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Monday last day submission of income tax returns
ISLAMABAD: Monday marks the final day for submitting income tax returns for the fiscal year 2023-2024. The Federal Board of Revenue had postponed the deadline for…
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Uzbekistan’s New Era: Establishing a Democratic Legal State through Electoral Reform and Parliamentary Empowerment
ISLAMABAD:Theyear2016forUzbekistanwasmarkedbythebeginningofafundamentallynewinessenceandcontentstageofstateandsocialconstruction,inwhichthemainstrategicgoalwasproclaimed-theconstructionofaNewUzbekistan,basedonthevaluesthatservedthegreatestflourishingofourstatehoodinthe9th-10thcenturies(knowninworldhistoryasFirstEasternRenaissance)andXIV-XVcenturies(SecondEasternRenaissance). Asinpreviousperiods,thebasisandprioritiesoftheThirdRenaissanceofourstatehoodarethedevelopmentofscienceandmoderntechnologies,whichareintendedtobecomedriversofdramaticdevelopmentofthecountry’seconomy,aradicalimprovementinthewell-beingofthepeopleandtheprosperityofthenation. Atthesametime,anewparadigmofrelationsbetweenthestateandtheindividualwasformedandisgraduallybeingintroduced,wherethehighestvalueisdeterminedbytheperson,hislife,freedom,honor,dignityandotherinalienablerights,andtheprincipleofthesupremacyofhumanrightsisproclaimed. ThisphilosophywasreflectedinthedevelopmentstrategiesofNewUzbekistanadoptedduringthisperiod,wherethebasicprincipleofthestatewaslaid:“Everythingforthepeople,everythingforthebenefitofthepeople.”Onthebasisofthispostulate,themainguidelineforstatepolicyandgovernmentbodieswasdetermined:“Itisnotthepersonwhoservesthestate,butthestatethatservestheperson.” Forthispurpose,thelegislativefoundationsofthesystemforensuringtheconstitutionalrightsofcitizens,formedatthedawnofindependence,werecompletelyrevised. OneofthefirstinitiativesofthePresidenttheRepublicUzbekistanSh.M.MirziyoyevwastheideaoftheneedtoadoptanElectoralCodethatwouldensureconvenientusebycitizensoftheirvotingrights,enshrinedinnumerousanddisparateactsoflegislation.Asaresultofsystematizationandmodernizationof5basiclawsandmanyby-laws,departmentaldocumentsoftheCentralElectionCommissionoftheRepublicofUzbekistan,theElectoralCodeoftheRepublicofUzbekistanwasdevelopedandcameintoforceonJune26,2019. OneoftheimportantpurposesandsignificanceoftheElectoralCodewastoconsolidate,firstly,ofthefollowingbasicprinciplesofelectoralrights,whicharefullyconsistentwithinternationalstandardsandthebestdemocraticpracticesofdevelopedcountries:theuniversalityoftherighttovote,equalsuffrage,directsuffrage,secretballotandfreedomofelections. Secondly,thebasicprinciplesoftheelectoralsystemoftheRepublicofUzbekistan,includingopennessandtransparencyofelections. Anumberofotherimportantinnovationsoftheelectorallegislationshouldbehighlighted: -therulelimitingtheparticipationinelectionsofpersonsheldinprisonforcrimesthatdonotposeagreatpublicdangerandlessseriouscrimeshasbeenexcluded.Thisinnovationisasignificantstepinguaranteeingthevotingrightsofcitizens.Inaddition,theprovisiononcreatingconditionsforcitizenswithdisabilitiestoexercisetheirvotingrightsdeservesattention. theintroductionofasingleelectroniclistofvotersoftheRepublicofUzbekistan,andtheintroductionofasingleballotpaperforvotingonelectionday; – creationofthepossibilityofaffixingavoter’ssignatureinsupportofseveralcandidatesorpartiesduringthecollectionofsignaturesbypoliticalparties. AnotherpriorityoftheconstitutionalreformwasstrengtheningtheroleoftheParliamentofUzbekistan-theLegislativeChamberandtheSenateoftheOliyMajlisoftheRepublicofUzbekistaninthesystemofstatepowerbyrevisingthemaintasksinthecontextoftheupdatedConstitution. Whatexactlydidthismean? First.Inordertoformaneffectiveparliament,optimizetheactivitiesoftheupperchamberbasedonitsmainpurpose- regionalrepresentation,takingintoaccountthepreservationofauniqueplatformandeffectiveplatformforinteractionandcoordinationoftheactivitiesoftheKengashesofpeople’sdeputies,eliminatingparallelismintheactivitiesofthechambersoftheOliyMajlis,basedonthegoalsandobjectivesoftheadministrativeThereformsofNewUzbekistanmodernizedtheupperhouseofparliament- theSenate,andstrengthenedthepowersofthelowerhouseofparliament-theLegislativeChamber. Ifinthe1992editionoftheConstitution5powerswereassignedtotheexclusivepowersoftheLegislativeChamber,theninaccordancewiththeneweditionoftheConstitutiontheirnumberreached12.ThenumberofexclusivepowersoftheSenateincreasedfromthecurrent14to18. Second.ThenumberofmemberstheSenatehasbeenoptimizedfrom100to65,whowillbeelectedinequalnumbers,4peoplefromeachofthe14regionsatmeetingsofdeputiesoftheJokargyKenesandlocalKengashesfromamongthesedeputies,and9membersoftheSenatewillbedirectlyappointedbythePresident. Inthere,foreignexperienceinformingthecompositionofrepresentativegovernmentbodieswastakenintoaccount.Thus,inforeigncountries,outof83bicameralparliaments,thenumberofmembersoftheupperhouseisupto49peoplein29countries,50–99peoplein31countries,100ormorein23countries.Forexample,intheSenateofKazakhstanthereare50members,inTajikistan-33,inBelarus-64.Thenumberofmemberstheupperchambersappointedbyheadsofstate:Italy-5,Belarus,Tajikistan-8,Kazakhstan-10,Ireland-11. Third.ConsiderationandapprovalofthePrimeMinister’scandidacyisenshrinedastheexclusiveauthorityoftheLegislativeChamber. WeintroducedthisinnovationtakingintoaccounttheparliamentarypracticeofGermany,theCzechRepublic,Russia,Belarus,Kazakhstan,etc. ThecontrolpowersofparliamenthavebeenrevisedandredistributedbyexcludingcertainofitsformsfromthepowersoftheSenate(monitoringtheexecutionoftheStateBudget;hearingtheannualreportoftheCabinetofMinisters;hearingthereportofthePrimeMinisteronthesocio-economicdevelopmentofthecountry,etc.)withtheirconsolidationastheexclusivepowersoftheLegislativeChamber. Fourth.Withthereductionofcontrolpowers,otherpowersoftheSenateweresimultaneouslyexpanded,incl.bytransferringtohimanumberofpowersofthePresident,aswellasstrengtheninghisroleincoordinatingtheactivitiesofrepresentativebodiesofgovernmentatthelocallevel,inparticular: –electionontherecommendationofthePresidentoftheSupremeJudicialCouncil,headsoftherepublicananti-corruptionbodyandtherepublicanantimonopolyauthority;…
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ECC allows additional export of 0.500 Million MT of surplus sugar
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England beat Pakistan by an innings and 47 runs in the first Test
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