Pakistan police clash with protesters staging sit-in over violence in Kurram

Описание: Pakistan Police on Tuesday launched a crackdown on the main protest organized by the religio-political party Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen, leaving several injured. The MWM has been staging sit-ins at over 10 locations in Karachi since last week to protest against sectarian violence in the northwestern Kurram district. Home to around 600,000 people, Kurram is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and has long been a hotspot for tribal and sectarian conflicts, with authorities struggling to maintain control. Fresh clashes between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims erupted last month, triggering a humanitarian crisis with reports of starvation, lack of medicine and oxygen shortages following the blocking of the main highway connecting Kurram's main city of Parachinar to the provincial capital Peshawar. Local media reported over 100 children have died due to a shortage of medicines in the city. The police also detained a few protesters. Authorities had said they planned to collect heavy weapons to stop sectarian clashes that have killed hundreds, but tribesmen in the historically lawless region said they would not give up their arms.#tag

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