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Shutter-down strike in Parachinar as residents want sole road to city reopened

1 week ago | dawn.com | Manzoor Ali |Javid Hussain |Jawed Naqvi

Traders of Parachinar city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district observed a shutter-down strike on Tuesday against the months-long closure of the Parachinar-Thall Road amid a volatile security situation. The Thall-Parachinar Road — the only thoroughfare leading to the city — has been closed since the Nov 21, 2024 attack on a convoy in the Bagan area that left more than . Ensuing clashes stemming from decades-old land disputes claimed more lives.
KP govt moot on Kurram says action against militants ‘unavoidable’

Jan 19, 2025 | dawn.com | Javid Hussain |Muhammad Amir Rana |Abbas Nasir

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Sunday noted that action against “few miscreants” in the affected areas of violence-stricken Kurram District was now “unavoidable”. After an attack on a convoy in Lower Kurram’s Bagan area killed people in November last year, ensuing clashes stemming from decades-old land disputes have claimed at least .
DC, citing ‘expected’ security operation in Lower Kurram, orders establishment of TDP camps

Jan 18, 2025 | dawn.com | Javid Hussain

The Kurram deputy commissioner (DC) has ordered camps for temporarily displaced persons (TDP) to be established in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lower Kurram tehsil, citing an “expected” counterterrorism operation, it emerged on Saturday. The development comes as two aid convoys — heading to Parachinar which has been facing food and medicine shortages due to road blockades — were attacked this month after a peace deal was signed between warring tribes on January 1.
Death toll in attack on Kurram convoy rises to 10: official

Jan 17, 2025 | dawn.com | Javid Hussain

The death toll from Thursday’s attack on a supply convoy bound for Parachinar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district has risen to 10, said District Health Officer (DHO) Qaiser Abbas. The official, speaking to Dawn.com on Friday, said the deceased included one more security official, six drivers and two passengers.
Convoy carrying food, medical supplies attacked in Kurram: police

Jan 16, 2025 | dawn.com | Javid Hussain

DAWN.COM E-Paper | January 16, 2025 A convoy of vehicles carrying food and medical supplies to Parachinar was attacked at the Bagan area in Lower Kurram on Thursday, officials confirmed. Clashes stemming from decades-old land disputes have at least 130 lives since November, with food and medicine shortages reported due to weeks-long road blockades. A peace agreement was signed on January 1, but the route connecting Parachinar remained blocked.
100 days of solitude: Hunger, strife and despair in Parachinar

Jan 15, 2025 | dawn.com | Javid Hussain

On November 28, just a few days after over 40 people including women and children were killed in Lower Kurram, Mahir Hussain’s house in the Zeran village was lit up. He had just become a father to twins but the joy of parenthood was the last thing on the 36-year-old’s mind; Parachinar was under siege and he had nothing to feed his newborns. Markets and businesses were closed as a curfew was imposed and mobile phone services were suspended in Kurram, a remote mountainous area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
PM promises peace as second aid convoy reaches Parachinar

Jan 14, 2025 | dawn.com | Javid Hussain

KURRAM: A convoy of 25 trucks carrying essential supplies arrived in Parachinar on Tuesday, marking the second such delivery since the partial reopening of the Thall-Parachinar road last week. The prolonged closure of the road after left residents struggling for basic necessities and facing severe hardships.
PM Shehbaz vows to maintain peace in Kurram as second convoy of essentials dispatched

Jan 14, 2025 | dawn.com | Javid Hussain

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that the situation in Kurram was “returning to normal” as a second convoy carrying essentials was dispatched to the district. Clashes stemming from decades-old land disputes have at least 130 lives since November, with food and medicine shortages reported due to weeks-long road blockades.
Survey for demolition of Kurram bunkers kicks off

Jan 12, 2025 | dawn.com | Mohammad Ashfaq |Javid Hussain |Muhammad Amir Rana

KURRAM / PESHAWAR: As the Kurram peace accord moves towards implementation, the district administration has started a survey in the Balish Khel and Khar Killay areas of Lower Kurram to demolish bunkers used in months-long violence that engulfed the tribal district. The demolition drive was slated for Sunday as per a letter issued by Kurram District Commissioner Ashfaq Khan on Saturday, in which the administration had sought “staff along with necessary tools” to complete the process.
Demolition of bunkers scheduled in Lower Kurram as residents await aid trucks

Jan 12, 2025 | dawn.com | Javid Hussain |Muhammad Amir Rana |Abbas Nasir

The process of demolishing bunkers in Lower Kurram as per the a recent peace agreement is scheduled to begin today, according to the district commissioner. On December 20, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa apex committee decided to dismantle all bunkers in the Kurram District in a bid to restore peace in the area, where weeks-long deadly tribal clashes have resulted in a law and order situation.