LAHORE:ThePakistan Awami Tehreek set on Friday a challenging task for itself -rivaling reception of Nawaz Sharif who arrives in the city two days before PAT Chief Tahirul Qadri.

The Pakistan Awami Tehreek, which finalised arrangements for a `historic reception` for its chief, said it had told its local leadership to ensure maximum attendance because the media would inevitably draw comparison between both receptions.

`After the disqualification, the manner of arrival of Nawaz Sharif will set political tone of the city on Sunday,` says an of ficial of the PAT.

The N-league will try to maximise political gains through numerical attendance of the recepdon, proving that disqualification has not affected the political standing of Mr Sharif at the popular level.

The PML-N also knows that it will shortly contest a very important election in NA-120. All these political compulsions suggest that the PML-N will go allout for a show of strength, because Mr Sharif`s arrival and reception will kick start the city electioneering for elections going to be held in the third week of September.

`But this situation has also put PAT in a challenging situation; proving its popular muscle because it is not only a matter of leader`s reception but also for PAT`s prospects in next elections. So the PAT is also going all out, he says.

`The PAT chief will lead a procession from airport, where he will arrive early morning on Tuesday, to Data Darbar, where he will offer thanksgiving prayers, address the media before leading the same rally to his headquarters,` says Noorullah Siddqui spokesman for the party.

`The chief`s return is an emergency one, dictated by the emerging conditions, and he will concentrate only on justice for victims of Model Town tragedy and making Justice Najfi report public.

The party went to the court for release of report in August 2014. But it has not been able to get despite lapse of three years,` he said.