Will the Minister for Planning and Development be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has recently approved seven projects in the energy, water resources, manpower, higher education, technology and social welfare sectors, if so, the details thereof and (b) the criteria / procedure adopted for the selection and approval of the said projects?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the mechanism devised by the Government for promotion of educational and economic interests of backward classes and areas of the country during the last five years in pursuance of Article 37 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to refer to Senate question No. 12 replied on 4th December, 2013 and state: (a) the total amount of outstanding tax refund for the current fiscal year; and (b) the reasons for downward slide in tax refund during the first quarter of the current fiscal year as compared to the corresponding period of the last year?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the title of SROs which have been rationalized by the present Government to enhance the tax revenue for the current financial year; (b) the differential tax revenue for the said SROs, separately; (c) the title of SROs which are valid / operational at present; and (d) the number of SROs under deliberation to be rationalized?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that 19,000 US/NATO/ISAF containers were found missing from Karachi port a few years ago, if so, the details thereof (b) the details of items in the said containers; and (c) whether any US/NATO/ISAF container coming to Karachi port carry weapons / arms / ammunitions, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state that whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to privatize some Public Sector Enterprises, if so, its details?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the steps taken by the Government to counter or prevent cyber attacks or infiltration from other countries?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the value and denomination of the Pak currency notes printed by the Government during the last six months?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to refer to the Senate starred question No. 11, replied on 4th December, 2013 and state: (a) whether the tax / revenue target for the first quarter of 2013-14 has been adjusted for the new tax structure; (b) whether it is a fact that against the target of tax / revenue collection of Rs.509 billion for the said quarter, 95% has been collected, if so, whether this target is under the new tax structure; (c) the target of tax revenue for the current fiscal year as per the revised tax structure; (d) the present tax net for the current fiscal year and its comparison with the preceding fiscal year; and (e) the measures being adopted by the Government to increase the said net?

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 facilitate the FBR to access the bank accounts of non-filers of tax returns as provided in section 165-A of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001; and (b) the estimated tax revenue target to be achieved through the said measure?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the growth rate target fixed for the first quarter of the current financial year; and (b) the growth rate achieved during the said quarter and its comparison with the growth rate achieved during the same period of the preceding financial year?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the amount (in US dollars) received by the Government of Pakistan from IMF from June 2012 to November 2013; (b) the amount (in US dollars) paid back by the Government to IMF during the said period; and (c) the details of remittances received from the Overseas Pakistanis during that period?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the number of persons working in the State Bank of Pakistan with grade-wise and province-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Planning and Development be pleased to state the details of projects presently lying with the Planning Commission of Pakistan for approval indicating also the names of the Ministries/ Divisions which submitted those projects and the time by which the same will be approved?

Will the Minister for Planning and Development be pleased to state: (a) the main functions of the Planning Commission of Pakistan; (b) the details of plans and projects prepared / approved by the said Commission during the last five years indicating also the present status in each case; and (c) the procedure laid down for preparation and approval of the said projects and plans?

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 Planning and Development be pleased to state the amount released against the approved allocations for the PSDP projects during the current financial year with month-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the amount paid as annual contribution by the Government of Pakistan to various international organizations since 2000; and (b) the value in monetary terms of benefits or assistance received from the said organizations during that period?

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state: (a) the year in which the last audit of accounts of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) was conducted; and (b) whether any irregularity was surfaced in the report of the said audit, if so, the details thereof and the action taken in the light of that report?

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 for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the amount of grants, donations and soft loans received from various countries from 1st July to 30th December, 2013, indicating also the details of projects on which the same have been utilized with province-wise breakup; and (b) the amount received from international donors for health and education sector in the country during the said period indicating also details of projects / programmes for which the same was received?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the names, place of domicile, expertise / field of experience of the present Members of Privatization Commission indicating also the names and addresses of their business; and (b) whether any of the said member individually or being member of a consortium has / had participated in bidding process / applied for privatization of any unit in the past, if so, their names?