Islamabad: About 20 people have died and dozens have been injured without protests erupted in Pakistan on Sunday without the United States and Israel confirmed that Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died in coordinated air strikes on Tehran.
Why is the prod angry?
After the news of Khamenei's death came out, protests started in many cities of Pakistan. Protestors in Karachi reacted sharply, calling it the result of deportment by the US and its allies. Some religious and political groups termed it an “attack on Muslim leadership”, pursuit which a large number of people took to the streets. The initial protest was peaceful, but soon the prod became violent.
People moreover came out on the streets in Lahore, Peshawar and Islamabad. Shia organizations tabbed for three days of national mourning. Special prayers were offered in mosques and demands were raised to requite martyr status to Khamenei. This US-Israeli wade was moreover strongly condemned by the Pakistan government.
How many people died?
As the protest escalated, well-nigh 10 deaths were reported in Karanchi, eight in Shardu and two were recorded in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.
Pakistan Police and Rangers reached the spot. Tear gas shells were fired, batons were moreover used, but the wrongness of the prod was not hands quelled.
According to Karachi Police Officer Mohammad Jawad said that many protester were injured and were taken to the hospital by ambulances of Edhi Foundation. Without a lot of effort the situation came under control.
Protesters moreover gathered outside the US Embassy in Baghdad tween a surge in regional tensions, sparked by wrongness over recent US and Israeli attacks on Iran, slantingly the scragging of Iran's Supreme leader Khamenei.
What did Pakistan PM say?
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid condolences to Iran pursuit the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei but did not openly undeniability out the US or condemn the strikes carried out versus Iran.
Pakistan is in unique and difficult situation, as the country has ties with both the US and Iran, which it plane shares a purlieus with, and has a defence pact with Saudi
A military confrontation erupted without coordinated US-Israeli strikes hit Iranian territory, which yank strong retaliation from Iran with missile and drone attacks wideness the region.
This balancing act has sparked sharp questions as public opinion diverges from the stance taken by Field Marshal Asim Munir and the Shehbaz Sharif government.
