"Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi and in the country's north left at least 22 people dead and more than 120 others injured as demonstrators supportive of the Iranian government attempted to storm a U.S. Consulate on Sunday, authorities said."
"In addition, 12 people were killed and over 80 wounded in clashes with police in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region when thousands of protesters angered by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran attacked the offices of the U.N. Military Observer Group and the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP), local police official Asghar Ali said."
"President Asif Ali Zardari expressed his 'profound sorrow over the martyrdom' of Khamenei and conveyed his condolences to Iran, according to his office. He said: 'Pakistan stands with the Iranian nation in this moment of grief and shares in their loss.'"
Violent clashes erupted across Pakistan following the U.S. and Israeli killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In Karachi, pro-Iranian demonstrators attempted to storm the U.S. Consulate, resulting in at least 22 deaths and over 120 injuries. In the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, thousands of angry protesters attacked U.N. offices and government facilities, with 12 killed and over 80 wounded. Demonstrators damaged buildings, set fires to police offices, and engaged in repeated clashes with police across multiple locations. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari expressed condolences to Iran and stated Pakistan's solidarity with the Iranian nation during this crisis.
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