Muhammad Tahirul Qadri (C), Sufi cleric and leader of political party Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), gestures while addressing his supporters during the Revolution March in Islamabad August 16, 2014. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters flooded the centre of Pakistan's capital on Saturday, vowing to stay in the streets until Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns.
The numbers were far below what protest organisers expected, but the protesters' paralysis of the central business district is presenting the 15-month-old civilian government with its biggest challenge yet.
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