The blood-soaked Parachinar valley is reportedly in a deadlock as ongoing efforts for peace have hit snags. After weeks of bloodshed, the convening of a Grand Jirga has twinkled a ray of hope.

THIS is with reference to the report ‘Sit-ins against Parachinar situation expand in Karachi’ (Dawn.Com, Dec 26), which indicated the expanding dimensions of the crisis. The history of land ...