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April 14, 2022: National / International Current Affairs
1. PM in `giving mood` on first trip to Karachi
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif landed in the business capital of the country on April 13, 2022 and in one fell swoop, promised to address the years-old issues of Karachi`s development in what appeared to be an attempt to win hearts in the city.
• During a fast-paced day-trip, which saw the PM back in Islamabad before sunset, he and his team lifted the hopes of his political allies, as well as the people of Karachi making commitments about the early completion of mega water supply schemes, plans to import thousands of air-conditioned buses and added financial assistance to the provincial government from the centre for the swift completion of development projects.
• On one hand, the visit served as a confidence-building measure for the country`s businesses, showing that some kind of planning was being undertaken to revive the economy, while on the other it boosted the morale of his political allies ahead of the formal selection of the federal cabinet
2. Dy speaker`s role restored, Punjab CM election on 16th
• Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court Mohammad Ameer Bhatti on April 13, 2022 ordered Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Mohammad Mazari to conduct the chief minister`s election on the previously fixed date of April 16.
• The chief justice also set aside the recent notification, issued by Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi whereby the powers of the deputy speaker had been withdrawn, for being contrary to Article 53(3) of the Constitution by virtue of which deputy speaker in absence of the speaker attained the status of speaker.
• Speaker Pervaiz Elahi and Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz are in the run for the chief ministership after the resignation of Sardar Usman Buzdar
3. Suri changes NA schedule to delay speaker`s election
• In an apparent move to delay the election of the National Assembly speaker and using his special powers under the rules, acting Speaker Qasim Suri has changed the schedule of the sitting of the lower house of parliament from April 16 to April 22.
• `The National Assembly session, which was scheduled to be held at 4pm on April 16, will now be held at 3pm on April 22. The change in the schedule has been made by the acting speaker under Rule 49(2) of the Rules and Procedure for the Conduct of the Business in the National Assembly 2007,` said an official handout issued by the NA Secretariat on Wednesday.
• Earlier in the morning, the NA Secretariat had issued the schedule for the speaker`s election according to which nomination papers were to be submitted by 12 noon on April 15
4. Pentagon hopes for `healthy` ties with military
• The US Department of Defence has emphasised `a healthy military-to-military relationship` with Pakistan, hoping that these strong ties would continue in future as well.
• At a Tuesday afternoon news briefing in Washington, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby rejected the suggestion that the United States could be forced to send its troops to Pakistan if the political situation in the country deteriorated.
• `I don`t foresee any US military role here. And I`m certainly not going to, again, wade into internal domestic politics in Pakistan,` said Mr Kirby while responding to a question.
• Both questions came from an Indian journalist, Raghubir Goyal, who was once described by The Washington Post as `Goyal the foil` for his tendency to turn any discussion into an IndiaPakistan dispute
5. Schedule for first phase of LG polls in Sindh unveiled
• The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on April 13, 2022 issued schedule for the first phase of local government (LG) elections in Sindh, setting June 26 as the day for polling.
• Under the first phase, elections will be held in 14 districts of Sukkur, Larkana, Shaheed Benazirabad and Mirpurkhas divisions. They are Jacobabad, Kambar, Shahdadlcot, Shikarpur, Larkana, Kashmor, Ghotki, Khairpur, Sukkur, Naushahro Feroze, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sanghar, Mirpurkhas, Umerkot and Tharparkar.
• Public notices inviting nominations will be issued by the returning officers on April 28 and nomination papers can be submitted to the relevant returning officers from May 10 to 13, whereas scrutiny will be carried out from May 16 to 18
