Amid fears of violence and army intervention in the coup-prone nation, a cornered Nawaz Sharif today turned to Parliament for support with his government slamming the protests as a ‘mutiny against Pakistan’. Leaders from across the political spectrum backed Sharif at an emergency joint session of the Parliament convened to support the Prime Minister and discuss the current impasse. Most of the leaders expressed their resolute support for Sharif in the wake of anti-government protests headed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT). ‘This Parliament should remove the misconception that this is a democratic process. This is mutiny against Pakistan,’ interior minister Chaudhry Nisar told Parliament.