Parachinar, Kurram District
About this crisis
When the road to Parachinar closes, Kurram Pul tells responders who needs what, how urgently, who can help nearby, and how soon it might happen again.
The closure this is modeled on
84 days
Parachinar’s only road was shut to all traffic from 12 Oct 2024 until the first relief convoy was sent on 4 Jan 2025.
Sources: The Nation, 24 Oct 2024; Geo News, 4 Jan 2025
50+
children died in Parachinar from shortages of medicine caused by the closure.
Source: Dawn, 22 Dec 2024
How it works
1Report
A health worker or resident describes a patient, by chat or by SMS.
2See
Every report lands on one shared dashboard, vouched for by named elders and facility records.
3Match
Spare stock in one area is matched to shortages next door, the same day.
4Prepare
Past closures and current signals warn hospitals when to stock up.
Where this happens
Parachinar sits at the end of one road. When the Thall road and the Kharlachi crossing close, every area here is cut off at once.
- Town
- The one road
- Closed
When the network is down
The violence that closes the road also shuts down mobile phones and internet.
Mobile data (3G/4G) in Kurram has been suspended for nearly two years.
Source: The News, 30 Jun 2026
Any phone, by SMS
Triage and stock reports work by text message. No internet needed.
Office connections
Hospital, Edhi and pharmacy offices open the dashboard on fixed-line internet.
Teams outside Kurram
Relief teams in Peshawar and Kohat see the same picture and plan convoys.
Who uses it first
People who already coordinate in every closure. No new institution needed.
DHQ Hospital staff
Log medicine and equipment stock, and see where spare supplies are nearby.
Pharmacies
Report what has run out, and what they can spare.
Edhi Foundation coordinators
Report from the community, and carry same-day transfers between areas.
Jirga elders
Vouch for reports from their area, so responders know which to trust.
A grand jirga in Kohat brokered the 14-point peace accord both sides signed on 1 Jan 2025.
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Header photo: Parachinar in winter, by Mujtaba Hassan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons