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Three jirga members arrested in killing of Pakistani woman over social media photo

  • Police said woman murdered after a jirga had ordered that she and a friend, who also appeared in the picture, be killed
  • Hundreds of women in Pakistan are killed yearly in honor killings, carried out by relatives professing to defend family honor
By Arab News Pakistan ·

Tribal jirga demands ‘decisive action’ against militants following attack on army base in southwest Pakistan

By Saadullah Akhtar ·
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Amid unprecedented inflation, jirga in northwestern Pakistani town caps dowry for marriages

By REHMAT MEHSUD ·

Jirga in Pakistan’s northwest rules out army operation, peace committees to counter militancy

By REHMAT MEHSUD ·

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