Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the reasons for depriving Overseas Pakistanis from their rights to cast vote; and (b) the steps taken by the Ministry in this regard so far?

Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state the requirements and steps being taken by the Government to ensure E-voting in the next General Elections alongwith the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to increase the reserved seats for Minorities; if so, when It will be implemented alongwith the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the tax was imposed on incoming foreign calls by the previous Government; if so, the steps being taken to withdraw the same?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to increase the price of gas in the country during the current financial year; if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the number of times the per liter price of petroleum products increased by the Government during the period from 11-5-2013 till date; and (b) the increase in the prices of the petroleum products at International market during the said period?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the number of un-authorized CNG Stations in the country at present; and (b) whether any action has been proposed against those stations; if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the year-wise total amount of foreign exchange spent on import of crude oil during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the progress made on the construction of Faisalabad-Multan Motorway (M-4) during the period from 16-3-2008 to 15-3-2013?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether gas connections are not being timely provided in the country since long; if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) the step being taken by the Government to provide gas connections timely?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Layyari Expressway has not been completed so far by National Highway Authority (NHA) after lapse of more than three years; if so, the reasons thereof; (b) whether it is also a fact that the safety fences on both sides of the said Expressway have not been made so far; if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) whether it is further a fact that the construction of Motorway has not been started in Sindh Province so far; if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the silk highway is in dilapidated condition since long; if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to repair the said highway particularly the portion passing through District Batgram; if so, when it will be implemented?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to launch transit project from Gawadar to Kashghar in the near future; if so, when it will be started; and (b) the advantages to be accrued to the country therefrom?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Cold Gas has been discovered in Ghar Maharaja, Tehsil Ahmed Pur Siayal; if so, the number of employees working over there on regular, contractual and daily wages basis at present; (b) the criteria prescribed for recruitment of said employees; and (c) whether it is also a fact that those employees have been appointed without any merit; if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the project-wise amount of development funds allocated during the period from 16-3-2008 to 15-03-2013 alongwith the utilization thereof; and (b) the achievements so far made in this regard?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the detail of new projects of NHA in the country started by the present Government alongwith the locations thereof?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the present status of Hassan Abdal- Mansehra Expressway; (b) the time by which its construction work will be started and completed, respectively; and (c) the total amount of cost increased due to delay therein?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the location and name-wise reserves of coal which have been discovered in the country during the last five years; and (b) the location-wise estimated quantum of coal to be excavated annually therefrom?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the province-wise total number of gas defaulters in the country at present alongwith the steps being taken by the Government to recover the outstanding amounts from those defaulters?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the year-wise total amount allocated during the last five years for the construction of the National Highways in Sindh and Balochistan; and (b) the present status of each of the said Highway?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the facility to draw salary and pension from post offices is not provided to the employees of Federal and Provincial Governments; if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) the time by which the said facility will be extended to the said employees?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Petroleum prices have been increased recently; if so, the rates alongwith the reasons thereof; and (b) the authorities, granted approval and given recommendations thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the total number of persons inducted in the Ministry during the last two years alongwith the provincial break-up thereof?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the number of inquiries ordered by the Ministry to unearth mismanagement and corruption during the last five years alongwith the reports thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the details of buildings hired by the Ministry and its subordinate/ attached/ autonomous/ semi autonomous and other organizations during the period from 1-3-2008 till date alongwith details of its utilization and monthly rent paid during the said period; (b) whether it is a fact that the construction work of Petroleum House has not been completed so far; if so, the present status alongwith the reasons thereof; and (c) the time by which the construction work of the said Petroleum House will be completed?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the year-wise total number of wells explored/dug-out during the last five years alongwith the number of successful wells out of above; and (b) the expenditures incurred thereon during the said period?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the steps taken to control the Un-accounted For Gas (UFG) by SNGP and SSGCL separately during the last five years; (b) the year-wise comparative status of UFG during the said period; and (c) the economic/loss sustained on account of UFG during the said period?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the tariff of natural gas during the year 2011-2012; and (b) the tariff of gas being charged from various categories of consumers at present?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the chronological details and amounts of increase and decrease made in the prices of petrol and gas during the period from 1-6-2012 to 30-6-2013?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the names, qualification and relevant experience of Government officers nominated on various Boards of Directors of companies and organizations working under the Ministry during the period from 1-3-2008 till date; and (b) the date-wise details of meetings attended by each one of the said officers alongwith the remunerations received for each meeting during the said period?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resource be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a project to lay gas pipeline was started in District Dir during the last five years; (b) whether it is also a fact that billions of rupees have incurred thereon so far; (c) whether it is further a fact that the construction work on the said project has been stopped; (d) if the answers to parts (a), (b) and (c) above are in the affirmative, the time by which the said project will be completed and the supply of gas to be started therefrom?

Will the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs be pleased to state:. (a) the head-wise total amount spent by the Election Commission on the General Elections 2013; and (b) whether the Government has paid the said amount to the Election Commission; if so, since when, alongwith the total amount thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the details of the new gas connections given by the SNGPL in Southern Punjab, especially in district Jhang during the year 2012-13 till date?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the category-wise total number of employees recruited in the public companies working under the administrative control of Ministry during the period from 5-3-2008 to 15-3-2013 alongwith the domiciles thereof?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the construction work on Kashmir Highway from Rawalpindi and Islamabad has not been completed since long; if the reasons thereof; (b) the total amount of expenditures incurred thereupon so far; and (c) the time by which this construction work will be completed?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the pace of construction work of road from Ratto Dero-Dadu to Sehwan Sharif is very slow; if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) the time by which the work on said road will be completed ?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the province-wise total number of persons appointed in OGDCL from 1-1-2008 to 31-8-2013 alongwith the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Science and Technology be pleased to state: (a) the comparative position of the delegated legislation entrusted to the Ministry before and after the 18th Constitutional Amendment; (b) comparative position of subordinate/ offices/ departments/ companies/ projects under the administrative control of the Ministry before and after the said Amendment; (c) the comparative position of the functions of the Ministry before and after the said Amendment; (d) the comparative position of actual utilization of current and development expenditure. of the Ministry before and after the said Amendment?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the total number of persons appointed in SSGCL and SNGPL respectively during the last five years; and (b) the number of sacked employees reinstated during the said period alongwith the amount of dues paid to them?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the approval was given to supply sui gas to Upper Swat during the year 2012; (b) whether it is also a fact that work has not yet been started thereupon so far; if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) the time by which the said work will be started?

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased to state the year-wise total amount allocated for National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased to state: (a) the number of women prisoners in Pakistan at present; and (b) the number of juvenile jails/premises in Pakistan at present alongwith the number of juvenile prisoners therein?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the road from Larkana to Menna is in a dilapidated condition since long; and (b) whether it is also a fact that its repair and maintenance has been stopped; if so, the reasons thereof alongwith the time by which it will be started?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the authority who prescribed criteria for appointment of MDs/ CEOs of various companies and organizations working under the Ministry at present?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is fact that approval for the construction of road from Shakhupura Farooqabad to Hirn Miner Inter Change Bypass has been given since long; (b) if so, the time by which the construction work on the said project will be started?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the date by which the project of Mufti Mehmood Fly Over started in Khyber Pakhtunkhaw; (b) the total amount of expenditure incurred alongwith the percentage of construction work completed so far; (c) whether more funds are required for the said Flay Over; if so, the details thereof; (d) the total amount of funds which have been allocated so far; and (e) the steps being taken by the Government for early completion of the said Fly Over?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the number of non-Muslims who have been inducted in Pak-Army, Navy and Airforce during the last five years; and (b) whether any quota has been fixed for Minorities thereof; if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the total number of hired vehicles being utilized by the Sui Gas Office, Sargodha at present alongwith the monthly rent thereof; (b) the procedure adopted in hiring of those vehicles; and (c) the total number of employees working in the said office on daily wages basis at present alongwith their tenures and monthly salaries?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the year-wise total number of domestic, industrial and commercial gas connections issued in the country during the period from 2008 to 2013; and (b) whether new gas connections are being provided in the country at present?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to supply gas to the residents of Buner (NA-28); if so, the time by which the gas will be supplied therein?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the details of property tax charged by Faisal Cantonment Board Karachi on residential flats/houses occurred in the said cantonment area; and (b) the criteria/rates prescribed for collection of property tax on flats/house in the said area?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state to refer to Un-starred questions No. 66 replied on 19-8-2013 and to state the year wise names and designations of persons who stayed in the rest houses of the Ministry in Lahore during the last three years?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the time by which the sui gas will be provided to Tehsil Ahmed Pur Siyal and Athara Hazari, District Jhang; and (b) whether it is a fact that Rs.200 millions were provided by the previous Government to the SNGPL for the said purpose; if so, the utilization thereof?

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased to refer to Starred Question No.49 replied on 19-8-2013 and to state the total amount of funds available in the Women in Distress and Detention Fund at present?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether there is a shortage of employees hailing from Sindh Rural in the Ministry and its attached/ Semi attached departments and autonomous bodies; if so, the reasons therefor; and (b) the steps being taken/proposed to observe quota?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the land near the right side of the Thokar Niaz Baig has been leased to an influential person for the establishment. of PSO Pump and CNG Station on Motorway M-2 (Lahore to Rawalpindi) during the period from 16-03-2008 to 31-03-2013; if so, the details of land alongwith the terms and conditions, names of allottees, rent, and justification thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to cancel the said lease agreement; if so, when it will be canceled?

Will the Minister for Defence be pleased to state: (a) the province and district-wise details of Kachi Abadis established in the Cantonment areas during the last five years till date; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to regularize those Kachi Abadis; if so, when it will be implemented?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the names of the Federal Government Departments/Ministries/ Divisions against whom the amount of sui gas is outstanding at present alongwith the period thereof; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government for the recovery of outstanding amounts therefrom?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that former Prime Minister announced during his visit to Haripur in 2012 to provide the facility of natural gas to several villages of district Haripur; if so, the present status alongwith funds earmarked therefor; and (b) the stage-wise completion thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the district-wise total number of domestic, commercial and industrial sui gas connections provided by SNGPL and SSGC during the period from 15-3-2008 to 30-6-2013; (b) the region-wise total number of applications, demand notices deposited by the consumers for supply of sui gas during the said period; and (c) the region-wise total number of applications for supply of sui gas were pending as on 30-6-2013?

Will the Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights be pleased to state: (a) the objects and purview of National Commission on the Status of Women; (b) the performance of the Commission made recently with reference to Women Empowerment; and (c) the steps being taken to improve the performance of the said Commission at provincial level?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that there is a shortage of employees hailing from Sindh Rural and Balochistan Province in SNGPL and SSGCL at present; (b) if so, the steps being taken or proposed to be taken to observe the quota?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether announcement has been made for the allocation of amount for Karachi Hyderabad Motorway during the budget 2013-14; if so, the details thereof alongwith the time by which the said project will be started?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the names of the officers/officials working in the Pakistan Post who have been granted current charge/dual charge during the last three years alongwith the justification thereof; and (b) whether there is any shortage of the officers/officials in the said department; if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether drinking water coolers have been installed for passengers at restaurant, rest areas and petrol pumps on Islamabad-Lahore Motorway; if so, the locations, if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the construction work on Quetta to Chaman Road has not been completed so far; if so, the reasons thereof; (b) whether it is also a fact that the road from Quetta to Munri Adda Stop has been constructed but the road from Munri Adda to Chaman has not been constructed so far; if so, the reasons thereof; (c) the standard maintained in road constructed from Quetta to Munri; (d) whether it is further a fact that the sub-standard material has been used in Quetta to Munri road; if so, whether any investigation has been conducted in this regard; and (e) the name of contractor/construction company alongwith the payment made therefor?