Busted: Suspects arrested for holding jirga remanded to custody

Jirga was held to resolve a karo-kari dispute between two groups of Pahore tribe

SUKKUR: Two out of the 12 suspects that were arrested on Saturday by the Jacobabad police for their alleged involvement in holding a Jirga to resolve a karo-kari dispute were remanded into jail custody, while the others were granted pre-arrest bail.

The jirga, held to resolve a karo-kari dispute between two groups of the Pahore tribe, had ordered to barter a minor girl with the opposing group and slapped a fine of Rs1million.

Three days ago, a jirga was held in Naseer Samejo village in the limits of the B Section police station in District Thull, Jacobabad, which was jointly presided over by Iqbal Pahore and Hadi Pahore to resolve a karo-kari dispute between two groups of the Pahore tribe.



After hearing both the parties at length, the jirga announced its verdict that imposed a fine of Rs1 million on Amanullah Pahore, while declaring him guilty. Amanullah was also ordered to give his 10-year-old daughter, Asma, in marriage to the son of Fateh Mohammad Pahore.

Amanullah, refusing to accept the verdict of the jirga, went to the police station and lodged an FIR against 12 persons, including Iqbal Pahore, Hadi Pahore, Imam Bux Pahore, Qurban Pahore, Hafeez Pahore and Rehmatullah Pahore, among seven others.

Of the 12 booked suspects, the police managed to arrest two, Qurban Pahore and Hafeez Pahore, and produced them before the court. After hearing the case, the court remanded Qurban and Hafeez in jail custody for one week.

"The remaining accused managed to get pre-arrest bail," informed B Section SHO Ghulam Bashir Khokar, while confirming the arrest of the two suspects and their remand into jail custody.

A Thull-based journalist told The Express Tribune that four month ago, Amanullah's brother, Shaban Pahore, eloped with a woman, Kainat, wife of Fared Pahore, which sparked tension between the two groups, which was 'resolved' by the jirga.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 12^th, 2016.