{"id":534180,"date":"2026-03-02T07:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T02:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=534180"},"modified":"2026-03-02T07:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T02:36:35","slug":"khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei\u2019s martyrdom \u2018violation of int\u2019l law\u2019: PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is an age-old convention that heads of state or government should not be targeted, says Premier Shehbaz<br \/>\n Islamabad<br \/>\nPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday denounced the targeting of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint strikes by the United States and Israel, saying such actions were a \u201cviolation of the norms of international law\u201d.<br \/>\nThe Iranian government, early on Sunday, confirmed that Khamenei had been martyred in joint Israeli and US air strikes that began on February 28.<br \/>\nIn a post on X, PM Shehbaz said that it was an age-old convention that the heads of state or government should not be targeted.<br \/>\nThe premier expressed condolences to Iran over the martyrdom of Khamenei, calling it a grave loss for the nation.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Government and the people of Pakistan join the people of Iran in their hour of grief and sorrow and extend the most sincere condolences on the martyrdom of His Eminence Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe pray for the departed soul. May Allah Almighty grant patience and strength to the Iranian people to bear this irreparable loss,\u201d the premier added.<br \/>\nSeparately, President Asif Ali Zardari also expressed profound sorrow over the martyrdom of the Iranian supreme leader and senior Iranian leadership, according to a statement issued by the President\u2019s Secretariat.<br \/>\nIn Iran, the government declared 40 days of public mourning after confirming the martyrdom of Khamenei, state media reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is an age-old convention that heads of state or government should not be targeted, says Premier Shehbaz Islamabad Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday denounced the targeting of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint strikes by the United States and Israel, saying such actions were a \u201cviolation of the norms of international [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-534180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Khamenei\u2019s martyrdom \u2018violation of int\u2019l law\u2019: PM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Khamenei\u2019s martyrdom \u2018violation of int\u2019l law\u2019: PM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is an age-old convention that heads of state or government should not be targeted, says Premier Shehbaz Islamabad Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday denounced the targeting of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint strikes by the United States and Israel, saying such actions were a \u201cviolation of the norms of international [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Lead Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-02T02:07:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-02T02:36:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Front-Peshawaraa.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"289\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\"},\"headline\":\"Khamenei\u2019s martyrdom \u2018violation of int\u2019l law\u2019: PM\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-02T02:07:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-02T02:36:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":244,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Front-Peshawaraa.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Top News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\\\/\",\"name\":\"Khamenei\u2019s martyrdom \u2018violation of int\u2019l law\u2019: PM\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Front-Peshawaraa.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-02T02:07:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-02T02:36:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Front-Peshawaraa.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Front-Peshawaraa.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":289},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Khamenei\u2019s martyrdom \u2018violation of int\u2019l law\u2019: PM\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"description\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":154,\"caption\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\",\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Web Desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/author\\\/edt\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Khamenei\u2019s martyrdom \u2018violation of int\u2019l law\u2019: PM","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Khamenei\u2019s martyrdom \u2018violation of int\u2019l law\u2019: PM","og_description":"It is an age-old convention that heads of state or government should not be targeted, says Premier Shehbaz Islamabad Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday denounced the targeting of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint strikes by the United States and Israel, saying such actions were a \u201cviolation of the norms of international [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/","og_site_name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","article_published_time":"2026-03-02T02:07:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-02T02:36:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":289,"url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Front-Peshawaraa.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Web Desk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_site":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Web Desk","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/"},"author":{"name":"Web Desk","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62"},"headline":"Khamenei\u2019s martyrdom \u2018violation of int\u2019l law\u2019: PM","datePublished":"2026-03-02T02:07:06+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-02T02:36:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/"},"wordCount":244,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Front-Peshawaraa.jpg","articleSection":["Top News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/","name":"Khamenei\u2019s martyrdom \u2018violation of int\u2019l law\u2019: PM","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Front-Peshawaraa.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-02T02:07:06+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-02T02:36:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Front-Peshawaraa.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Front-Peshawaraa.jpg","width":400,"height":289},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khameneis-martyrdom-violation-of-intl-law-pm\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Khamenei\u2019s martyrdom \u2018violation of int\u2019l law\u2019: PM"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","description":"Daily Lead Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization","name":"Daily lead Pakistan","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","width":1000,"height":154,"caption":"Daily lead Pakistan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DailyLeadPak","https:\/\/instagram.com\/DailyLeadPak\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62","name":"Web Desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Web Desk"},"url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/author\/edt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":534222,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534180\/revisions\/534222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}