SUKKUR: To settle a 10-year-old bloody dispute between the Malik and Jafferi communities, a Jirga (tribal court) was held in Karam Pur, Kandhkot-Kashmore district, on Tuesday.

Differences had cropped up between the two sides over the killing of Ms Haseena and Dadan Jafferi on charge of karo-kari.

According to reports, the Jirga was chaired by Sardar Mehboob Ali Bijarani and attended by people of the two communities, their relatives and supporters .

After hearing statements from both sides, the Jirga held the group of Akbar Khan Malik responsible for killing Sain Bux Jafferi and injuring three others. It imposed a fine of Rs2.9 million on Akbar.

The killing of two persons, Sabir Malik and Mustafa Malik, occupation of land, burning of tractor and other losses were proved against the group of Nawab Jafferi. The Jirga imposed a fine of Rs5.4 million upon Nawab of the Jafferi community.

There was no compensation for the killing of Haseena and Dadan Jafferi declared by the Jirga as ‘honour killing’, which was agreed by both the groups. They were killed on the charge of karo-kari by people of the Malik community in the village of Salahi Malik.

Some amount was paid on the spot while it was decided that the remaining money of the fine would be paid by the Jafferi community in four months at Rs500,000 instalment.

It was also agreed that the cases registered by them against each other would be legally withdrawn.

Published in Dawn, July 22th, 2015

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