Sharif, daughter & son-in-law to get parole for funeral China suspends its car pool services in wake of murders
LAHORE: Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar would be released on parole for a day to attend the funeral of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, sources said Tuesday.
Kulsoom, the wife of Sharif, died Tuesday in London after a
long battle with cancer. She was
68. Her body will be brought back here and buried in Jati Umra Lahore residence of the Sharif family.
Sources told PTI that Sharif, Maryam and Safdar are being released on parole to attend the funeral.
"Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered to facilitate the Sharif family regarding bringing back the body of Kulsoom and other matters," they said, adding that the government may free the father and the daughter for a day. SHANGHAI: China has ordered the suspension of carpool services offered by ridehailing firms until tighter safety measures are implemented, seeking to ease fears after two users of sector leader Didi Chuxing's Hitch service were murdered.
Local governments across the country were ordered to review the backgrounds and qualifications of all drivers signed up with web-based carpooling and other private carshare services.
Drivers and cars deemed unqualified will be removed from such services by the end of this year, said a joint directive issued late Monday by the transport and public security ministries.
Service operators in the meantime must take a range of safety measures including strengthening alarm and rapidresponse mechanisms to enable passengers to indicate when they are in danger.
They also will be required to establish 24-hour safety management and emergency response teams, and must furnish real-time information on drivers and passengers to police.
It did not specify how long the suspension would last.
Car-pooling services such as Hitch pair up people moving in the same direction so they can share travelling costs.
Hitch is separate from Didi Chuxing's main ride-hailing service, which is not affected by the government suspension order.
Didi Chuxing, used by hundreds of millions in China, came under intense criticism last month after a 20-year-old female passenger was raped and murdered by her Hitch driver in the eastern city of Wenzhou.
Didi Chuxing faced boycott calls after it emerged that the company did not act on a complaint about the driver just one day before the killing.
The episode fuelled pressure for greater regulation of carpooling services, which generally face less stringent requirements and oversight than regular ride-hailing.