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==== Pakistan ==== Auto rickshaws are a popular mode of transport in Pakistani towns<ref name="ABC News Promote Peace">{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=18436950 |title=Eye-Catching Rickshaws Promote Peace in Pakistan |work=ABC News |author=Sebastian Abbot, Associated Press |date=8 February 2013 |access-date=2013-04-13}}</ref> and are mainly used for travelling short distances within cities. One of the major manufacturers of auto rickshaws is [[Piaggio]]. The government is taking measures to convert all gasoline powered auto rickshaws to cleaner CNG rickshaws by 2015 in all the major cities of Pakistan by issuing easy loans through commercial banks. [[Environment Canada]] is implementing pilot projects in [[Lahore]], [[Karachi]], and [[Quetta]] with engine technology developed in [[Mississauga]], Ontario, Canada that uses CNG instead of gasoline in the two-stroke engines, in an effort to combat [[environmental pollution]] and noise levels.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} In many cities in Pakistan, there are also motorcycle rickshaws, usually called "chand gari" (moon car) or "chingchi", after the Chinese company [[Jinan Qingqi|Jinan Qingqi Motorcycle Co. Ltd]] who first introduced these to the market.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} There are many rickshaw manufacturers in Pakistan. Lahore is the hub of CNG auto rickshaw manufacturing. Manufacturers include: New Asia automobile Pvt, Ltd; AECO Export Company; STAHLCO Motors; Global Sources; Parhiyar Automobiles; Global Ledsys Technologies; Siwa Industries; Prime Punjab Automobiles; Murshid Farm Industries; Sazgar Automobiles; NTN Enterprises; and Imperial Engineering Company. <gallery class="center" mode="packed"> File:Chingchee in Pakistan.JPG|Chingchee in Pakistan File:RickshawPak.jpg|Auto rickshaw, [[Karachi]] File:More Karachi Main.jpg|Auto rickshaw, [[Karachi]] File:Auto-rickshaw on Canal Bank Road Lahore 2009-06.jpg|Auto rickshaw, [[Lahore]] </gallery>
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