Will The Minister For Foreign Affairs Be Pleased To State: (a) The Names of Foreign Countries Which Have Established TheirEmbassies And Missions In Pakistan With City Wise Break Up; (b) The Number of Staff Authorized or Allowed For Each of The Said Embassies And Missions Indicating Also The Actual Number of Local And Foreign Persons Working In Each of The Same With Designation Wise Break Up; And (c) The Number of Pakistani Visas obtained By Those Embassies And Missions For Their Staff During The Last Five Years With Year Wise And Embassy / Mission Wise Break Up?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the details of project for construction of link roads to Lawari Tunnel indicating also the amount allocated and spent so far, percentage of work completed and time by which the remaining work will be completed on the same?

Will the Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination be pleased to state; (a) the amount allocated for developmental and non-developmental expenditures of the Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination, its attached departments, sub-ordinate offices, autonomous and semi-autonomous organizations and corporations during the fiscal year 2015-16; (b) the details of projects on which the said developmental expenditures were made; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to reduce the nondevelopmental expenditures of the said Ministry, its attached departments, sub-ordinate offices, autonomous and semiautonomous organizations and corporations?

Will the Minister for Maritime Affairs be pleased to state the names and designations of the officers of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, its attached departments, sub-ordinate offices and autonomous &semi autonomous corporations, bodies and authorities who were sent abroad on official visits during the last three years indicating also the name of country visited, purpose and duration of visit and the expenditure incurred in each case?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the names of the universities which have been penalized by the Higher Education Commission by means of suspending their Ph.D. programmes or through any other mean on account of not maintaining the required faculty for Ph.D. Progrmmes since 1st June,2013; (b) the procedure laid down by the National Quality Assurance Committee for monitoring performance of the universities in the said programmes; and (c) whether the said commission has taken notice of the Capital Universities of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad Campus, of changing of external supervisor of Ph.D (Mathematic) for the year 2014-2015 in midway, if so, the details thereof and if not, the steps being taken by the Commission in this regard?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the amount of grant given to Federal Urdu University Islamabad during the last five years; and (b) whether it is a fact that the said University do not have a campus of its own, if so, the reasons thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development be pleased to state: (a) the amount collected by the Government in the Employees Old Age Benefits Institution Fund during the last five years; (b) the name of institutions and the number of their employees who contributed to the said Fund during that period; (c) the amount of that Fund invested in various sectors during the said period indicating also the names of those sectors and profit earned from the same; and (d) the benefits accrued from the said investment to the old aged pensioners of that Fund?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the names of drug manufacturing companies registered with Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan during the last five years with year wise break up?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan has not adopted the Orphan Drug Policy for life threatening and chronically debilitating diseases,if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the government to adopt the said policy for those diseases, if so, when?

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 fix the rates of various medical tests ECG, ETT, MRI, CT Scan etc. being conducted by the laboratories and hospitals in Islamabad, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination be pleased to state the amount paid to the lawyers and law firms by Pakistan Cricket Board for pleading its cases in the courts during the last three years with year wise breakup?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state the number of officers and officials working in Pakistan embassies, missions and councilates abroad with province-wise break up?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state whether it is a fact that a pilot project for olive plantation in Khyber Agency was announced a few years ago but the same has not been launched or implemented so far, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state the number of students who have been granted Need Based Scholarships during the last two years with year wise and province wise break up?

Will the Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the amount allocated and disbursed for development of sports in the country during the fiscal year 2017-18 with federation wise breakup; and (b) the names of sports federations which have requested the Pakistan Sports Board or the Government for provision of funds during the said fiscal year but have not been granted any funds indicating also the reasons for the same?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to refer to the Senate starred question No.28 replied on 22nd November, 2016 and state whether it is a fact that the 16 lane toll plaza at Islamabad Interchange on M-1 has not been constructed so far, if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which the same will be constructed?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the names and locations of the highways, roads and bridges of NHA which were damaged by floods in 2010; (b) the names and locations of the said highways, roads and bridges which have not been repaired or reconstructed so far indicating also the reasons thereof and the time by which the same would be repaired or reconstructed; and (c) the amount released for repair and reconstruction of those highways, roads and bridges so far and details of utilization thereof?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct state guest houses in Islamabad and provincial headquarters of the country, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for National Health Service, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the names of firms and their owners who have been allotted quota for import of Ephedrine during the last ten year; (b) the criteria laid down for allotment of quota for the import of the said item; and (c) the quantity and value of Ephedrine imported by those firms during the said period with year wise break up indicating also the names of suppliers in each case?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council had to plant 40 thousand olive plants in Zhob district in March, 2017, with the cooperation of Italy but the same have not been planted so far, if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which the same will be planted?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the names of registered Dental Colleges in the country with province wise break up; and (b) whether it is a fact that a number of private Dental Colleges have not been registered by the PMDC so far, if so, their number and reasons for non-registration?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the estimated benefits to be accrued to Pakistan from the membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO); (b) whether the Government has defined any policy or goals in relation to the said organization in order to get more and morebenefits from its membership, if so, the details thereof; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to achieve the said goals?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the total number of nurses registered with the Pakistan Nursing Council' along with the province wise breakup?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the date of launching work on the project for construction of Peshawar Northern Bypass indicating also the original date of completion, amount allocate spent so far, percentage of work completed and time by which the remaining work will be completed on the same?

Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development be pleased to state: (a) the demand for Pakistani workers received for the Middle East Countries since 2013 with year wise break up; (b) the number of the said workers sent to the said countries during that period with country wise break up; (c) the steps taken by the present Government to enhance the skills and capacity of Pakistani workers; and (d) the estimated demand for Pakistani workers by those countries in near future?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the names, designations and grades of the persons who were appointed in BPS-11 to 16 in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on deputation basis and later absorbed since 2008; (b) the names, designations and grades of the said person who are posted in Pakistan Missions abroad at present; and (c) whether it is a fact that said persons have to be repatriated to their parent departments in the light of Supreme Court judgment in CRP, 193 of 5.1.2015 but have not been repatriated so far, if so , the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of Pakistanis deported / returned back from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the last four months with province wise breakup; and (b) the steps taken by the Government for financial rehabilitation of the said persons?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the details of the MOU singed by the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training with the Government of Maldives on 7th May, 2015; and (b) the progress made so far on the implementation of the said MOU?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the details of the MOU signed by the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training with Government of Bahrain on 18th March, 2014; and (b) the progress made so far on the implementation of the said MOU?