Sit-in to protest Parachinar blasts enters sixth day in Pakistan

The sit-in is being held mostly in Parachinar, Islamabad and Karachi.

Last Monday, hundreds of protesters offered their Eid prayers wearing black armbands in the market in Parachinar, where the bombs tore through crowds of shoppers on Friday.

Some politicians are criticizing the top government officials for not paying enough attention to the request of the protestors to visit Parachinar and listen to the demands of the protesters for better security measures.

The government instead of visiting Parachinar, has announced some financial package for the victims of the attack.

One week after the attack, Parachinar people's request to the Prime Minster and army chief to visit the town and listen to the people and families of the victims, have not been responded yet.

Parachinar, capital of Kurram Agency tribal area in NW of Pakistan with 50,000 population, is a mainly Shia town which had already suffered two deadly bomb blasts in its markets earlier this year.

In January this year a bomb blast killed 24 people in a Parachinar market. The attack was claimed by the Daesh-linked terrorist group “Lashkar-i-Jhangvi al-Alami”.

In March, a second attack in another market killed 22 people. The attack was claimed by the Jamaatul Ahrar.

Friday's assault ─ also claimed by Daesh-linked terrorist group “Lashkar-i-Jhangvi al-Alami” ─ brought the town's loss of life due to terror attacks up to almost 150, more than any other city in Pakistan has suffered so far this year.

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