Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the number of officers belonging to Sindh and Balochistan presently working in WAPDA?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided financial assistance for the construction of the Neelum Jehlum Hydro Power Project and Dasu Dam, if so, the amount thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to obtain further financial assistance from the ADB or other international donors or financial institutions for the said projects, if so, the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that electricity worth Rs. 2000 billions is being stolen annually in the country, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to control the same; and (b) the amount recovered on account of said theft by the present Government so far?

Will the Minister for Water & Power be pleased to state whether it is fact that International Organizations including IMF and World Bank in their reports have indicated that the Indus system in the country is fast becoming a closed basin in which all of the available renewable resources are already allocated for use, if so, the steps being taken by the Government to find ways for efficient usage of available water and alternatives in the country?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the quantum of water presently being received by each province and FATA from rivers and other water sources in the country?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the quantum of electricity presently being generated through hydel, gas, thermal, solar and wind etc. with province-wise break up including FATA?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to withdraw the subsidies being given to the domestic electricity consumers in the country at present, if so, the reasons thereof indicating also its justification?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the names, educational qualifications, experience, nature of appointments and criterion adopted for the appointment of CEOs / MDs of DISCOs and GENCOs; (b) the qualification and experience prescribed for the Board of Directors of the said DISCOs and GENCOs indicating also the criterion adopted for the appointment of those Directors; and (c) whether the Boards of Directors of the above said DISCOs and GENCOs are in order?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a Chinese Company namely Dong Fong has constructed a hydel power project at Jinnah Barrage, Mianwali, if so; (b) the date of commencement of the work on the said project along with its date of completion indicating also the capacity and the cost involved; and (c) whether the said project has been handed over to WAPDA or otherwise?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the names and educational qualifications of sub-engineers promoted as engineers in PESCO, in January, 2014 indicating also the names of educational institutions from where they received their degrees; and (b) the names, place of domiciles and grades of those persons appointed in PESCO since January, 2015 to date?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that under the relevant rules a 50 kv transformer is provided / installed on the basis of 48 electricity connections; (b) if answer to part (a) above is in affirmative then whether the said rule is being followed in letter and spirit to avoid burning of transformers due to heavy load and loss to the exchequer; and (c) the number of the above said transformers burnt due to heavy load during the last year?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the details of buildings hired in Islamabad for the offices of various Government Departments during the last two years indicating also the names of the departments for which the same have been hired?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the details of incidents of falling of electricity wires occurred in the country during the fiscal year 2014-15 indicating also the location of the incident and loss of lives and property caused in each case; and (b) the details of compensation paid to the persons / families affected by the said incidents?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the quantity of electricity being provided to each DISCO in the country on daily basis; and (b) the rate at which electricity is being provided to each DISCO and the rate at which each DISCO is providing the same to consumers?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the amount of royalty on hydel power generation presently payable to the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; and (b) the reasons for not paying that amount to the said Government and the time by which the same will be paid?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the names, designations, grades, length of service and the name of department of the Government employees who have been allotted plots in Islamabad during the last three years indicating also the Plot No., Sector and date of allotment in each case?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state that: (a) whether it is a fact that no houses / flats have been constructed for Government employees in Islamabad during the last fifteen years, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to construct new houses / flats for Government employees in Islamabad, if so, when?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government for provision of un-interrupted supply of natural gas to domestic consumers in the country during the coming winter season?

Will the Minister for Human Rights be pleased to state the amount allocated for the welfare of women in the country since 2009 with year wise break up indicating also the mode of utilization of the same?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Ministers Office be pleased to state: (a) the amount spent by ERRA in A.J.K, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Batagram, Kohistan and other affected areas for rehabilitation and construction work in wake of 2005 earthquake; (b) whether any amount meant for the said work was utilized in Multan, Shangla, Larkana, or any other place in the country, if so, the quantum of the same; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government for completion of unfinished work on schools, hospitals and roads in Mansehra under rehabilitation program?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the details of electricity produced in the country through various sources which was added to the National Grid since March 2013 with source-wise breakup?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the names and generation capacity of Independent Power Projects (IPPs) working in the country at present; (b) the quantum of electricity produced and added to the National Grid by the said IPPs from August 2014 to August 2015; and (c) the quantum of electricity being provided daily by the said IPPs to NTDC?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that all the electricity meters were replaced by fast running meters of Block No. 15-D, I-8/1, Islamabad without permission of the consumers of the said block; and (b) whether it is also a fact that electricity wiring of the said block is out of order which aggravates the speed of those meters which results electricity bills on the higher side, if so, the time by which the said wires would be repaired alongwith the reasons of not repairing those wires till todate?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the names of companies which submitted tenders for the work of transmission line of the Golan Gol Hydropower project; and (b) the name of the company which was successful in the said bidding and the rate of bidding submitted by the same?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a) the names of the cities where branch offices of Federal Services Tribunal have been established; (b) the number of cases presently lying pending in the said Tribunal; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish more branches of that Tribunal?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state whether any integrated system of self accountability exists in NAB in order to make the process of accountability transparent and unbiased, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons for not establishing such system?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state the names and other particulars of the persons and departments who were acquitted by the courts in the cases established by National Accountability Bureau against them since the establishment of that Bureau?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that as per policy, a refinery is established in the district / province where oil and gas field exist or from where the same are explored; and (b) whether it is also a fact that oil has been discovered at Shakardara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but no refinery has been established there so far, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation has written letters to the Constitutional Bodies / Institutions for verification of their employees for allotment of plot at Bhara Kahu, Islamabad; (b) the names of the said bodies / institutions which have verified their employees and informed the Foundation accordingly indicating also the date on which each body / institution sent the verification letter to the Foundation; and (c) whether it is also a fact that the plots have not been allotted to the employees of the said bodies / institution so far, if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which allotment letters will be issued to them?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that WAPDA / PESCO has not supplied electricity to Boni city, District Chitral, so far, if so, the time by which the same will be provided to that city?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleases to refer to Senate starred question no 121, replied on 15th May, 2015 and state: (a) whether PC-1 of 132 KV grid station for Tor Ghar has been approved, if not, its reasons; and (b) the proposed site and expected date of completion of the said grid station?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a work order No. 2228-31 was issued by PEPCO on 23-08-2014 under ELR, if so, the number of transformers approved vide that order and the locations for which the same were approved; (b) whether the other required material has been provided / issued under the said work order; (c) the progress made for implementation of that order so far; (d) whether it is also a fact that work has not been started under the said work order so far, if so, the reasons thereof; and (e) whether it is further a fact that work has done on other work orders which were issued after the said work order?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state the production and consumption of the natural gas in the country at present with province-wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the number of applications submitted by the Government employees for allotment of plots in the housing scheme presently launched by the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation; (b) the time by which plots will be allotted to the said applicants; and (c) whether all the said applicants will be allotted / provided plots?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the names and addresses of the persons who have submitted applications for NOC for establishment of LPG stations in Rawalpindi division indicating also the proposed location of such station in each case; (b) the time by which NOCs will be issued to the said applicants; and (c) the width of road required to be there in front of such stations as prescribed in the criteria laid down for issuance of that NOC?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that electric poles have not been erected in the area of Rahi Lora, District Abbottobad and electric wires have been tied with trees, if so, the reasons thereof and the time by which poles will be erected there for lying the electric wires thereof?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a) the purpose for creation of Access to Justice Fund; and (b) the details of utilization of the said fund during the last five years with province wise / area wise break-up?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state the names and designations of the retired government employees who have been appointed against various posts in Pakistan PWD, indicating also the post against which each of them has been appointed, date of retirement from previous government service and date of appointment in Pakistan PWD?

Will the Minister of Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the number and locations of WAPDA complaint office established in District Tank indicating also the number of persons working in each office; (b) the number of complaints submitted to those offices during the last five years and the number of the same which have been disposed of; and (c) the number of times the transformers installed in villages Medadkhel, Umerkhek, Bain, Amakhel, Kaka Khel and Mulazie, District Tank, became out of order during the said period indicating also the amount spent on their repairing?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the procedure laid down for installing more than one electricity meter in private houses in Islamabad; (b) the number of private houses in Islamabad where more than one meter has been installed; (c) whether the same procedure is applicable for installing more than one meter in Government accommodations, if so, the number of Government accommodations in Islamabad where such meters have been installed; and (d) whether it is a fact that there is a disparity in the procedure for installing more than one meter in private houses and Government accommodations, if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the number of Government accommodations in illegal occupation at present; (b) whether the said illegal occupants are paying standard rent for those accommodations to the Estate Offices; and (c) the reasons for not getting the said accommodations vacated so far?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the officers that come under the term “designated officers” in terms of Rule 4 (3)of the Accommodation Allocation Rules 2002; (b) the competent authority to designate an officer as “designated officers”; and (c) the names, designations together with the names of departments who have been allotted designated government accommodation in Islamabad under the said Rule?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) total number of Government accommodations in Islamabad, with sector-wise and category-wise breakup; (b) the details of the said accommodations presently in illegal occupation indicating also the names, designations and names of departments of the illegal occupants and dates from which the same are in illegal occupation; and (c) the details of cases of illegal occupation in which the courts have stayed further proceedings and date of stay order in each case and the subsequent steps taken by the Ministry including seeking vacation of the stay order?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the Government has imposed ban on change of Government accommodations under rule 12 of the Accommodation Allocation Rules, 2002, if so, the reasons thereof and the date from which the ban has been imposed; and (b) the details of houses allotted under the said rule since June 2013 indicating also the names, designations and names of departments of the allotees concerned and the date of allotment in each case?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state: (a) the names and place of domicile of the persons sent for Hajj duty in 2015 indicating also the names of their departments; (b) the details of remuneration paid to the said persons for Hajj duty; and (c) the criteria laid down for selection of persons for that duty?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state: (a) the names, designations, if any, and other particulars of the persons sent for Hajj on Government expenses in 2015; and (b) the criteria adopted for selection of the said persons?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony be pleased to state: (a) the number of persons who came to Pakistan during the last five years for visiting religious and sacred places of their religions, with country-wise break up; and (b) the number of Pakistanis who visited abroad, other than Saudi Arabia, for religious purposes during the said period with country-wise break up?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the revised cost of Nandi Pur Power Project and the amount actually spent thereon; and (b) the estimated cost of conversion of the said plant into gas fired plant?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) the number of new industrial gas connections approved by the Government during the years 2013-14 and 2014-15 with province wise break up; and (b) the number of applications submitted for enhancement of existing industrial gas connections during the said period indicating also the number of cases approved out of the same with province wise break up and the enhancement in capacity (mmcf or mmcfd) caused by the same?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the number of new industrial electricity connections provided in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the years 2013-14 and 2014-15; and (b) the number of applications submitted for enhancement of existing industrial electricity connections in that province during the said period indicating also the number of cases approved out of that same and the enhancement in capacity (MW) caused by the same?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Prime Ministers Office be pleased to state the number of persons presently working in the Prime Ministers Office, its attached departments, corporations, subordinate offices and institutions etc. with grade-wise and province-wise breakup?

Will the Minister Incharge of the Presidents Secretariat be pleased to state the number of persons presently working in the Presidents Secretariat, its attached departments, corporations, subordinate offices and institutions etc. with grade-wise and province-wise breakup?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the transformers installed in village Darkali Shar Shahi, Tehsil Kallar Syedan, District Rawalpindi, are dysfunctional for the last several months, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) the reasons for not making the said transformers functional so far and the time by which the same will be made functional?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that transmission lines / electricity wires installed in village Chaper, Tehsil Kallar Syedan, District Rawalpindi, have passed their life span, if so, the time by which the same will be replaced?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether if is a fact that 50 kv electric transformer installed in village Phaldar, Union Council Naka pani, Tehsil Oggi, District Mansehra has gone out of order due to heavy load; (b) whether it is also a fact that the residents of the above said village got the said transformer repaired on self finance basis and thereafter one of its coil burnt again; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the government to replace the said transformer with the capacity of 100 kv, if so, the expected date of its replacement, if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the WAPDA recovers its line loss through charging its consumers who pay their electricity bills; and (b) the number of cases registered by the IESCO and PESCO against theft of electricity since 1st June 2015, and the action taken against them?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that bifurcation of Oghi and Darband transmission lines has recently been approved, if so, the time by which that bifurcation will be done?

Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact the village Kajla and Dehri Union Council Nikka pani, District Mansehra tehsil Oghi is connected to the main electric line of Tourghar; and (b) whether any survey was conducted to connect said villages with Darband line at village Jandri, if so when, if not the reason thereof?

Will the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a lot of load shedding of natural gas is done in Islamabad during winter season, if so, the reasons thereof; and (b) whether the Government has taken precautionary measures to avoid the said load shedding this year, if so, the details thereof?