Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the prices of oil, gas petrol electricity, have increased; (b) the prices of edible items like oil, ghee, potatoes, sugar, lentils meat, milk, chicken have increased multiple times; (c) the prices before 2018 and 2021; and (d) how many times the prices have increased?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) total potential of potatos production of the country at present; (b) detail of the volume and value of export of potatos during the last three years; and (c) what steps are being taken by the Government to increase the production volume of potatos?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) whether the concerned authorities have taken notice of the fact that the benefit of adjustable General Sales Tex (GST), which is levied on the raw material or otherwise at the time of manufacturing of any product, is not passed to general public, though it is later on refunded to the individuals or companies concerned because the price of an item is determined based on the cost involved in its manufacturing; (b) if so, whether the institutions like FBR has formulated policies to levy taxes that are more regressive to the general public; (c) whether the FBR has assessed such regressive impact on the people at large in recent years; if so, the details thereof; (d) total value of adjusted GST collected during the last three financial years including the current financial year; and (e) how much adjustable GST has been refunded during the last three years alongwith break-up of each year and how much during said period is shown as pending?

Will the Minister for Privatization be pleased to state: (a) details of value and volume of total proceeds of privatization, which had been made from August, 2018 to April, 2022; (b) total expenditures incurred upon aforesaid privatization; (c) the details of procedure adopted to said privatization; (d) whether the benchmark price of privatized entity was assessed; (e) if so, how it was assessed; if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Ministry had referred the question of Riba to the Advisory of Council of Islamic Ideology in March, 1963; (b) whether it is also a fact that the Council of Islamic Ideology had prepared its recommendations to the Ministry; (c) if the answers to part (a) and (b) above are in affirmative, the recommendations of the Council alongwith details of recommendation-wise implementation status?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Ex-Federal Minister for Finance claimed that certain elements, involved in speculative trade, are responsible for depreciation of rupee against US Dollar; (b) if so, the details of such elements; (c) if the claim of above said functionaries is deemed true then what steps has been taken to hold such elements accountable; (d) whether it is also a fact that speculative trade of such elements is tantamount to failure of responsible departments; and (e) what corrective measures are being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Economic Affairs be pleased to state: (a) details of the total Pakistan’s foreign debts at present; and (b) the details of amount in billion dollars which the Government has to pay under the head of foreign debts?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state: (a) the details of the progress of Balakot City; (b) total funds allocated/released so far; (c) name of the construction firms; (d) total works completed and remaining and reasons for delay; and (e) details of total amount spent by ERRA in Chitral during the last ten years?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) the year-wise total quantity and amount of wheat imported during last three years so far; and (b) the names of countries from where the wheat was imported?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) whether any targeted plan has been devised by the Ministry for elimination of trade barriers and to enhance economic cooperation with regard to expand export of the country to the OIC countries; (b) if the answer to part (a) above is in affirmative, the details of such plan/strategy?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Covid-19 has affected livelihoods and economic activities in general and in particular rural areas, further, it is feared that millions more people have joined the ranks of the poor; (b) if so, whether the Government has assessed the impact of their social safety programmes, as to how Covid-19 impact affected the poorest of the poor person on their livelihoods, particularly with reference to increasing prices of every essential food items and commodities in use of daily life; if so, the details thereof; and (c) what steps are being taken by the Government to bring ease in the lives of poorest of the poor person?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state the total quantity and value of sugar imported during the last three years and also by the incumbent Government alongwith year and country-wise break-up so far?

Will the Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives be pleased to state: (a) the procedure adopted for the distribution of funds by the Ministry; (b) the distribution of PSDP during the last three year alongwith current financial year; and (c) whether Government has taken notice that Opposition Member’s Constituencies were not made the part of PSDP; if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state whether the Government intends to provide the facilities to the exporters for increasing the exports of marble, granite, pharmaceuticals, IT services and rice?

Will the Minister for Privatization be pleased to state: (a) the total amount received from Privatization by the Ex-Government during the last three years including the names of the institutions which have been privatized; and (b) the details of various costs incurred on such privatization?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) details of the volume of trade made between Pakistan and Sri Lanka during the years 2020, 2021; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to enhance trade with the said country and to ensure transparency in the same?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan has been entrusted with the task of providing health insurance to the people which has been initiated by the Federal and Provincial Government; (b) if so, the terms and conditions thereof including the annual amount that State Life will receive for this purpose and on what basis State Life offers its services; (c) whether State Life hired hospitals for this purpose or in hospitals peoples are recommended by the respective Governments; (d) whether the hospitals have hired by State Life the criteria for hiring such hospitals; (e) whether hospitals have been hired after conducting proper bidding; is treatment for the diseases for which this scheme has been started, available in the said hospitals; and (f) how it is being decided, or under what parameters observed that such number of hospitals would be enough for the population of that district?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to increase profit through transit and border trade; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure standard of quality of goods being imported and exported at present?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) how much a user actually receive balance in rupees on recharge of Rs.100/- after deduction of all applicable taxes, duties, service charges etc either being charged at the time of recharge or charged separately on calls or messages; (b) whether the Government has taken notice of the fact that imposition of withholding tax on mobile users is unjustified as 98% of them including students, daily wagers, beneficiaries of Ehsas Programme etc., whom income does not exceed the minimum threshold for filing tax return to claim such a tax adjustment or refund; if so, the details thereof; (c) what steps are being taken by the Government in this regard; (d) whether it is a fact that a person who obtains a certificate from the Income Tax Commissioner stating that his income does not exceed the minimum threshold for filing tax return during the tax year, then such person is exempted from such deduction; (e) if so, details for the people how currently such certification is given; and (f) what corrective measures are being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that currently imported cell phones are taxed at a price set by the phone manufacturer, instead of the actual receipt of purchase; (b) if so, if is not, that tantamount to an injustice to Pakistanis living abroad; (c) whether there is a proposal to collect tax on actual receipt of purchase of every phone, including setting up a system to allow overseas Pakistanis to bring at least one mobile phone with them each year considering the record remittances from them in the country in recent years; (d) if so, the details thereof; and if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state the details of total monthly salary alongwith perks of Governor State Bank of Pakistan?

Will the Minister for Economic Affairs be pleased to state the details of amount received from Saudi Arabia, China and the United Arab Emirates during last three years and how did such amount play to maintain the balance of the country and terms and conditions upon which such amount received from said countries?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state the details of the audit paras against the ministries/divisions during the last three years and the action taken against the responsible functionaries/financial advisors for such negligence?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) the total value of cripto currency purchased by Pakistanis during the last three years; and (b) the impact evolved on country economy from the purchase of cripto currency?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state the subsidy has been granted to the Sugar Mills from 2013 to 2018 alongwith subsidy granted to Sugar Mills during the present Government from 2019 to 2021?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state the details of the audit paras of the Ministry and it’s attached departments/ organizations, amount involved, the action taken against the responsible functionaries for their ineffectiveness and negligence, during the last three years?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state: (a) the number of applicants applied for loan under the P.M Kamyab Jawan Programme belonging to Sindh in particular district Jamshoro and Dadu have applied; and (b) the number of persons to whom loans have been given under the said program?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) the details of employees regularly appointed/appointed on deputation, up-graded and promoted in the State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan, during the last three years to till date alongwith the criteria adopted in this regard; (b) the name, date of appointment, designation, qualification experience at the time of appointment and present designation of said employees; and the particulars of those officers who have not been up-graded/promoted during the said period alongwith the reasons; and (c) present designations of such employees/officers thereof?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the complaint cell is ignoring the complaints till several months; (b) how much complaints are admitting on daily basis; and (c) how much complaints have been solved till-date?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Banks of Pakistan are processing the cases for loans under NAYA Pakistan Housing Scheme, very slowly and the peoples are waiting for six to ten months; (b) whether it is also a fact that cases in Meezan Bank Ltd, Tulsa Road Branch, Rawalpindi are pending for 6 to 10 months in particular the case of Muhammad Aamir, Sanitary Worker of Chaklala Cantonment Board, Rawalpindi; and (c) what steps are being taken by the Ministry of Finance for monitoring of the above mentioned (b) bank for speedy process of the cases in particular the case of Muhammad Aamir?