Awaz Apni RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Muslim League-N candidate Malik Shakil Awan has won the by-election held in NA-55 constituency of Rawalpindi on Wednesday, according to unofficial results. Awami Muslim League Chief Sheikh Rashid in a press conference Wednesday night leveled rigging charges against Punjab government but said he would not lodge his complaint with the Election Commission of Pakistan. “Election Commission is helpless before Punjab government,” he said The unofficial results continue to pour in. According to unofficial results of 221 polling stations, Shakil Awan has secured a decisive lead of 73,766 votes against Sheikh Rashid who has bagged 46,022 votes in today’s by-polls. Addressing PML-N workers outside the party’s election office, Malik Shakil Awan said Rawalpindi is the city of PML-N loyalists who, he said, made the opponents an example for learning a lesson from. The total number of registered voters is 333928 in NA-55 where 250 polling stations were set up. Following the announcement of unofficial results, PML-N workers came out on streets and started dancing amid slogans in support of their party to celebrate the win. |
CNews Karachi. July 05: A Pakistani Scientist in Britain has invented a new chemical for processing plastic (polythene) bags which has the quality of dissolution after its use in 105 days.A manufacturing unit for these plastic bags was being set up in Turkey while interest has been shown in the setting up of a big unit and manufacturing firm’s head quarter in Karachi which will be used to supply such dissolvable polythene bags to Asian countries. The Director of UK based firm Bio Plast Biodegradable Plastics GL Punn while leading a 15 member delegation called on EDO Municipal Services City Government Masood Alam. The Executive Director of Bio Plast Pakistan Muhammad Hanif Awan and M. Sultan Mehmood Awan was also present on this occasion. The Director of Bio Plast informed the EDO Municipal Services about the characteristics of new chemical. He said that the firm was going to set up its first plant in Turkey which will be operative in next two months. The delegation also praised the vi