In Pakistan, a huge demonstration has taken place in Karachi calling for the Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, to resign.<br /><br />It was organised by opposition leader Imran Khan, who accuses Nawaz Sharif of fraud during last last year’s election.<br /><br />The rally was attended by thousands of opposition supporters and was generally good natured. Khan insisted the protests will not stop until Sharif goes.<br /><br />“No one was ever caught and punished for rigging the elections”, Khan told supporters, “those who have usurped the rights of the people were never caught and that is why I have come out. I am telling you Nawaz Sharif, until you resign this campaign will not end.”<br /><br />But the prime minister, at a ceremony to open a gas well, remained defiant.<br /><br />“Pakistan’s 180 million people have elected Nawaz Sharif as their prime minister. Why should I resign at the demand of 5000 people?”<br /><br />Sharif is also threatening to close down a protest camp set up over a month ago outside government offices in the capital Islamabad. <br /><br />The protesters say they won’t leave until he resigns and answers to the law.
