OKARA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will address a rally tomorrow (Saturday) at the Okara Municipal Stadium at the invitation of MNA Riazul Haq Juj.

He will also inaugurate the wheat harvesting season at the farm of another MNA, Syed Ashiq Kirmani, at Shergarh.

Mr Juj’s uncle Chaudhry Muhammad Arshad Iqbal said Mr Sharif would lay foundation stones of a Rs600 million gas supply schime to some areas of NA-144 and a Rs630 million overhead bridge in the city.

Published in Dawn, April 28th, 2017

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