Tag: Jirga

WANA: The members of Wazir Grand Jirga staged a protest demonstration against the killing of eight tribesmen from North Waziristan in Afghanistan on Sunday. The protest was...

PESHAWAR: The Advisory Committee on Tribal Districts, in its maiden meeting held here on Monday with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Mahmood Khan in chair,...

--Ali Wazir says final decision regarding demolition of houses will be taken on Feb 5 ISLAMABAD: Member National Assembly (MNA) Ali Wazir has ordered demolishing...

--Govt-mandated jirga to negotiate with militants to surrender ISLAMABAD: A jirga in Diamer, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) is conducting negotiations to make the militants responsible for the...

MARDAN: A 14-year-old girl who was married off to a 40-year-old man as 'Sawara' on the orders of a jirga in Mardan’s Babozai area...

CHARSADDA: At least four people, including Charsadda Press Club Secretary Ahsan Sherpao, were killed in firing during a jirga meeting on Tuesday. Police said that...

Bodies of a couple allegedly killed upon the orders of a Jirga for marrying against the wishes of the woman's family were discovered in...

Justice Nisar warns against taking disputes to Jamaatud Dawa, says judging criminal cases beyond jirga's jurisdiction  ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib...

PESHAWAR: The representatives of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in a meeting with the government-constituted jirga have conveyed their reservations over, what they said...

Pashtun movement assures of refraining from using anti-army remarks PESHAWAR: An important round of talks between Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) and the government-constituted jirga...

There are pared-down war films, opting for slow-burn over spectacle, and then there are wars films like Jirga, which are buoyed by a tremendous...

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday forwarded the name of former Senator Farhatullah Babar to be made a part of a...

PESHAWAR: The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leadership on Saturday handed over a list of 30 nominees to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government for representing...

SUKKUR: A jirga ordered a primary school teacher to pay 'compensation' amounting to Rs0.5 million to a woman's family after the tribal court found them 'guilty' of...

PESHAWAR: The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) demanded constitution of a jirga comprising Pashtun elders from all over the country for talks with the high-ups...

--Govt-sponsored jirga confident of yielding 'positive outcome' in PTM talks --Jirga members in favour of allowing PTM to hold Karachi rally on March 13 PESHAWAR/KARACHI: The government-backed...

Govt-constituted jirga says it will negotiate with PTM according to law PESHAWAR: The leader of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), Manzoor Pashteen, on Monday said...