LONDON: Careem said it had full confidence in Egypt’s judicial system following a legal move to halt the operations of the company alongside rival Uber. The pair are the focus of protests by Egyptian taxi drivers who say that their drivers are not required to pay fees to operate transportation services. An Egyptian court this week accepted a petition that demanded the government stop licensing Uber and Careem activities in Egypt, including their online applications, state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram reported. The lawyer representing taxi drivers, Khaled Al-Gamal, told AFP that the ruling would have to be implemented by the government even if Uber and UAE-based Careem appeal. “They have to stop operations and block their mobile applications on the Internet,” he told AFP. But both companies said their operations have not been officially suspended. “We have full confidence in the Egyptian judicial system and should any verdict be reached against the ride-hailing industry, we will follow the requisite judicial procedures available under Egyptian Law,” said Careem in a statement to Arab News. “For now, we will continue as business as usual.”