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December 28, 2022: National Current Affairs MCQs
1. ECP postpones Islamabad LG polls at eleventh hour
• The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on December 27, 2022 put an end to the uncertainty surrounding the local government elections in Islamabad as it postponed the polls `for the time being` at the last minute, frustrating thousands of contestants and their supporters.
• The decision was announced by the election watchdog after a five-member bench, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, conducted a hearing on the issue in the light of the Islamabad High Court`s directives.
• `Keeping in view the legal provisions and the judgement of the Honourable High Court, Islamabad dated Dec 23, 2022, regarding the subject matter. Local Government Elections in ICT scheduled to be held on Dec 31, 2022, is hereby postponed for the time being,` the short order by the ECP said
2. Federal govt buildings to shift to solar power by April: PM
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on December 27, 2022 vowed to convert all government buildings in the country to solar power, starting from those belonging to federal government entities by April to save 300 to 500 megawatts per month and slash the import bill hovering around $27 billion a year.
• Speaking at a solarisation conference in Islamabad, the premier also blamed all previous governments in the last 30 years that include at least two terms of his brother and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif for `unbridled circular debts` in the power sector that have escalated to Rs2.5 trillion.
• He said that in view of the pre-vailing economic crisis in the country, the time had come to make long overdue reforms, for which he said bureaucrats had to rejuvenate themselves to serve the nation and clear official files without any fear of NAB
3. Japan aid agency sends mosquito nets for flood-hit
• The Japan International Cooperation Agency`s (Jica) Pakistan Office has provided 9,000 mosquito nets, 80,000 ORS and 400,000 water purification tablets to support the people affected by recent floods in districts of Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
• On the request of governments of Punjab and KP, the Japanese government and Jica Pakistan Office decided to support the worst affected districts of the two provinces.
• In Punjab the target districts are Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur, while in KP, the target districts are Kohistan, Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, Nowshera and Charsada.
• The expected beneficiaries of this support are around 80,000 families with pregnant or lactating women and children under five, a press release by Japanese embassy said on Tuesday
4. SBP lifts curbs on import of essential items
• The State Bank of Pakistan has eased imports of several essential items required as raw material and some basic needs of the exporters.
• A circular issued by the SBP on December 27, 2022 stated that the central bank had decided to withdraw its instructions with effect from Jan 2, 2023, paving the way for acceptance of requests for import transactions already submitted to the SBP.
• Earlier, under circulars issued in May and July this year, the authorised dealers (banks) were required to seek permission from the SBP`s Foreign Exchange Operations Department before initiating any import transaction.
• Though the main hurdle in the way of imports is the country`s poor foreign exchange that still persists, the State Bank came out to facilitate the economy heading fast to hit rock bottom
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5. UN asks Taliban to revoke policies against women
• The Taliban must immediately revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted on December 27, 2022, condemning their `terrible` consequences.
• `No country can develop indeed survive socially and economically with half its population excluded,` Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement.
• `These unfathomable restrictions placed on women and girls will not only increase the suffering of all Afghans but, I fear, pose a risk beyond Afghanistan`s borders.` He said the policies risked destabilising Afghan society
