KURRAM: After several days of delays, the first relief convoy of essential supplies reached Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner Ashfaq Khan said.
In a video statement, DC Kurram praised the supply convoy’s peaceful arrival in the district, urging the people to cooperate with the peace with law enforcement.
Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, the spokesperson for the KP government, stated that following fruitful discussions with local protestors, the 40 vehicles transporting relief supplies had been sent out.
According to the spokesperson, the Grand Jirga, Kurram Peace Committee, and local peace committees were crucial to the negotiations.
Zahid Usman Kakakhel, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), stated that the people were pleased when the convoy arrived in Parachinar.
Earlier on June 4, the aid convoy comprising 75 vehicles for the Kurram relief operation was stranded in the Thal area of the Hangu district after an attack left five people including security personnel and DC Kurram Javedullah Mehsud injured.
Following the attack, Barrister Saif said that the convoy would be sent once the conditions were back to normal.
The district administration said in a statement that he got minor injuries in the shooting and was taken to the Alizai hospital in Lower Kurram The incident occurred days after rival tribes in the Lower Kurram agreed to restore peace and end the 86-day-long road blockade of the restive region.
Condemning the attack, KP Chief Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry said that the peace committees were responsible for ensuring the protection of the convoy.
