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| Swat Taliban set up court in Piochar |
| 2008-06-02 |
| The Taliban in Swat on Sunday set up their own court in the Piochar village of Matta tehsil, sources told Daily Times. They said that three cases were also heard in the court headed by a Qazi. Sources said that two cases were about land disputes, while the third one was a feud over money. The hearing of the first case, filed by complainant Lal Zada against Muhammad Rahim over a land dispute, will resume on June 5. The hearing of the second land dispute case will resume on June 8 which was filed by Muhammad Rafiq against Shah Zar. The third case — a monetary dispute between Shah Zar and Taj Khan – will be taken up again in the Taliban court on June 26, sources said. Local residents said that people from the upper areas of the Matta tehsil had started registering cases with the Taliban, adding that the Taliban had arrested the alleged killer of a man from the Kalakot area. When contacted for comment on the parallel judicial system, Muslim Khan, a spokesman for the local Taliban cleric Mullah Fazlullah, however denied the working of a Taliban court in Piochar, contending that a jirga to resolve disputes between local people had been established, and not a court. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 So what happens if somebody doesn't like the verdict handed down by the jirga? |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-06-02 03:20 |