Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state: (a) the details of announcement made by incumbent Prime Minister while visiting different areas of the country with regard to development projects in different areas of the country; (b) whether financial assessment was made of each of project prior to make such announcement alongwith break-up of funds, which have been reserved and released for each project so far; and (c) whether country’s financial position has such space to meet the requirement of the funds, required for each project?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state: (a) the exact number of jobs out of ten million announced jobs, which have been provided to unemployed persons since August, 2018, as announced by the Prime Minister on numerous occasions; (b) details of public and private departments, in which such jobs were provided; and (c) the authority/department, which maintained the record of such jobs?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state: (a) the details of amount required for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Project; and (b) the details of total number of projects included in CPEC alongwith the number of projects which have been completed so far?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) what is the update status regarding the announcement by the Government for forming an inquiry commission on the debt taken in Pakistan; (b) how much debt has been taken by this Government so far; and (c) whether this period would also be included in the Inquiry?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state the details of the taxes paid by the sugar, wheat, cigarettes and cement production units/factories, production capacity, export on purchase of raw material, pay and allowances, fuel and energy etc. charge, quantity of sale and exports made during the last three years alongwith the year-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state: (a) year-wise details of funds, which have been allocated under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) alongwith current financial year during the last four years; (b) the criteria under which funds are allocated Under the PSDP; (c) the details and names of areas selected for which such funds have been allocated; (d) whether it is a fact that areas, from which MNAs belonging to opposition parties have been elected, are ignored in the disbursement of such funds; if so, the justification thereof; and (e) what corrective measures are being taken to allocate such funds on the basis of equality?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state what further agreements have been signed in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) context, the total cost, and the sources of the funds required?

Will the Minister for Economic Affairs be pleased to state the total amount Pakistan has received from foreign countries and organizations under the head of Covid-19 Fund, since its outbreak?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that salaries of employees of Public Private Partnership Authority have not increased since 2019; and (b) what is the policy of Federal Government regarding contract employees in the public private partnership authority?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) the detail of increasing rate of interest on the ongoing schemes for the common man, including granting loans for various programs that have been initiated by the incumbent Government; (b) whether the increasing rate of interest has negatively affected such programs; (c) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to deal with the such effects?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) how much supari (Chalia) was import legally, after issuance of Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) No.1067 dated 20-10-2017; (b) whether it is a fact that smuggling of supari throughout the country has been found rampant and causing a heavy loss to revenue in the form of duties and taxes; (c) if answer to part (b) above is in the affirmative, than what steps have taken by the customs authorities to stop the aforesaid smuggling?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state: (a) the number of times during the last ten years when Pakistan Livestock Census was conducted by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics in the country; and (b) the details of the said census, indicating also the time by which the new livestock census shall be conducted in future?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) the per capita purchasing power parity of Pakistanis as compared to rest of the countries in the region; (b) whether it is a fact that the per capita purchasing power of Pakistanis is less than the rest of the countries in the region; (c) if so, what steps are being taken by the Government to increase the per capita purchasing power of Pakistanis?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government considered before imposing withholding tax on Electricity and Gas bills from commercial consumers; (b) whether it is also a fact that most of the business activities are done in rented buildings and the reason for non-registration of owners of a building in tax net; (c) whether it is further a fact that imposition of such tax on tenants is tantamount to injustice; (d) whether it is also a fact that despite having the ownership rights of such buildings, the income of the owners of such buildings does not come to the threshold of tax revenue; (e) whether it is further a fact that the burden of such advance taxes is shifted to the common man; (f) if the answers to part (a), (b) and (c) above are in affirmative, what corrective measures are being taken by the Government in this regard particularly with reference to avoiding advance taxes?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state: (a) details of development projects, large and small, undertaken since 2013 by Federal Government district-wise with yearly allocations; and (b) details of specific development projects undertaken by the Federal Government in Distinct Khairpur since 2013?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) the maximum number of days that can be relaxed to file tax returns after the deadline under the income tax Ordinance, 2001; (b) the last dates for filling tax returns for the last three financial years; the number of peoples who applied for an extension to file tax returns; (c) how many of them were granted such an extension and how many persons applications were declined; (d) what was the last date for an individual to apply for such extension of time for each of the above years; (e) whether any individual has been allowed over and above extension to file tax returns in contrary to the aforesaid Ordinance during the last three Financial Years; if so, the details and justification thereof; (f) whether the concerned authorities had authorized to grant such extension; (g) if so, the details thereof; if not, under what provisions of law such extension was given; (h) whether any discrepancy was found in such matters; if so, reasons thereof; and (i) what corrective measures are being taken by the Government to resolve such discrepancies?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to refer to the Starred Question No.1 replied on 17-09-2021 and to state: (a) when was the required data received from Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KPK) and Controller General of Accounts (CGA); (b) how the above data has been analyzed so far and which authority has done this analysis alongwith the peoples included in this authority; (c) whether the ministerial posts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been upgraded many years ago and at the Federal level such posts are similar to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa so how much more analysis is needed on the subject matter; (d) whether this is not tantamount to delay tactics; (e) if so, how much further time is needed to finalize such upgradation?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state: 30 (a) the detail of meetings of the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) convened since 1st January, 2021 indicating also the date of meeting, agenda item/project name, date of preparation of PC-I/PC-II of the project, location/cost of the project and decision taken thereon by CDWP in each case; (b) the detail of the cases/PC-I’s received from Ministry of Communications during the said period and presently pending with CDWP, indicating also the date of the receipt of PC-I, name of the project, location, land cost of the project; and (c) tentative date of placing the pending cases on the agenda of the upcoming meetings of CDWP and thereafter, referral to the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC)?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to expand tax net, to cut the expenditure, to avoid new loans, to discourage the imports of luxury items and to promote the agricultural sector?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) what was the ratio of food inflation in the country as on May 31st, 2018 and at present time; (b) whether it is a fact that food inflation has risen significantly since the inception of the current Government; if so, the reasons thereof; (c) whether it is not tantamount to the failure of Government policies to deal with increasing trend of such inflation and matters ancillary thereto; (c) if so, what steps are being taken by the Government to bring food inflation to an affordable level to ensure affordable food prices for every citizen; and (e) how long more time will these measures take, to start benefit for the common man?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) number of disputes/cases which are pending in World Trade Organization (WTO) in which Pakistan is party, if any; and (b) details of measures have been taken or being taken by the Government for reaching settlement without involving WTO with mutual understanding?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) whether the Competition Commision of Pakistan has fully investigated unfair trade practices of auto manufacturers who took advantage of all Government benefits of tariff and nontariff for the supply of vehicles; (b) whether it is a fact that they promised for smooth, honest and fair services of all types to customers but they actually performed contrary and otherwise including not delivering vehicles on time besides introducing the concept of own payment or rate; (c) whether it is a fact that auto manufacturers are not even providing spare parts of their own dealership; if so, the reasons thereof; (d) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to hold auto-manufactures accountable for their unfair trade practices in order to protect common consumer rights; and (e) the time by which action will be taken in the matter?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) the number of jobs, as well as quota, given to the poor people, out of the revenue collected or being collected from NA-249 under the head of Karachi Port customs and industries; and (b) the amount spent under the head of development works?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the trade deficit has widened again in 2020-21, while according to the latest World Bank data, Pakistan’s share in world trade has dropped to less than 26% in 2020 and it is decreasing further in the current year; (b) if so, whether the Government reviewed the structural flaws in Pakistan’s foreign trade model that make it difficult to sustain exports in the long run; (c) if so, details and the type of structural flaws that have been identified; (c) why Pakistan’s foreign trade model has not been able to absorb the trade balance during the last three years; (e) if so, what corrective measures are being taken by the Government to formulate long-term policies that not only enable industries to absorb imports and eliminate structural shortcomings for the production of valuable exported goods?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state: (a) the number of CPEC projects at the verge of completion in the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; and (b) the amount allocated so far and the time by which the said projects will be completed?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that according to the latest monetary policy statement, the State Bank of Pakistan has finally acknowledged poor status of economy; (b) if so, whether it is not against the Government’s earlier claim that the economy is going upward; and it is also an evidence of the failed economic policies of incumbent Government; (c) whether it is a fact that weaknesses in the economy have put more burden on the public, in particular on the poor peoples; (d) if so, what steps are being taken by the Government to address such weaknesses in the economy so that the lives of ordinary citizens could be saved from inflation?

Will the Minister for Privatization be pleased to state the names of Institutes or Organizations which have been privatized or going to be privatized?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) what are the details of functionaries sent on a visit to Dubai Expo by the Ministry or any other Federal Government department organization alongwith official status of each of the above person; (b) the details of expenditure incurred upon visit of each person; (c) what is the justification of tour of each person; and (d) who did give permission for traveling abroad of the each of above person?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) the names of items displayed by Pakistan in the exhibition of Dubai Expo; and (b) the procedure to display the items in such International Expo alongwith the criterion adopted to participate in such Expo?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to increase exports to Iran in the coming financial year?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) the export quota of Tuna fish at present; (b) whether quota of Tuna fish has been increased or decreased in the last three years; if yes, details thereof; (c) the details of value and volume of export of Tuna Fish during the last three years; (d) what is the potential of the country to export Tuna Fish in a year and what are the reasons for not achieving such potential; and (e) what efforts have been made by the Federal Government to secure the Pakistan Tuna Fish Quota within our Exclusive Economic Zone, and also at high sea from Indian Ocean Tuna Commission by collaborating with all stakeholders?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state whether the edible items are imported from Afghanistan; if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that counterfeit currency notes are floating in every city of Pakistan; (b) if the answers to part (a) above is in affirmative, the reasons thereof; and (c) what steps are being taken by the Government to curb such crimes to save the small shopkeepers?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that private banks have imposed the condition of getting the maps approved from CDA for houses in villages of Islamabad, under the “Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar” Programme; (b) if not, the action being taken against the banks making such demand from the applicants; (c) the number of banks against which action has been taken; (d) the authority which will grant approval of maps of houses in the above said areas for the purpose of getting loan; and (e) the detail of policy of State Bank of Pakistan in this regard?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) the number of gazetted officers of the Constitutional Bodies, who have applied for loan under the “Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar” Programme, in Allied Bank of Pakistan, Islamabad Region alongwith the name of each officer, date of application, required amount and the amount offered to them by the bank; (b) the number of officers, to whom loans have been given up till now; (c) the action being taken against the bank officers, due to the negligence of such loan has not been given to certain officers; and (d) the time by which loan will be given to these officers?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) the names, qualification, pay and allowances of the Directors, Members, Commissioners and Executive Directors of the Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP); and (b) the functions and performance and the action taken against the companies and firms for violation of rules during the last ten years alongwith year-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state the province-wise details of the projects, executed in the Less Developed Areas as well as Districts of Malakand Division as per directions provided under the Constitution of Pakistan, during the last four years?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) the seniority-wise list with three additional columns (i) qualifications at time of appointment (ii) experience at time of appointment (iii) designation at time of appointment of the following; (b) Deputationists, Chairman, Executive Directors, Trainees, Contractuals, daily wagers, children of diseased and retired employees, reinstated officers and staff, officers and staff working in the State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan as on 31-07-2021; (c) Deputationists whose services were regularized in State Life Insurance Corporation; (d) Deputationists retired and have been granted pension by State Life Insurance Corporation; (e) Officers and staff who have been promoted during last five years; (f) Officers and staff who retired during the last five years; (g) reinstated officers and staff who stand relieved from the services in implementation of judgment dated 17-08-2021 of the honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan; (h) officers and staff who were reinstated in implementation of the following (i) Sacked Employees (Reinstatement) Presidential Ordinance No.II of 2009 (ii) Sacked Employees (Reinstatement) Act No. XXII of 2010 (iii) Distinction(s) between above g. i. and ii?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state the details of the Mega Projects sanctioned and completed during the last four years period-wise details thereof?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state the steps taken by Government for better access to markets of European Union Countries during the last three years?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that in village Darwaza, Tehsil and Distract Abbotabad, Local School teachers were found guilty of stealing many Cheques of Rs.25000/- of earthquake 2005 victims; if so, the reasons thereof; (b) the names and father names of the persons alleged to be found involved in such embezzlement; and (c) the time by which action will be taken by the Government against the above said culprits alongwith the number of stolen cheques that were caught on the spot alongwith the details thereof?