Shiite Muslims gather during an anti-US and Israel protest in Skardu in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region on March 1, 2026. Pro-Iranian protesters angered by the death of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei tried to storm the US consulate in Pakistan's Karachi on March 1, leaving eight dead. Thousands of people were also taking to the streets in the eastern city of Lahore and in northern Skardu, with a demonstration expected in the afternoon near the diplomatic enclave housing the US embassy in the capital Islamabad.