Former Sindh minister Manzoor Panhwar led the jirga on Saturday with Raees Nabi Bux Chachar representing the Chachar tribe and Jawed Ahmed Ghoto representing the Ghoto tribe. It was decided that for every murder the tribes would be fined Rs500,000 and Rs150,000 to Rs100,00 for the injured.
Raees Nabi Bux Chachar said that four men had been injured while seven men including Hafiz Abdul Ghani Chachar and Haji Arif Chachar had been killed from his tribe. He added that the feud had caused the Chachars a loss of Rs20 million and the Ghoto tribe should be made to compensate and pay up Rs25 million. Jawad Ahmed responded and said that four men from his tribe had been killed and another four had been injured. He added that the Chachar men had killed Ghous Bux Ghoto, a tribal elder - and that went against their ethics and laws.
After a prolonged discussion, the jirga decided that both tribes were guilty of murder.
The judegement
It was decided that since Hafiz Abdul Ghani Chachar was killed after a date for the jirga had been set, the Ghoto tribe would be fined one million rupees for his murder. The jirga added that since the men from the Ghoto tribe had damaged the autaqs of two tribal elders they would fined an extra Rs1.5 million.
The Chachar tribe was found guilty of killing three Ghoto men and injuring four others. They were fined Rs1.50 million for killing Ghous Bux Ghoto and have to pay Rs2.90 million in total.
The tribes will have to pay around Rs8.5 million in total and can pay it in three equal installments.
The jirga elders also decided that if the feud started again they would charge the two million rupees. Former MPA Sardar Haji Khan Chachar, MPA Sardar Rahim Bux Bozdar, Sardar Khan Ghoto and Ghulam Mustafa Abro were also present.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 3rd, 2011.
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