--- description: Politician-cleric Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri wants cricket equipment and toys for all the bored children at his protests. title: Pakistani Protest Leader Wants Lots of Toys image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd82ece0120e35c45/6986a1f0810bbbbbaec93432/rtr44tv8.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Pakistan](/tag/pakistan/) ## Pakistan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pakistani Protest Leader Wants Fresh Elections. And Toys. Lots of Toys by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 4, 2014 7:43 AM CUT  Tahir ul-Qadri, Sufi cleric and opposition leader of political party Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), addresses supporters in Islamabad September 3, 2014. Tahir ul-Qadri, Sufi cleric and opposition leader of political party Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), addresses supporters in Islamabad September 3, 2014.Akhtar Soomro—Reuters by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 4, 2014 7:43 AM CUT Protesters gathered in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad have been at it for three weeks now, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over suspicions of a rigged election. But Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri also asked for [something else](http://www.dawn.com/news/1129684/islamabad-stand-off-all-eyes-on-negotiations-to-break-deadlock "undefined") on Wednesday — playground equipment, books and toys for the evidently bored children who have accompanied their parents to the sit-in. The prominent cleric — one of the two main leaders of the anti-Sharif movement — additionally asked supporters and residents of Islamabad to donate biscuits, chocolate, milk and cough syrup, according to local news outlet _Dawn._ And this being cricket-mad Pakistan, he also requested cricket bats and balls. “I will play with you myself,” he reportedly promised the younger demonstrators. Qadri and cricketer turned politician Imran Khan, accompanied by tens of thousands of supporters, marched into Islamabad three weeks ago demanding fresh elections. After a spike in violence last weekend, the protests seem to have lost momentum, with the army refusing to intervene and Parliament expressing support for the embattled Prime Minister. The _Guardian_ [reported](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/03/imran-khan-pti-mps-parliament-campaign "undefined") that Khan sent his MPs back into Parliament on Wednesday, after saying last week that he would ask them all to resign. 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