Kurram’s Parachinar is experiencing severe price increases for daily commodities as all major roads to the district remain blocked.

The ongoing crisis has led to significant shortages of essential food items, pushing prices to record levels.

Peas sell for Rs600 per kg, onions for Rs500 per kg, and tomatoes for Rs400 per kg.

The Thall-Parachinar highway, the Afghan border, and other key routes are closed for the past four months, which has intensified the situation.

Over 61 trucks carrying essential goods, including vegetables, fruits, flour, sugar, and cooking oil, were recently dispatched to Parachinar.

But local trade union president Haji Imdad stated that the supply was “inadequate” to meet the population’s growing needs and called for a continuous supply of goods to stabilise the market.

Residents have urged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to take “immediate action” to reopen the blocked routes and stabilise prices, as the situation was unsustainable for the majority of the population.

Vehicles were loaded with relief items traveling towards Parachinar came under attack on Thursday when unidentified men opened fire at them on January 16.

The area and over a hundred surrounding villages are facing a severe humanitarian crisis as road blockages have halted all supplies. Approximately 500,000 residents are trapped in the area, leading to increasing reports of starvation on January 15.

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