Will the Minister for Forest be pleased to state:- (a) Is it a fact that construction of houses has been made on forest land in the province; (b) If answer to (a) above is affirmative, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Forest be pleased to state:- Number of artificial forests exist in the province?

Will the Minister for Forest be pleased to state:- (a) Is it a fact that 20 out of 28 forests are converted into agricultural land by influential persons in taluka Nara; (b) Is it also a fact that 1200 acres forest land in Pharhyaro, 200 acres in Topno and 400 acres in Bog is encroached; (c) If answer to (a) & (b) above is affirmative, the steps taken by the government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Forest be pleased to state:- (a) Is it a fact that hundreds of acres out of 79 thousand acres land of the department is under occupation due to lack of interest of officers of forest division, Shaheed Benazirabad; (b) If answer to (a) above is affirmative, number of acres land of Mari, Sukhpur, Nasri and Lakhat forest under occupation?

Will the Minister for Forest be pleased to state:- District/grade-wise number of people appointed in forest department during 2016-2017; Whether the appointment were made on purely merit basis, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Forest be pleased to state:- Amount earmarked for afforestation in the province alongwith district-wise detail of new plantation carried-out during 2016-17?