Hong Kong`s land and sea border checkpoints with the mainland have been largely closed for almost three years under China`s "zero-Covid" strategy, which has restricted entry to the country, isolated infected people and locked down areas with outbreaks.

The top election body last month initiated the process to remove 70-year-old Khan as chairman of his party following its verdict in the Toshakhana (national depository) case.

Khan had been at loggerheads with Bajwa ever since his ouster from power in April by a no-confidence motion

The surge in severely ill people needing hospital care follows China abandonment of its most severe pandemic restrictions last month after nearly three years of lockdowns, travels bans and school closures that weighed heavily on the economy and prompted street protests not seen since the late 1980s.

The order follows a proposal by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill.

Jassy added Amazon is working to support those who are affected by providing packages that include a separation payment, transitional health insurance benefits, and external job placement support

But Amini’s father told pro-reform Emtedad news website on Sunday that his daughter was fit and had no health problems

The reactors of Pivdennoukrainsk plant were undamaged

“The case against Imran Khan, however, will remain intact that will now be tried in an ordinary court, instead an anti-terrorism court,” Chaudhry said