Life in the city of Kurram Agency started getting back to normal on Saturday after tribes people ended their sit-in on Friday against the twin blasts. The markets were opened after nearly eight days, relieving the shopkeepers of worry for their businesses.
Normalcy is returning to the area as all the business centres, schools and markets have been opened with low attendance. The sit-in was ended a day after Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Parachinar and met tribal elders.
While talking to newsmen, Sher Ali Khursheed, a shopkeeper, said the fruits and vegetables at his store had rotten during the days businesses were closed. To address their grievances during visit to Parachinar on Friday, Chief of Army Staff visited Parachinar on June 30, ensuring the elders that their city would be made a safer place. As the army chief promised of compensating them fairly, the tribal elders ended the sit-in.
CoAS said Pakistan Army will continue its efforts to bring back normalcy in the country, highlighting the security threat from across the border as the Islamic State is gaining strength in Afghanistan and growing exploitation of sectarian violence.
Army Chief was to spend the second day of Eid on Tuesday in Parachinar to express solidarity with the victims of the latest terrorist attack in the tribal areas where at least 72 people were killed due to market area twin blasts. Many of these victims have been laid to rest.
However, a large number of the victims are under medical treatment. The injured people were transferred to other medical facilities through rescue operations by the armed forces and other organizations.
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