Новости за 23.07.2024

WASHINGTON: “I have been a Democrat all along, but no more,” said Gibran Syed, who voted for Joe Biden in 2020.

k2 BASE CAMP: Climbers play ludo to pass the time as uncertain weather compels them to stay put.—Photo by Tehsin Razi

GILGIT: Despite bad weather conditions, 11 more climbers including a three-member Pakistani Expedition team, successfully summited Gasherbrum-II, the 13th-highest mountain which is 8,035 metres above the sea level.

LAHORE: The legal team of incarcerated PTI founding chairman Imran Khan on Monday withdrew his petitions against the denial of pre-arrest bail in May 9 riots cases related to the burning of Jinnah House, Askari Tower, and Shadman police station.

ISLAMABAD: An imp­ortant cabinet meeting, which was expected to consider the issue of banning the opposition PTI today (Tuesday), was postponed due to the prime minister’s “hectic schedule”, PM House sources said.

FARNBOROUGH: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed on Monday to reduce the UK’s “long-term reliance on overseas workers” as he unveiled a new skills training organisation aimed at boosting productivity and economic growth.

MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will testify on July 30 in a preliminary corruption inquiry into his wife Begona Gomez’s business ties, a Madrid court said on Monday, an issue that caused him to consider resigning three months ago.

MOSCOW: A Russian court has sentenced US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to more than six years in prison for violating strict military censorship laws, a ruling her employer slammed as a “mockery of justice”.

NASIRIYAH: Iraq hanged 10 “terror” convicts on Monday, officials said, in the fourth such execution in three months, prompting a rights group to call for an end to the death penalty.

DARUVAR: Croatia was in a state of shock on Monday after a gunman opened fire in a nursing home, killing at least six people in a rare instance of gun violence in the Balkan country.

GENEVA: Political decisions taken this year will determine whether a target to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 can be reached, the United Nations said on Monday.

JERUSALEM: The Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval on Monday to a bill that declares the main United Nations relief organisation for Palestinians a “terrorist organisation” and proposes to sever relations with the body.

KARACHI: Trade and industry people have asked the government to seriously look into the matter of high electricity tariffs for all categories of consumers, particularly export and general industries, and rationalise the same to bring down the cost of production.

KARACHI: The country’s power generation fell by 2 per cent to 127,259GWh (14,504MW) year-on-year during FY24 owing to a slowdown in overall economic activity and lower demand amid rising power tariffs.

KARACHI: The Banking Mohtasib has granted monetary relief of Rs681 million to the customers by disposing of 12,568 complaints during the first half of 2024, said a press release issued on Monday.

KARACHI: Euromoney, a global financial magazine, has declared Citibank as the best international bank in Pakistan based on its performance in 2023, said a press release.

KHYBER/NORTH WAZIRIS­TAN: Three police personnel were injured in an explosion near their car in Tirah valley of Khyber district early on Monday.