Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Jirga to kill anyone reporting honour killing cases to police / Daily Times, 2 May 2006

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Zahid Jan"Anyone reporting an honour killing case to the police or filing a case with the court will be killed by the jirga (tribal court) since the publicising of such cases has brought a bad name to the area, Malik Faiz Muhammad, a member of the Nihag-Wari jirga in Upper Dir said. The Nihag-Dara Wari jirga had issued a controversial verdict in favour of honour killing declaring it a permissible act. "