• A jirga (Pashto: جرګه, jərga) is an assembly of leaders that makes decisions by consensus according to Pashtunwali, the Pashtun social code. It is conducted...
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  • may also refer to: Meshrano Jirga ("Elders' Jirga"), the upper house of the Afghan legislature Wolesi Jirga, ("People's Jirga"), the lower house of the...
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    The Samoon Jirga (Reforms Assembly) is an Afghan pressure group, a political think tank, a research & policy organization, that is voluntarily formed...
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  • Pashtun National Jirga (PNJ; Pashto: پښتون قامي جرګه) or Pashtun National Court (پښتون قامي عدالت), also known as the Khyber Jirga (خېبر جرګه), commenced...
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    The House of Representatives of the People, or Da Afghanistan Wolesi Jirga (Pashto: دَ افغانستان ولسي جرګه), was the lower house of the bicameral National...
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    The House of Elders or Mesherano Jirga (Pashto: د افغانستان مشرانو جرګه), was the upper house of the bicameral National Assembly of Afghanistan, alongside...
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    comprising two chambers: Meshrano Jirga (مشرانو جرګه) or the House of Elders: an upper house with 102 seats. Wolesi Jirga (ولسي جرګه) or the House of the...
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    jirga (Pashto for "grand assembly") was held in Kabul, Afghanistan between 11 and 19 June 2002 to elect a transitional administration. The loya jirga...
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    temporary transitional government in Afghanistan established by the loya jirga in June 2002. The Transitional Authority succeeded the original Islamic...
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  • Jirga with Saleem Safi or Jirga is a television current affairs talk show on Geo News, broadcast from Islamabad, Pakistan every Saturday and Sunday from...
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  • A 502-delegate loya jirga convened in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 14, 2003, to consider the proposed Afghan Constitution. Originally planned to last...
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  • Jirga (Pashto: جرګه, meaning "meeting") is a 2018 Australian drama film written and directed by Benjamin Gilmour and produced by John Maynard. It stars...
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  • July 2022. About 3,000 people from across the country gathered at the Loya Jirga Hall in the capital, Kabul, Afghanistan. Three representatives from each...
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  • also agreed that a Constitutional Loya Jirga should be convened to draft a new constitution. The Emergency Loya Jirga of 2002 set up an Afghan Constitutional...
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    National Assembly, the House of the People (Wolesi Jirga) and the House of Elders (Meshrano Jirga). A president could only serve up to two five-year terms...
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  • council called the Afghanistan's National Consultative Peace Jirga (NCPJ) or Peace Jirga in his inauguration speech on 19 November 2009, after winning...
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  • stipulated that a new Afghan constitution be adopted by a loya jirga. The loya jirga was required to convene within eighteen months of the establishment...
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    boats throughout its course of 76 mi (122 km). On 21 June 1947 in Bannu, a jirga was held by Pashtun leaders including Bacha Khan, his brother Chief Minister...
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    Pashtuns (section Jirga)
    is the lóya jirgá (Pashto: لويه جرګه) or 'grand council' of elected elders. Most decisions in tribal life are made by members of the jirgá (Pashto: جرګه)...
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  • constitution was approved by the consensus in January 2004 after the 2003 loya jirga. The Constitution consists of 162 articles and was officially signed by...
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  • another jirga on Zarsanga for killing his son Nasrullah. Zarsanga tells Sheherzaad she doesn't want to attend the jirga. The day before the jirga, Marjaan...
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    was trialed by Loya Jirga. He was charged with murder under the section 11 of the FCR 1901 and was convicted for it by Loya Jirga. Dosso's relatives challenged...
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    Las Bela and Kharan) that became a part of Pakistan. The province's Shahi Jirga (the grand council of tribal elders) and the non-official members of the...
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    Reactions to Loya Jirga". TOLO News. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020. "Loya Jirga Approves Release...
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  • The All India Pakhtoon Jirga-e-Hind (Pashto: آل انډیا پښتون جرګه هند , Urdu: آل انڈیا پشتون جرگہ ہند), commonly known as the Jirga-e-Hind (Pashto: جرګه...
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  • musician Qamar (Constitutional Loya Jirga, committee five), delegate to Afghanistan's Constitutional Loya Jirga Qamar, Iran (disambiguation), places...
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  • January 2019, he secured a seat in the Lower House of the Parliament (Wolesi Jirga) after winning the 2018 Afghan parliamentary election on behalf of the Sikh...
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  • Pashto: سلیم صافی) is a Pakistani journalist and talk show host for the show Jirga. He specializes in foreign policy, terrorism, Kashmir conflict, Afghan conflict...
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    release these prisoners, so he convened a loya jirga from August 7 to 9 to discuss the issue. The jirga agreed to free the 400 remaining prisoners. On...
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    isolated because of the decision of Bugti tribesmen during a Jirga in Dera Bugti. The Jirga of Bugti tribesmen had declared an end to the Sardari (feudal)...
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