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Monday 30 June 2014

General Motors recalls 475,000 more vehicles

General Motors Friday announced three more safety recalls covering nearly 475,000 vehicles, the biggest of which involves a software problem in some leading sport utility vehicles and pickup models.

GM (NYSE: GM - news) will recall more than 450,000 models of the 2014-2015 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, among others, in which control module software in the four-wheel drive system could automatically switch to neutral without driver input.
As a result, a vehicle, while parked, could “roll away if the parking brake is not set,” GM said. If the vehicle is in motion, no power will go to the wheels, the automaker added.
GM said it knew of no crashes or injuries related to this problem, or to those that prompted the other two recalls it announced. The recall affects vehicles in the US and Canada.
GM said it was recalling about 4,800 2013-2014 Chevrolet Caprice police cars and 2014 Chevrolet SS sport sedans in the US to address a problem that can stop the windshield wipers from working.
The third recall involves about 2,050 2014 Chevrolet Corvettes, most in the US, to address a problem with the rear shock.
GM has already recalled more than 20 million vehicles in 2014.
The Detroit automaker is under investigations by Congress, the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission over its delayed recall of cars with ignition switch problems related to at least 13 deaths.
In February — 11 years after the ignition switch defect was detected — GM began recalling 2.6 million Chevrolet Cobalts, Saturn Ions and Skys, Pontiac 5s and Solstices made between 2003 and 2011.

PM Nawaz visits newly inducted aircraft A320


ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif visited the newly inducted aircraft A320 after a period of almost 10 years in the PIA fleet at Islamabad International Airport.
The Prime Minster had approved the inclusion of fourteen new aircrafts into the PIA fleet. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Aviation, Mr. Shujaat Azeem, Managing Director PIA, Muhammad Junaid Yunus and Director Flight Operations PIA, Captain Qasim Hayat accompanied the Prime Minister during the visit.
Special Assistant to PM on Aviation briefed the PM that the airline is also in the process of inducting 14 aircraft in its fleet including Narrow body, Wide Body and Turbo-Prop aircraft. PIA has placed order for three A320 aircraft from GECAS of which one aircraft has been received while the remaining two will be delivered to PIA in July and September while the remaining aircraft will be inducted in the near future. The Airbus A320 has a seating capacity of 180 seats. The aircraft will be in operation.
While visiting the aircraft Prime Minster said that, “he would like to see more Pakistanis travelling with the national flag carrier, which should be the preferred choice of passengers”. The PM emphasized on providing best services to passengers and gave his best wishes for the success of PIA and offered his all out support for making it the one of the leading airline of the world.
Sharing his views during the visit, PM said that, “it’s pleasing to see the new aircraft being inducted in PIA fleet and prayed that with the present initiatives being taken; PIA shall soon be revived to its past glory”

Tokyo man sets himself on fire in protest against Prime Minister



TOKYO: A Japanese man set himself on fire in central Tokyo on Sunday after giving a speech opposing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plan to reform the country’s pacifist constitution, police and reports said.