ISLAMABAD - Deputy Chairman Senate Jan Muhammad Jamali Wednesday suspended the proceedings of the Upper House of the Parliament after legislators from all parties excluding ruling PPP walked out during question hour session against the absence of ministers. The Deputy Chairman Senate suspended the proceedings of the house for 15 minutes that later resumed and only supplementary questions pertaining to Ministry of Science and Technology were taken up whose Minister Mir Changez Khan Jamali was present in the house. Rest of the questions were put off by the Deputy Chairman Senate for next rota day. The senators expressed their strong resentment over the absence of newly inducted Federal Minister for Health Anwar Ali Cheema, as eight out of total 11 questions laid before the house were related to Ministry of Health. Legislators belonging to PML-Q first time after joining the federal cabinet staged walk out on Wednesday. Parliamentary Leader of Jammat-e-Islami in the house, Prof Khurshid Ahmed, saying that the government had so far not shared the details of the Abbotabad incident with the house also joined the walk out. Later, Minister for Science and Technology Mir Changez Khan Jamali has informed the house that a new technology had been adopted to produce energy efficient appliances in the country for power conservation. To a question raised by Senator Ilyas Ahmed Bilour, the minister said the energy efficient technology was being used in the fan industry to ensure quality of the production. Fans produced in Pakistan are in high demand in world markets, which is reflective of their exports to 30 countries, he added. He said Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority had fixed energy efficiency standards for the production of saver bulbs, inductions motors, geysers and ovens. While, the standards had also been framed for manufacturing of washings machines, room air-conditioners and electric irons under the voluntary certification scheme, the minister added. Replying to another question, he said according to Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Act 1978, the qualification of B Tech or BT (Hons) was neither accredited nor included in schedules of the act so it was not equivalent to the Bachelor of Engineering. He said the PEC and Higher Education Commission (HEC) were of the view that the degree of B Tech (Hons) could not be declared the B Sc Engineering, as both engineering and technology programmes were distinct in nature having separate academic objectives, curriculum and scheme of study. The definitions of the two streams are quite different as per national and international practices and hence cannot be stated equivalent as per the PEC Act. Further, internationally both streams are also registered in their own separate streams as engineer and technologists, he said.