Many thousands of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) supporters are marking the fifth anniversary of the murder of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Hundreds of thousands of people have set up camp near the Bhutto family's ancestral home in Sindh province.
Ms Bhutto died in a gun and bomb attack during her 2007 election campaign.
They are listening to the first major speech by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari - son of Ms Bhutto and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.
The 24-year-old Oxford graduate has been PPP chairman since his mother's assassination by Taliban militants in 2007 - but has kept a low profile. He cannot contest an election until his 25th birthday.
Show of strengthSecurity is tight as activists carrying portraits of Ms Bhutto and her father, former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, are gathering at the family's shrine in the city of Larkana.
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is expected to use the occasion to articulate his vision for the party, says the BBC's Shahzeb Jillani.
With parliamentary elections set to be held in 2013, the governing PPP is keen to use the rally as a show of strength to demonstrate that despite widespread criticism over its performance during the last five years, it still enjoys popular support, our correspondent says.
Mr Bhutto-Zardari's father, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, has been at the forefront of the party until now but faces dwindling support over corruption allegations.
Those fed up with President Zardari's politics are looking to his son to help revive the party's mass appeal, our correspondent says.
The Bhutto dynasty has been a major political force since Pakistan gained independence in 1947.
Ms Bhutto, whose father founded the PPP, was prime minister from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.
On both occasions she was dismissed from office for alleged corruption.
No-one has been charged with her assassination.
A UN inquiry in 2010 found that her murder could have been prevented and that the subsequent investigation was bungled.
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