At least 23 dead as mobs storm Karachi consulate and clash with forces elsewhere

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Protests also erupted in Lahore and Peshawar, where hundreds gathered outside the U.S. Consulate and the Peshawar Press Club, chanting anti-U.S. and anti-Israel slogans.
44% : "A large number of protesters gathered outside the UN office and burned down the building," local government spokesman Shabbir Mir told Reuters.
43% : Two others were killed in Islamabad during clashes near the Diplomatic Enclave, while 11 protesters died in Skardu, where demonstrators torched a United Nations office, government and intelligence officials said.
40% : In Skardu, located in the Shi'ite-majority Gilgit-Baltistan region, protesters set fire to the UN office and several other public and private buildings.
37% : In Karachi, protesters chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" set a vehicle ablaze outside the consulate gate and hurled stones at police.

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