Here's how deaf people can catch up on all the exciting election commentary

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Pakistanis are glued to their television screens this evening consuming living reports, debates, analysis and maybe even heated arguments.

Local start-up ConnectHear and NGO NOWPDP are making sure that Pakistan's deaf people* don't miss out on this very important national conversation.

"We've been trying to get into news channels interpretation for quite a long time because we feel it's important for news to be interpreted for deaf people. We decided to interpret the news and share it on our Facebook page, so our deaf audience could know what is going on in our country and the world." — ConnectHear co-founder Azima Dhanjee.

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