Ch Nisar strongly condemns Parachinar blast, demands incident report
Ch Nisar strongly condemns Parachinar blast, demands incident report
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Pakistan

PARACHINAR: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has strongly condemned Parachinar blast that took place in a vegetable market in Pakistan’s northwest tribal area of Kurram Agency Saturday morning and demanded the report of the incident.

PARACHINAR: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has strongly condemned Parachinar blast that took place in a vegetable market in Pakistan’s northwest tribal area of Kurram Agency Saturday morning and demanded the report of the incident.

The Interior Minister has condoled with relatives of those who have lost their loved ones in the explosion and prayed for quick recovery of the injured.

Chaudhary Nisar said that government stands with affected families in this hour of grief.

Twenty people have died so far in the tragic incident and several got injured including some in critical condition.

Ikramullah Khan, a senior government official in Parachinar, told that the blast was caused by an IED (improvised explosive device) which was hidden in a vegetable box.

Pakistan military said soldiers had reached the site and cordoned off the area.

“Army helicopters are evacuating the injured,” it said in a short statement.

Kurram is one of Pakistan’s seven semi-autonomous tribal districts which are governed according to local laws and customs.

The district is known for sectarian clashes between Sunnis and Shiites, who make up roughly 20 percent of Pakistan’s population of 200 million.