SRINAGAR: Slogan-chanting crowds of Shia Muslims took to the streets at several places across Srinagar, Budgam and Baramulla districts of the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday evening to protest against the ...

Parachinar, a small town in Pakistan's Kurram Valley, has been the silent witness to countless tragedies, and yet, its cry for help often goes unanswered. For years, the Shia Muslim population in ...

PARACHINAR: Anwar Ali, 42, is pumping air through old-fashioned bicycle pump, and instead of water, the pipeline is full of air. After pumping more air pressure into the water pipeline, finally he ...

I can vividly recall a Parachinar that was serene, harmonious and customary in tribal traditions. The picturesque valley under the shadows of snow-capped Afghan mountains was once a preferred ...

There has been a frightening spike in the number of female suicides in the valley. Neither the community nor the administration has been able to address it Image courtesy: Shutterstock.com The local ...

Parachinar is the capital of Kurram Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. The area jutting into the Afghan Province of Paktia once served as the summer residence for ...

Multiple users since at least July 28 were sharing an image of a large procession of coffins on social media platform X, claiming that they were Shia victims of recent violence in Parachinar. However, ...

The violent fissures of Parachinar are now going over the board. The delicate ceasefire that was attained after hectic arm-twisting has almost fizzled out, and breaches are widely evident. The attacks ...

A fragile peace is taking root in Pakistan's western Kurram tribal region after nearly four years of sectarian warfare between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims. Some have criticized a recent peace pact by ...

ISLAMABAD: The Thall-Parachinar road – the only road connecting the bordering tribal belt with the rest of Pakistan – retains its label of a “slaughter house” where Turi and Bangash tribes’ people ...

SWAT/PARACHINAR/MOHMAND: Streets of busy Mingora Bazaar echoed with slogans ‘we want peace in Swat’ as hundreds of protesters gathered to condemn the recent ...