K-P Women’s Commission urges inclusion of women in upcoming Jirga

K-P CM says gathering will bring together tribal elders, community leaders, youth from across the region

The Khyber-Pakhtunkwa Comission on the status of Women have issued a notification asking the K-P government to ensure the inclusion of women's voices in the forthcoming jirga.
Newly elected Chief Minister Sohail Afridi called for a jirga on October 25 at Bara in his home district Khyber.

 

The K-P CM stated that the gathering will be a large peace jirga, bringing together tribal elders, community leaders and youth from across the region, irrespective of political affiliation.

خیبر پختونخواہ کے عوام کی زندگی اور ان کے مستقبل کا فیصلہ صوبے کے لوگ خود کریں گے۔ کسی کو بھی بند کمروں کے فیصلوں کو عوام پر مسلط کرنے کی اجازت نہیں دی جائے گی۔ اس سلسلے میں قیام امن کے لیے بروز ہفتہ ۲۵ اکتوبر ۲۰۲۵ ضلع خیبرتحصیل باڑہ میں تمام سیاسی وابستگیوں سے بالاتر ہو کر…

— Sohail Afridi (@SohailAfridiISF) October 19, 2025

The jirga is expected to deliberate on secruity, the increasing military operations, the rise of militants, the new cabinet set to be elected. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf founder Imran Khan's release from prison will also to be on the agenda.

The jirga is an effort to include the large populations of the merged districts in the larger conversation regarding the province.

Afridi said the provincial government stands by the ideology of the party’s founding chairman and with the interests of the people of K-P.

Read: No one will be allowed to impose decisions made behind closed doors: K-P CM

Meanwhile, on October 24, there is a jalsa or workers convention in Charsadda, and one in Karak on October 26.

A session of the K-P Assembly has been convened for Monday to discuss security challenges and the floods. The session, previously adjourned until October 27, was rescheduled at the request of the chief minister. The Assembly Secretariat issued the official notification late on Sunday.

Lawmakers will debate security and law and order. The agenda includes discussion on the devastation caused by the floods and rehabilitation efforts across the districts.