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September 22, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs News
1. Country told to prepare for chilly elections in January
More than a month after the premature dissolution of the National Assembly, the Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday announced that general elections would be held by the last week of January over two months after the constitutionally mandated deadline of 90 days.
The statement of the ECP did not mention the exact date of polls, leaving room for some flexibility in its schedule expected to be released after the final notification of the delimitation exercise likely on Nov 30. Informed sources told Dawn Jan 28 would most probably be the polling day
2. Caretakers will only rescue viable SOEs, says Shamshad
Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar said on Thursday the government would prioritise the improvement of 85 out of some 200 state-owned entities (SOEs) which had the capacity to pay dividends, and were either are profitable, or could become profitable.
Speaking at a hurriedly called news conference, the minister said caretakers have decided to review the draft policy on SOEs circulated by the previous government and carry forward the `good work it had inherited`
3. KP assembly tops Pildat report, Sindh PA ranked at bottom
A comparative analysis of the performance of the four provincial assemblies for the period 20182023, in terms of status of transparency and access to information, has placed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa legislature at the top while the Sindh Assembly has been ranked at the bottom.
Moreover, the Balochistan chief minister attended the highest percentage (31 per cent) of assembly sittings.
The report has been compiled by the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency (Pildat)
4. IMF chief asks Kakar to `tax rich, protect the poor`
Over a busy couple of days in New York, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar met with the UN chief, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Chinese vice premier.
In their interaction on Wednesday evening, Kristalina Georgieva urged PM Kakar to `tax the rich and protect the poor`.
September 22, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs News
5. Saudi ties with Israel will betray Palestinians, fears Raisi
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has accused regional rival Saudi Arabia of betraying the Palestinians by seeking to normalise relations with Israel.
`We believe that a relationship between regional countries and the Zionist regime would be a stab in the back of the Palestinian people and of the resistance of the Palestinians,` he said.
`The initiation of a relationship between the Zionist regime and any country in the region, if it is with the aim to bring security for the Zionist regime, will certainly not do so,` Raisi told a news conference on Wednesday as he attended the UN General Assembly
