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  • ‘Drive like a woman’, French road safety campaign tells men

    ‘Drive like a woman’, French road safety campaign tells men

    A French road safety association said Monday it had launched a campaign urging men to drive like women, aiming to cut traffic deaths while debunking the sexist stereotype that men are better behind the wheel.

    “Drive Like A Woman”, runs the slogan on the ads, seen mostly in metro stations and posted online, from the association Victims and Citizens.

    “A look at the data tells you that there’s no truth” to the stereotype that men are better drivers, the association said in a statement.

    Some 84 percent of deadly road accidents were caused by men, it said, citing a governmental road safety report.

    Victims and Citizens, which assists people injured in traffic accidents and runs awareness campaigns, said it hoped to prompt a change in the “mentality of men and therefore in their behaviour”.

    According to the government report, 93 percent of drivers causing an accident under the influence of alcohol were men.

    “Driving like a woman just means one thing, staying alive,” the ad campaign said.

    Close to 3,200 people died in road accidents in France last year, with early data for this year pointing to a possible increase in 2024.

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  • Online learning driving license app launched

    Online learning driving license app launched

    Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab, Mohsin Naqvi, has inaugurated an online learning driving license app.

    The inauguration ceremony of the online learning driving license app was held at the Chief Minister Office in Lahore, with Information Minister Amir Mir and Inspector General of Punjab Police Usman Anwar present at the event.

    Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board Faisal Yusuf and related officials were also present in the ceremony.

    Speaking at the ceremony, Chief Minister Naqvi said that learning license facility is being provided at patrol posts, service centers and police stations. Citizens will be able to benefit from the facility of online learning license while sitting at home. Learner license facility has also been started at the front desk of police stations.

  • Stockholm to ban petrol, diesel cars in city centre from 2025

    Stockholm to ban petrol, diesel cars in city centre from 2025

    The capital of Sweden, Stockholm, will ban the presence of petrol and diesel cars by 2025 in a central 20-block area of the city in order to achieve better air quality.

    The city’s vice-mayor for transport and urban environment, Lars Stromgren, said in a statement, “Nowadays the air in Stockholm causes babies to have sick lungs and the elderly to die prematurely. It is a completely unacceptable situation,”
    He added that there is a need to “limit the harmful exhaust gases from petrol and diesel cars,”

    The 20-block area of the city is a bustling part of Stockholm with a shopping district, office buildings, and eateries. And according to Stromgren, this area “has a lot of pedestrians and cyclists, where the air quality needs to be better,”

    “This is also a part of the city where we see that there is a lot of interest in a faster electrification, with actors that can spearhead the transition,” he added.

    The ban will come into effect on December 31, 2024. However, police cars, ambulances and other security services will be exempted.

  • Nine Pakistani pilgrims killed in road accident in Saudi Arabia

    Nine Pakistani pilgrims killed in road accident in Saudi Arabia

    A road accident near the Al-Qassim area in Saudi Arabia has resulted in the deaths of nine Pakistani citizens, including women and children. Additionally, five Umrah pilgrims were injured in the accident.

    The victims were returning to Riyadh from Madina after performing Umrah.

    According to reports, the individuals who lost their lives in the accident were from neighbouring villages, namely Islamnagar and Chak 18, located in the Nankana Sahib area. The individuals were in Saudi Arabia on visit visas

  • Mullah Omar’s buried car found after 21 years

    Mullah Omar’s buried car found after 21 years

    The Taliban have discovered a white Toyota of Mullah Omar, the founding leader of the Taliban, which was buried 21 years ago. When the US forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001 as a response to the 9/11 attacks, Mullah Omar hid his personal vehicle by burying it.

    The car was discovered mostly unharmed and wrapped in plastic. However, the front mirror of the car was broken.

    Senior officials have demanded that the car should be placed in Kabul’s national museum.

    Omar died in 2013 reportedly due to illness. However, the news of his death was not revealed by the Afghan Taliban until July 2015.

  • Sindh police on high alert to avoid thefts

    Sindh police on high alert to avoid thefts

    In order to avoid thefts, purse snatchings, and other street crimes ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, Sindh Inspector General Gulam Nabi Memon has placed the police of every precinct on the routes leading to Super Highway Cattle Market on high alert.

    The decision was made knowing that sellers and buyers of sacrificial animals both carry large sums of cash in their pockets, making them targets for thieves.

    In this regard, the chief of Sindh’s police presided over a conference to go over in detail the security measures related to Eid-ul-Azha.

    Memon stated that it is important to ensure the execution of security measures and other choices pertaining to the contingency plan for Eid-ul-Azha.

    He gave the order that police officers assigned to district-level security duty receive a thorough briefing.

    According to him, security at imam bargahs, mosques, animal sacrifice sites, and the main thoroughfares of the cattle market and surrounding regions should be made extremely strong and extraordinary.

    The IG stated that it is important to guarantee that the code of conduct on animal sacrifice is followed, and that in doing so, registered organisations, animal welfare organisations, and other stakeholders should be given the benefit of the doubt.

    A further directive from the IG Sindh was to maintain passenger safety on all Sindhi highways and to improve communication between the police in all districts and the relevant highway and motorway authorities.

    Officials were instructed to coordinate police picketing and patrols on highways, roads, and other designated locations while conducting checking and surveillance on Sindh’s inbound and departure routes as well as video recording.

  • 4 crore 91 lakh to be spent on Usman Buzdar’s office

    4 crore 91 lakh to be spent on Usman Buzdar’s office

    A hefty amount is to be spent on the renovation of Chief Minister Pubjab (CM) Usman Buzdar’s office, reports Dunya. A total of 4 crore and 91 lakh will be spent on Chief Minister’s office. In addition the offices of the staff appointed to him will also be renovated.

    CM’s office will have new air-conditioners and new carpets. In addition, the funds will also be spent to buy historic paintings for the office.

    As per the Punjab Revenue Department, The Communication and Construction Department has made an estimate and requested the release of funds from the Revenue Department. A summary has been sent to the Standing Cabinet Committee on Finance for the release of the supplementary grant. The funds will be issued after the approval of Cabinet.

    The additional grant required to meet the required expenditure of the government is called a supplementary grant.

    In January 2020, the Chief Minister’s office shared comparative details of expenditure claiming that Usman Buzdar had set an example of austerity by curtailing spending under different heads.

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    Chief Minister Usman Buzdar in a statement said that the austerity policy was being strictly followed by the Punjab government. “Unnecessary expenditures are against public interest and a new tradition has been set by curtailing expenditures.”

    Earlier, this month Punjab government issued a formal order for the purchase of 46 new cars for provincial ministers and will make an advance payment to a car manufacturer in this regard. The Cabinet Committee has approved payment for purchasing news cars.

  • Shibli Faraz escapes attack on vehicle at Darra Adam Khel

    Shibli Faraz escapes attack on vehicle at Darra Adam Khel

     Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz on Sunday escaped an attack unharmed as he was on his way from his ancestral town of Kohat to Peshawar city.

    Unidentified assailants attacked his car, shattering the windows.

    Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry tweeted moments after the news broke, saying that Faraz had been attacked by gunmen at Darra Adam Khel.

    “Thankfully, he remained safe but unfortunately the driver is seriously injured and has been transported to the hospital.

    “We strongly condemn this incident,” wrote Fawad.

    Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Kohat Tahir Ayub, while speaking to Geo News, said that it wasn’t a firing incident and that the minister’s vehicle was pelted with stones.

    “Shibli Faraz was returning to Peshawar after casting his vote in his constituency,” the DIG said.

    DIG Ayub said that due to the pelting of stones, one police personnel was injured and has since been ruled to be out of danger. The front windscreen of Faraz’s vehicle was damaged, he added.

  • Toddler spends Rs1.7 million upgrading car while playing on mother’s iPad

    Toddler spends Rs1.7 million upgrading car while playing on mother’s iPad

    A 10-month-old boy spent over Rs 1.7 million to purchase the full self-driving capability package for Tesla while playing on his mother’s iPad.

    Her mother was shocked when she found out over Rs1.7 million on her bank statement. The woman claimed that her 10-month-old son managed to purchase the full self-driving capability package for her Tesla after tapping onto the car’s app.

    The woman said that she had no idea about it until the Rs1.7 million fee appeared on her bank statement.

    TikTok user @Stayfitstaylit shared screenshots to show the receipt, including the warning message that it would be non-refundable 48 hours after purchase, adding that the clever Tesla would automatically update while parked.

    She told that her son had bought a package that allows her car to navigate on autopilot, automatically change lanes and park, upgrade to a full self-driving computer and recognise traffic lights – with autosteer on city streets coming later in the year.

    The mother said that she and her partner had been discussing the upgrade themselves and their little boy simply took matters into his own hands to give them the final push.

  • VIDEO: Car catches fire after driver uses hand sanitizer while smoking

    A car burst into flames in Maryland after a driver used hand sanitizer while smoking a cigarette.

    According to officials, the fire was caused by the “driver using hand sanitizer and smoking a cigarette,” which he cites as a “bad combo in an unventilated area like a car.” 

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    The car is badly damaged and cannot be recovered, Fire control officials took the driver to a nearby hospital for treatment of minor burns and injuries.