HYDERABAD, July 24: A man from Mirpurkhas has accused some sardars of the Sanghar district of ordering the murder of his sister in jirga. Speaking at a press conference at the press club here on Monday, Zafar Khan called upon the authorities to take legal action against them for the murder of his sister, Badri.
He said that his sister was married to Ali Khan about nine months back.
He said that Sardar Baloch Khan and Sardar Qutub Khan held jirga in Shahpur Chakar town on July 14, and declared his sister ‘kari’ and ordered that she should be put to death.
He said that his brother-in-law Ali Khan and Ali Khan’s father Adam Khan and brother Karim Khan killed his sister under the orders of jirga next day and buried her body at some unknown place.
He said that later the accused went at the police station and confessed thee crime.
He said that he went to the Shahpur Chakar police station to register the FIR but the police only mentioned names of his sister’s husband, father-in-law and brother-in-law but did not include names of Pathan sardars in the FIR who had held jirga.
Zafar Khan said that police had failed to arrest Adam Khan, the father-in-law of his sister.
He appealed to the president, prime minister, Sindh chief minister and the superior judiciary to order arrest of sardars.
When asked who was declared ‘karo’ by jirga, Zafar Khan said that no one was declared ‘karo’ and only his sister was declared ‘kari’.
The mother of the deceased woman, Ms Fatima, her sister Nekan and uncle Alam Khan and Pakistan Human Rights Foundation leaders Farooq Leghari and Farzana Shaheen were also present on the occasion.
SU FORMS: The University of Sindh has authorised 23 branches of the HBL, one branch in every district headquarter, to issue and receive admission forms for bachelors and masters degree programmes from the 2007 session.
Previously only two branches of the bank in Hyderabad and Jamshoro were assigned the task.
Director (admissions) Saleh Rajar said here on Monday that the decision was taken after the request of parents and students.
Mr Rajar said the vice-chancellor had accepted the recommendations of the committee to facilitate parents and students.
The director said that the university authorities held a number of meetings with the HBL high-ups and new arrangements were accepted.
The facility will be available for students from Karachi.
Mr Rajar said that the university had also approved a new policy for depositing admission test fee and submission of admission forms.
He said that from new session and onward candidates would be allowed to deposit admission test fee through bank challan at the HBL old campus Hyderabad and Jamshoro branches.
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