Shias under attack in Parachinar: Understanding the plight of minorities in Pakistan
For years, this community has endured systematic targeting, with little to no substantial response from the state to protect ...
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Pak security forces demolish bunkers in Kurram as part of peace deal between Shia, Sunni tribes
Pakistani security forces have demolished 10 more bunkers in the strife-torn Kurram district as part of a peace agreement ...
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100 days of solitude: Hunger, strife and despair in Parachinar
Upper Kurram, where Parachinar town is located, is inhabited by a Shia-majority tribe with some Sunni villages nearby. Lower Kurram, on the other hand, has a Sunni-majority population but it also ...
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Pakistani scholar: Parachinar crisis is not Shia-Sunni issue, but organized terrorism
Hujjat al-Islam Sayyed Ahmad Iqbal Razavi, Vice President of the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen of Pakistan, said that the ...
India.com20d
Pakistan army firing artillery shells on its own people due to…, launches major operation in…, know Shia-Sunni connection
The main road connecting Parachinar, which has become a battleground between Shia and Sunni Muslims, has also been closed for the past three months. In fact, there has been a history of heavy ...
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Sectarian Clashes and the Battle for Peace in Kurram District
Two terrorists were arrested over an attack on Assistant Commissioner Saeed Manan in Kurram district, Pakistan. Following sectarian violence between Shia and Sunni tribes, a ceasefire was in place, ...
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MWM Head: arrest of innocent Shia scholar is shameful
Mazmal Hussain Fasih, the elected chairman of the Kurram region, has worked extensively to solve the problems of the local ...
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At least 42 killed in sectarian violence in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Earlier this month, thousands gathered for a peace march in Parachinar, urging the government to enhance security for Kurram’s 800,000 residents, of whom more than 45 percent belong to the Shia ...
The Express Tribune1mon
What disturbs the peace in Kurram?
On November 21, 49 men, women and children were killed in an ambush on a convoy of Shia passengers travelling from Parachinar in Kurram district to Peshawar. That tragic and grisly attack had been ...