The clashes overnight between Sunni and Shiite tribes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province came a day after gunmen ambushed a convoy of vehicles in the area.

PESHAWAR : Sectarian feuding in northwest Pakistan killed 13 more people, a local government official said today, as warring Sunnis and Shi’ites defied repeated ceasefire orders in recent conflict claiming 124 lives.

Deadly sectarian clashes have continued in Pakistan's north-western Kurram district in spite of a tentative ceasefire struck late last week, local officials said, with the death toll now over 130 as authorities try to broker a solution.

Fighting between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has killed more than 150 in the past months. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Decades of violent clashes in Kurram, often driven by land disputes, have led to thousands of deaths. The region remains highly sensitive due to its sectarian dynamics, the presence of militant groups,

Over 80 people were killed and scores more injured in recent sectarian clashes in northwestern Pakistan. Experts say historic rivalries, extremist Islamist groups, and political marginalization are to blame.

The death toll in Pakistan's Kurram district rose to 90 on Thursday (28 November) as fresh skirmishes claimed 12 more lives and left 18 injured. Gunfire erupted in both upper and lower regions of the district, according to local officials. The ongoing violence has persisted despite a ceasefire, with clashes continuing for over a week.

Pakistani authorities say they have negotiated a seven-day ceasefire after more than 80 people were killed in renewed sectarian violence in the north-west of the country. Another 156 are said to have been wounded in three days of fighting in the tribal district of Kurram, near the Afghan border.

At least 32 people were killed and 47 wounded in sectarian clashes in northwest Pakistan, an official told AFP on Saturday, two days after attacks on Shiite passenger convoys killed 43.According to the latest reports,

Efforts to implement a ceasefire were met with resistance. Kurram Deputy Commissioner Javedullah Mehsood, local elders, and police raised white flags on their vehicles in a bid to deploy officers to trenches held by the warring factions,

The violence erupted on Thursday when a convoy of passenger coaches carrying Shiite Muslims was ambushed in the Parachinar area, leading to a heavy casualty.