LAHORE, Aug 9: The ARD leaders on Saturday reviewed arrangements for Aug 14 public gathering to be held outside the Mochi Gate gardens.

Mian Misbahur Rahman, Lahore president of the PPP, presided over the meeting arranged to discuss the pros and cons of the meeting.

The participants exchanged views on how to assemble a maximum number of people at the meeting, which would be presided over by ARD chief Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan.

It was decided that a camp would be set up at the Mochi Gate on Aug 11 for arrangements.

Jahangir Badr, Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, Khalid Kharal, Altaf Qureshi, Naveed Chaudhry, Sheikh Rafi, Abdul Qadir Shaheen, PML-N leaders Zaeem Qadri, Dr Asad Ashraf, Nawaz Gondal, Rana Zulqernain, Munir Husain Gilani and Abdul Qadeer Khamosh attended the meeting.

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