In Pakistan, cleric-cum-politician Maulana Fazlur Rehman threatened to lockdown the entire country as a deadline set by him calling for Prime Minister Imran Khan's resignation expired last night.<br />''<br />''Mr Rehman, the leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F), addressed a mammoth protest rally in Islamabad at the end of the two-day deadline. He had led a caravan of supporters, dubbed the 'Azadi' March, to Islamabad last week in an attempt to pressure Imran Khan to step down.<br />''<br />''Mr Rehman stressed that the protest would continue until the objective was achieved. He said that the ongoing protest was part of plan A and he had a plan B and C and would take a decision about continuing the sit-in in Islamabad or expand it. He announced that he was planning to meet other Opposition leaders today to take a consensus decision about any future course of action. <br />