The residents of Parachinar, who, in the wake of a recent terrorist in the town, were staging a sit-in to protest against the authorities’ “apathy” and “failure to provide them with security”, called off their protest on Friday after the army chief went there and convinced them that their grievances would be addressed.
According to a press release issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Parachinar.
He was briefed in detail about the security situation in the town and the recent terrorist attack there.
The COAS met with the area’s tribal elders and representatives of the sit-in.
The ISPR director general tweeted:
The army chief expressed his grief on loss of precious lives in the terrorist attack in Parachinar last Friday and offered fateha for the departed souls. Over 72 people were killed in two blasts in the main bazaar of the town in Kurram Agency.
Gen Bajwa said, “We as a nation have given unprecedented sacrifices in the war against terrorism and we shall succeed. Our enemies shall never succeed in lowering our resolve or to divide us.”
Speaking on the occasion, the tribal elders expressed their complete confidence in the Pakistan Army and its leadership. They added that they stood by the security forces and would not hesitate in making any sacrifice for their motherland.
