ASIA TODAY Imran Khan wins the elections in Punjab and calls for early elections for the national Parliament

Other news of the day: Israel shoots down Hezbollah drone; China increases the sale of raw materials to Russia for military use. Nancy Pelosi will visit Taiwan in August. Since the military coup, 50 members of the National League for Democracy have been killed. Since the invasion of Ukraine, 113,500 Russian companies have already closed. The Tajik prosecutor’s office opens an investigation into the death of protesters in Gorno-Badakšan.

PAKISTAN

The former Prime Minister’s PTI imran khan it won 15 of the 20 seats up for grabs in the elections to renew Punjab’s legislative chamber, obtaining a majority in coalition with the PML-Q. The province used to be a stronghold of the PML-N, the formation of current Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Khan is now calling for early elections across the country.

ISRAEL-LEBANON

The Israeli army claims that shot down a small drone yesterday that had invaded the territory of Lebanon. According to the Jewish State Armed Forces, the drone was launched by Hezbollah, the pro-Iranian Shiite party.

CHINA-RUSSIA

Beijing denies everything, but data from its customs office show that in the first five months of the year, Chinese companies increased their exports to Russia in the field of raw materials for military use. The United States has already sanctioned some of these Chinese companies for violating its sanctions against Moscow, imposed after the invasion of Ukraine.

UNITED STATES-TAIWAN

Nancy Pelosi he will visit Taipei in August, which will provoke the inevitable negative reaction from Beijing. The trip was initially planned for April, but was canceled after the speaker of the US House of Representatives tested positive for Covid-19.

MYANMAR

Since the February 2021 military coup, at least 50 members of the National League for Democracy have lost their lives, killed by the coup plotters or died in prison. Also in detention are 900 former MPs from the party of Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the civilian government deposed by the generals.

RUSSIA

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, as a result of Western sanctions and the drop in consumption, 113,500 companies have already closed in Russia, according to the network’s experts. FinExpertiza based on data from the Russian Tax Agency. The Russian business community loses an average of 930 signatures a day, and is approaching the negative records of the pandemic.

TAJIKISTAN

The General Prosecutor’s Office of Tajikistan accepted the request of public opinion and decided to review the videos of the security forces during the anti-terrorist operation in Rušan province. It is the place where the pro-independence demonstrations took place in the autonomous region of Gorno-Badakšan. The investigation aims to clarify the circumstances of the death of several people among the protesters