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reuters last year following its invasion of ukraine causing an energy crisis of squeezed supplies and record-high prices The eu has vowed to quit russian fossil fuels by 2027, and replaced around two-thirds of russian gas last year s energy policy chief said on Thursday russia curbed gas supplies to europe

But while Moscow slashed pipeline gas flows, deliveries of russian liquefied natural gas to europe increased last year –to 22 bcm up from around 16 bcm in 2021 according to an eu analysis seen by

shehbaz government must lift ban on pti protests: amnest y

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The government of Shehbaz Sharif must lift its total ban on opposition protests which violates the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly rights group amnesty International said, after dozens of participants were arrested and wounded in a police crackdown on a pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (pTI) election rally in Lahore pakistan has been in political turmoil since pro-democracy protests led by former prime minister Imran Khan erupted after his ouster in april of last year, which the multi-party pakistan Democratic Movement (pDM) government attempted to put down on Wednesday the police used water cannons and fired tear gas to disperse his supporters in Lahore at least one rallygoer was killed reportedly in custody and more than 40 were arrested for defying a surprise ban on holding rallies in the city police said The developments followed Khan s launching of provincial election campaigns Tuesday for punjab and Khyber pakhtunkhwa where his party has held a majority in past rounds of voting The blanket ban [on political rallies] is at odds with pakistan s obligations to recognise, respect and facilitate the right to freedom of peaceful assembly as a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and political rights,” amnesty said in a statement “Section 144 [a colonial-era law] should never be used to unduly restrict the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and it needs to be repealed ” amnesty called on the government to immediately lift the ban and all the people arrested solely for exercising their right to protest peacefully should be immediately and unconditionally released

Subsequently in an interview with al-Jazeera Khan accused the government of trying to get him out of the way to contest the elections

UK national appeals gov t to protect his investment in pakistan

LAHore s ta f f R e p o R t an oversees pakistani has appealed to the prime Minister of pakistan and Chief Minister punjab to help save his investment in pakistan as he is facing life threats from the land grabbers who are already occupying his precious piece of land in Lahore Saqib Jalal uddin a uK national along with his lawyer Mushtaq ahmad Mohal said this while holding a press conference at the Lahore press Club on Thursday He said that land grabbers had illegally occupied his land at Model Town Lahore with the support of a political party He said that one Iftikhar uddin killed his mother and aunt to deprive them of their property and terrorise other family members

The accused was sentenced to death after the trial by the session court and his conviction was upheld even by the Supreme Court He said the convicted person was released from jail after 18 years but he is still hurling threats at him and his property worth millions of rupees is still in his illegal occupation

Saqib said that all his minor sisters and brothers had shifted to uK after the murder of their mother and maternal aunt His father had already passed away and no one left in pakistan to look after them and take care of their property He is still unable to visit Lahore as they have serious apprehensions of being attacked by the convict Iftikhar uddin, he added

We can and should get rid of russian gas completely as soon as possible, still keeping in mind our security of supply, eu energy commissioner Kadri Simson told a meeting of eu lawmakers on Thursday “I encourage all member states and all companies to stop buying russian LnG, and not to sign any new gas contracts with russia once the existing contracts have expired ” Simson said adding that this could also reassure other gas suppliers europe is trying to negotiate deals with The LnG volumes were far lower than the 155 bcm of pipeline gas Moscow had sent europe each year before the ukraine war europe replaced most of those volumes with LnG from alternative suppliers like the united States, renewable energy and energy savings as eu countries begin preparations to secure energy supplies for next winter