Shocking details emerge in Rawalpindi honor killing case
- 28-Jul-2025
RAWALPINDI: In a major development in honor killing case of 19-year-old Sidra Arab Gul, her body was exhumed on Monday under court orders in Rawalpindi’s Pirwadhai area, followed by reburial after the procedure, ARY News reported. A 19-year-old newlywed bride was murdered by her husband on the orders of a jirga (tribal council) in Rawalpindi, […]
Tirah Valley firing: KP CM summons jirga, announces Rs10mn compensation
- 27-Jul-2025
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Sunday expressed deep sorrow and regret over the firing incident in Tirah Valley, extending heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and solidarity with the injured. In a press statement, Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur announced that a jirga (traditional tribal council) comprising tribal […]
Rawalpindi police arrest all accused in girl’s murder ordered by jirga
- 27-Jul-2025
Rawalpindi police have arrested all suspects involved in the murder of a girl—allegedly carried out on the orders of a local jirga. A 19-year-old newlywed bride was murdered by her husband on the orders of a jirga (tribal council) in Rawalpindi, earlier this week. The incident occurred in the Pirwadhai area of Rawalpindi. The victim, […]
Newlywed bride murdered on jirga orders in Rawalpindi
- 26-Jul-2025
RAWALPINDI: A 19-year-old newlywed bride was murdered by her husband on the orders of a jirga (tribal council) in Rawalpindi, ARY News reported on Saturday, citing police officials. The incident occurred in the Pirwadhai area of Rawalpindi. The victim, Sidra Arab Gul, was allegedly killed by her husband, Ziaur Rehman, after the jirga issued a […]
KP CM Gandapur to raise Jirga’s demands before Centre
- 14-Oct-2024
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has decided to take the provincial assembly into confidence on the Pashtun Jirga, to discuss the demands in the assembly session. The CM expressed gratitude over peaceful culmination of Pashtun Jirga and said that the provincial government tried best to provide best facilities to the participants in […]
Jirgas: The parallel tribal courts
- 13-Jul-2024
Notwithstanding the disapproval by the superior courts displayed from time to time, a parallel system of justice called ‘Jirga’ dating back to centuries has persistently survived in our tribal society. The tribal chiefs intercede in a festering conflict within their own tribe or between two different tribes purportedly with a view to restoring peace. The […]
PTI-P candidate’s car set ablaze on Jirga’s order
- 14-Jan-2024
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A car of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s former minister Iqbal Wazir who is a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-Parliamentarians (PTI-P) led by Pervez Khattak, was set ablaze for ‘violating’ Jirga’s traditions, ARY News reported Atmanzai Jirga in North Waziristan also imposed Rs2 million fine on Iqbal Wazir who is contesting from PK-103 on a ticket of […]
Viral pictures of Kohistan girl killed for honour were ‘fake’: minister
- 28-Nov-2023
KOHISTAN: In a shocking development, caretaker KP Information Minister Feroz Jamal Kaka Khel revealed that the pictures of a young girl from Kohistan, who was killed for honour, were doctored and posted on fake social media accounts, ARY News reported. According to the caretaker KP minister, the father killed his daughter over doctored images and […]
RYK: Married couple fears for life after jirga calls for their murder
- 03-Nov-2023
In a startling turn of events, Sana Hussain, from Basti Kacha Sabzani, Rahim Yar Khan, has come forward with a harrowing account of a forced marriage decree imposed by a jirga. Sana married Mansoor Gopang of the same area with her own free will. The jirga, allegedly orchestrated by influential local landlords, decreed that Mansoor’s […]
KP govt wants inclusion in PM-formed Jirga over law and order situation
- 12-Aug-2022
ISLAMABAD: Education Minister for KP Kamran Bangash on Friday said that the KP government was ready to talk to the federal government over law and order situation in Swat, and other areas of the province. “We should also be made part of the Jirga formed by the federal government,” Bangash said in a statement, adding […]