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Assembly Parliamentary Year Session No Sitting No. Question Question Type Ministry
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that public and private sector universities in the country increase their fees by 10 to 15% after every semester; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to officially fix fees for the said universities, if so, when?
Starred Federal Education and Professional Training
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that NHA had launched a project for widening and carpeting of Akhagram-Panakot road but the same has not been completed so far, if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which the same will be completed; (b) whether it is a fact that a project for reconstruction of Chakdara-Timergara road has been approved, if so, the time by which work will be started on the same; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct two bridges or a by pass at Talash, on Chakdara-Timergara road as part of the said project, if so, its details?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the width of Chakdara-Mingora and Mangora-Kalam roads; (b) whether it is a fact that the width of the said roads is the same as in the time of State of Swat, if so, the reasons for not widening the same so far; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to reconstruct and widen the said roads, if so, its details?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to refer to the Senate starred question No.3, replied on 13th May, 2014 and state: (a) the exact location where the Malakand Tunnel is being constructed / built; (b) the reasons for huge gape between the date of approval of the project and date of commencement of work on the same; and (c) the increase in the cost of the said project likely to be caused by the said gape / delay?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the criteria prescribed for registration of private courier companies in the country; and (b) the names and addresses of the said companies presently registered in the country?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the details of property of the Pakistan Post presently rented out in the country indicating also the location and measurement of property and rent being charged, per month, in each case; and (b) the details of rent agreements made in respect of the said property and the names of individuals / companies with whom the same have been made?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the names of construction companies which have been fined and blacklisted by the Ministry of Communications or National Highway Authority (NHA) during the last three years; (b) whether the names of the said companies have been communicated to the Pakistan Engineering Council; and (c) whether any of those companies has been awarded any contract by the Ministry of Communications or National Highway Authority (NHA) after imposition of ban / blacklisting, if so, the names of such companies and the name of authority which approved the award of contract in each case?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the date on which the project of construction of road from Taxila to Haripur via Khanpur was approved; (b) the present status of the said project; and (c) whether it is a fact that work has not been started on that project so far, if so, its reasons and the time by which the same will be started and completed?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the names, present age, educational qualifications and expertise in the relevant field of the retired officers presently working in Fatima Jinnah Women University, NUST and other universities in the country; and (b) the procedure adopted for appointment of the said persons?
Starred Federal Education and Professional Training
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state the names of universities in the country the posts of heads / VCs of which are lying vacant at present indicating also the date of occurrence of vacancy and reasons for not filling the same so far in each case?
Starred Federal Education and Professional Training
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct road from Hassan Abdal to Rai Kot, if so, the details thereof?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the number of applicants / students who were not granted admission in the colleges and universities under the administrative control of the Federal Government due to limited / insufficient capacity during the last two years with gender-wise and institution-wise break-up; and (b) the steps proposed to be taken by the Government for enhancing the capacity of the said colleges and universities in order to accommodate more students?
Starred Federal Education and Professional Training
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the road connecting Mirpur Khas to Umerkot in the Province of Sindh has been handed over to the National Highway Authority, if so, whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to convert that road into dual carriage way; and (b) the amount allocated for repair and maintenance of the said road during the current financial year?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the details of emergency services available on motorways in the country; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to provide helicopter or air ambulance service on the said motorways, if so, the progress made in this regard so far?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether the educational certificates and degrees of the persons working in Allama Iqbal Open and Quaid-e-Azam Universities have been got verified, if so, the details of the certificates and degrees of the Vice Chancellors, Professors and Lecturers of both the Universities which have been got verified; and (b) the names of the persons working in the said universities whose certificates / degrees have been got verified from foreign educational institutions / universities?
Starred Federal Education and Professional Training
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons appointed in the Ministry of Federal Education and professional Training its attached departments, subordinate offices and autonomous and semi autonomous bodies and boards etc. 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 boards etc. in BPS-5 and above?
Starred Federal Education and Professional Training
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the date on which last auction was held for Toll Tax Plazas on Motorways in the country; (b) whether it is a fact that toll tax on the said motorways has recently been increased by 50%, if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) whether that increase was included in the terms and conditions of the said auction?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the policy / criteria laid down for sanctioning / construction of interchanges on the motorways in the country?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government for up-gradation of the road from Tarnol to Kohat and onward upto Thall, District Hangu, if so, its details?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct road from Gawadar to China under the Pak-China Economic Corridor programme, if so, the details of its proposed design and estimated cost with section-wise break-up?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Government has constituted a search committee for appointment of Vice Chancellors of the public universities in the country, if so, the composition of the same; and (b) whether it is a fact that there is no representation of Balochistan, Gilgat Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir in the said committee, if so, its reasons?
Starred Federal Education and Professional Training
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the amount allocated in budget 2013-14 and 2014-15 for recurring and development expenditures of the public sector universities in the country; and (b) the amount allocated in the said budgets for the said expenditures, separately, of the public sector universities in Balochistan?
Starred Federal Education and Professional Training
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that scholarships for talented students of Balochistan for higher education in local and foreign educational institutions have been announced recently; (b) the details of students belonging to Balochistan province who have been awarded the said scholarships during the years 2013 and 2014; and (c) the criteria adopted for awarding those scholarships?
Starred Federal Education and Professional Training
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state the names of projects launched by the National Highway Authority in the country during the last five years with province-wise break up indicating also the present status of each project and the time by which work will be completed on the projects which have not been completed so far?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the amount allocated for Lowari Tunnel project in budget 2014-15; and (b) the time by which the said project will be completed?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state the details of foreign visits undertaken by the incumbent Prime Minister of Pakistan since he took charge of his Office indicating also the names of countries visited, the names and designations etc. of the members of entourage, duration, expenditures incurred and objectives achieved in each case?
Starred Foreign Affairs
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to handover the control of Chapar road from Haripur to Darband and Thakot, District Mansehara, to the National Highway Authority, if so, when?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the names of organizations / departments under the administrative control of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination indicating also the salient achievements of each of them during the last five years?
Starred National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether it is a fact that the road (N-45) at Katkala between Chakdara and Talash, District Dir, has been scratched, if so, the purpose / reasons for scratching the same and the date on which it was scratched?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development be pleased to state: (a) the number of Vocational Training Institutes established by the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development in the country with province-wise break-up; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to improve the performance of those institutes?
Starred Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the names of ongoing health projects being funded by foreign countries, international donors and financial institutions; and (b) the details of financial assistance provided by the said countries, donors and institutions for those projects during the present regime and the details of its utilization with province-wise break-up?
Starred National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the number of employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs working on contract and daily wages basis who were recommended for regularization of their services by the Sub-Committee of the Cabinet on regularization of contract / daily wages employees during the last Government of Pakistan Peoples Party; and (b) whether it is a fact that the then Prime Minister granted approval of regularization of services of such employees, if so, the present status of employment and payment of salaries and allowances to the said employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
Starred Foreign Affairs
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to establish state-of-the art universities in rural areas of the country?
Starred Federal Education and Professional Training
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to upgrade the existing sports infrastructure in the country upto the international standards / level; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to make those sports federations accountable which fail to produce players of international standards despite obtaining huge funds from the Government every year?
Starred Inter-Provincial Coordination
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) the literacy rate in the country with province-wise break-up; (b) the steps being taken by the Government to increase the said rate in the country; and (c) the details of assistance being provided by the Federal Government to the provincial governments to increase the literacy rate in each province?
Starred Federal Education and Professional Training
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to increase the allocation of funds for Lowari Tunnel Project as per its requirements?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any project in progress to impart technical training to the youth of Balochistan Province, if so, the number of youths presently getting training under that project; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to launch such project if the same is not in progress at present, if so, when?
Starred Federal Education and Professional Training
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to hire a lobbyist in Washington DC, if so, the reasons thereof; (b) the details of lobbyist firm / firms proposed to be hired and the proposed terms and conditions for their hiring; (c) whether the Government of Pakistan engaged lobbyists in Washington DC between 2000-2013, if so, the reasons thereof; and (d) the details of lobbyist firms hired during the said period indicating also the terms and conditions of hiring in each case?
Starred Foreign Affairs
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the number of officers and officials working in the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan; (b) the names, designations and names of parent departments of the persons working on deputation basis in the said authority; and (c) the number of persons working on contract basis in that authority with cadre-wise / grade-wise break-up?
Starred National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to ensure provision of life saving medicines at affordable prices to the poorest of the poor in the country?
Starred National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the names, locations, length and estimated cost of motorways proposed to be constructed in the country in near future; and (b) the amount allocated for construction of the said motorways in the budget for fiscal year 2014-15?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the details of health projects / programmes at Federal level being funded by foreign donors?
Starred National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs be pleased to refer to the Senate starred question No.134 replied on 23rd October, 2014 and state whether any agreements, treaties or MOUs were signed, proposed or considered during the bilateral visits to the foreign countries undertaken by the Chief Ministers of Provincial Governments since June, 2013, if so, the details thereof?
Starred Foreign Affairs
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state; (a) whether it is a fact that PMDC has recommended for closure of Al-Razi Medical College, Peshwar, Hashmat Medical College, Gujarat and Sahiwal Medical College, Sahiwal; and (b) whether any action has been taken on the said recommendations of PIMDC, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof?
Starred National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: (a) the names of crops in which Pakistan is self sufficient; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to improve per acre yield of major crops in the country?
Starred National Food Security and Research
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development be pleased to state: (a) the estimated number of unemployed persons in the country; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to create job opportunities for the said persons in the country?
Starred Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the procedure laid down for determining / fixing the price of imported and locally produced medicines; (b) the ratio of profit allowed to importers and producers of medicines in the country; (c) the names of life-saving drugs and their manufacturers the price of which were increased during the last one year indicating also the reasons for increase in each case; and (d) whether it is a fact that the prices of medicines in Pakistan are higher than those in the neighbouring countries, if so, the reasons thereof?
Starred National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the number of cases of Polio, HIV and AIDS registered in the country during the past two years; (b) the names of foreign countries and international donor agencies which provided aid to control HIV and AIDS in the country during the last two years indicating also the amount provided by each of them and the amount utilized out of the same so far; (c) the funds / amount released by the Government under the National AIDS Control Programme during the last two years with province-wise break-up; and (d) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to control HIV / AIDS in the country?
Starred National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) the names, designation and date of present posting of the persons working on regular and daily wages basis in BPS 1 to 16 under the administrative control of GM Punjab, National Highway Authority; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to regularize the services of the said daily wages employees?
Starred Communication
Senate 12 230 3
Will the Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a number of persons have been working in Tower Maintenance Department of the Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment Islamabad on contract basis since 2011; (b) whether it is also a fact that a case for regularization of the services of the said employees is under consideration since September, 2014 but the same has not been finalized so far, f so, the reasons thereof and the time by which the same will be finalized and their services will be regularized; and (c) whether it is a fact that those persons have not been paid their salaries for the last four months, if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which the same will be paid to them?
Starred Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development



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