Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif to lead PML-N rally from Murree to Lahore on Sunday

MURREE - Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who was ousted last week by the Supreme Court over corruption and dishonesty, will lead a rally of his supporters on his way back to Lahore's Raiwind Palace from  Pakistan's most popular summer resort Murree.

Sources in Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) revealed to Daily Pakistan that a large number of Sharif's supporters wanted the ex-PM to return to his hometown Lahore, by road.

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After leaving the Punjab House in Murree on Sunday, Nawaz Sharif will take the motorway and will reach Babu Sabu interchange before diverting to Bund Road.

All PML-N members of national and provincial assemblies have been instructed to join the rally that will conclude at Data Darbar, the shrine of sufi saint Ali Hajveri (RA) .

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi held the second round of consultation with party leadership in Murree where the ex-PM is staying with family since his ouster from PM House, to pick members for his new cabinet.

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