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Waymo has released a safety case for the use of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on public roads without human drivers. As well as providing guidelines for how Waymo ensures self-driving vehicles are safe to deploy, the case includes evidence to support the company’s claims, such as data from vehicles during test drives. Waymo, owned by Google parent Alphabet, released […]
Pakistan’s anti-corruption watchdog, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), has issued a notice to Bushra Bibi, the third wife of Imran Khan, to appear before it in connection with a corruption case. Khan, who is the leader of the opposition and former prime minister, has pledged to overthrow the government through street protests. He and over […]
Pakistan’s police have registered a terrorism case against Imran Khan and over a dozen Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders after accusing them of vandalism, attacking security personnel and creating unrest outside the Islamabad judicial complex ahead of a court hearing. Clashes erupted when the PTI workers attempted to attend a hearing in a graft case involving […]
Former Pakistani Prime Minister and Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party Imran Khan has appeared in court relating to a case about Toshakhana, or the federal treasury. The PTI leader had voiced concerns about being barred from entering the court, as he believes the government is seeking to prevent him from doing so. The Islamabad […]
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been allowed to leave the Islamabad Judicial Complex after marking his attendance in the Toshakhana case. Khan had earlier said that he was not being permitted to enter the court’s premises. His party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has raised security concerns, after which the venue was shifted to […]
Attaullah Tarar, a leader from Pakistan’s ruling party, the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), has claimed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is deliberately undermining the peace in the country to avoid appearing in court. In a press conference Tarar said that PTI workers fired shells at police and created obstacles to prevent Imran Khan […]
Pakistan has reported its first case of polio in 2023, following a gap of five months, after a three-year-old boy in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa contracted the disease. Health officials in the country are investigating the circumstances of the case, but warn that the boy was not fully vaccinated against the disease. Polio […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) in Pakistan has suspended the arrest warrant for Imran Khan, the chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), in relation to the Toshakhana case. The PTI chairman has filed a petition after an Islamabad sessions court rejected his plea requesting the suspension of his arrest warrant. Additional District and Sessions […]
Imran Khan, the ousted Pakistani prime minister and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has agreed to appear in court in Lahore to provide assurance he will present himself the following day before the judge in a corruption case against him. The 70-year-old politician has been resisting arrest in the Toshakhana case and has been […]
An Islamabad court has suspended non-bailable arrest warrants against Pakistani politician Imran Khan in relation to a female judge threatening case. The ruling bars police from arresting Khan until 16 March. The arrest warrant was issued in relation to the use of threatening language against a woman judge and senior police officers, of which he […]
