Protests in Islamabad and Lahore over killing of Iran's supreme leader

Описание: (1 Mar 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Islamabad - 1 March 2026
1. Various of protest with police firing tear gas, fire, smoke
2. Wide of protester walking UPSOUND (Urdu) "The straight path of truth, Karbala, Karbala"
3. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Maulana Isamin, Local resident:
"We are gathered here in Islamabad to protest, and our real goal is this: to stand against the oppressors. Our religion teaches us that we should always stand against the oppressors and support the oppressed. This oppressed person has been martyred (Supreme Leader Ayatollah). This verse tells us that this leader did not belong to any particular sect, class, or country. Rather, he always stood in support of the oppressed and against the oppressors. Therefore, it is our duty as well. We believe that we will avenge the blood of the Imam, our leader."
4. Mid of protester UPSOUND (Urdu) "Dead, dead America"
5. Clos-up protester UPSOUND (Urdu) "Anyone who is a friend of America is a traitor"
6. Wide of protester walking
7. Wide right pan protest

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Lahore - 1 March 2026
8. Various of protester with fires outside gates leading to US consulate and the Governor's house
9. Mid of protester chanting slogan UPSOUND (Urdu) "Riber, Riber"
10. Wide of protester
11. Various of protesters UPSOUND (Urdu) "Labaik Ya Hussain"
STORYLINE:
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of several Pakistani cities on Sunday hours after the United States and Israel attacked Iran and killed the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

In Islamabad, police fired tear gas and swung batons as hundreds of Shiite protesters, angered by the killing of Khamenei, tried to march toward the U.S. Embassy. The clashes took place outside the Diplomatic Enclave, where the embassy is located and additional police had been deployed.

Shiites also held a rally and clashes with police repeatedly near the U.S. Consulate in Lahore, the capital of eastern Punjab province, police said.

Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in the Pakistani port city of Karachi left at least nine people killed and more than 50 others wounded on Sunday, after hundreds of demonstrators attempted to storm the US Consulate, authorities said.

Police and officials at a hospital in Karachi said that at least 25 people were also wounded in the clashes and some of them were in critical condition.

Meanwhile, in the northwestern city of Peshawar, authorities also used tear gas and batons to disperse thousands of demonstrators attempting to approach the U.S. Consulate to hold a rally to denounce the killing of the Iranian leader, police said.

Shiites also held a peaceful rally in Multan, a city in Punjab province, chanting slogans against Israel and the United States.

Rallies against Israel and the United States were also planned in northern Gilgit-Baltistan region. Authorities said that the government has stepped up security around the U.S. Embassy in the capital, and consulates across the country to avoid any further violence.

Shiites make up roughly 15% of Pakistan’s population of about 250 million and represent one of the largest Shiite communities in the world. They have frequently staged anti-Israel and anti-U.S. rallies in the past, though clashes of this scale are rare.

AP video shot by: Muhammad Yousaf and Jahanzaib

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