Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik said that a “hidden hand” is involved in the sectarian unrest in Parachinar and hoped that the issue would be resolved through a tribal jirga, a private television channel reported on Sunday. According to Dawn News, Malik told media outside Parliament House that the government wanted to involve local clerics and tribal elders in the process to restore peace in the Kurram agency. He disclosed that Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman had assured the government of their complete support in this regard. Malik said that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)-led government wanted a UN investigation into the assassination of slain PPP Benazir Bhutto because of the suspected involvement of a foreign hand in the incident. He said Benazir’s assassination was a national loss, adding that the government would not rest until those responsible were found.