Parachinar residents protest

Residents in Parachinar protested on Monday as the death toll from twin blasts three days earlier rose to 69.

Dozens of protesters offered their Eid prayers wearing black armbands in Parachinar, officials said. “The death toll from Friday’s blasts has reached 69,” local administration official Basir Khan Wazir said. He said the local administration was trying to negotiate with the protesters. —