Photos: Pakistan lapses into chaos as Imran Khan, Tahir-ul-Qadri demand Sharif's resignation

[caption id=“attachment_1691471” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Riot police run after a supporter of Tahir ul-Qadri, the Sufi cleric and leader of political party Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), outside the parliament house as the supporters marched towards the prime minister’s house in Islamabad. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1691475” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Thousands of protesters massed outside the residence of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday to demand he step down, after efforts to find a negotiated solution to the country’s political crisis failed. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1691477” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Protestors remove a barricade while marching towards the prime minister’s house in Islamabad. The protests took a turn over the weekend as masses refused to heed calls for restraint. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1691479” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Protesters carry an injured fellow protester during the Revolution March in Islamabad as protest leaders Imran Khan and Tahir ul-Qadri said that they would not back down unless Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1691481” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] As the riot police was called in after protests turned violent, but they were unable to contain the crowd as they ran from Qadri and Khan supporters. Reuters[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1691485” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Imran Khan, Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), addresses supporters during the Revolution March in Islamabad as protests intensified. On Saturday PM Nawaz Sharif reiterated that he would not step down. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1691487” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Tahir ul-Qadri, Sufi cleric and leader of political party Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT),addresses supporters during the Revolution March in Islamabad as the government accused protesters of engineering a soft coup. Reuters [/caption]