Tribal jirga: Four houses of accused murderer destroyed

HANGU:

Four houses of an alleged murderer were set alight on Tuesday by a jirga convened in the Brahamzai area of Upper Orakzai.

Suspected murderer Irshad Ali allegedly killed tribesman Sabir Ali on Friday night after an argument between the two.

Tribal elder Malik Rajab Ali said that in order to settle the dispute between the two families, the houses were destroyed and Irshad would be fined Rs400,000, which he paid to the jirga.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 31^st, 2012.