kamal hyder reports from islamabad. >> reporter: in islamabad the protesters stand their ground. they have staged a sit-in for two weeks, but say they will not go until the prime minister nawaz sharif resigns. >> translation: we will not return until we achieve our objective. the government has no ethical justification for what it has done. it doesn't have a legal justification for its existence. >> the demonstrators allege by anti-government, who says he's seeking just for followers. an olympics leader imran khan, accusing the government of corruption and elect toral fraud. >> i will lead the way. i will march ahead of everyone else. i will stop my people from becoming unruly. but i also ask the pakistani police and army to remain peaceful. >> translation: with allah's help move towards your final destination, remain peaceful, peaceful. please maintain my credibility. there should be no violence, destruction or violence. god willing you'll win the war and peaceful means. >> that message was disregarded society night. protesters broke through police lines, tearing down the outer

let's get the latest from kamal hyder joining us live from islamabad. a tense situation. bring us up to speed with the latest. what has been happening? >> well as we speak the clashes between the protesters and the police continued outside parliament. we have heard that the prime minister, who had gone, is on his way back to islamabad to hold a high-level meeting before the crisis. when the protesters were peaceful, tens of thousands of police men were brought in, after the clashes, they tried their level best to bring the crowds under control, but it appears that the protesters were going nowhere. >> in islamabad these protesters stand their ground and staged their sit in for two weeks, but will not go until the prime minister nawaz sharif resigns. >> translation: we will not return until we achieve our objective. the government has no ethical justification for what it has done. it doesn't have a legal justification for its existence. the demonstrators are led by the anti-government cleric, saying he's seeking justice for his followers killed by police, and opposition le

. >>> kamal hyder has more from islamabad. >> for the past few weeks protesters were peaceful. it came to a head after imran khan and quadr asked protesters to march towards the prime minister's house. without warning from the security forces there was fire from the police using rubber bullets and tear gas, trying to disperse the crowds, with instructions to arrest as mean people as possible. hundreds were wounded. the situation became volatile, after the marchers removed obstacles on the way to the prime minister's house. imran khan and others have been negotiating with the government. they blamed the government for showing sincerity. now the situation is critical. the military has been told to protect buildings. and warning people not to enter the building, but at the same time scuffles with the police forces have continued. the situation in pakistan was serious, and it was a threat that the trouble could spread to other cities as well. >>> zac leslie's prime minister has accused the ministry of attempting a coup. he has tape shelter in south africa after shots were fired and

kamal hyder has more. >> ththey had been protesting in islamabad, but today was th they decided theyld pull out of parliament where they have 34 seats and 340 plus and pulling out of the provincial assembly of the punjab where his party has 30 seats and two seats in the province, however his party has not decided whether they'll give up the provincial government where the pti is in the majority. he is saying that they had knocked on every door, going through the country's scores as well, but there was no justice. he wanted a system which would be transparent and would guarantee free and fair elections. so indeed a significant move by khan and not one that would go well for pakistan's democracy. >> in england 35 immigrants found in a container on saturday have been identified as sikhs from afghanistan. one man died making the journey. most of the refugees including 13 children required treatment in hospital. many sikhs are desperate to leave afghanistan. jennifer glasse reports now from kabul. >> you these children are continuing three centuries of tradition in afghanistan, but they c

we go live to kamal hyder. authorities are taking no chances with the protesters, as they try to regroup. >> yes, indeed. but the authorities seems to be having difficulties as well. it must be remembered 40,000 were dealing in from the punjab province. they are dealing with a few thousands protesters, but despite best attempts, they have not been able to control the protesters. they are in front of parliament. they were a distance, and an emergency situation in the hospitals as hundreds of people who have been injured are brought in, and just a little while ago one. ministers of the government, when in that area, saw the police attacking media. he tried to stop them and almost came under attack himself. he said he was embarrassed by the performance of the police, and we have been told that the prime minister is now on the way to islamabad. he had left the stay before the marchers decided to move to parliament house, prime minister house, i stand corrected. that is when the security forces opened fire. after th

. >> kamal hyder from islamabad. >>> leaders in macao has taken to the streets over low wages and poor working conditions. they also want foreigners barred from taking jobs. police arrested five activists for holding an informal re referendum on democratic reforms there. we have more from macao. >> these are the dealers, the people who work in the casinos in macao. macao's casinos are world famous and are the biggest employer. people are trained here and work here in these casinos and they're feeling very much under pressure, squeezed between increasing rents for their homes that they pay, increasing food prices and increasing competition from mainland chinese workers. thousanthousands of people work here in the casino industry, the population is something like 150,000 workers who come to work here from mainland china who they say is threatening their livelihood. they're taking to the streets and marching through macao as many of these world brand casinos to take--vent their grievances. the gross domestic product is staggering, many don't see that, a lot of that is repatriated from the

kamal hyder has more from the pakistani capital. >> reporter: in islamabad these protesters stand their ground. they staged their sit-in for two weeks now, but say they will not go until the prime minister nawaz sharif resigns. >> we will not return until we achieve our objective. it doesn't have a legal justification for its existence. >> reporter: the demonstrators are led by anti-government cleric tahir ul-qadri, saying he is seeking justice for followers in lahore, killed by police. and opposition leader imran khan, accusing the government of corruption and electoral fraud. >> translation: i'm here with you, with you and have been with you the entire night. i'll be with you until we get freedom for the country. >> with allah's help, move towards the final destination. remain peaceful, peaceful, peaceful. please maintain by credibility. there should be no violence, no destruction, no violence. god willing you will win the war with peaceful means. >> that message was disregarded saturday night. protesters broke through the police lines, tearing down the outer walls of parliament. poli

kamal hyder is in islamabad. what is going on at the moment? >> well, the situation is still tense. scuffles are continuing as far as protesters and police are concerned. imran khan and dr tahir ul-qadri are talking through the supporters out there, and despite the fact that the government has used heavy hanned tactics, they have not been able to remove the protesters fro the venue. >> reporter: in identify are the protesters stand their ground. they staged a sit in. they won't go on fl the prime minister resigns. >> translation: we will not return until we achieve our objective. they have no justification. they don't have a legal justification for its existence. the demonstrators are led, saying that seek justice for their followers in ley hor, who were killed by police. opposition leader imran khan, who accuses the prime minister of corruption and electoral fraud. >> translation: i'm here with you, with you, and have been with you the entire fight. i will be with you until we get freedom for the country. >> with allah's help, move to your final destination. remain peaceful, peacef

. >> kamal hyder reporting from islamabad. thank you, kamal. >> the court ordered the muslim brotherhood assets to be liquiditied. it has sent supporters to prison. the government called it with a terrorist group last year. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste was sentenced for helping the know june. they have received seven years in prison and bader mohammed was sentenced an extra year for having a spent bullet that he picked up at a protest. >>> in the capitol of tri tripoli protesters attacked each other in the center of the capitol. >>> many people are trying to escape the violence in tripoli by heading for misrata. >> reporter: more families on the run. hundreds of them have tried to escape the violence by mom to go misrata. >> one of the shells hit a street 100 meters away from my house. my brother-in-law came from an area close to the airport. and his family follows him. he spoke of tragedy over there. [ explosion ] >> reporter: it's the militias were misrata that are leading the fighting in tripoli. they're t

. >> kamal hyder reporting there. a military coup took place in lesotho, the prime minister fled to south africa saying his life was in danger. soldiers seized the hours. the army denies staging a coup. they are encouraging peaceful, political dialogue. >> in columbia gay rights activists scored a win. the constitutional court ruled in favour of a same-sex couple wanting to adopt a child. we have this report from bogota. >> it's taken five years, but columbia's constitutional court ruled veronica will be able to adopt her partner's daughter. we decided that a person's factor of the same sex cannot we a factor of exclusion >> reporter: it marks a first in this conservative catholic country. it comes with limitations. only gay couples can adopt. and only after living nothing for two years. the lawyers say it's a step in the right direction. this is historic if you think seven years ago there were no rights for same-sex couples. the constitutional court, step by step. has been extending the rights of citizens, upholding

imran khan has been leading demonstrations, which as kamal hyder reports, is affecting businesses in islamabad. >> reporter: this is islamabad's market. it's been closed tore a week because of the protest. some shops are opening. days ago this was the main venue for forest of anti-government cleric quadr. as they slept and sought a break from the rain and heat of islamabad but over a week of closures hurt businesses. this shop has been doing business at this market for the past 25 years. he says he lost about $30,000 in profit. in just eight days, because of the closure, and says the combined lose is bigger. >> translation: the loss is in millions. all roads to the city are blocked. supply joins are affected. >>> all of this began when sthous aned of protest -- thousands of protesters travelled to islamabad. now the impact is felt by everyone here, like this man who says mobile accessories makes $7 a day. this shows political inclination. the crisis hurt a small enterprise. the political crisis cost billions of rooupies, it's not just ordinary shopkeepers and renderers that are affec

kamal hyder is in islamabad. >> the attack on imran's convoy was tape seriously by the pakistan who said that their march was peace: imran khan said their shots were fired. he'll move into a bulletproof s.u. s.u.v., going ahead of the convoy. tens of thousands were waiting for him en route, as well as in islamabad. the important thing now is to see whether jordan caron is able to get into town along with the professor, said to be ahead of the imran khan march. if a large number of people are able to kather in islamabad, it would put pressure on the government. >> the protesters are on their way to islamabad. they are demapting the reggize naying of the prime minister. we have this report. >> it's what some analysts are calling the most serious challenge to prime minister nouri al-maliki. politicians and supporters are digging in. two men lead the opposition. they are far from friends, now far from enemies. one is imran khan. >> if demands are met, straightforward, it's a government with a fake election, fake mandate. they should resign and there should be new elections. >> another major