Mushtaq Ali
In the northern city of Skardu, in Shi'ite majority Gilgit-Baltistan, normally a tourist hotspot, protesters set fire to a U.N. office on Sunday with 14 people, including a soldier, killed in the ensuing clashes, local officials said. Two others died in the capital Islamabad. Ten people were killed on Sunday in Karachi, where protesters stormed the U.S. consulate and breached the compound's outer wall.
Thousands of people also protested in the northern cities of Parachinar, Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar but no clashes were reported. The Shi'ite community announced funeral processions for those killed in Gilgit-Baltistan, Karachi and Islamabad for Monday. Pakistan is home to the world's second-largest Shi'ite community after Iran. Many protesters said Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the airstrikes, was like a spiritual leader for the community.
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