Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the names, designation, place of domicile and length of service of the employees of KESC retrenched or compulsorily retired since privatization of the company indicating also their salary at the time of retrenchment/retirement and the amount paid to them at that time; and (b) the terms and conditions of privatization of KESC under which the said persons were retrenched/compulsorily retired?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the particulars of staff working or posted in the Ministry, the Gencos and the DISCOs facing enquiries or disciplinary action for misconduct or financial misdemeanors and action taken against them?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Government invited tenders and awarded contract for construction of Houses in the Officers Housing Scheme, Kurri Road, Islamabad, if so, the date on which the tenders were invited, particulars of tenders and the details of the contract so awarded; (b) whether it is also a fact that said contract has been cancelled, if so, its reasons; and (c) whether it is further a fact that the new tenders are being invited for the said scheme, if so, the time by which the tenders will be invited and the process of awarding the contract will be completed?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state the ratio of land development charges and cost of plot/land levied by the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation and the Pakistan Housing Authority on each of their individual project(s) in Islamabad?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state whether it is a fact that service charges @ 16 percent are being charged from the Government officers who have been allotted houses in Officer’s Housing Scheme, Korri Road, Islamabad, if so, its reasons?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state the names and designation of the officers who have been allotted houses in Officers’ Housing Scheme, Kurri Road, Islamabad, with category wise break up indicating also the amount of down payment and each installment fixed as well as deposited by each allottee so far?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state: (a) the names, educational qualifications and experience of Directors and other officials working on the Officers’ Housing Scheme, Kurri Road, Islamabad; and (b) the name and previous experience of the company/firm/contractor executing the said scheme?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state: (a) the schedule of completion of work on the Officers Housing Scheme, Kuri Road, Islamabad, which was intimated to the allottees; (b) whether it is a fact that work on said scheme is not being completed according to the said schedule, if so, its reasons; and (c) the percentage of work completed on the said scheme so far and the time by which remaining work will be completed?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the present stage of the work on Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Project?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state the names, designation and place of domicile of the persons appointed in the Ministry of Housing and its attached departments during 2010 and 2011?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the losses caused due to pilferage of gas in the country are being passed on to the consumers, if so, its reasons?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to refer to the Senate starred question No. 24 replied on 10th October, 2012 and state the present status of work on restoration of damaged road between village Sagri and Doke Fatima, Tehsil and District Rawalpindi, due to laying of gas pipeline in that area?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the role of Pakistan State Oil in fixing prices of POL and petroleum products?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation recently launched membership drive for registration for Federal Government Employees to provide them plots, if so, the number of employees registered under that drive so far; (b) the amount collected from the applicants and details of its utilization; and (c) whether it is also a fact that no housing scheme for allotment of plots has been launched for the registered employees so far, if so, its reasons and the steps taken to launch scheme in proper CDA sector?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the names of Mohallahs/areas of Bhakkar city to which natural gas has not been supplied so far and the time by which the same will be supplied to those Mohallahs/areas?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Minister’s Secretariat be pleased to state: (a) the names, educational qualifications, experience and expertise of the consultants appointed in the Prime Minister’s Secretariat since March 2008 indicating also the job assigned and salary, allowances and other fringe benefits admissible in each case; (b) the criteria adopted for appointment of the said consultants; and (c) the authority which approved those appointments?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state: (a) the sectors earmarked for allotment of plots to Government employees in Islamabad, indicating the years in which these were developed; (b) the number of plots earmarked for allotment to Government employees in each of the said sectors; and (c) the steps taken by the Government to open new sectors for allotment of plots to age-wise eligible employees, retired or retiring, after opening of the last such sector?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state: (a) the details of the per unit cost conveyed to the allottees of the Officers’ Housing Scheme, Kurri Road, Islamabad, in January, 2011; (b) whether it is a fact that the said cost/price has latter been revised upward, if so, its details and reasons; (c) whether it is also a fact that according to schedule conveyed to allottees in January, 2011, the scheme was to be completed within three years; (d) whether it is further a fact that the work on the scheme is far behind the schedule, if so, its reasons; and (e) whether the allottees of the scheme are entitled for refund without any deduction on account of delay in completion of the scheme, if so, the procedure prescribed for it?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Government Employees Housing Foundation charged development charges from the allottees in its projects in Sector D-12, E-12 and G-13@ per square yard; and (b) whether it is also a fact that the allottees of Houses in Officers’ Housing Scheme, Kurri Road, Islamabad, are being charged development charges on the basis of total cost of land acquired for the scheme, if so, the reasons for this discrimination and the rate of development charges that runs into per square yard for this scheme?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state: (a) the per square yard price of land acquired/purchased by the Government for the Officers’ Housing Scheme, Kurri Road, Islamabad; (b) the per square yard price being charged by the Government from the officers who have been allotted plots in the said scheme; and (c) the per square yard development charges being charged from the allottees of the scheme?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the duration of load shedding in the rural and urban areas?

Will the Minister for Works be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the road constructed by Pak PWD in Street 2, Bani Gala, Islamabad, out of my development funds for the year 2011-12, is in dilapidated condition; and (b) whether any inquiry has been conducted into the substandard work of the said road, if so, the action taken against the contractor / officials responsible for the substandard work, if not, its reasons?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to import LPG and LNG in near future, if so, when; and (b) the steps taken by the Government in this regard so far?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state: (a) the number of Government Employees registered so far for the housing scheme launched by the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation with year-wise and category-wise break-up; and (b) the amount collected as registration fee from the said employees with year wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the names and location of oil refineries in the country indicating also refining capacity of each refinery; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish new oil refineries in the country, if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the number of villages to which natural gas was supplied by Sui Norther Gas Pipeline Limited during 2011 and 2012; (b) the names of villages in district Toba Taik-Singh to which natural gas was supplied from 2008 to 2012 and the expenditure incurred in each case; and (c) the reasons for granting permission for supply of natural gas at a time when country is facing its shortage?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to enhance rental ceiling of the Government employees for hiring residences, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that foreign institutions have refused to provide funds for Bhasha Dam, if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the year in which India started construction of Baglihar Dam and the year in which it was completed; and (b) the steps taken by the Government of Pakistan to object to the construction of dam under the Indus Water Treaty?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the years of start of construction work and completion of Kishan Ganga Dam by India; and (b) whether the construction of Dam was in violation of Indus Water Treaty, if so, the steps taken by the Government to object to the construction?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the details of punishments awarded to the persons involved in theft of electricity by tempering electricity cables and meters?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the year in which India started construction of Nimoo Baghazoo Dam and the year in which it was completed; and (b) the steps taken by the Government of Pakistan to object to the construction of dam under Indus Water Treaty?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state: (a) the estimated number of homeless families in the country; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to provide housing facilities to the said families?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state: (a) the names and designations of Officers in BPS-22 who have been allotted one kanal plots under the Prime Minister package since its inception indicating also the number and location of plot in each case; (b) whether it is a fact that the apex Court has recently struck down some of the said allotments, if so, the details of such allotments with names of the allottees; (c) the reasons for striking down the said allotments and steps taken to allot them plots; and (d) the names and designation of the officers in BPS-22 who have not been allotted plots under the said package so far indicating also the reasons thereof and the steps being taken by the Government to allot them plots?

Will the Minister for Housing be pleased to state: (a) whether it is fact that the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation initiated a housing scheme at Bara Kahu, Islamabad, in 2009; (b) whether it is also a fact that the Supreme Court of Pakistan has taken notice of the scheme, if so, the findings of the court; and (c) the steps taken by the Government for provision of plots to the employees who have been retired after the initiation of the Bara Kahu housing scheme or retiring till the finalization of the case by the Supreme Court?