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April 14, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs
1. SC puts on hold non-existent law in pre-emptive strike
• In an `anticipatory injunction`, the Supreme Court on April 13, 2023 barred the government from enforcing a proposed law targeting the suo motu powers of the top judge, saying the move would `prevent imminent apprehended danger that is irreparable` as soon as the bill becomes an act of parliament.
• `The moment that the bill receives the assent of the president or it is deemed that such assent has been given, then from that very moment onwards and till further orders, the act that comes into being shall not have, take or be given any effect nor be acted upon in any manner, said an interim order issued on Thursday evening by an eight-member bench.
• `The court has great respect for parliament but it also has to examine if any constitutional deviation, violation or transgression has taken place while enacting the Supreme Court (Practice & Procedure) Bill, 2023,observed Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, who was heading the bench
2. Parliament `defies` SC order, turns down bill for poll funds
• Perhaps for the first time in the country`s parliamentary history, the National Assembly on April 13, 2023 rejected a money bill that the government had tabled to seek funds for conducting polls in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in line with Supreme Court`s orders.
• Separately, the house adopted another strongly-worded resolution against the judiciary over attempts to `usurp the authority of the Parliament to legislate and interfere in its constitutional jurisdiction`.
• The house rejected the Charged Sums for General Election(Provincial Assemblies of the Punjab and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Bill 2023 with a majority vote after Finance Minister Ishaq Dar informed the house that the standing committee had recommended not to approve the bill he introduced on April 10
3. NA approves second tax amendment bill in a hurry
• The National Assembly on April 13, 2023 hurriedly passed a second tax amendment ordinance bill of 2022 without waiting for the report of a parliamentary committee.
• Finance Minister Ishaq Dar tabled the bill titled `Tax Laws (Second Amendment) Bill 2022` in the lower house through a supplementary agenda, followed by another motion seeking relaxation of rules to put to vote the bill without the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance report on the bill.
• The ordinance was approved by the National Assembly, and then by the legislature without making any comments on its contents.
• On Aug 23, 2022, the government promulgated the second tax amendment bill to impose Rs38 billion through taxes, however, the ordinance has not initially been placed in the parliament to make it a law
4. Top brass to brief in-camera NA sitting on security today
• The top military leadership will brief members of the National Assembly on the security situation prevailing in the country during an in-camera sitting of the lower house of parliament on April 14, 2023 (today) as lawmakers from the newly-created tribal districts of KP forcefully opposed the government`s decision to launch a fresh military operation, vowing to `resist` such an action in the region.
• The announcement of the briefing was first made by Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and later by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the floor of the house after three lawmakers from the treasury benches protested last week`s cabinet and National Security Committee decision to launch a military operation against militants in areas bordering Afghanistan
5. Criminal prosecution service Ordinance promulgated
• Governor Balighur Rehman on April 13, 2023 signed and promulgated the Punjab Criminal Prosecution Service (Amendment) Ordinance of 2023.
• The ordinance has been promulgated by amending the Punjab Criminal Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions, and Powers) Act 2006 (Ill of 2006). The said Act has been amended to regulate the services of the prosecutor general conforming to the accepted norms of the client-attorney relationship.
• The governor also signed the Punjab Undesirable Cooperative Societies (Dissolution) (Amendment) Ordinance 2023 which came into force with immediate effect.
• This ordinance has been promulgated by amending the Punjab Undesirable Cooperative Societies (Dissolution) Act, 1993
