At least four killed ahead of Sharif rally

AT LEAST four people were killed ahead of an election rally that Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was preparing to attend.

Members of Mr Sharif’s PML-N party say they came under attack from supporters of the rival PML-Q party, which backs President Pervez Musharraf.

The shooting took place near Pakistan’s main garrison town, Rawalpindi, where former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated yesterday.