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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's documents what ensued after video of men and women singing and dancing emerged in Kohistan
Judges have begun to question the decisions handed down by the all-male and usually highly conservative jirgas.
Urge the Supreme Court to reopen case at a protest.
Seven arrested men accused of killing three brothers sent to Dasu District Jail.
Accused charged with murder, past arrests were for abetment; police now have six in custody.
Police arrested the remaining seven suspects believed to have murdered three brothers of Afzal Kohistani.
The officials says they will not withdraw their men until all seven suspects are arrested.
Afzal Khan, another brother, who was the killers’ target, demands justice.
Surviving brother says his tribe is being deprived of water.
DPO says jirga leader Maulvi Javed arrested along with Maulvi Noorul Haq, Mausam Khan and Baseer.
Afzal Kohistani requests reopening of case; fears bloody feud if judicial action not taken.
None of family members came to collect the bodies that were buried as amaanat.
Kohistan’s clerics are now on the warpath against NGOs because of their alleged ‘conspiracies against Islam.
The local admin officials seem obsessed with figuring out how to prevent such stories from getting out in the future.
Kohistan clerics form 34-member committee to decide future line of action.
When it came to translating our emotional response into practically addressing the issue, we all faltered.
A report of a judicial officer stated that media reports about the killings were bogus and that the girls were alive.
Mian Iftikhar says the specific agenda is to malign the jirga system.
Dr Farzana Bari refuses to endorse the identity of the women produced.
Dr Farzana Bari expresses fear that the women she met might not be the ones who had been filmed.
A second fact-finding mission is scheduled to visit Peech Bela union council.
DIG says he will be leaving for Kohistan to gather more information.
Provincial authorities want tribesmen to help prove that the women are indeed alive.
It is imperative that we get to the bottom of the matter and discover the whole truth.
Standing Committee on Human Rights could not be briefed due to the absence of a majority of members.
Concerned officials to brief committee, ask them to produce girls.
Say the Kohistan video footage scandal was a result of NGO’s campaign against local customs.
Say they have been wrongly implicated by condemned men’s brother.
In my view, a far more detailed investigation is required to establish the fact whether such a fatwa was given or not.
Otherwise clear the Salakhel men they plan to kill for making the video of Azadkhel women.
Human rights activists claim the other three women were in another village rendered inaccessible by bad weather.
Attention given to this incident by the KP government, our judiciary and the media might just become a tipping point.
CJ says he is ready to send in army unless he has a clear report on the women.
Those who issued murder verdicts against Kohistani women must be given exemplary punishment.
Human rights activist says girls safe and happy, brother of the boys who made video insists girls were killed.
Helicopters dispatched to fetch women fail to return; apex court extends deadline till 1 pm today.
After Taliban, police ban cultural activities, warn of dire consequences.
Chief Justice had ordered the chief secretary K-P to bring the girls to the court in a helicopter.
Witnesses from rival tribe say they can help identify the graves of slain women.
Justice Chaudhry says this incident is a gross violation of fundamental human rights.
Officials unable to meet women; witnesses say the ‘condemned’ women’s throats were slit.
Blames government for failing to ensure protection to the women condemned to death in Kohistan.
Chief justice orders attorney general to find out if the news reports about the incident were factual or not.
Administration officials refute claims, insist the women are safe.
Brother of one of those accused of making video claims women were tortured before they were killed on May 30.
Both men have already fled the area, sources in the police told The Express Tribune.
Cite subjugation of individual rights in general, women and children in particular.
Authorities insist that all four women are safe in their village homes.
Cleric denies issuing death sentence to six people for dancing, singing together, says his name was being misused.
A jirga had condemned six people to death for “disrespecting gender segregation customs” in remote village of...