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| Alternative to Sharia Courts? |
| 2013-09-20 |
| The mobile courts will encourage tribesmen to abandon the so-called Sharia courts established by the Taliban in tribal areas, officials say. Sher Akbar, 43, of Raghangan village in Salarzai Tehsil, Bajaur Agency, could not hide his excitement when a mobile court of local administrative officials and a jirga of tribal elders ruled in his favour. Bajaur Political Agent Jabbar Shah September 2 announced the creation of mobile courts – where court teams rotate from one public building, such as schools and hospitals, to another – in the agency. They're meant to provide cheap and speedy justice and to discourage Bajaur tribesmen from taking their cases to the so-called Sharia courts established by the Taliban in parts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). |
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