Truce called after 82 killed in Pakistan sectarian clashes

Kurram, which was a member of the semi-autonomous Federally Administered Tribal Areas before it merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018, has frequently struggled to control murder.

A group from the municipal government met with the Sunni area on Sunday and the Shiite community on Saturday for the signing of the ceasefire agreement.

No one was hurt when the negotiators ‘ aircraft, according to a security official in Peshawar’s provincial capital, arrived in the area as it had come under fire, despite reports that no one was hurt.

When a&nbsp, truce&nbsp, was agreed,” we may begin addressing the underlying problems”, statewide Law Minister Aftab Alam Afridi said earlier Sunday.

Next month at least 16 people, including three women and two children, were&nbsp, killed&nbsp, in a&nbsp, sectarian&nbsp, fight in Kurram.

Previous&nbsp, clashes&nbsp, in July and September &nbsp, killed&nbsp, dozens of people and ended only&nbsp, after&nbsp, a dispute, or tribal government, &nbsp, called&nbsp, a peace.

The Human Rights Commission of&nbsp, Pakistan&nbsp, said 79 persons were&nbsp, killed&nbsp, between July and October in&nbsp, sectarian&nbsp, confrontations.

Several hundred persons demonstrated against the crime on Friday in&nbsp, Pakistan’s two largest cities, Karachi and Lahore.