Karachi, March 3 -- Heavy security has been deployed outside the US Consulate in Lahore on Tuesday, following violent nationwide protests.

The unrest was triggered by the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a joint US-Israel airstrike on February 28.

At least nine people died after clashes broke out between Pakistani police and protesters who breached the outer wall of the US Consulate in Karachi on March 1st.

Civil Hospital Karachi's (CHK) trauma centre executive director Mohammad Sabir Memon told Dawn that nine men had died while 32 others were injured in the wake of protests near the consulate.

Dawn reported citing a statement by Edhi that law enforcement personnel resorted to teargas shelling and bat...