Tag: Jirga
Govt-constituted jirga holds first round of talks with PTM
Manzoor Pashteen voices concerns over state’s high handedness, says it would affect outcomes of talks
Dawar says they will not oppose punishment awarded...
Girl kills herself after jirga gives her off as Vani
A girl killed herself by drinking poison in Ubauro, Ghotki on Saturday after refusing to be made Vani, to pay for her brother’s decision to...
3 killed, 11 injured in South Waziristan tribal clash
PESHAWAR: At least three people were killed and 11 others injured when armed tribesmen opened indiscriminate firing on participants of a reconciliatory traditional jirga at...
Police arrest 10 persons in DI Khan vani case: report
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Police arrested ten persons in a vani case that was registered against 22 in Dera Ismail Khan (DI Khan), a report...
Jirga vows to foil conspiracies against CPEC in Balochistan: report
QUETTA: A tribal peace jirga held in Mastung on Wednesday resolved not to let conspiracies impact China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and development activities in Balochistan,...
15th accused in Ambreen murder case arrested: report
ABBOTTABAD: Police have claimed to have arrested the 15th person accused in the murder of a young girl, Ambreen Riasat, on Sunday, as reported...
Pakistan starts fencing Pak-Afghan border
LAHORE: A security official said on Wednesday that Pakistan has started the process of fencing the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Chaman to stop illegal entry...
JI to hold grand Jirga against Rao Anwar in Karachi
KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chief Naeem-ur-Rehman announced on Monday to hold a grand Jirga on January 31 in Sohrab Goth, where the party leadership...
Jirga leader says army will bear educational expenses of Naqeebullah’s son
TANK: The leader of a grand Jirga, held by Mehsood and Burki tribes on Sunday, announced that the educational expenses of murdered Naqeebullah Mehsood’s...
Two suspects come clean in Mominabad honour killing case
KARACHI: Two men accused of carrying out a jirga approved murder of a young couple confessed to the crime before a magisterial court on...
Murad asks IGP to submit report on couple’s murder by jirga
KARACHI: Taking serious notice of the murder of a newly married couple committed on the orders of a Jirga in Mominabad, the Sindh Chief...
Couple ‘honour-killed’ on jirga’s order
KARACHI: The police have arrested nine suspects involved in the murder of a woman and man in the name of honour on the orders...
Villagers banish cooks’ families for increasing prices
PESHAWAR: A local jirga in Mardan district expelled a community of cooks from the village for increasing their prices per cauldron by Rs100.
The Social Welfare...
Couple in Lahore found dead under ‘mysterious circumstances’
LAHORE: A couple married for four months was found dead in their house under mysterious circumstances in Raiwind city on Tuesday.
According to the parents of...
Jirga’s ultimatum for controlling dengue going to expire on Sunday
PESHAWAR: The five days ultimatum given by elders of Khalil Qaumi Jirga to KP government for taking practical steps to control dengue epidemic is...
Elders, jirga members reach agreement for settlement of disputes in Tehsil...
Elders and representatives from five different clans of Mehsud tribe in Tehsil Makeen in South Waziristan reached an agreement whereby a ban is imposed...
Jirga settles 23 years old murder case in Naudero
NAUDERO: A grand jirga was held at Shahdadkot to decide a murder case of one person who was killed some 23 years ago.
The jirga case...
