The bloodshed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s tribal district continues, due which the threats for more deaths are rising, because we have not seen government writ in the area that is an alarming situation for the peoples belongs to both sects. It is very sensitive of issue of the province. The citizens of the Kurram district hope that federal and provincial establishment will soon make a comprehensive strategy to counter that inhuman terrorism because that issue is out of control. According to recent media report the above bloody clash in District Kurram stretched into the eighth day on Thursday, pushing the death toll to 107, despite reports of a ceasefire agreement reached a day earlier.
Police said five more people were killed and nine others sustained injuries in the fresh engagement.
The development comes a day after the feuding tribes agreed to a new 10-day ceasefire.
“A 10-day ceasefire between the warring parties in Kurram has come into effect as of today,” read the statement issued by the office of the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Kurram.
At least 107 people have lost their lives in the feud between communities in the district, including 52 in the firing on a convoy on November 21.
Police have said that the recent clashes have claimed 55 lives leaving 140 others wounded.
The report published in a prominent news web, the district administration has said the Parachinar-Peshawar road had been closed for eight days due to violence.
Meanwhile, Kurram Deputy Commissioner Javed ullah Mehsud has said that due to the closure of the main highway, trade with Afghanistan at the Kharlachi border was also suspended.
Furthermore, suspension of internet and mobile phone services are also adding to the woes of the people.
However, Mehsud said that steps were being taken to stop clashes and enforce the ceasefire.
Another hand A Jirga of elders from Hangu, Orakzai and Kohat is reaching Parachinar for talks. The parties have agreed to the ceasefire, while efforts are underway to fully implement the truce,” said the DC.
The latest violence began last Thursday when two separate convoys travelling under police escort were ambushed.
Police have struggled to control violence in Kurram, which was part of the semi-autonomous Federally Administered Tribal Areas until it was merged with KP in 2018.
Last month at least 16 people, including three women and two children, were killed in a clash in Kurram.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has said that 79 people were killed between July and October in the deadly clashes.
Provincial officials had brokered a seven-day truce last weekend but it did not hold.
A high-powered government delegation, headed by Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, after holding talks with the elders from warring sides, had announced a week-long ceasefire but it could not be implemented.
KP Chief Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, IGP Akhtar Hayat Gandapur and Law Minister Aftab Alam Afridi were also part of the delegation but there is no implementation of the cease fire between the two groups.
Yesterday the chief minster Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur also said in press conference in Mansehra that the government desired a ten days long cease fire the settlement of the issue, he added that the provincial government gathering figures and also have plan for safe movement of the citizens but at the same day the culprits yet again have shoot down more 5 innocent citizens. If have a keen look at the issue, there is a big question mark? That why Bothe the federal and provincial governments have no writ in Kurram district? It’s very valid question that is often asking by the masses, actually it’s the duty of all official stakeholder to fallow that serious issue and tackle that issue according to its merits.
