Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the locations of the universities established in the country and the names thereof; (b) whether the Government intends to establish new universities in the country; (c) if so, the locations thereof and the time by which same will be established?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that public sector universities are receiving Rs.1,500/- (non-refundable) from the candidates as registration fee for admission in BS, Programmes; (b) the details of fees by each university during the last three years; (c) whether it is also a fact that the public sector universities start admission process to the BS Programme before the announcement of final result of F.Sc by the respective boards of education; (d) whether it is further a fact that after registration, the candidates are provisionally admitted on the basis of result of the first year of F.Sc, with a condition that if they fail in anysubject, their admission will be cancelled; and (e) what steps are being taken by the Government to simplify the procedure of admissions in BS, Programme by starting the process after announcement of final result of F.Sc by the respective boards?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a Federal Government employees, who died during service before completing the mandatory service period for pension till 2016, were given a special grant of Rs.1400/- by the Federal Employees Benevolent and Group Insurance Funds, while such grant was increased from Rs.1400/- to Rs.6000/- during the year 2016; (b) whether the increase is not applicable to those employees who died before 2016; if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) what steps are being taken by the government to increase the aforesaid amount for widows/family members of such a employee person who died before 2016?

Will the Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety be pleased to state the names of projects running under the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) at present?

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Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state the steps being taken by the present Government to increase the literacy rate in the country so far?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Prime Minister of Pakistan has recently announced to waive off the tuition fees of students studying in different universities all over the country, who belong to the flood-hit areas, specially for Balochistan; (b) whether it is also a fact that the order of the Prime Minister has not, so far, been complied with by the administrations of the universities; if so, the reasons thereof; (c) what steps are being taken by the Government to waiver off the tuition fees to the universities students belonging to the flood affected areas, specially for Balochistan?

Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication be pleased to state: (a) the current value of the country’s IT sector’s annual export; (b) the annual potential exports of the country’s IT sector; (c) constraints that hinder the growth of IT sector exports; (d) what steps are being taken by the Government to address such constraints; and (e) the time by which increase will be made in the country’s exports of IT sector?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) number of teachers approved and available for primary and middle schools in Islamabad; (b) the number of teachers (male and female) fulfilling their official duty at present; (c) whether it is a fact that female teachers are working without salary or contract or without appointment in Mera Beri Chontra, Islamabad; and (d) whether the principles of recruitments are completely followed for making appointments in the primary schools from the nearby villages?

Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state the details of the advantages and disadvantages from the perspective of climate change across the country and the world?

Will the Minister for Aviation be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that there is no nearest airport for the people of the district Dadu and Taluka Sehwan Shairf; as the Sukkur and Karachi is too far them; (b) what steps are being taken by the Government in this regard; and (c) the time by which an airport will be constructed for local flights at Sehwan Sharif for the convenience of the people?

Will the Minister for Aviation be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the management of PIA does not give the salary increment, announced by the Government to its employees on the occasion of every budget; if so, the reasons thereof; (b) whether it is also a fact that PIA employees do not get dearness allowance, and their medical allowance has also been stopped; if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) what corrective measures are being taken by the Government to do the necessary work in this regard?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) whether the marketing promotion of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC’s) Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) project titled “Facilitation of Tourism in Islamabad” has been initiated; (b) if so, the details thereof; if not, the reasons thereof; (c) whether it reflects the poor planning and execution of the management of PTDC, apart from the apprehension of loss of relevant material which was prepared for the project against the cost of million of rupees; (d) name of the company that was awarded the contract for each service for the preparation of the relevant material for the project along with the company profile and the contract price awarded to each, including details of all companies that participated in the bidding process; (e) the benchmark on which such contract was awarded; and (f) whether the said material was prepared after the approval of the Prime Minister or the Cabinet?

Will the Minister for Climate Change be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government regarding the air pollution coming to Pakistan from Indian states; (b) whether the ban on plastic bags in Islamabad is not implemented; if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) the number of trees being cutting and the number of trees planted every year within the boundaries of Islamabad?

Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state: (a) the names, designations, domicile of each employee who has been appointed in the Press Information Department (PID) since January, 2021 till date alongwith mode of appointments of each appointee; (b) the criteria adopted thereof; (c) whether it is a fact that some recruitments in the said tenure have been made without any advertisement and criteria fixed by the Government; (d) if so, the reasons thereof and the action taken against those appointees?

Will the Minister In-Charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) the total number of vehicles purchased, name of vehicles and the total amount spent on purchasing of said vehicles by Cabinet Division during the present Government; and (b) the name of authority approved for purchasing of the aforesaid vehicles?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Establishment Division be pleased to state: (a) whether the quota has been reserved for Ex-FATA in Government jobs before its merger into the KhyberPakhtunkhwa; (b) if so, the details thereof; if not, the reasons thereof; and (c) what corrective measures are being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that millions of rupees originally allocated for National Endowment Scholarships for Talent (NEST) have allegedly been used to get membership of the Islamabad Club for the functionaries of NEST contrary to the actual use of such money; (b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the name of the employees of NEST who have made all administrative and financial arrangements in the matter regardless of being part of NEST or currently posted elsewhere; (c) whether such employees had an authority to do so or they have exceeded their authority; (d) if they were not authorized to do so, what corrective measures are being taken by the Government to determine the responsibility and hold acountable responsible if found guilty; and (e) whether recovery of amount is ensured for utilization of such amount originally allocated thereof?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) how many Federal Ministers, Ministers of State, Advisers and Special Assistants to the Prime Minister have availed/conducted officials foreign visits during the year 2022; (b) what kind of benefits have been achieved by Pakistan from these foreign visits alongwith details thereof; (c) names of countries visited; and (d) details of expenditures incurred on the said official visits of each above?

Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that monthly pensions to the retired employees of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), have not been paid in time due to which hardships is being faced by the said pensioners; (b) if so, whether the Ministry has made arrangements for timely provision of pensions to the above said pensioners; if so, details thereof; if not, reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Quaid-e-Azam University did not issue degree certificates to students since last six months, who have completed Associate Degrees in various programmes through ICT affiliated colleges with QAU; (b) whether it is not a negligence on part of University management for this long delay; (c) the action taken against the responsible persons for such deliberate delay; and (d) the time by which degree will be issued to the students who have already been deposited cost of the degrees of Associate Programme?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the voice and data signals of almost all the cellular phone companies in village Haji Abdul Rehman, Kunbhar, Union Council Nawanabad, Tesil Jam Nawaz Ali, District Sanghar in particular and the remaining villages of the tehsil in general are neglected and consequently thereupon, people of the area have been facing much difficulties; (b) if so, whether the concerned authorities have taken notice of the fact and has conducted a survey to find out the signal speed of every cellular phone company operating in the area; (c) if so, the details thereof; if not, reasons thereof; and (d) what corrective measures are being taken by all cellular phone companies to increase signal strength as soon as possible?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that continuous disturbances of telephone mobile network, has caused massive inconvenience not only utilization of the internet but also connectivity in town committee Kadhan and UC’s Mitho Khan Chandio, Badin Sindh, due to which causing grave concern amongst the inhabitats of the above areas; and (b) the time by which smooth working of the mobile network will be restored?

Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact the contract for construction of D. G Residence and Science Block at National Institute of Science and Technical Education (NISTE) Complex, H-8/1, Islamabad was awarded in 2007 and at the time of completion of the project, further additional work was assigned to the contractor by the then D. G NISTE in consultation with consultant of the project; if so, details thereof; (b) whether it is also a fact that even after lapse of fifteen years, the payment of such additional work has not yet been paid to the contractor; if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) what steps are being taken by the Government to make such payment clear as soon as possible?