For upcoming general election 2018 in Pakistan, a new care take government has been setup for conduct of fair and free election in the country. It is very important that this time legislature has clipped the powers of the caretaker setup as infra:-
Downloads (Source Election Commission of Pakistan)
Section 230 of the Election Act 2017 give powers and restrictions to the caretaker government as under:-
(1) A caretaker Government
shall
(a) perform its functions to attend to day-to-day matters which are
necessary to run the affairs of the Government;
(b) assist the Commission to hold elections in accordance with law;
(c) restrict itself to activities that are of routine, non-controversial and
urgent, in the public interest and reversible by the future
Government elected after the elections; and
(d) be impartial to every person and political party.
(2) The caretaker Government shall not
(a) take major policy decisions except on urgent matters;
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(b) take any decision or make a policy that may have effect or pre-empt
the exercise of authority by the future elected Government;
(c) enter into major contract or undertaking if it is detrimental to public
interest;
(d) enter into major international negotiation with any foreign country
or international agency or sign or ratify any international binding
instrument except in an exceptional case;
(e) make promotions or major appointments of public officials but may
make acting or short term appointments in public interest;
(f) transfer public officials unless it is considered expedient and after
approval of the Commission; and
(g) attempt to influence the elections or do or cause to be done
anything which may, in any manner, influence or adversely affect
the free and fair elections.
(3) The Prime Minister, Chief Minister or a Minister or any other
members of a Caretaker Governments shall, within three days from the date of
assumption of office, submit to the Commission a statement of assets and
liabilities including assets and liabilities of his spouse and dependent children as
on the preceding 30th day of June on Form B and the Commission shall publish
the statement of assets and liabilities in the official Gazette.
(4) In this section, ?caretaker Government means the caretaker Federal
Government or a caretaker Provincial Government.