Jirga resolves dispute over graveyard land in Shabqadar

CHARSADDA: Elders of a jirga and officials of district administration resolved an old dispute over graveyard land between the two tribes in Matta Mughalkhel area in Shabqadar tehsil of the district on Wednesday.

Speaking on the occasion, Additional Deputy Commissioner Haseeb-ur-Rahman said the jirga played a pivotal role in the Pakhtun society in resolving disputes and enmities. He said that the importance of jirga system cannot be overlooked as it always helped solved convoluted issues and brought peace to the infighting tribes and families.

Additional Deputy Commissioner (relief & human rights) Muhammad Ali Shah, jirga elders, including Ashfaq Khan, Mian Mohsin Shah, Sangeen Arshad Khan, Khair Muhammad Khan, Jehangir Khan, Wali Muhammad Khan, Prof Ibrahim Khan and others also spoke on the occasion.

The speakers appreciated the elders of Masood Khan and Kodakhel tribes for their positive role to resolve the longstanding dispute over the land of a graveyard. They said that people of the two tribes had pledged to live like brothers and would never encroach on each other’s rights in future.