MWM stages sit-ins against Parachinar situation across country

The Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) is staging sit-ins across the country including Karachi against the situation in Parachinar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district.

The clashes have killed over 130 people in Parachinar while reports of over 100 children deaths emerged due to shortage of medicines in the city.

KP government spokesperson Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, however, denied the reports of the children’s death.

As a result of the routes closure, residents of Upper Kurram are in desperate straits, which has caused significant shortages of daily essentials, gas and fuel.

The MWM began its sit-ins and protests from Karachi Numaish Chowrangi that eventually spread to other areas including Malir 15 and Star Gate on Shahrah-e-Faisal.

The Karachi Traffic Police said situation of traffic was affected and the vehicles are being diverted to different routes.

They, in a statement issued on X, formerly Twitter, said there is heavy flow of traffic at Main National Highway, Malir 15 to Quaidabad and roads coming and leading from Sharea Faisal to Kala Chapra.

Meanwhile, MWM leader Allama Hassan Zafar Naqvi has said that the Parachinar people are under siege from all sides.

Naqvi warned that if the situation persists, they will start protesting in every divisional headquarters of Pakistan.