His passionate followers and supporters celebrated his birthday at D-Chowk in Islamabad last night, amid intense shelling by police and other law enforcement agencies.
During the sermon at a mosque in Tehran, Khamenei hailed Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah and Hamas, which are both fighting Israel and operate in Arabic-speaking Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, respectively.
Following the development, the court's two-judge bench heard the petition, issuing notices to the provincial government, the authority and healthcare commission.
Saudi Arabia's foreign policy on the Israeli-Palestinian issue remains unyielding: it will not normalize relations with Israel unless there is progress towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.