Pakistan PM Khan rejects calls to step down

Tens of thousands of followers of Maulana Fazal-ur Rehman have gathered in Islamabad, calling for the resignation of what they say is an illegitimate government.

Pakistan‘s prime minister has rejected demands that he step down.

Tens of thousands of followers of Muslim leader Maulana Fazal-ur Rehman have gathered in Islamabad, calling for the resignation of what they say is an illegitimate government.

Other opposition parties have supported the anti-government protest but rejected taking it inside Pakistan’s capital.

Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports from Islamabad.