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April 10, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs
1. Cabinet to place polls funds issue before parliament
• A meeting of the federal cabinet on April 09, 2023 decided to refer to parliament the issue of the release of funds to the Election Commission of Pakistan for holding elections in Punjab on May 14 as ordered by the Supreme Court.
• The meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at his Model Town residence continued for more than two hours. No agenda had been issued before the meeting.
• Most cabinet members, including Riaz Pirzada, Sajid Toori, Maulana Abdul Wasae, Hashim Notezai and Amir Muqam, participated in the meeting through a video link. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Azam Nazeer Tarar, Atta Tarar and others joined it from Lahore.
• A strategy to address the matters surrounding the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023, besides the Punjab election funds, came up for discussion during the huddle
2. Two cops martyred in Kuchlak attack
• Two cops were martyred and one was injured in an attack by unknown assailants in the Killi Spine area of Kuchlak district on April 09, 2023 evening, police said.
• The policemen, who belonged to the Eagle Squad, were patrolling on a motorcycle when the assailants opened indiscriminate fire, leaving three injured. One of the assailants was killed while the other managed to escape as cops returned fire.
• The injured personnel were rushed to a hospital where two of them succumbed to their wounds.
• The martyred policemen were identified as constables Abdul Jabbar and Jalaat Khan
3. Govt set to push shift from gas to electricity, energy-efficient buildings
• The government plans to embark on a 10-year transition strategy to shift from gas to electricity in commercial, industrial and residential sectors, and push energy-efficient buildings under a Rs45 billion energy efficiency and conservation project, which envisages energy savings of over Rs500bn a year.
• The project was formally cleared by the Central Development Working Party a few days ago for negotiations with the World Bank for a $150 million loan, including a $15m technical grant for capacity building of the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority. However, it was observed that a 10-year transition period was too long and should be minimised.
• The project`s sponsors the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Energy Efficiency Authority have reported to the Planning Commission that Pakistan`s current energy-saving potential was around 10m to 12m tonnes of oil equivalent a unit of energy defined as the amount of energy released by burning one tonne of crude oil
4. SBP governor, secretaries to attend IMF-WB meetings
• The 2023 spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) begin in the US capital on Monday to consider `uncertainties and risks weighing heavily` on the global economy.
• The April 10-16 at the IMF and World Bank headquarters will also focus on the effects of climate change, which is threatening lives and livelihoods around the world.
• The meetings bring finance ministers and central bank governors from across the globe who use the opportunity to renew their contacts with international financial leaders. Some also hold bilateral meetings with US Treasury and State Department officials
5. President directs ombudsperson to decide harassment case afresh
• President Dr Arif Alvi on April 09, 2023 directed the Federal Ombudsman for Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace to decide the matter of alleged sexual harassment at the Air University Islamabad afresh by affording an opportunity of hearing to both the parties.
• He stated the ombudsman had previously not given an opportunity to the parties, including the opportunity to produce evidence, and had rejected the complaint of the woman in a slipshod manner
