SUKKUR, June 9 2006: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has taken notice of a jirga held in the Haji Kamal Magsi village near Thull on May 27 which gave hands of five girls in marriage to resolve a karo-kari dispute between two groups of the Banglani tribe and summoned Ameens of the jirga and other people concerned to Karachi on Monday.
People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, one of Ameens, confirmed that he had been asked on telephone to meet the chief minister on Monday. The others who have been summoned include Thull Taluka Nazim Ghulam Akbar Banglani, Pir of Bharchoondi Mian Abdul Khaliq, Qamar Din Banglani, Habibullah, Azizullah and Yar Ali Banglani.
It is learnt that the chief minister has also constituted a committee comprising politicians and elders of different tribes to investigate the matter and report to him by Sunday. Officials at the Chief Minister’s House have directed DPOs and DCOs of Kashmore, Jacobabad and Ghotki to inform people concerned to attend the meeting with the chief minister. Mr Bijarani said there was no harm in meeting the CM and he would discuss the matter with his friends before leaving for Karachi.
The Thull taluka nazim, however, said he had not received any such information. According to sources, the two groups of the Banglani tribe had been at odds over a karo-kari dispute for five years, which had started over the killing of Mian Dad Banglani. The jirga to resolve the dispute was held in the Haji Kamal Magsi village, which was presided over jointly by Mian Abdul Khaliq, Mr Bijarani and the taluka nazim. The two groups, led by Hafiz Qamar Din Banglani, and Yar Ali Banglani and Ahmad Nandwani, were also present.
The jirga fined the group of Yar Ali Banglani and Ahmad Nandwani Rs700,000 and asked it to give hands of four girls in marriage to the Qamar Din group. The Qamar Din group was fined Rs135,000 and asked to give the hand of one girl in marriage to the opponent group. Mian Dad Banglani, who was killed on the pretext of karo-kari, was the younger brother of Qamar Din.
Source: Dawn
Date:6/9/2006
