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Kohistan 'honour' killing: Four years on, no justice in sight
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's documents what ensued after video of men and women singing and dancing emerged in Kohistan
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In Pakistan, ancient and modern justice collide
Judges have begun to question the decisions handed down by the all-male and usually highly conservative jirgas.
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Kohistan killings: Rights activists want perpetrators punished
Urge the Supreme Court to reopen case at a protest.
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Video controversy: Kohistan murder accused sent on judicial remand
Seven arrested men accused of killing three brothers sent to Dasu District Jail.
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Kohistan killings: Another accused in triple-murder case arrested
Accused charged with murder, past arrests were for abetment; police now have six in custody.
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Kohistan video case: Police arrests remaining suspects in triple murders
Police arrested the remaining seven suspects believed to have murdered three brothers of Afzal Kohistani.
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Kohistan triple murder case: Five accused sent to jail on judicial remand
The officials says they will not withdraw their men until all seven suspects are arrested.
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Kohistan video case: Relatives of three slain brothers stage protest
Afzal Khan, another brother, who was the killers’ target, demands justice.
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Kohistan video controversy: Four accused in triple murder arrested
Surviving brother says his tribe is being deprived of water.
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Police arrest four masterminds of Kohistan video scandal
DPO says jirga leader Maulvi Javed arrested along with Maulvi Noorul Haq, Mausam Khan and Baseer.
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Kohistan video scandal: Man says his three brothers were killed on jirga order
Afzal Kohistani requests reopening of case; fears bloody feud if judicial action not taken.
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Kohistan video case: K-P government confirms killing of three people
None of family members came to collect the bodies that were buried as amaanat.
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Edict against NGOs
Kohistan’s clerics are now on the warpath against NGOs because of their alleged ‘conspiracies against Islam.
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Who leaked the news about the Kohistani women?
The local admin officials seem obsessed with figuring out how to prevent such stories from getting out in the future.
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Clerics pass edict against funerals of NGO beneficiaries
Kohistan clerics form 34-member committee to decide future line of action.
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Lessons from the Kohistan episode
When it came to translating our emotional response into practically addressing the issue, we all faltered.
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Kohistan video: SC disposes of case, rules girls are alive
A report of a judicial officer stated that media reports about the killings were bogus and that the girls were alive.
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K-P minister calls Kohistan women issue a fabrication
Mian Iftikhar says the specific agenda is to malign the jirga system.
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Kohistan ‘killings’: Fact-finding mission uncovers more questions
Dr Farzana Bari refuses to endorse the identity of the women produced.
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Kohistan ‘killings’: Second fact-finding mission returns with more questions than answers
Dr Farzana Bari expresses fear that the women she met might not be the ones who had been filmed.
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Kohistan ‘killings’ case: ‘Condemned’ women most likely had NICs
A second fact-finding mission is scheduled to visit Peech Bela union council.
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Kohistan jirga: As panel members stay away, slayings’ probe falters
DIG says he will be leaving for Kohistan to gather more information.
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Jirga murders: KP govt flies in team for Kohistan ‘cover-up’
Provincial authorities want tribesmen to help prove that the women are indeed alive.
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Kohistan complexities
It is imperative that we get to the bottom of the matter and discover the whole truth.
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Kohistan video: NA panel fails to initiate parliamentary probe
Standing Committee on Human Rights could not be briefed due to the absence of a majority of members.
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Kohistan jirga controversy: NA rights panel to probe alleged killings today
Concerned officials to brief committee, ask them to produce girls.
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June 29 deadline: Clerics want ‘conspiring’ NGOs out of Kohistan
Say the Kohistan video footage scandal was a result of NGO’s campaign against local customs.
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Kohistan jirga: Tribesmen deny being witness to executions
Say they have been wrongly implicated by condemned men’s brother.
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I am not sure if all the Kohistani jirga women are alive
In my view, a far more detailed investigation is required to establish the fact whether such a fatwa was given or not.
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Kohistan Jirga case: Salekhel tribe asks Azadkhel to own killing of women
Otherwise clear the Salakhel men they plan to kill for making the video of Azadkhel women.
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Kohistan jirga: Doubts cast on the safety of ‘condemned’ women
Human rights activists claim the other three women were in another village rendered inaccessible by bad weather.
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A tipping point?: Real concerns in Kohistan
Attention given to this incident by the KP government, our judiciary and the media might just become a tipping point.
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Kohistan ‘killings’: Condemned women alive, social workers tell court
CJ says he is ready to send in army unless he has a clear report on the women.
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Women and the jirga
Those who issued murder verdicts against Kohistani women must be given exemplary punishment.
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Kohistan video: Human rights activists meet two out of five girls
Human rights activist says girls safe and happy, brother of the boys who made video insists girls were killed.
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Kohistan jirga death decree: Condemned women remain a no-show at SC
Helicopters dispatched to fetch women fail to return; apex court extends deadline till 1 pm today.
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Facing the music: Performers’ haven threatened in Banr
After Taliban, police ban cultural activities, warn of dire consequences.
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Kohistan video: Hearing adjourned as girls not produced in court
Chief Justice had ordered the chief secretary K-P to bring the girls to the court in a helicopter.
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Kohistan killings: Minister insists women are alive, sounds sceptical
Witnesses from rival tribe say they can help identify the graves of slain women.
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Jirga Controversy: Chief Justice takes suo motu notice
Justice Chaudhry says this incident is a gross violation of fundamental human rights.
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Kohistan killings: Govt draws blanks, witnesses say women slaughtered
Officials unable to meet women; witnesses say the ‘condemned’ women’s throats were slit.
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Death to four women: Civic society demands an end to jirga system
Blames government for failing to ensure protection to the women condemned to death in Kohistan.
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Initial inquiry finds girls to be alive as CJ takes suo motu notice of Kohistan jirga
Chief justice orders attorney general to find out if the news reports about the incident were factual or not.
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Jirga injustice: Four Kohistani women, accomplice ‘killed’ for defying customs
Administration officials refute claims, insist the women are safe.
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Kohistan video: Local claims five women killed, officials deny
Brother of one of those accused of making video claims women were tortured before they were killed on May 30.
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Kohistan jirga controversy: Two brothers booked for filming women
Both men have already fled the area, sources in the police told The Express Tribune.
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Rights’ activists urge SC to ban jirga system
Cite subjugation of individual rights in general, women and children in particular.
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Jirga (in)justice: Jirga members booked as doubts rise over women’s safety
Authorities insist that all four women are safe in their village homes.
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Mixed gathering: Cleric arrested over dancing death decree
Cleric denies issuing death sentence to six people for dancing, singing together, says his name was being misused.
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Jirga decision: Authorities move to save ‘condemned’ Kohistani women
A jirga had condemned six people to death for “disrespecting gender segregation customs” in remote village of...