Tag: Jirga

The Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has taken notice on a news report that on an allegation of illicit relations, a...

A jirga forcibly remarried an already-married Hindu girl to a 56-year-old man in Katayari village in Tharparkar. Wadia Bai Meghwar and her cousin Suresh had...

An illegal Jirga in Sindh punished two real brothers by making them hold their shoes with their teeth because their donkey cart had collided...

  Taking strict notice of the “honour killing” on orders of a tribal jirga in Abbottabad, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday directed the authorities...

Accusing a young man of committing 'karo-kari', a local jirga at a village in rural Sindh on Monday ordered his two minor nieces –...

A procession of notables turned into a grand Jirga has decided the case of murder of 18-years Raheela Jeho, who had been killed by...

Joint jirga forms Peace Shareshta in Bara, decides to impose Rs 20m fine on tribesmen who kill anyone in area for next three years The...

An 11-member tribal jirga representing Mehsud tribesmen met Mehsud Taliban chief Khan Said alias Sajna and other commanders Sunday to negotiate peace agreements between...

Jirga members disappointed over govt’s cold response to their proposal, consider dissolving Jirga, however likely to meet Khan, Qadri soon Bizenjo believes jirga can provide...

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has expressed surprise at the recommendations floated by a political jirga which he maintained was “formed only to facilitate talks...

As per the proposal, the jirga has advised protesting parties to end their sit-ins, adding that the prime minister should announce in the Parliament that he would resign if rigging in last year’s general elections was proved.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Tuesday that North Waziristan Agency (NWA) will soon be cleared of terrorists and permanent peace will be restored in...

The leader of political jirga established to resolve the standoff between the government and protesters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), Jamaat Islami chief Sirajul Haq Thursday said that they had managed to reach at a consensus on several points between the parties, however some issues were still persisting, which they were working hard to resolve as they did not want “anyone to go empty-handed”.

NWA tribal elders’ jirga requests government to clear NWA from ‘miscreants’ and put an end to their re-emergence as US, UK, EU reassure assistance...

Jirga’s chief Haji Sher Muhammad says tribesmen ready to offer sacrifices for the motherland Says agreement between govt and Utmanzai tribe still holds, Bahadur group...

Senator Zafarul Haq says talks only with those outfits which desist from terrorism KP governor gives NWA tribal elders 15 days to 'tame' militants, says...

Jirga demarcates tribesmen from militants, urges govt for due provision of rights for both Taliban interlocutors say they brought govt, Taliban back on table, onus...