| The Swat peace committee ended its jirga on Sunday, with a decision that suicide attacks, especially those targeting police and security forces, are "haraam" (forbidden). The peace committee arranged the jirga at a mosque in tehsil Matta. Maulana Fazl-e-Haq chaired the jirga, and National Assembly members Fazl-e-Subhan and Maulana Azizullah also participated. The jirga also passed a resolution demanding President Pervez Musharraf step down after "failing to control law and order". Through another resolution, they demanded that non-government organisations (NGOs) immediately stop employing women in the district. The jirga urged prayer leaders to utilise their respective mosques as platforms to promote peace in the district. |