Food shortages hit Parachinar as Sectarian clashes block key roads in Pakistan

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) members shout slogans during a protest against ongoing power outage in Karachi on June 28, 2024. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP)

Reports from the Parachinar area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa indicate severe shortages of food, medicine, and fuel due to the closure of the Parachinar-Peshawar road.

The road has been blocked for nine days due to ongoing armed clashes between the Sunni and Shia communities in the region.

According to reports, these...