Islamabad [Pakistan], October 17 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has made all preparations to hold a rally in Karachi on Sunday for paying homage to the party's activists and supporters killed in a blast at former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's homecoming rally near Karsaz on 18 October 18, 2007, reported local media.

The rally will be held at Bagh-e-Jinnah in Karachi and chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and other prominent party leaders will address the gathering, reported ARY News.

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On October 18, 2007, the deadly suicide blast aimed at a motorcade carrying former party chairperson Benazir Bhutto took place on Karsaz Road in Karachi.

After ending her nine-year self imposed exile, Benazir was returning to Pakistan in 2007.

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The terror attack claimed 177 lives and injured hundreds but Benazir was unhurt in the incident, said ARY News. (ANI)

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