PESHAWAR: Political parties and non-government organisations on Saturday passed a joint resolution demanding the federal, provincial and district governments take strict action against members of an Upper Dir jirga that had earlier ruled that anyone who reported an honour killing case to police would be punishable by death.The resolution also asked the Supreme Court (SC) and the Peshawar High Court to take suo motto action against the jirga's decision and demanded that the provincial government and local administrations issue disqualification notifications to union council nazims and councillors who had attended the jirga.
The resolution, which was signed by political leaders and women members of the NWFP Assembly (MPAs) from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and the Awami National Party (ANP), also asked parties to demand explanations from their party members who had attended the jirga. The resolution also asked provincial governments and districts councils of the province to pass condemnation resolutions against the jirga's decision.