Deposed Pakistani PM adamant to lead rally despite bombing
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A Pakistani provincial spokesman says the country's deposed prime minister is adamant to hold a rally in his powerbase, the city of Lahore, despite a deadly bombing there the previous day.
Meanwhile, in another challenge to Pakistan's ruling party, firebrand opposition cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri returned home on Tuesday after mainly living abroad amid pending court-cases against him in Pakistan. He has vowed to get justice for eight supporters killed during 2014 anti-government rallies.
Malik Mohammad Ahmed, a spokesman in Punjab where Lahore is the provincial capital, says former Prime Minister Nawaaz Sharif plans to travel with a convoy of supporters by road from the capital, Islamabad, to Lahore on Wednesday.
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Tuesday's Lahore bombing killed one person and wounded 30.
Sharif was disqualified by Pakistan's Supreme Court last month for concealing assets.