ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday warned its citizens in the Middle East and Arabian Gulf states to exercise caution, avoid travel and strictly follow official adviseries, amid escalating tensions following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US–Israeli strikes. Iranian state media reported that the 86-year-old was killed in an airstrike targeting his compound in downtown Tehran. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard warned of “a severe, decisive and regret-inducing punishment” coming over Khamenei’s killing.

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office in Islamabad on Saturday advised Pakistanis to avoid unnecessary travel to Iran, while those who have already been in the Islamic republic were asked…

Anger erupted across the country, which is home to a large Shia population that viewed Khamenei as their spiritual leader