Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) the details of expenditures of Ministry of Railways, its attached departments, subordinate offices and corporations during the last three years with headwise and year-wise break up; and (b) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to reduce the said expenditure?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the names and designation of the officers in BPS-17 and above in the Ministry, its attached departments and subordinate offices who themselves or their spouses hold dual nationality indicating also the names of the countries of their nationality?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) the details of railways land leased out during the last 10 years; (b) the amount collected from in the said lease so far; and (c) the criteria laid down for leasing out railways land?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) the present composition of the Railway Board, (b) the number of meetings of the Board held during the last three years and current year; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to include private members on the Board?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the incidents of air crashes in Pakistan during the last six years indicating also the name of the company / airline to which the aeroplane belonged and the causes of the accident; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government for safety of air traffic in the country?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the details of technical facilities and modern equipments available with the air traffic control towers in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad; and (b) whether it is a fact that the said technical facilities / equipments have not been provided at other airports in the country, if so, its reasons and the timeby which the same will be provided at these airports?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the make, model and life span of each aeroplane in PIA fleet; (b) whether these aeroplanes are equipped with modern equipment, if so, the details thereof; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to replace any of the said aeroplanes, if so, its details?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state the names of private airline companies operating in Pakistan including those operating their flights to other countries also?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the details of inquiries initiated into the cases of financial and administrative mismanagement in Pakistan Railways since March 2008 indicating also the present status of each inquiry?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state the number of officers and officials appointed in PIA since 2008 with province-Wise breakup?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the number of trains that were operational in 2008 and at present?

Will the Minister for States and Frontier Regions be pleased to state: (a) the development funds utilized in the areas of Districts Lower Dir and Upper Dir since 2008 through Refugees Affected and Hosting Areas projects; (b) the details of the schemes on which the said funds were spent with union council-wise breakup indicating also the present status of each scheme; and (c) the agencies / departments through which those funds were disbursed?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the names of countries with which Pakistan has extradition treaties?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state whether Interpol has been approached for issuance of red warrants against Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf in pursuance of direction of High Court of Balochistan in the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the criterion laid down for determination of fare by PIA; and (b) whether it is a fact that distance and flying time between Islamabad and Quetta is less than that of Islamabad and Karachi while fare for both the destinations is same, if so, its reasons?

Will the Minister for Information & Broadcasting be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons appointed in Pakistan Television Corporation since July, 2008 with grade-wise and province-wise breakup; (b) the procedure adopted for these appointments; and (c) the details of promotions made in the Corporation during the said period?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the total number of machines for preparation of Machine Readable Passports owned by the Directorate General of Immigration and Passport since June, 2008 indicating also the number of such machines which remained serviceable and unserviceable with month wise breakup?

Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state: (a) the balance sheet of PTV for the last four fiscal years; (b) whether audit of accounts of PTV for the said period has been conducted, if so, the details of irregularities, if any, reported in audit reports and action taken against the persons responsible; (c) whether any study was conducted currently to identify the financial weakness of the PTV, if so, the details thereof and (d) the steps being taken by the Government to rationalize the spending/ expenditures of PTV?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the number of CNICs issued to Afghan refugees which were blocked by NADRA since June 2008; (b) whether it is a fact that a number of such CNICs have been released, if so, the number of such cards; and (c) the name of the authority which approved the release of these cards?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the number of employees in the Ministry of Interior and its attached departments as on 12-10-1999, 15-03-2008 and 30-06-2012?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state whether the Government is contemplating to induct new aeroplanes in PIA fleet, if so, its details?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) whether or not drone attacks are taking place under agreement; the date since when these attacks are taking place, and the number of casualties occurred so far in these attacks, indicating separately the number of civilian casualties and the number of terrorists being killed; (b) the time up till which these attacks will continue and whether there is any strategy underway to stop these attacks or they will continue as usual?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the smuggling of various essential food items is increasing at the entry points of the country, if so, the names of institutions/forces working alongside the borders of the country to check and control the said smuggling; and (b) the steps taken by the Government to control smuggling of food items?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) the profit earned and the losses sustained by the Pakistan Railways during the last three years with year-wise break-up; and (b) the subsidy / financial assistance given by the Government to Pakistan Railways during the said period with year-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for information and Broadcasting be pleased to state the income and expenditure of PTV during the last three years with year-wise and head-wise breakup and the subsidy given to PTV during the same period?

Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting bepleased to state: (a) the income and expenditure of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation during the last three years with year-wise breakup; and (b) whether any amount was provided by the Government to the Corporation as financial assistance / support during the same period, if so, the amount so provided?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) the total number and locations of authorized police barricades in Islamabad Capital area; and (b) whether it is a fact that at some places particularly in the I-8, I-9 and I-10 sectors the police officials erect illegal mobile barricades, if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for National Regulations and Services be pleased to state: (a) the number of multinational pharmaceutical companies working in Pakistan; (b) the number of local pharmaceutical companies working in the country; (c) whether it is fact that sub-standard and unregistered medicines are sold in the open market; and (d) whether there is any mechanism for monitoring the pharmaceutical business in the country; if so, the reasons for failure of the monitoring mechanism to control the sale of unregistered and sub-standard medicines in the open market?

Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state: (a) the date of installation of TV booster at Laram, District Dir Payeen; and (b) whether it is a fact that the booster is being run on trail basis, if so, its reasons and the time by which it will be operated on regular basis?

Will the Minister for States and Frontier Regions be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that water supply, schemes fbr villages Ziarat Talash, Bajauro Talash zone 1 and 2 and Sarai Payen, Tehsil Timergarah, District Lower Dir, were approved with the cooperation of UAE; and (b) whether it is also a fact that the said schemes have since been completed but not made operational, if so, its reasons and the time by which the same will become operational?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) is there any difference between police laws and police rules prevailing in ICT and the four provinces; and (b) if so, its details?

Will the Minister for Defence Production be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Heavy Industries Taxila manufactures APCs named “Muhaifz & Talha”; (b) whether it is also a fact that Sindh Police, Punjab Police and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police have purchased these APCs from Heavy Industries Taxila; (c) whether it is fitrther a fact that these APCs are of poor quality and failed to serve the purpose; and (d) if so, the steps being taken by Heavy Industries Taxila to improve the standard of these APCs?

Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that USAID funded a programme titled “Sim Sim Hamara” recently telecast by PTV, if so, the terms and conditions of the telecast; (b) the revenue generated by PTV from the said programme; and (c) the number of employees of PTV who remained engaged with the said programme?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state the number of people from Baluchistan’s Hazara community who moved abroad since 2000 with countrywise break up?

Will the Minister far Interior be pleased to state the number of Pakistani Muslim immigrants in North America and Western Europe registered in the NADRA database renounced ‘Slain with country-wise break up?