The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will be holding the first rally on Friday (Today) as part of its countrywide anti-government campaign in Gujranwala.

Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala is ready for the rally, with the stage already finished and chairs installed. Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), who are hosting the first rally, visited the arena to check the arrangements. Party workers are already arriving for the rally which will be held later in the evening.

Vice-president of PML-N, Maryam Nawaz, will leave for the venue from Jatti Umra in the afternoon. She is expected to travel within old city via Shadrah, Kamonki and Muridke, then taking the Babu Sabu interchange to shift on to Band Road.

Eight welcome camps have been set up at different points for Maryam Nawaz's convoy.

Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman will also leave with a rally after offering Friday prayer at Jamia Ashrafia in Lahore. At Kamonki, his rally will join Maryam Nawaz's and the two leaders will climb atop a container to proceed onto Gujranwala.

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will leave from Lala Musa with a rally to join the main rally at Gujranwala. The PPP leader will addressing a press conference after attending a reception at Qamar Zaman Kaira's residence. He is then expected to address another rally at Wazirabad interchange. PPP workers have started arriving at Jinnah Stadium to welcome their chairman.

From Hafizabad, Saira Afzal Tarrar will lead a rally towards Gujranwala while from Pasrur, MNA Ali Zahid and MPA Mohammad Afzal will lead a rally at 2 o'clock.

PDM workers have already left from Rawalpindi in the form of small rallies, with PML-N's Tariq Fazal Chaudhry and PPP's Sabtain Shah leading their party's respective rallies.