Ulema, MPs start efforts for lasting peace in Kurram

By Our Correspondent
August 09, 2024
In this file photo, residents gather along a road as smoke billows after twin blasts at a market in Parachinar, capital of Kurram district. — AFP/File
In this file photo, residents gather along a road as smoke billows after twin blasts at a market in Parachinar, capital of Kurram district. — AFP/File

PARACHINAR: A delegation of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders and parliamentarians, including Shehryar Afridi and chief of Sunni Supreme Council Sahibzada Hamid Raza visited the elders of Turi and Bangash tribes and discussed matters related to the restoration of peace in the Kurram tribal district.

Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen chief Senator Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafferi led the delegation.The ulema and elders of Turi and Bangash tribes welcomed the members of delegation upon their arrival to Markazi Imambargah in Sadda, Parachinar and Boshehra.

MWM parliamentary leader Engr Hameed Hussain, Nasir Abbas Sherazi, Members National Assembly Maulana Nasim Ali Shah, Yousaf Khan, kohat Commissioner Muatasim Billah Shah, Deputy Commissioner Javedullah Mahsud were also part of the delegation.

On this occasion, the members of delegation said that they were in contact with the former prime minister Imran Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to bring lasting peace to the Kurram district.

They said that a 30-member high-powered committee would be constituted to resolve disputes among various tribes residing in the district.

Head of Turi-Bangash tribes Ijlal Bangash and Abid Malyar from Boshehra thanked the delegation for visiting Kurram and hoped that their efforts would bear fruit and restore lasting peace in the district.