PARACHINAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Friday arrived in Parachinar to express solidarity with the people of the tribal area after suicide attacks that killed over 70 people last week.
Citizens of Parachinar began a sit-in protest soon after thetwo bombs went off last week on Friday evening, as shoppers were
out buying supplies in preparation for the breaking of the faston one of the last days of the holy month of Ramadan.
Imran Khan addressed the participants of the sit-in and said entire nation shares grief of people affected by the suicide attacks.
The protesters had demanded Imran Khan visit the area following the attack.
Earlier, Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa arrived in the area where he was briefed on the security situation in the area by the officials soon after he landed in Parachinar.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced 1 million rupees($10,000) compensation for the families of every victim of theblasts, and 500,000 rupees for the wounded, but the protestersdismissed that, saying victims of attacks in other places gotmore, a witness said.
Parachinar is part of the Federally Administrated TribalAreas, ethnic Pashtun-majority areas along the Afghan bordercovered by special laws and regulations.
A former senator, Allama Abid al-Hussaini, said the sit-in,centred in a town park, was estimated to have attracted 70,000participants on Thursday.
A senior government official in thetown said tens of thousands joined the protest.
Parachinar had already suffered two bomb attacks this year,before last Friday´s blasts, that killed about 50 people.