken by the Government to get vacated the rooms / suits occupied by the said persons?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the amount of circular debt as on 30th June, 2016: (b) the amount of the said debt paid during the period from 30th June, 2014 to 30th June, 2015; and (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to settle the issue of that debt on parmanent basis?

Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has removed the details of Declarations of Assets and Liabilities of the Members of Parliament form its official website, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to restore the said details on the website of ECP, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state the steps taken by the National Accountability Bureau against the persons holding movable and improvable benami properties in the name of their relatives and friends in the country during the last four years?

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 Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state: (a) the amount available in Zakat / Ushr Fund at present; and (b) whether the funds allocated to the provinces under the said Funds during the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 were fully transferred to the provinces and utilized?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to introduce a new system on the analogy of developing countries to stop / control the theft of electricity in the country, if so, the details thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to install meters requiring advance payment for consumption of electricity, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons working in National Construction Company with grade wise break up; (b) the number of projects awarded to the said Company during the last five years indicating also the number of projects completed out of the same; and (c) the profit earned or loss suffered by that Company during the said period?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a) the names, date of birth, educational qualification, experience and place of domicile of the present Chairman and Members of the Federal Services Tribunal (FST); and (b) the names, designations, grades, date of birth and place of domicile of the persons working in the said Tribunal?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation has issued offer letters for allotment of residential plots in sector F-14 and F-15, Islamabad to those government employees who had applied under category-I to III in phase-II of the Membership scheme; (b) whether it is also a fact the government employees in grade 1 to 15,who have applied for plots in category IV and V have not been issued offer letters so far, if so, the reasons for this discrimination; and (c) the detail of quota reserved for constitutional bodies in the said scheme with category wise break up?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the mechanism devised by the Government to check under measurement and adulteration of petrol and diesel at petrol pumps in the country; (b) the number of complaints received against the petrol pumps for the said malpractices during the last three years; and (c) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to launch regular / surprise checks to curb those malpractices by the petrol pumps 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 Water and Power be pleased to refer to the Senate starred question No. 90, replied on 8th September, 2016, and to state that whether the Government has devised any mechanism to periodically evaluate / assess the impacts of measures being taken by the Government for conservation of electricity in the country, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the date of establishment of Alternate Energy Development Board indicating also the aims and objectives of its establishment and the achievements made by it so far?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state: (a) the names and place of domicile of the persons selected as Khudam-ul-Hujjau for Hajj during the last four years with year wise break up indicating also the payment make to each of them; and (b) the procedure adopted for the selection of the said persons?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that some of the IPPs have stopped / reduced power generation after June, 2016, if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which they will start generation according to their capacity; and (b) whether it is also a fact that a huge amount of dues of the IPPs is outstanding against the Government, if so, the details and reasons thereof and the time by which the same will be paid to them?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that village Kurzada Jheerain, Tehsil Gujjar Khan, District Rawalpindi has been provided electricity through a very long transmission line which results in low voltage, if so, the reasons thereof and the steps being taken by the Government in this regard; and (b) whether it is also a fact that the said transmission line passes through trees at a number of places which further confound the problem of smooth supply of electricity to that village, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to resolve the issue?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter Faith Harmony be pleased to state: (a) the names of persons recommended by the Federal and State Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony, Members of National Assembly and Senate of Pakistan for Hajj 2016 under the quota of hardship cases; and (b) the names of officers / officials of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony who were sent as Mauvenian Hajj during the Hajj, 2016 indicating also the name of their recommending authority in each case?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state the details of cases probed by the Prime Minister Inspection Team during the present Government indicating also the expenditure incurred thereon and result thereof, separately in each case?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether work has been started on Qilla Saifullah-Yasinzai-Khan Munizai Grid Station, if so, the details thereof and it not, the reasons thereof indicating also the time by which the same will be started?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state the details of funds utilized under the Access to Justice Programme in the country during the last three years with province wise break up including FATA?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the number of Government accommodations for Government employees in Islamabad with category wise and sector wise break up; and (b) the names, designations of the Government employees who are presently allotted the said accommodations indicating also the date of allotment in each case?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether tendering of Chashma-Zhob Transmission Line has been competed, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof indicating also the time by which the same will be completed?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the number of Government flats / accommodations of Cat. III and IV, illegally occupied by trespassers in Islamabad with sector-wise breakup indicating also the steps taken / being taken by the Government to get the same vacated and allotted to the eligible Government employees?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Neelum Jhelum hydropower project was scheduled to be completed by mid-2017 but now its completion date has been extended upto mid-2018, if so, the reasons thereof; (b) the estimated completion cost of the said project as against its original estimated cost; and (c) whether it is also a fact that the Government of Saudi Arabia has provided US Dollar 100 million for development of that project, if so, the present status of the same?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state: (a) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to promote inter-faith harmony in the country; and (b) the number of seminars and conventions conducted by the Government for promotion of inter-faith harmony in the country since January, 2016?

Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that electronic voting machines (EVMs) and biometric machines are being purchased by the Government, if so, the present status of the case / process and the time by which the same will be completed; (b) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to train the staff for operating the said machines; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to hold any by elections for the National / Provincial assemblies or Local Government Councils through those machines, if so, the details thereof

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state the number of complaints received against the private tour operators in connection with Hajj 2016 and the action taken on the same?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the names, designations, grades, place of domicile and name of departments of the officers and officials who have been allotted Government accommodations in Islamabad on hardships basis during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state the details of the cases of corruption registered by the NAB during the last three yeas indicating also the present status of each case with province wise break up?

Will the Minister for Human Rights be pleased to state: (a) the number of major incidents of human rights violations surfaced in the country during the year 2015; and (b) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to control the incidents of violation of human rights in the country?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the names of the ten thermal power plants / producers which produces electricity at lowest cost / price per unit in the country indicating also the per unit price of electricity produced by them during the current fiscal year; (b) the fuel being used by the said power plants to produce electricity at that cost / price per unit; and (c) the percentage of dispatch for each of those plants / producers during the said period?