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(Only) Male voters matter
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 10 days ago
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COM 48 mins ago No woman voter turned out to cast their votes in Lower Dir district after a jirga decided a day earlier not to allow women to vote in the Lower Dir constituency. Even before the election results are out, the numbers tabulated and the
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Jirga warns of ending peace deal
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 29 days ago
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A local jirga in North Waziristan Agency has said it will end a five-year-old peace agreement with the government if curfew in the tribal region is not lifted by April 24. The agency remained under curfew for the sixth consecutive day on Sunday. The
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Grand Jirga in N.waziristan Demand UN to take notice of violating Human rights
By Umar Daraz Wazir Miranshah,2-4-13: Grand jirga held in north Waziristan agency Miranshah the main town of NWA about current prevailing situation in Waziristan, Grand Waziristan peace jirga and other elders participated, elders of
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Ceding space
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
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There is talk of compensation for victims, but no mention of what they are victims of. It is a vague, if not spineless, statement that borders on appeasement, and was reportedly the result of pressure from religious parties that wanted to water down
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TTP peace talks: Fazl hails formation of grand tribal jirga
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
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The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief was briefing media representatives along with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Engineer Shaukatullah after chairing a meeting of the 87 members grand tribal Jirga at the governor house. Fazlur Rehman said the national
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Bara jirga again fails to make headway
Landi Kotal :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
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The talks between a jirga of Bara elders and officials of political administration are proceeding at a snail's pace as no concrete decision could be made on Tuesday when they met for the fourth time after the killing of 18 people in Alamgudar area of
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Protest against Peshawar crackdown: Bara students baton-charged, 18 arrested
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
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Police on Thursday resorted to aerial firing, baton charge and teargas to disperse Bara students protesting outside Peshawar Press Club the crackdown on peaceful tribesmen, who had placed bodies of 15 people killed in their tehsil outside the
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Gas supply project
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 6 months ago
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Warana Qaumi Jirga has threatened to hold a protest demonstration and block the Indus Highway to protest against the non-inclusion of their area in a gas supply project. This was decided at a meeting of the jirga held here on Monday with its chairman
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WJ okays Afghan-Britain strategic partnership pact
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 6 months ago
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The Commission on Legislative affairs of the Wolesi Jirga approved the strategic partnership agreement between Afghanistan and Britain here Monday. The agreement includes matter regarding cooperation in security, political and economic sectors
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Stop giving girls in marriage to settle rows: Pakistani daily
Khairpur :: Pakistan | 6 months ago
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A Pakistani daily Thursday criticised the practice of giving girls in marriage to settle disputes after a tribal court ordered a man to hand over his two sisters and a niece to an aggrieved family and another directed the wedding of a 13-year-old
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