Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Debates Provincial Rights Amid Allegations of State Violence and Sectarian Clashes

Peshawar, Pakistan – The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly recently convened to discuss a series of troubling events that transpired in both Islamabad and the Kurram district. In the legislative session, lawmakers shared distressing accounts from the last week of November, involving allegations of state-sponsored violence and significant unrest in different parts of the country. In an emotionally charged address, ruling party members from Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) claimed that more than 100 of their supporters lost …

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Deadly Attack Leaves Four Dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram District: Local Community Mobilizes for Action

SADDA BAZAAR, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, Pakistan – A violent attack in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has left four individuals dead, including two security personnel, and three others critically wounded. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a passenger coach and a vehicle, prompting a manhunt to apprehend the perpetrators, according to District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Imran. This incident is indicative of the escalating violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a region in northwest Pakistan that has seen …

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