Islamabad - Residents of Kurram Agency, who have left their native villages and residing in Islamabad, complained that they were still being haunted by militants, urging the government to give them protection.
After fleeing Kurram Agency due to sectarian tension in Parachinar, Shia community, who settled in the federal capital, said that their lives were still at risk as their family members were receiving threatening calls from unidentified people.
Burhan Ali son of Qurban Ali, who belongs to Imamia Colony in Parachinar but has come to Islamabad for treating his ailing mother, told The Nation that he received threatening calls on his cell phone in August from unidentified people.
“I lodged complaint with the Margalla Police Station seeking protection against the miscreants. I know that sectarian groups are still chasing me and my family. I live in a hotel of G-9 Sector in Islamabad as my mother undergoes diabetes treatment at a hospital,” Burhan Ali said.
According to MNA Kurram Agency Sajid Hussain Turi, residents of Parachinar feel sense of insecurity in Islamabad even after feeling their native areas to spend peaceful life in the federal capital.
“I have received complaints from my area’s people living in Islamabad about the threats they are facing. The government must launch crackdown on sectarian elements and should protect the lives of our people,” the lawmaker said.
Munawar Hussain, who deals in real estate business in Islamabad and hails from Kurram Agency, said that he had shifted his property office thrice after unknown people dropped threatening letters at his office.
“Everyday I fear that I might be gunned down by miscreants. The terrorists whom we defeated in Kurram Agency want to take revenge on us here in Islamabad. I am sure Taliban are still trying to kill Turi tribe that has been settled in Islamabad,” he said.
People of Kurram Agency who live in Islamabad have also hired private security guards to protect their families when male members leave for their jobs at day times. They say that they have to pay extra money on their security.
“There are several incidents in which threatening letters were dropped inside our houses by terrorists. Sadly, the warning letters were dropped only in houses that were owned by Turi tribe. So we started hiring private security guards,” Waheed Ali Turi, another native of Kurram Agency, who runs a shop in I-10, said.