Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms be pleased to refer to Senate starred question No. 27 replied on 27th February, 2014 and state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure that the foreign funded programmes / projects in the country are proposed by the Government instead of foreign donors; (b) the percentage / amount of capital cost of a foreign funded project which is usually spent on hiring of foreign / private sector consultants / technical experts for the project; and (c) whether the Government has completed PC-4 and PC-5 of the foreign funded projects completed during the last ten years, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the number of applications for loan submitted by the persons belonging to Islamabad in the National Bank of Pakistan under the Prime Minister’s Youth Loan Scheme so far; (b) the number of the said applications which have been approved; (c) the number of the said applications which have been rejected indicating also the names and addresses of the applicants and reasons for rejection in each case; and (d) the number of the said successful applicants who have NTN Nos.?

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state the names, parentage, place of domicile and place of present posting of the non Muslims appointed in the Ministry of Science and Technology, its attached departments, subordinate offices, autonomous / semi autonomous bodies, authorities and corporations etc. since 2011-12?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the names and designations of the gazetted officers of the National Assembly Secretariat whose cases have been sent to the AGPR for issuance of revised pay slips since 1st March, 2014; and (b) whether it is a fact the said officers have not been issued the revised pay slips so far, if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which the same will be issued?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the names of loss making Public Sector Organizations proposed to be privatized indicating also the losses each organization suffered during the last ten years with year wise break up; and (b) the details of amounts injected / provided by the Government to those organizations during the said period with year wise break up?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the profit earned by the National Bank of Pakistan during the last ten years with year wise break up; and (b) the number of persons working in the said bank on regular basis indicating also the increase / decrease in their number during that period with year wise break up?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to obtain, loans from foreign commercial banks, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the names of Pakistani and Foreign Banks operating in the country indicating also date of establishment, name of present Chief Executive Officer and location of branches of each bank?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to refer to the Senate starred question No.17, replied on 16th April, 2014 and state. (a) the names of public sector enterprises which are profit making out of the 32 enterprises decided to be privatized by the Government indicating also the profit earned by each of them during the last five years with year-wise break-up; and (b) the reasons for privatization of the said profitable enterprises?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the names, parentage, educational qualifications and place of domicile of the persons appointed in BPS 1 to 21 in the Ministry of Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, its attached departments, subordinate offices, autonomous / semi autonomous bodies and corporations including customs department central excise department, income tax department, FBR, State Bank of Pakistan and National Bank of Pakistan etc from 1st January 2008 to 1st March, 2014?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the time / period after which pay scales of the Government employees are required to be revised as prescribed in the relevant rules / laws / practice; and (b) the date on which pay scales of the said employees were revised last time?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) the number of sick industrial units in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; (b) the salient reasons for closure of the said units; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government for revival of those units?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to refer to the Senate starred question No.38, replied on 16th April, 2014 and state whether the Government’s efforts to pursue the US Government to increase disbursement of financial assistance to the Government instead of NGOs, I NGOs, UN Agencies and USAID contractors, have yielded any results, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish, an Authority to ‘encourage the production and export of Halal Food Products in the country, if so, its details?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the names, designations and names of departments of the Government employees who obtained / drew non refundable GP Fund from AGPR during the last three years indicating also the amount of GP Fund drawn and the amount deducted as Zakat in each case?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the revenue collected by the Government through the privatization of public sector enterprises/entities since 1988; and (b) the details of amount utilized for debt retirement out of the said revenue?

Will the Minister far Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the number, of cases of fake / illegal tax refunds surfaced in the country during the last one year; (b) the loss caused to the national exchequer in the said cases; and (c) the steps taken by the Government to recover the amount of said refunds and discourage such trend / practice in future?

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state whether it is a fact that unfiltered / impure water is being marketed in the name of mineral water in the country, if so, the action being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) the ratio of industrial growth in the country since 2009-10 with year-wise break up; (b) whether it is a fact that the said ratio during that period has decreased in comparison to the years 2007-08 and 2008-09, if so, the reasons thereof, and (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to increase that ratio?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state whether it is a fact that services of some persons working as godown staff in the National Bank of Pakistan were terminated during the years 2012 and 2013, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the details of smuggled items confiscated during the last three years indicating also their value with item-wise and year-wise break-up; (b) the procedure adopted for the disposal of the said items; and (c) the number of persons arrested in the said cases and the present status of their cases?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the amount of loans obtained by the Government from the foreign countries, international financial institutions and donors since June, 2013 indicating also the names of the countries, institutions and donors concerned, the amount of loan obtained and purpose for which the same has been obtained in each case; and (b) the details of loans proposed to be obtained during the next five years indicating also the objectives and purpose for which the same will be obtained?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the names of companies and persons whose loans have been written off by the financial institutions in the country during the last fiscal year indicating also the reason so for writing off loan in each case?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms be pleased to state: (a) the details of development projects approved by the Government for FATA during the last two years; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to launch more such projects schemes for PATA, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state: (a) whether the post of Deputy Director (Personnel), National Institute of Electronics, Islamabad was advertised in the press before the appointment of the present Deputy Director, if so, the names and parentage of the persons who applied for the same; (b) the educational qualifications and experience of the incumbent Deputy Director (Personnel) of the said Institute; and (c) whether prescribed rules and regulations were observed / followed during the appointment of the said Deputy Director?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the details of cases of embezzlement in investment of Contributory Provident Fund surfaced during the last five years indicating also the present status of each case?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms be pleased to state: (a) the details of project approved by the Planning Commission for Provincial Governments and FATA under the National Sanitation Policy, National Sanitation Action Plan and National Drinking Water Policy during the last five years; and (b) whether it is a fact that fund were not allocated for the said projects approved for PATA, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms be pleased to state the progress made on the project of Pakistan-China Economic Corridor so far?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the details of agreements and MOUs / agreements signed by the Government with other countries for financial assistance / loans etc. during the fiscal years 2013-14?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the details of officers and officials working in Government Semi Government and autonomous institutions and other Government organizations who were sent abroad for capacity building courses by the Economic Affairs Division during the last three years indicating also the fields / names of skills/ courses far which they were sent and the names of institutions/ countries to which they were sent separately in each case?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to set up the Export Import (EXIM) Bank of Pakistan, if when; and (b) the procedure / legal framework to be adopted for setting up the said bank?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization be pleased to state the benefits achieved from the privatization of Public Sector Entities-during the last five years?

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons appointed in the Ministry of Science and Technology, its attached departments, subordinate offices, autonomous and semi autonomous bodies and corporations etc. under its administrative control during the last five years with grade wise and province wise break up; and (b) the names, grades and place of domicile of the persons belonging to minorities presently working in the said Ministry, departments, offices and corporations in BPS-5 and above?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms be pleased to state: (a) the names, educational qualifications and place of domicile of the persons working against the posts of Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs in the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms and its attached departments, subordinate offices’ and autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies etc.; and (b) whether it is a fact that some of the said persons do not possess the educational qualifications required for the posts against which they are working, if so, the reasons for their appointment / posting against those posts?