Will the Minister for Water Resources be pleased to state whether it is a fact that Pakistan is facing the issue of water scarcity; if so, the steps taken by the present Government to resolve the issue to store water and for distillation of the sea water so far?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Federal Government Polyclinic, Islamabad has purchased medicines from local companies inspite of Multinational Pharmaceutical companies and available medicines are of low quality; (b) whether it is also a fact that the entitled patients of heart treatment are suffering difficulties due to use of low quality medicines; and (c) if the answer to part (a) above is in affirmative, the reasons thereof and names of the companies from whom medicines are purchased and action being taken by the Government against the responsible to redress the grievances of the heart and other kinds of diseases patients?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to reduce maternal mortality ratio from 178 per 100,000 to 70 per 100,000?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the names and location-wise total number of hospitals in Pakistan which are treating patients of Cancer without any fee?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the percentage of budget which Government spends for mental health; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to overcome increasing mental health problems at present?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to establish Federally Administrative Hospitals for entitled senior citizens in the country; (b) if so, when it will be implemented; if not, the reasons therefor?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Federal Government Polyclinic requires additional Wards and Blocks; (b) whether it is also a fact that any extension in the said Hospital is possible in South Ward, on the land of Argentina Park;

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the names and number of the ongoing projects of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences at present alongwith funds allocated for each of the said project; and (b) the time by which said projects will be accomplished alongwith the details of each one separately?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the names of hospitals in Islamabad which do not have facility of medical waste disposal plants at present; (b) if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state why President and Secretary for Pharmacy Council are not being appointed alongwith the procedure for appointment of Member in Pharmacy Council and the number of its Members?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether there is any proposal under consideration to provide facility of collection of tests samples and issuance of reports on the pattern prevalent in Islamabad High Court; if not, the reasons of such discrimination amongst both the institutions; (b) the number of staff that will be required if the facility of collection of tests samples and issuance of reports is provided in the Parliament House Dispensary alongwith expenditures to be incurred thereon; and (c) the time by which facility of collection of tests samples and issuance of reports will be provided in Parliament House Dispensary?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state: (a) the details of food items being produced by the National Agricultural Research Center (NARC); and (b) whether it is a fact that milk being sold at the NARC’s display shop at Park Road, Islamabad, is contaminated and is not being tested; if so, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the composition, names, qualifications and domiciles of Board of Directors of Drug Regulatory Authority Pakistan; and (b) the mandate of DRAP?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the details of each of the private Medical College; (b) the number of students they are allowed for admission; (c) the actual number of students admitted in each of the college giving reason for admitting more than allowed authorized number; and (d) the action taken by the Government against them?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) progress of ongoing Federal Health Projects in Sindh; and 14 (b) the details regarding the improvement in Maternity and Child Health-care of last five years till date?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the total number of medicines, registered in the country;(b) how can a common man distinguish between genuine and spurious medicines; (c) whether DRAP has uploaded names of registered medicines and their manufactures; if so, the details thereof; (d) if not, what steps are being taken to upload names of all registered medicines and manufactures thereof and eliminate spurious medicines?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that date of birth of Doctor Maluke Bugti in Directorate of Central Health Establishment is 28-03-1957 as per officials record and the date of his retirement was 27-3-2017; (b) whether it is also a fact that his services were extended on the basis of a fake birth certificate produced at the time of his retirement; and (c) the action taken against him by the Ministry?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the statutory mandate of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) with regard to fix and maintain the prices of medicines at affordable level, availability in domestic market and bring multinational companies to set up their manufacturing in Pakistan; (b) whether it is a fact that manufacturing of essential medicines have been stopped during the recent years and DRAP is yet to initiate an investigation as to why manufacturers suspended the production of essential medicines; if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure maintaining the prices of medicines at affordable level and availability in domestic market?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Government has remained unable to eradicate polio from the country despite heavy spending of money and organized campaigns; (b) if so, the reasons thereof, as well as the steps taken or being taken by the Government to make Pakistan polio free country?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Estate Office removes the names of such Federal Government servants from General Waiting List as have been allotted houses, on out of turn basis, without considering that they have been given possession of the house or not; and (b) whether the Ministry intends to include the seniority-wise names of such employees, whose names were removed from General Waiting List, till they get possession and the details from the year 2007 till date in this regard?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) whether consent letters have not been issued by Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation to the members whose memberships have been upgraded from Cat-II to I; if so, the details and justification thereof; and (b) the time by which consent letters for allotment of plots will be issued to the said members?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) how much budgetary allocations were made for nutrition in the Federal Budgets 2017-18 and 2018-19 alongwith their spending reports; (b) the nutrition related allocations in the Federal Budget 2019-20; (c) the plans of the Government to promote/improve nutrition in Pakistan; and (d) the detail of awareness raising efforts/campaigns carried out to promote girls education as well as nutrition and discourage child marriages?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state:(a) whether it is a fact that Pakistan Medical and Dental Council does not recognize the degree of Consultancy in Family Physician awarded by Australia, Canada and UK; (b) if so, the reasons thereof; and (c) what steps are being taken to give recognition to such degrees?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) why the prices of emergency medicines have been increased; and (b) what steps have been taken to reverse the prices?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the purchase/contract details of the company, supplying medicines to Cardiac Centre, PIMS, Islamabad; (b) whether it is a fact that the medicines, provided to patients at the aforesaid Centre and Hospital, are of poor quality as compared to the medicines available for such illness in open market; (c) the steps, being taken by the Ministry for quality monitoring of medicines and their audit keeping in view of public health?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state which districts have been included in Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme, and the status thereof?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the steps, being taken by the Government to bring the prices of drugs under control in the country; and (b) whether any Government functionary was involved in the price hike of medicines; if so, the action taken against such individuals?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the number of HIV/AIDs positive patients in the country, at present and the steps, being taken by Government to control the same; and (b) the steps, being taken by the Government to create awareness among the people to control the same?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the steps, taken by the present Government to address issues of malnutrition in the country especially in Makran, Bolan, Mashkail District, Shirani and Mastung Regions?

Will the Minister for National Food Security and Research be pleased to state the steps, taken for improvement in District Karak under the Prime Minister’s Agriculture Emergency Programme?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that consent letters have not been issued by the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) to its members under Membership Drive Phase-II (4th Part); if so, the details and justification thereof; and 34 (b) the time by which consent letters will be issued to the said members?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state how much percent raise has been allowed on the medicines and what steps, has the Ministry taken to ensure affordable medicines?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the steps, being taken by the Government to extend National Institute of Health, Islamabad?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the estimated visiting patients in OPD and Emergency, on day to day basis, of Cardiac Centre, PIMS, Islamabad; (b) human resource, medical facilities and infrastructure details, available at Cardiac Centre, PIMS, Islamabad; (c) whether it is a fact that the available/existing human resources, medical facilities and infrastructure are insufficient to meet patients’ burden; (d) if so, what steps, the Ministry is taking to enhance/ improve human resources, medical facilities and infrastructure of the Cardiac Centre?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the membership drives, launched by the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) in the recent past; (b) whether it is a fact that a number of such drives were launched without the availability of land and comprehensive planning for acquiring land, required to execute such housing schemes; (c) if so, the justification thereof, particularly with reference to starting such drives without the planning for acquiring land;(d) if the answer to part (b) above is in negative, the details of proposed land, against each of above drives/schemes alongwith present status of negotiation with the land owners/providers; and (e) what steps are being taken to rationalize the start of each drive to ensure timely completion of housing schemes?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Sheikh Akhtar Hussain Ex-DG, DRAP was holding a fake degree not recognized by HEC; (b) whether it is also a fact that cases against Sheikh Akhtar Hussain were closed by NAB because a fake death certificate was presented to NAB; (c) if so, as to why Sheikh Akhtar Hussain, even after submitting fake death certificate to NAB to get proceedings against him stopped, was employed in DRAP?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether the Protection of Breast-Feeding and Child Nutrition Ordinance 2002 and its 2009 rules have been poorly implemented; (b) what steps, have been taken by the Government to ensure effective implementation of the law; (c) how many meetings of the National Infant Feeding Board have been conducted to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the law; (d) what steps, have been taken to create widespread awareness about the Protection of Breast-Feeding and Child Nutrition Ordinance 2002 and the National Infant Feeding Board; and (e) how many complaints have been lodged against them so far?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the number of children who die, every year, due to diarrhea caused by drinking polluted water; and (b) the steps being taken by the Government to control the same and create its awareness among masses?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the number of psychologist and psychiatrics registered with the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) during the last three years with year-wise break-up indicating also the number of foreign qualified?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the vehicles, produced in Pakistan, are not compliant with the full set of seven most important regulations for car safety; (b) whether there is any proposal to introduce driver alertness detection, automatic breaking infrared night vision systems, adaptive headlamps control, reverse backup sensors, backup camera, lane departure warning systems, tire pressure monitoring systems or deflation detection systems, traction control systems, electronic stability control, anti-lock braking systems, electronic brake force distribution systems, emergency brake assist systems, cornering brake control systems, assured clean distance ahead measurement and speed governance systems, precrash system, automated parking system, and obstacle detection sensor systems; (c) if the answers to parts a to b above are in affirmative, the details; if not, the reasons thereof?

Will the Minister for Water Resources be pleased to state whether the Government has any plan for recharging water aquifers for groundwater management and to develop the economical and sustainable technology for aquifer recharging to cope with water crises?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) the names and domiciles of employees working in the Ministry and in its subordinate offices; (b) the provincial quota-wise number of employees recruited in the said Ministry; and (c) the number of posts lying vacant in the said Ministry and the time by which such vacant posts will be filled?

Will the Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to prevent publications of provocative sectarian literature in the country?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state how many AIDS cases were identified in the Punjab in the last year?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to state the total number of Railways accidents in the last one year?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) the total number of applications submitted by the residents of Category-II, Street No. 49, Sector G-10/3, Islamabad during the last three years till date for repairing and maintenance of their house to the Secretary Housing and Works and DG, PWD, Islamabad alongwith the date wise details thereof; and (b) whether no civil and electricity work was done despite repeated requests during the said period; (c) the steps, taken by the Ministry to resolve the issues of said residents?

Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that consent letters have not been issued by the FGEHF to its Members of the Constitutional Bodies under Membership Drive Phase-II (4th Part); if so, the details and justification thereof; and (b) the time by which consent letter will be issued to the said Members?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) how much subsidy has been given to Sugar Mills in South Punjab; and (b) what are the names of those sugar mills and the amount of subsidy given to them individually?

Will the Minister for National Health Service, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to control Polio?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to control Hepatitis-C?

Will the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that since its settlement, more than 15 years ago, the densely populated Sector G-11, Islamabad still lacks the facility of dispensary;(b) whether Government intends to establish a dispensary there in order to facilitate the general public?

Will the Minister for Industries and Production be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that since the settlement of Sector G-11, Islamabad more than fifteen years ago, no Utility Store exists therein; and (b) whether it is also a fact that Government intends to set up a Utility Store there in order to facilitate the general public?

Will the Minister for Railways be pleased to refer to a question replied on 11-02-2015 and to state: (a) whether it is a fact that 163.836 acres of Pakistan Railways were given, on lease, to Railways Employees Cooperative Housing Society Project No.15, Gulshan Yousaf Jumma Goth, Karachi in September, 1987 and an amount of Rs.3,964,813/- has been received in this regard; if so, the law under which aforesaid land was given on lease; (b) whether it is also a fact that in reply to another question given in the National Assembly on 28th November, 2016, it was informed that the lease, given in September, 1987, was terminated in 1991 without assigning any reason; if so, the law under which this lease was terminated; (c) whether the land allocated, for the aforesaid project, has been utilized for some other purpose; (d) if answer is in the negative, as to why Pakistan Railways has rendered its retired and serving employees homeless and if the answer is in the affirmative, as to why the land has not been given to the aforesaid society at some other place as the amount has already been received under this head?