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August 12, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs News

1. President and premier agree to disagree on caretaker PM

Bad blood between President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif resurfaced on Friday when the former wrote to the premier, asking him to appoint a caretaker prime minister by Saturday (today).
PM Shehbaz, clearly displeased by the letter, questioned why the president was in a hurry and insinuated that he might not have read the Constitution.
The delay in nominating a caretaker prime minister was apparently because Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Raja Riaz, generally believed to be a `friendly opposition leader`, came out to be a different man, as he had been insisting on his candidate instead of agreeing to the names suggested by the PML-N, sources privy to the current political situation

2. Governor dissolves Sindh Assembly

The Sindh Assembly stood dissolved on Friday after Governor Kamran Tessori signed the summary forwarded to him by outgoing Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah for its dissolution, bringing an end to the PPP government in the province.
As per the law, Mr Shah will continue to hold the office till the appointment of a caretaker chief minister. However, his cabinet stands dissolved.
According to the Constitution, the governor shall dissolve the provincial assembly if so advised by the chief minister; and the provincial assembly shall, unless sooner dissolved, stand dissolved at the expiration of forty eight hours after the chief minister has so advised

3. Ordinary bill cannot alter court`s review power: SC

In an anxiously awaited decision, the country`s highest court on Friday struck down the Supreme Court (Review of Judgements and orders) Act 2023, declaring that parliament had gone beyond its legislative competence through its enactment.
`This [law] appears to be an attempt to remodel the Constitutional scheme relating to judicature and potentially opening the door for diminishing, undermining and eroding the power and jurisdiction of the apex court,` observed Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial in the judgement

4. Postage stamp issued to commemorate 75 years of US-Pakistan ties

The United States Mission to Pakistan culminated its year-long campaign, marking 75 years of relations with Pakistan, with a reception to honour the issuance of a commemorative stamp by Pakistan Post.
The event was held on Friday at the US ambassador`s residence which included Foreign Secretary Dr Asad Majeed Khan as chief guest and other prominent figures from Pakistani government, academia and civil society

5. KP governor accepts resignations of 14 ministers, 11 CM aides

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali on Friday accepted the resignations of 14 provincial caretaker ministers and 11 aides to the chief ministers, including six special assistants and five advisers.
The administration department de-notified them all shortly thereafter.
The governor accepted the resignations of the caretaker cabinet`s members, according to two notifications issued by the administration department.

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August 12, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs News

6. Russia launches first Moon mission after 50 years

Russia launched its first probe to the Moon in almost 50 years on Friday, a mission designed to give fresh impetus to its long-struggling space sector, which has been also hit by sanctions since the conflict in Ukraine.
The launch oftheLuna25 probe is Moscow`s first lunar mission since 1976, when the USSR was a pioneer in the conquest of space.
The rocket with the Luna-25 probe lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, according to live images broadcast by the Russian space agency Roscosmos

7. Sweeping overhaul of India`s Raj-era laws proposed

India`s government unveiled new punishments for mob lynchings and crimes against women on Friday in a proposal for the country`s biggest criminal justice overhaul since the British colonial era.
India`s Penal Code and other statutes governing the police and courts were introduced in the 19th century, while the country was governed by the British crown.
Sweeping changes to the laws would remove archaic references to the British monarchy and other `signs of our slavery`, Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament on Friday

8. Archaeologists uncover Europe`s oldest stilt village

Beneath the turquoise waters of Lake Ohrid, the `Pearl of the Balkans`, scientists have uncovered what may be one of Europe`s earliest sedentary communities, and are trying to solve the mystery of why it sheltered behind a fortress of defensive spikes.
A stretch of the Albanian shore of the lake once hosted a settlement of stilt houses some 8,000 years ago, archaeologists believe, making it the old-est lakeside village in Europe discovered to date.
Radiocarbon dating from the site puts it at between 6000 and 5800 BC

9. Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank raid

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man during a raid in the occupied West Bank, his family said on Friday, as mourners gathered for the funeral.
Mahmoud Jihad Jarad, 23, was shot dead by troops during an overnight raid on Tulkarm refugee camp in the northern West Bank, official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
A family member, Iyad Abdulrahim Jarad, confirmed that his relative was shot after the Israeli army entered the camp

10. Scientists close to discovering new natural force

The peculiar wobble of a subatomic particle called a muon in a US laboratory experiment is making scientists increasingly suspect they are missing something in their understanding of physics perhaps some unknown particle or force.
Researchers on Thursday announced new findings about the muon (pronounced MEW-on), a magnetic and negatively charged particle similar to its cousin the electron but 200 times more massive, in their experiment at the US Energy Department`s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois

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