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| Wazirs say Shariah only acceptable alternative to FCR |
| 2008-04-01 |
| Ahmedzai Wazir tribes in South Waziristan opposed Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani’s statement on Saturday that the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) in FATA will be removed, and a tribal elder said on Monday that the only acceptable alternative to the FCR, was the implementation of Shariah law. “A jirga of Ahmedzai Wazir has decided to oppose any attempt to abolish the FCR in absence of a pre-arranged alternative system, which should be no less than Sharia,” tribal elder Malik Behram Khan told Daily Times by phone from Wana. He said the jirga had decided that only Sharia law was an acceptable alternative, if the government was bent on removing the FCR. “As alternative system, we would agree to no less than the enforcement of Shariah,” he said. Analysts said that the prime minister had made the announcement about doing away with the FCR in haste as the situation in Tribal Areas was not peaceful, and that the Taliban had percieved Gillani’s statement as the appropriate time to demand for Shariah law. Behram said that amendments to FCR were also acceptable, referring to Clause 40 in the FCR, under which the political administration could jail anyone for three years without a trial. |
| Posted by:Fred |