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Residents of the North Kazakhstan Region (NKR) came to fish on the Ishim in the suburbs of Petropavlovsk, but found themselves in an area where shooting practice was taking place. No one was injured.

In the Karkaraly district of the Karaganda region, dry grass has caught fire. The fire is occurring in an open area and in hard-to-reach mountainous terrain.

In Ust-Kamenogorsk, residents are reporting headaches, dizziness and a tickle in the throat amid recorded exceedances of pollutant concentrations in the air.

Nearly 30 cases of approaches to citizens on behalf of eGov employees have been recorded in Kazakhstan over the past month. In one episode, a resident of Taraz transferred more than 2 million tenge to third parties after messages about loans allegedly taken out in her name.

In Kazakhstan, thanks to digital data exchange, the driving licences of more than 10,000 people with medical contraindications to driving have been suspended.

Deputies of the Kurultai will interact with citizens through trips to the regions, personal receptions, meetings with work collectives and digital channels. Each deputy must make at least two trips to the regions per session.

Deputy Chair of the Kurultai Daniya Yespayeva explained the decision to restrict journalists' access to deputies in the corridors of the new Parliament. According to her, the work of the media was not restricted but regulated, with attention focused on the bills being considered by the kurultai.

19-year-old Bakytzhan Umit from the Turkestan region, who voluntarily went into compulsory military service, returned home on crutches after ten months. According to his mother, her son's complaints of severe leg pain long remained without due attention. The Main Military Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Defence claims that the serviceman received the necessary medical care.

Kurultai deputies will not be able to use speeches at sessions and working platforms for personal or other appeals not related to their parliamentary powers. At the same time, requirements for the behaviour and dissemination of information by parliamentarians have been enshrined.

Two transport officials have been detained on suspicion of facilitating the unhindered passage of freight vehicles exceeding the permitted weight limits. According to the investigation, they were given material rewards totalling more than 40 million tenge.