Pakistani sectarian strife claimed 124 lives

INN/Karachi, @Infodeaofficial

According to local authorities, the number of people killed by sectarian violence in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Kurram district has risen to 124. According to the Xinhua news agency, 16 additional people have died in violent battles over the past 24 hours, and over 170 more have been injured, raising the death toll, according to a district local administration official on Saturday.

According to the source, most injured people, including those in serious condition, are admitted to various hospitals. 52 people, including women and children, were killed when armed men assaulted a convoy of passenger cars leaving the Parachinar neighbourhood in the district’s Mandori Uchit neighbourhood on November 21. This marked the beginning of the bloodshed.

According to the official, the incident led to attacks and armed battles between two factions, including Sunni and Shiite Muslims. In addition to negatively impacting daily life in the area as fear has taken hold of the populace, the tense situation and closure of the main route have resulted in acute shortages of food, fuel, and medication as well as the suspension of internet and mobile services.

Following the attack on passenger coaches, a high-level provincial government delegation travelled to the region and spoke with elders, resulting in a ceasefire agreement; however, hostilities continued. After both sides disregarded the truce that the government team had organised, Kurram Deputy Commissioner Javedullah Mehsud told the media that attempts are being taken to guarantee a ceasefire by enlisting elders from both sides to declare a ceasefire.