Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) whether the concerned authority has taken notice of low pressure of gas in Municipal Committee, Tando Jam, District Hyderabad; if so, the details thereof; and (b) the steps being taken to enhance pressure of natural gas in said area?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that millions of rupees were released to provide gas to rural Tehsils of Hyderabad during the fiscal year 2015-16; (b) if answer to part (a) above is in the affirmative, whether it is also a fact that conerned department could not provide gas to said tehsils; if so, the reasons thereof; (c) the present status of funds which were provided/allocated for the purpose during the said period alongwith the utilization thereof; and (d) the time by which gas will be provided to said Tehsils?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state:     (a) whether it is a fact that it has been made compulsory to the oil and gas extracting companies to locally fill the posts of class-IV employees where such companies work;     (b) if so, whether it is also a fact that such companies working in the Tehsil Hyderabad-Rural could not fill the posts of class-IV on local basis;     (c)  if so, the reasons thereof along with number of persons working against to posts of class-IV in each oil and gas company of the aforesaid Tehsil; and     (d) the steps being taken by the relevant authorities to compel the aforesaid companies to locally fill the posts of class-IV in letter and spirit?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state: (a) the Union Council-wise number of beneficiaries of Benazir Income Support Programme at its inception in District Hyderabad; (b) the Union Council-wise number of corralled persons who were lateron removed to be beneficiaries of program along with justification thereof; (c) whether the Government intends to resurvey in the said District to determine more deserving beneficiaries; if so, when; if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) the year-wise volume of  funds collected from Oil and Gas companies working in Tehsil Hyderabad-Rural during the last five years; (b) the year-wise funds disbursed to the district administration Hyderabad during the said period; (c) the mechanism of monitoring the usage of such funds; and (d) the steps being taken to ensure the usage of such funds for the welfare of communities of area concerned in letter and spirit?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) whether the Gas pipelines connected to Block No.7, Category-V, I-9/4, Islamabad are old and blocked; (b) whether excessive Gas load shedding is made in said Block as compared to other Blocks; if so, the action taken by the authority to curb the said issue; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration to change/replace old pipelines connected to the said Block; if so, the time by which it will be completed?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether the number of cancer patients is increasing day by day in the country, whereas the infrastructure is not sufficient to meet the challenges; if so, the details and the reasons thereof; (b) whether the Government has also taken notice of expensiveness of medicines of cancer; (c) whether the Government has conducted study in recent past to identify the reasons of increase in number of cancer patients in the country and how can the disease be prevented; if so, the details thereof; if not is there any proposal under consideration to conduct such study; and (d) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure availability of cancer medicines at affordable/inexpensive prices, develop sufficient infrastructure of treatment of cancer and prevention of the disease at initial level?

Will the Minister for Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any plan to re-assess the policy of open skies by the Government recently; if so, when such reassessment was made along with details thereof; (b) whether a fact that the said plan was detrimental to PIA,as several domestic and international routes, previously operated by the PIA, were captured by other airlines; (c) if so, is there any proposal under consideration of the Government to conduct a forensic audit and identify negative details/impact thereof to PIA and fix it for corrective measures; (d) if so, the time by which it will be implemented?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that resurvey/National Rollout of Benazir Income Support Programme in the entire country has been planned to carry the same under National Socio Economic Registry; if so, the details thereof; (b) time-frame fixed for the conclusion of such resurvey/rollout; (c) the benchmark upon which such resurvey/rollout will be conducted; and (d) whether Government will be able to include new beneficiaries in the program before next budget; if so, the details; if not the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to refer to the Starred Question No. 125 replied on 17-12-2018 and to state: (a) whether it is a fact that despite assuring the National Assembly to start field activity for data collection of BISP from 2nd week of December 2018, physical activity for data collection could not start so far; if so, the justification thereof; (b) time by which, the said activity will be started and completed; (c) whether the representatives of National and Provincial Assemblies of the area will be consulted while collecting the said data; if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof; and (d) details of those persons who are appointed for the activity, from Tehsil Hyderabad-Rural?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile be pleased to state: (a) the year-wise value in terms of billion rupees of pulses imported during the last five fiscal years; (b) the name of Government agency which forwarded the proposal to the Ministry for the import of each said pulses; and (c) whether the Ministry has made prior assessment of the rational of the import of pulses; if so, the details; if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited had posted/earned profit in recent years; if so, the details of last five years; (b) if both the entities had posted profit in recent years, the justification of deficit of 157 billion or so, as it is claimed by the Government alongwith components of such deficit in clear terms; and (c) whether the amount of aforesaid deficit has been spent or invested on some projects; if so, the details thereof; and (d) whether the Gas entities or Government earned profit or are expected to earn profit on such spending or investment in coming years; if so, the details thereof;?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) whether the Gas pipelines connected to Block No.7, Category-V, I-9/4, Islamabad are old and blocked; (b) whether excessive Gas load shedding is made in said Block as compared to other Blocks; if so, the action taken by the authority to curb the said issue; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration to change/replace old pipelines connected to the said Block; if so, the time by which it will be completed?

Will the Minister for Aviation Division be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any plan to re-assess the policy of open skies by the Government recently; if so, when such reassessment was made alongwith details thereof; (b) whether a fact that the said plan was detrimental to PIA, as several domestic and international routes, previously operated by the PIA, were captured by other airlines; (c) if so, is there any proposal under consideration of the Government to conduct a forensic audit and identify negative details/impact thereof to PIA and fix it for corrective measures; (d) if so, the time by which it will be implemented?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that resurvey/ National Rollout of Benazir Income Support Programme in the entire country has been planned to carry the same under National Socio Economic Registry; if so, the details thereof;(b) time-frame fixed for the conclusion of such resurvey/rollout; (c) the benchmark upon which such resurvey/rollout will be conducted; and (d) whether Government will be able to include new beneficiaries in the program before next budget; if so, the details; if not the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division be pleased to refer to the Starred Question No. 125 replied on 17-12-2018 and to state: (a) whether it is a fact that despite assuring the National Assembly to start field activity for data collection of BISPfrom 2nd week of December 2018, physical activity for data collection could not start so far; if so, the justification thereof; (b) time by which, the said activity will be started and completed; (c) whether the representatives of National and Provincial Assemblies of the area will be consulted while collecting the said data; if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof; and (d) details of those persons who are appointed for the activity, from Tehsil Hyderabad-Rural?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited had posted/ earned profit in recent years; if so, the details of last five years; (b) if both the entities had posted profit in recent years, the justification of deficit of 157 billion or so, as it is claimed by the Government alongwith components of such deficit in clear terms; and (c) whether the amount of aforesaid deficit has been spent or invested on some projects; if so, the details thereof; and 14 (d) whether the Gas entities or Government earned profit or are expected to earn profit on such spending or investment in coming years; if so, the details thereof;?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Tax Administration Reform project was initiated in recent years to enhance the tax collection; (b) if so, the present status of the project; (c) total expenditure incurred thereupon up till now; (d) whether it is also a fact that such reform project proved detrimental to tax collection and in particular the project is becoming supportive to leakage of billions of rupees of sale tax every year; (e) if so, the details of collection of Sale Tax for the five years before the project and after the project; and (f) the steps being taken by the Government to fix this mess?

Will the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB) does not pay full amount of pension to the pensioners who draw their pension from the bank; (b) whether it is also a fact that the MCB deducts some amount from principal amount of pension of every pensioner; if so, the justification and reasons thereof; (c) whether the State Bank of Pakistan being a central regulator has taken the notice of such illegal deductions made by the MCB; (d) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to ensure drawing of full payment of pension to pensioners and return payments which is already illegally deducted from pensioners account?

Will the Minister for Energy be pleased to state: (a) whether the Gas pipelines connected to Block No.7, Category-V, I-9/4, Islamabad are old and blocked; (b) whether excessive Gas load shedding is made in said Block as compared to other Blocks; if so, the action taken by the authority to curb the said issue; and (c) whether there is any proposal under consideration to change/replace old pipelines connected to the said Block; if so, the time by which it will be completed?

Will the Minister for Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that both electronic and print media have been relaying donation campaign of Diamer-Bhasha and Mohamand Dam since its start free of cost; (b) if so, the estimated cost of per advertisement in print and electronic media of such campaign; (c) whether such free of cost campaign on aforesaid media was ordered to relay by Supreme Court of Pakistan, Government of Pakistan or it has been relayed by media itself; (d) if such campaign has been relaying on the orders of Court or Government the relevant provision of rules, which empowers either Court or Government to order print and electronic media for relaying such campaign free of cost?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) number of persons who have been working in National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) either on deputation basis or any other mode of appointment other than regular appointment at present; (b) when were services of each taken alongwith terms and conditions of the appointment of each; (c) whether educational credentials of each were verified by the relevant authorities; if so, the details thereof; (d) whether it is a fact that persons working on deputation basis were sent to foreign training; if so, the details alongwith justification thereof; and (e) whether authority has taken notice that employees of NACTA have been using their personal accounts of social media applications for promotion of political parties; if so, the details thereof and action taken by the authority in this regard?

Will the Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan be pleased to state: (a) whether the Ministry has taken notice that several temporary employees of different departments of the Gilgit-Baltistan, who have either been working on contingency or contractual basis for the last many years not regularized; if so, the departmentwise number of such employees at present; and (b) what steps are being taken by the Ministry to regularize said employees on permanent basis at an earliest?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) detail of officials/private visits abroad by each employee of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP), during last five years alongwith their name, designation and country of visit; (b) whether each of above employee obtained NOC for such visits; (c) whether it is a fact that drug manufacturing companies and their distributors sponsors visits of DRAP employees to get favours; (d) if so, what corrective measures are being taken in this regard?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile be pleased to state: (a) the year-wise value and volume of each agricultural product, which have been imported during the last five years; (b) the authority who recommended such import to the country; (c) whether Government has taken note before importing such products that being a an agriculture country such imports could be proved detrimental to agricultural sector of the country; if so, the details thereof; (d) if not, what steps are being taken by the Government to bring all relevant Government institutions under one umbrella before making decisions?

Will the Minister for Commerce and Textile be pleased to state: (a) whether an assessment to determine the impact of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on economy and industries has been made; if so, the details thereof; and (b) whether Government intends to review the said FTAs in order to make it favorable for the country; if so the details thereof?

Will the Minister for Interior be pleased to state: (a) number of persons who have been working in National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) either on deputation basis or any other mode of appointment other than regular appointment at present; (b) when were services of each taken alongwith terms and conditions of the appointment of each; (c) whether educational credentials of each were verified by the relevant authorities; if so, the details thereof; (d) whether it is a fact that persons working on deputation basis were sent to foreign training; if so, the details alongwith justification thereof; and (e) whether authority has taken notice that employees of NACTA have been using their personal accounts of social media applications for promotion of political parties; if so, the details thereof and action taken by the authority in this regard?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) detail of officials/private visits abroad by each employee of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP), during last five years alongwith their name, designation and country of visit; (b) whether each of above employee obtained NOC for such visits; (c) whether it is a fact that drug manufacturing companies and their distributors sponsors visits of DRAP employees to get favours;(d) if so, what corrective measures are being taken in this regard?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state: (a) the estimated cost of ML-I project in terms of dollars, when the project was conceived; (b) whether it is a fact that the estimated cost of the project has either been increased or expected to increase; if so, the details thereof alongwith reasons of such increase; (c) what steps are being taken to complete project within estimated cost?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state the expenditure incurred upon advertisements of NAYA Pakistan Housing Programme in electronic and print media since the inception of the programme alongwith break-up of the distribution of such advertisements to each newspaper and TV channel in terms of value and volume thereof?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: (a) whether Government has taken notice of consistent decrease in cultivation area of cotton for the last several years that is eventually reducing the production of crop in the country; if so, the details thereof; (b) whether Government has evaluated such reduction of crop in order to identify reasons thereof; and (c) what steps are being taken by the Federal Government with the collaboration of provinces to increase cultivation area of the crop and increase its production alongwith detail of any study conducted and research on new cotton seeds for higher yields?

Will the Minister In-charge of the President’s Secretariat be pleased to state: (a) details of different events conducted in the Presidency, since September 9th, 2018; (b) the nature of each event alongwith expenditure incurred upon each event; (c) whether such expenditure are borne either by Presidency or any other agency; if so, the detail thereof; and (d) the rational of holding such events in Presidency?

Will the Minister for Commerce be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), which have been signed by the Pakistan have proven detrimental to the economy of the country in general and indigenous industries in particular; (b) if so, whether concerned authorities of the Government has conducted an assessment to determine the exact magnitude of negative impact of the said FTAs to the economy and industries; if so, the details thereof; (c) whether Government intends to review the said FTAs in order to make it favourable to the country; if so, the details; if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a) the details of recommendations received from Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan to reform criminal and Civil procedures to ensure speedy and inexpensive justice to common man during the last five years; (b) detail of those recommendations, which have been implemented; (c) details of those recommendations, which are pending at present alongwith justification of their pendency; and (d) what steps are being taken to incorporate all such recommendations of the Commission in order to ensure speedy and inexpensive justice, as enshrined in the Constitution?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a) the Court/Province-wise details of total number of posts of Judges sanctioned and lying vacant in High Courts and the lower 20 judiciary alongwith time since each of above post is vacant; and (b) the steps being taken to fill these posts expeditiously?

Will the Minister for Communications be pleased to state: (a) whether prior to build, M-9 traffic load was assessed of the road, particularly with reference to its design, requirement of lines and construction; if so, the details thereof; (b) if such assessment was made, what changes and rectification were made in the design of the M-9 in light of such assessment and whether the existing lines are enough to meet the traffic load thereon; (c) whether the concerned authorities of the Government has taken notice of deteriorating conditions of M-9 after every passing day; if so, the details thereof; and (d) what corrective measures are being taken to bring the M-9 at par with the Motorways of the rest of the country, by bringing necessary changes therein?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: (a) when was first locust attack reported in 2019 alongwith efforts, which had been made by the Federal Government to tackle the attack of locust; (b) the volume and value of crops, which have been destroyed in the recent attack of locust; (c) the contribution of both Federal and Provincial Governments with regard to tackle the attack of locust; (d) whether it is a fact that an emergency has been declared, recently; if so, the features of such emergency and date upon such emergency was declared; and (e) what steps are being taken by the Government to handle attacks of locust in future?

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Will the Minister for Energy (Petroleum Division) be pleased to state: (a) whether the Ministry or any other relevant authority of the Government has taken notice of intimidations of fertilizer sector to increase the prices of fertilizers; if and when Government tries to collect outstanding amount of GIDC in light of the decision of Supreme Court; if so, the details thereof; (b) whether it is a fact that fertilizer sector has already collected such amount of GIDC from farmers; (c) if prices of fertilizers are increased in this way, this will tantamount to contempt of the Supreme Court Judgment, same is unjust with the farmers, put negative impact on our already suppressed agriculture sector and undermine the writ of the Government; (d) if so, whether the Government has started such collection; if so, the details thereof; and if not, the reasons thereof; and (e) what corrective measures are being taken by the Government in this regard?

(a) whether it is a fact that electricity of almost whole locality is disconnected, due to few consumers/individuals do not pay their bills or get connection of electricity by illegal means; (b) if so, whether such arrangements of powers companies are unjust with consumers of the particular locality, as they pay their bills regularly; (c) whether such arrangements are tantamount to violation of Constitution, as it deprives fundamental right of law abiding citizens; and (d) if the answers to part (a), (b) and (c) above are affirmative, what corrective measures are being taken by the Government in this regard to safeguard the fundamental rights of citizens?

(a) the impact of 2nd phase of Free China-Pakistan Trade Agreement on Industry of the country; and (b) what steps are being taken by the Government to mitigate such impact; if it is found negative on the indigenous industries?

Will the Minister In-charge of the President’s Secretariat be pleased to state: (a) details of different events conducted in the Presidency, since September 9th, 2018; (b) the nature of each event alongwith expenditure incurred upon each event; (c) whether such expenditure are borne either by Presidency or any other agency; if so, the detail thereof; and (d) the rational of holding such events in Presidency?

(a) when was first locust attack reported in 2019 alongwith efforts, which had been made by the Federal Government to tackle the attack of locust; (b) the volume and value of crops, which have been destroyed in the recent attack of locust; (c) the contribution of both Federal and Provincial Governments with regard to tackle the attack of locust; (d) whether it is a fact that an emergency has been declared, recently; if so, the features of such emergency and date upon such emergency was declared; and (e) what steps are being taken by the Government to handle attacks of locust in future?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Cabinet Division be pleased to state: (a)whether pre and post evaluation of the policy of monetization of transport facility for civil servants BS-20 to BS-22 since its inceptions; if so, the detail thereof; (b)whether it is a fact that each Ministry/Division/Department has to prepare and submit to the Cabinet Division and Finance Division every month a report on the expenditure relating to the CNG, POL and the repair/maintenance of the operational/ general duty vehicles, so that the resultant financial impact/ savings of the policy could be addressed; (c)whether it is a fact Ministries/Divisions/Departments have failed to act in accordance with aforesaid instructions; (d)if so, what steps are being taken to hold accountable ministries/ divisions/departments; and (e)the details of any proposal under consideration of Government to revisit the policy?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) whether pre and post evaluation of the policy of monetization of transport facility for civil servants BS-20 to BS-22 since its inceptions; if so, the detail thereof; (b) whether it is a fact that each Ministry/Division/Department has to prepare and submit to the Cabinet Division and Finance Division every month a report on the expenditure relating to the CNG, POL and the repair/maintenance of the operational/ general duty vehicles, so that the resultant financial impact/ savings of the policy could be addressed; (c) whether it is a fact Ministries/Divisions/Departments have failed to act in accordance with aforesaid instructions; (d) if so, what steps are being taken to hold accountable ministries/ divisions/departments; and (e) the details of any proposal under consideration of Government to revisit the policy?

(a) whether it is a fact that companies, who involved themselves in exploring and developing/producing petroleum products in the country are bound to spend specific amount on training of the inhabitants of the areas, where they work either both onshore or offshore zones; (b) whether it is also a fact that custodians of such amount made unauthorized spending from aforesaid amount against different activities; if so, the details and justification thereof; (c) if such spending was made unauthorizedly, whether responsible held accountable; (d) whether such unauthorized amount of spending have been recovered from concerned persons who unauthorized made such spending; (e) if so, the detail thereof and if not, the reasons thereof; and (f) what corrective measures are being taken in this regard?

(a) the estimated cost of Diamer-Bhasha Dam; (b) the amount, which has already been spent by previous Governments on the dam; (c) the amount which has been collected for the dam, under the head of donation so far; (d) the funds, which has been earmarked and released for the dam in the current fiscal year; (e) the increase made in the cost of dam due to depreciation of the value of rupee against dollar during the tenure of present Government; and (f) the details of plan of the incumbent Government with regard to construction of the dam?

(a) whether it is a fact that a dam, namely Nai Gaj Dam, was planned to build in District Dadu and the Federal Government was supposed to provide funds in this regard; (b) if so, the details of funds, which were provided by the Federal Government; if not, the reasons thereof; and (c) what steps are being taken by the Federal Government to provide due funds for the construction of dam?

(a) whether it is a fact that Government has failed to make the country a sizable player in the conventional, unconventional and agri-industries markets of the world such as dairy, citrus, sporting goods and light engineering; if so, the reasons thereof; (b) what steps are being taken to get sizable share of agri-industries in the World markets in order to make them beneficial for country’s economy; (c) whether the Government provides assistance to enhance the marketing competitiveness of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; (d) if so, the details of the various schemes under which such assistance is given to the such sectors during the last five fiscal years; and (e) the details of funds allocated, expenditure incurred, targets fixed and achieved under each of above scheme during the last three years and the current year?

(a) whether the Ministry or any other institute, which comes under the administrative control of the Ministry has assessed that climate changes are among the major reasons behind the dwindling crop output in the country in recent years; if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof; and (b) what steps are being taken by the Government with the collaboration of all stakeholders to mitigate challenges of climate change on agriculture sector of the country?

(a) whether Government has assessed its policies which compelled to import huge quantity of wheat during the year 2020 and this trend continued during the years 2020 and 2021; (b) if so, whether Government has assessed or intends to assess the reasons, which compelled the Government to import wheat during the said periods; if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof; and (c) what corrective measures or steps are being taken by the Government to make the country self-sufficient for making an increase in the national production of wheat?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: (a) whether Government has assessed its policies which compelled to import huge quantity of wheat during the year 2020 and this trend continued during the years 2020 and 2021; (b) if so, whether Government has assessed or intends to assess the reasons, which compelled the Government to import wheat during the said periods; if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof; and (c) what corrective measures or the steps are being taken by the Government to make the country self-sufficient for making increase in the national production of wheat?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a) whether Constitution of the country has officially been translated in Urdu; if so, the details thereof; (b) the authority which approved such translation; (c) whether Government has taken notice that officially approved and updated/up to date books of Constitution both in English and Urdu versions are not available in open market; if so, the details thereof; and (d) what corrective measures are being taken in case of discrepancies found in this regards?

Will the Minister for Water Resources be pleased to state: (a) the estimated cost of Diamer-Bhasha Dam; (b) the amount, which has already been spent by previous Governments on the dam; (c) the amount which has been collected for the dam, under the head of donation so far; (d) the funds, which has been earmarked and released for the dam in the current fiscal year; (e) the increase made in the cost of dam due to depreciation of the value of rupee against dollar during the tenure of present Government; and (f) the details of plan of the incumbent Government with regard to construction of the dam?

Will the Minister for Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a) whether Government has taken notice that Ministry of Law have failed to update the laws enacted by the Parliament and also subordinate legislation on their website which is known as “Pakistan Code”; (b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the reasons for not uploading the Laws/Rules; (c) what steps are being taken to upload/up-to-date the Laws/Rules daily basis alongwith all of amendments which have been made in said laws on their website, at an earliest; and (d) the time by which said Laws/Rules will be updated with all respective amendments?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) whether Government has taken notice of less lending of finance or loan by the banks particularly to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and agriculture sector in recent years; (b) if so, the details thereof alongwith percentage of total lending of banks to SMEs and agriculture sector during the last three financial years; and (c) what corrective measures are being taken by the Government to make it mandatory for each bank to provide prudent loans to SMEs and agriculture sector?

Will the Minister for Energy (Petroleum Division) be pleased to state: (a) the circular debt of petroleum sector as on May, 2018 at present; (b) whether it is a fact that circular debt of petroleum sector is increasing at present; (c) if so, the reasons thereof; (d) what corrective measures are being taken in this regard?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: (a) whether the Ministry or any other institute, which comes under the administrative control has assessed that climate changes are the major reasons behind the dwindling crops output, has been observed in the country in recent years; (b) if so, the details thereof; if not, the reasons thereof; (c) what steps are being taken by the Government with the collaboration of all stakeholders to mitigate challenges of climate change on agriculture sector of the country by introducing scientific technologies; and (d) what further steps are being taken by the Government to introduce such seeds, which can give maximum yield by consuming less water?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that instead of placing supplementary grants of financial year i.e 2018-19 in lieu of paragraph (b) of Article 84 as excess grants, supplementary grants of aforesaid years were placed before the National Assembly alongwith supplementary grants of financial year 2020-21 in lieu of paragraph (a) of Article 84 of the Constitution in the budget 2021-22; (b) if so, the justification thereof; (c) if so, whether it is not against the true spirit of paragraph (a) of Article 84 of the Constitution; (d) the authority, which approved the placement of supplementary grants of previous financial years i.e 2018-19 and 2019-20 before the National Assembly; (e) whether Ministry has taken legal opinion on the matter from Ministry of Law; (f) if so, the details thereof; if not, the reasons thereof; and (g) what corrective measures are being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Energy (Petroleum Division) be pleased to state (a) the cost and volume of natural Gas theft or leakage from SSGC and SNGPL systems, separately; (b) how such theft and leakage are identified; (c) how volume of such theft or leakage is determined along with details of full value and volume of the same; (d) whether is there any advanced technology to estimate and prevent the actual volume of such theft and leakage; (e) how does such theft and leakage has affected a common consumer; and (f) what corrective measures are being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has taken the notice of the fact that Pakistan does not have enough consumers of goods that can be produced locally with investment, with the advance technology and skills development; (b) if so, the details thereof; and (c) what steps are being taken by the Government to design Pakistan’s export model to localize technology through foreign participation?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state: (a) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), on technical grounds, has brought value addition in the domestic export industries during the last three years so that domestic industry can be brought at par with international competitors; (b) if so, the details thereof; if not, the reasons thereof; and (c) what steps are being taken by the Government in this regard?

Will the Minister for Energy (Petroleum Division) be pleased to state: (a) the schemes, which were started since August, 2018 to provide natural gas to different areas of Sindh; and (b) what steps are being taken by the Government to provide natural gas to Province of Sindh in true spirit of Constitution and decision of High Courts?

Will the Minister In-charge of the Prime Minister’s Office be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has taken the notice of the fact that Pakistan does not have enough consumers of goods that can be produced locally with investment, with the advance technology and skills development; (b) if so, the details thereof; and (c) what steps are being taken by the Government to design Pakistan’s export model to localize technology through foreign participation?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) details of amount that has been declared expenditure charged upon the Federal Consolidated Fund (FCF) by an Act of Majlis-e-Shoora alongwith the name of the Act, when it was passed by the Majlis-e-Shoora, and head-wise amount, which was placed before the Assembly in lieu of aforesaid Act under the heading of expenditure charged upon FCF for the last 8 years; (b) whether it has been found that any amount other than the expenditure charged on FCF as mentioned in the Constitution and the Act of Parliament, has been paid to the Federal Government; if so, the details thereof; (c) whether any statutory entity including Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has passed any guidelines for dealing with excess grants and get them approved from the Assembly of any financial year in the past; if so, how such a distinction was made between the supplementary and excess grants; and (d) how were such guidelines incorporated in the last eight budgets?

Will the Minister for Energy (Power Division) be pleased to state. (a) the estimated cost of Diamer-Bhasha Dam: (b) the amount, which has already been spent by previous Governments on the dam; /c) the .amount which has been collected for the dam, under !he head of donation so far: (d) the funds, which has been earmarked and released.fi>r the dam in the curren!_fisca/ year: (e) the increase made in the cost of dam due to depreciation of the value of rupee against dollar during the tenure of present Government,' and (j) the delails of plan of the incumbent Government with reKard to construction of the dam?

Will the Minister for Finance and Revenue be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that instead of placing supplementary grants of financial year i.e 2018-19 in lieu of paragraph (b) of Article 84 as excess grants, supplementary grants of aforesaid years were placed before the National Assembly alongwith supplementary grants of financial year 2020-21 in lieu of paragraph (a) of Article 84 of the Constitution in the budget 2021-22; (b) if so, the justification thereof; (c) if so, whether it is not against the true spirit of paragraph (a) of Article 84 of the Constitution; (d) the authority, which approved the placement of supplementary grants of previous financial years i.e 2018-19 and 2019-20 before the National Assembly; (e) whether Ministry has taken legal opinion on the matter from Ministry of Law; (f) if so, the details thereof; if not, the reasons thereof; and (g) what corrective measures are being taken by the Government in this regard?

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 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 Federal Education and Professional Training be pleased to refer to the Un-starred Question No.40 replied on 21-10-2021 and to state: (a) whether the seniority list of Assistant Professors BS-18 was circulated in December, 2020; (b) whether this seniority list had been ensured as received from each and every faculty member of the concerned cadres in accordance with the true spirit of the relevant rules; (c) if yes, the details thereof; if not, the reasons thereof; (d) whether it does not tantamount to deprive of the concerned faculty members of the each cadre from presenting their legitimate grievances through representation to the concerned authorities; (e) when was the committee formed on above to investigate the matter and details of designated Members included in this committee alongwith names thereof; (f) whether there was a deadline fixed for such a committee to complete its inquiry or investigation work; if so, whether committee completed its work within the stipulated time; if not, reasons thereof; and (g) what corrective measures are being

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has taken the notice of the fact that Pakistan does not have enough consumers of goods that can be produced locally with investment, with the advance technology and skills development; (b) if so, the details thereof; and (c) what steps are being taken by the Government to design Pakistan’s export model to localize technology through foreign participation?

Will the Minister for Energy (Petroleum Division) be pleased to state: (a) the cost and volume of natural Gas theft or leakage from SSGC and SNGPL systems, separately; (b) how such theft and leakage are identified; (c) how volume of such theft or leakage is determined alongwith details of full value and volume of the same; (d) whether is there any advanced technology to estimate and prevent the actual volume of such theft and leakage; (e) how does such theft and leakage has affected a common consumer; 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) details of amount that has been declared expenditure charged upon the Federal Consolidated Fund (FCF) by an Act of Majlis-e-Shoora alongwith with the name of the Act, when it was passed by the Majlis-e-Shoora, and head-wise amount, which was placed before the Assembly in lieu of aforesaid Act under the heading of expenditure charged upon FCF for the last 8 years; (b) whether it has been found that any amount other than the expenditure charged on FCF as mentioned in the Constitution and the Act of Parliament, has been paid to the Federal Government; if so, the details thereof; (c) whether any statutory entity including Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has passed any guidelines for dealing with excess grants and get them approved from the Assembly of any financial year in the past; if so, how such a distinction was made between the supplementary and excess grants; and (d) how were such guidelines incorporated in the last eight budgets?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) why the Executive Directors (EDs) of NIH, Islamabad have not been appointed despite advertising thrice; (b) whether it is a fact that posts of EDs have not been created by the Ministry, Establishment and Finance Division; (c) if so, when the post of EDs were created alongwith provision of the gazette notification of the posts of EDs?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) why the Executive Directors (EDs) of NIH, Islamabad have not been appointed despite advertising thrice; (b) whether it is a fact that posts of EDs have not been created by the Ministry, Establishment and Finance Division; (c) if so, when the post of EDs were created alongwith provision of the gazette notification of the posts of EDs?