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Khamenei's killing sends shockwaves across Pakistan

Public sentiment in Pakistan often mirrors wider reactions across the Muslim world, but its size, strategic location, and nuclear status amplify global consequences

Kaswar Klasra
Police walk past a burning armoured vehicle set on fire by protestors outside the US consulate in Karachi, Pakistan on March 1, 2026 after the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader. AFP

Banned of Brothers

[caption id="attachment_55245659" align="alignnone" width="620"] Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters light up flares during a demonstration against the military-backed government on September…

Elizabeth Monier

One Step at a Time

[caption id="attachment_55245654" align="alignnone" width="594"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2013. (Stan Honda/AFP…

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Far from Ambivalent

[caption id="attachment_55245627" align="alignnone" width="620"] Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a press statement at his office, following U.S. President Barack Obama's speech at the United Nations, on…

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Surrounded on all Sides

[caption id="attachment_55245621" align="alignnone" width="594"] Yemeni activist Tawakkul Karman (C) sits amidst members of the Yemeni military during a conference on restructuring the armed forces,…

James Spencer

A Closing Window

[caption id="attachment_55245592" align="alignnone" width="620"] Russias President Vladimir Putin walks past US President Barack Obama as he arrives to pose for the family photo during the G20 summit…

Andrew Bowen

Syria's Television Prism

[caption id="attachment_55245575" align="alignnone" width="620"] Former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad (R) with his youngest brother Rifaat (L) at a military ceremony in Damascus in 1984. (AFP/Getty…

Ahad Fadil

Carrots and Very Big Sticks

[caption id="attachment_55245562" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian president Hassan Rouhani attends the Shanghai Cooperation Ogranisation Summit on September 13,2013, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. …

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Transition at a Turtle’s Pace

[caption id="attachment_55245529" align="alignnone" width="620"] Tunisian Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou, Justice Minister Nadhir Ben Ammou and Minister of Human Rights and Transitional Justice…

Youssef Cherif

International Indecision

[caption id="attachment_55245523" align="alignnone" width="594"] US Secretary of State John Kerry and Qatar's Prime Minister Khalid bin Mohammad al Attiyah give a joint press conference on September…

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