Protesters said they were unhappy about the current situation in Pakistan where the American military is using the country as a base to fight the Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan and South South Waziristan with the support of the Pakistan Army.

This has resulted in several bomb attacks throughout the country by militant extremists who are calling for both American and Pakistan armies to stop its offensive against the Taliban.

The ongoing fighting has also resulted in hundreds of civilians deaths and casualties and the displacement of nearly three-million people from their villages in the North West Frontier Province.

The protests, organised by the Islamic political party, Hizb ut-Tahrir took place on Wilmslow Road and was followed by protests in Bradford outside the the Consulate of Pakistan.

Large banners calling to 'Save Pakistan' where held whilst chants were made against the American's "political interference" in the country.

In Bradford, Hizb ut-Tahrir spokesperson, Dr Muhammed Nawaz addressed the crowd and told them the only US plan for Pakistan was to draw the Pakistani army into a war in South Waziristan and to strengthen America's position in Afghanistan.

He argued that this war would worsen divisions in the country.

Dr Nawaz also  highlighted the practical actions which Hizb ut-Tahrir has been undertaking to raise the political issues affecting the country and mobilise the efforts of concerned people against America's plans in Pakistan.

He said there was a "need for all to commit to this effort to remove Zardari (Pakistan's president), save Pakistan and work for replacing the regime with a Khilafah state which will act as an independent state and not bow down to imperial designs."

Protestors marched around various busy spots in Bradford including mosques, local cash and carries, market areas and bazaars to mobilise people behind the Save Pakistan campaign.