Pakistan Opposition March Sets Out for Islamabad

Thousands of people have gathered in Lahore, Pakistan, on national independence day for an opposition rally led by two leaders, both of whom say the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is corrupt. Cricket champion-turned opposition leader Imran Khan and Muslim cleric Tahir ul-Qadri are heading up a motorcade and march Thursday that was set to begin in Lahore and end in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, some 375 kilometers away. Entry points to the capital have been blocked with...

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