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Kohima, Jan 31 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N Gopalaswami alongwith two Election Commissioners S Y Qureshi and Navin Chawla will today review poll preparedness for the March 5 Assembly

Peshawar 31 Jan: A group of retired Pakistani military officers have urged President Pervez Musharraf to step down and hand over power to the chief justice he sacked nearly three months ago.

The demand came at a meeting of the Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Society in Islamabad, the latest show of dissent against former army chief Musharraf by the group of 200 retired generals, air marshals and other officers.

"Musharraf should step down and hand over power to Justice [Iftikhar Muhammad] Chaudhry, who is still constitutional chief justice," former Pakistan Air Force chief Asghar Khan told reporters.

Birgunj (Nepal), Jan 30: Security has been tightened as Nepal’s seven ruling parties prepare to address their joint election rally in Birgunj on Wednesday, ahead of the Constituent Assembly election slated for April 10.

Over 2000 security personnel, including from Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force (APF), have been deployed to check any untoward incident, reported the Nepalnews.

In addition to the existing 1000 security personnel in the city, another 1000 will be deployed, said Bhola Shiwakoti, the Chief District Officer of Parsa.

A number of armed outfits including Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-Jwala Singh) have called for a shutdown in Bara, Parsa and Rautahat districts in a bid to disrupt the rally.

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