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| Karam: How did the matter that started with transaction dispute lead to the accusation of blasphemy? |
The dispute was about the transaction of money and during this discussion suddenly heated up and the matter reached to abusive words. This is the mention of Sada, the capital of Lower Karam tribal area, where night curfew has been imposed.
According to government officials, two youths were killed and twelve were injured during the firing and encirclement in Sada Bazaar. Late in the night, a government official said that the situation has been brought under control and police and FC officials are on the spot.
The incident started on Thursday afternoon when a money transaction was being discussed, according to officials. One of the two traders is said to belong to Sunnis and the other to Shiites.
A government official, on the condition of anonymity, said that when the debate intensified, during which one side used insulting words, which angered the people present. A person belonging to Shia took refuge with a representative of traders in this market, on which the angry people also pelted stones at the trader's shop. Police and FC officials rushed to the spot to disperse the angry protesters.
The government official said that two youths, aged fifteen and twenty-five, were killed in the firing while twelve people were injured.
The protesters also surrounded the police station and set fire to the vehicles there. To control the situation, a curfew has been imposed in the area where law enforcement officials are patrolling.
An attempt was made to contact the District Police Officer in this regard, but it was informed that he is currently on the spot in the concerned area to control the situation.
History of target killings and riots in Kurram
Two months ago in the month of June, a young Zeeshan Haider was shot dead near Sadar Bazar. Apart from this, there have been incidents of target killing before this incident.
Para Chinnar and other areas in Karam district have been experiencing incidents of communal violence and in the past the tension had reached such an extent that people used to travel under the protection of security forces.
It should be noted that due to the severe clashes in Karam Agency in November 2077, there were large-scale loss of life and property. As a result of these riots, the parties had set fire to more than fifty villages of each other, while hundreds of people were forcibly evicted from their respective areas. Displaced persons continue to take shelter in other areas. According to an estimate, around three thousand people were killed in these clashes.
As a result of the fight, the parties had blocked the Talpara Chinar highway for each other at different places in their respective areas. Due to this closure, the Shia and Sunni tribes faced severe difficulties. Later, convoys continued to pass through Para Chinar under the protection of security forces, but they were also attacked several times and many people were killed, while convoys going through Afghanistan were also targeted several times. .When the road closure intensified, people continued to travel from Para Chinar to Peshawar in private and government helicopters and planes for some time.
After that, in 2011, local elders tried to establish peace, which succeeded. In the tribal area of Pakistan's Kurram Agency, all the roads in the area, which had been closed for nearly four years, were opened for the first time to normal traffic due to the efforts of a joint peace jirga of the Shia and Sunni tribes.
This decision was celebrated throughout the agency with the opposing tribes congratulating each other by garlanding each other while the Shia Sunni Bhai Bhai slogans were also raised.
For the first time after the peace agreement, a peace convoy consisting of about 50 to 60 vehicles along with the tribal jirga and local officials reached Para Chinar from Peshawar by road.
The convoy consisted of thousands of people, most of whom were trapped in Peshawar and other areas due to road closures for the past three to four years.
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