Tag: Jirga

Protest held against Pakistanis’ killing in Afghanistan

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...

Jirga constituted to hold talks with PTM

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,...

Tension triggers as MNA orders demolishing tribal elders’ houses

--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...

Jirga to conduct negotiations with militants behind Diamer school attacks

--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...

Jirga orders teenage girl to marry 40-year-old man in Mardan

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...

Press club secy among four gunned down in Charsadda

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...

Labourers discover bodies of couple killed over love marriage

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...

Jirga can only rule on civil cases, CJP says

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...

PTM leaders accuse govt-formed jirga of violating commitments

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...

PTM not to hold protest rally as govt assures release of...

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...

Jirga: a contemplative war film originally to be filmed in Pakistan

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...

PPP’s Farhatullah Babar to be part of jirga holding negotiations between...

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...

PTM hands govt list of 30 nominees for jirga

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

Jirga ‘orders’ school teacher to pay heavy fine for having alleged...

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...

PTM demands broader jirga for talks with govt

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 jirga concerned after Karachi police register FIRs against PTM

--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...

Don’t know who to talk with as multiple jirgas negotiating: Pashteen

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...