Supporters of Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, march towards high security area Red Zone at an anti government rally in Islamabad, Pakistan Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Thousands of Pakistanis fed up with political leaders they say are corrupt and indifferent rallied in the Pakistani capital Tuesday, as the fiery cleric who organized the rally called for the government to resign and for his followers to remain on the streets until then. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Supporters of Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, march towards high security area Red Zone at an anti government rally in Islamabad, Pakistan Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Thousands of Pakistanis fed up with political leaders they say are corrupt and indifferent rallied in the Pakistani capital Tuesday, as the fiery cleric who organized the rally called for the government to resign and for his followers to remain on the streets until then. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Pakistani police officers stand guards on a shipping container placed to block the supporters of Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, to enter into high security area Red Zone during an anti government rally in Islamabad, Pakistan Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Thousands of Pakistanis fed up with political leaders they say are corrupt and indifferent rallied in the Pakistani capital Tuesday, as the fiery cleric who organized the rally called for the government to resign and for his followers to remain on the streets until then. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Supporters of Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, rest in a cold weather at an anti government rally in Islamabad, Pakistan Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Thousands of Pakistanis fed up with political leaders they say are corrupt and indifferent rallied in the Pakistani capital Tuesday, as the fiery cleric who organized the rally called for the government to resign and for his followers to remain on the streets until then. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, addresses his supporters behind a bullet-proof glass, at a rally in Islamabad, Pakistan Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Qadri said that the current government had lost their mandate and therefore he gave them a deadline till morning to resign from their assemblies on their own. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
Supporters of Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, unseen, waiting in cold weather for their leader at a rally in Islamabad to receive their leader on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Thousands of supporters of the fiery cleric who has been calling for election reforms were descending Monday on the Pakistani capital, where authorities have put up barricades and sent riot police into the streets in preparation. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
ISLAMABAD (AP) ? Protesters at an anti-government rally have clashed with police in the Pakistani capital.
Television footage showed police shooting into the air to push back protesters early Tuesday.
The demonstration was led by a cleric who recently returned from Canada and has galvanized Pakistanis by railing against a government that many feel is deeply corrupt.
During a speech to supporters early in the morning in Islamabad, cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri called on the government to resign.
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