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Shell Eco Marathon Asia 2013 NUST Rawalpindi Event

Chowrangi Team — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:26:11 +0000

Top universities from Pakistan unveiled their hand-built fuel-efficient vehicles for the Shell Eco Marathon Asia at a launch ceremony held at NUST in Rawalpindi. This event has put Pakistani teams on track for the Shell Eco Marathon Asia competition at the Sepang F-1 track in Kuala Lumpur in July 2013. There, they will compete with [...]

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Pakistan Elections 2013 – Social Media Coverage

Chowrangi Team — Sat, 11 May 2013 07:08:00 +0000

[View the story "Pakistan Elections 2013" on Storify] Pakistan Elections 2013 Social media updates on Pakistan Elections 2013 Storified by Chowrangi· Sat, May 11 2013 13:27:23 How to find your Polling Station. Send a your NIC number without dash symbol to 8300. You will get a reply with your serial number, block code and polling [...]

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Over 750,000 UNDP trained government staff joined election duties

Chowrangi Team — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:29:43 +0000

More than 750,000 government employees trained by the UNDP have joined election duties at the 69,876 polling stations across Pakistan. Following the ECP’s announcement on appointing the electoral staff at the polling stations, over 7000,000 employees of the Federal and Provincial Governments comprising the ECP staff members and school teachers would be reporting to the [...]

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How to find your polling station across Pakistan on Election Day

Chowrangi Team — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:42:30 +0000

Here is how to find your polling station across Pakistan. Steps shared by Norbalm at his website: Step by Step process to finding your polling stations across Pakistan. (Sourced from the web) 1) Send your CNIC number (no dashes, no spaces) via SMS to 8300 and wait for a message from ECP 2) Note down [...]

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Karachi Police helping disabled guy while on VIP Escort Duty

Chowrangi Team — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:53:09 +0000

Pakistan Police usually rhymes with corruption, extortion, and uncivilized men in uniform. However, as it is said that nobody is totally bad, or good, this implies to the policemen of Pakistan as well. Amyn A. Ghulamali reports how policemen at clifton, Karachi, helped a disabled person who fall in the middle of road. They performed [...]

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Shahid Nazir the One Pound Fish Man to sing for PML-N Election Campaign

Chowrangi Team — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:48:28 +0000

From selling fish for One Pound to becoming a mini celebrity singer, Shahid Nazir – the One Pound Fish Man has performed another somersault, political in nature this time. Apparently, Shahid Nazir is planning to sing for PML-N election campaign. Shahid Nazir said his family had a long association with the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PMLN) [...]

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Pervez Musharraf banned from contesting Elections in Pakistan

Chowrangi Team — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:47:58 +0000

The former SSG Commando, ex-Army Chief and Dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf has been banned from contesting elections in Pakistan. The 69-year-old applied to run for parliament in four seats but was rejected immediately from all but the northern district of Chitral, on the Afghan border. A three-judge panel in Peshawar disqualified Musharraf from running [...]

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Election Commission allowed candidates to keep five civilian armed bodyguards

Chowrangi Team — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:05:02 +0000

Considering the law and order and dire security situation in Pakistan, The Election Commission of Pakistan has allowed candidates to keep five civilian bodyguards with licensed arms during the polls campaign. The News quoted Masood Khan Afridi, Additional Inspector General Police, Operations, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: “Under instructions from the Election Commission of Pakistan, politicians can keep [...]

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MQM Haqiqi announced candidates for Elections 2013

Chowrangi Team — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:52:22 +0000

The Muhajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi) or MQM Haqiqi has announced candidates for provincial and national assemblies for Elections 2013, with chairman Aafaq Ahmed contesting from two national assembly seats in Karachi. MQM-H candidates for Sindh Assembly: - PS 64: Abdus Salam - PS 82: Ikramuddin - PS 94: Arif Khan - PS 95: Muhammad Shakeel [...]

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PTCL connects 535 offices of Election Commission of Pakistan

Chowrangi Team — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:34:45 +0000

PTCL has connected 535 election offices of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to provide voice and data integration and interchange services including wireline and wireless broadband. Some remote sites have been connected via VSAT technology. Concurrently, more than 500 central, district and regional offices of Returning Officers (ROs) of ECP are being connected through [...]

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