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Tribal jirga backs vaccination ban
[Dawn]  A grand jirga of tribal elders, tasked by the government to persuade bully boy groups to allow polio...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set... vaccination, informed the administration on Wednesday that the ban on immunisation in  Wazoo would continue till drone attacks were stopped.A source privy to the meeting told Dawn that in plain words the pro-government jirga had endorsed the ban imposed by a Taliban group on polio campaign in North Waziristan. The jirga of tribal elders, Learned Elders of Islam and political authorities, held at the Governor's Circuit House here, discussed ways of resuming polio vaccination in North Waziristan. It was attended by about 300 tribal elders and prominent Learned Elders of Islam from across the tribal agency. Prominent among them were Maulvi Salim Gul, Malak Shah Jehan, Malak Nasrullah Khan, Malak Qadar Khan, Malak Mamoor Khan and Malak Amanullah. Political Agent Siraj Ahmed Khan briefed the jirga on the importance of the campaign. Agency Surgeon Dr Muhammad Sadiq, Assistant Political Agent Shah Tasleem Khan and the local tehsildar were present on the occasion. Leaders of the jirga told the government functionaries that the ban imposed by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group would continue till the stoppage of drone strikes because innocent people, including children and women, were being killed in such attacks. However, women are made to be loved, not understood... the jirga stressed the need for continuing dialogue and decided that effort would continue to be made to sort out the issue amicably. Representing the jirga, Malak Qadir Khan said it was ready to talk to the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain's group if a 'peace committee' set an appointment with the bully boys' leader. The five-member peace committee was given a mandate by the government as well as tribal elders to mediate with the Taliban and persuade them to lift the ban. The committee includes Khan Faraz, Malak Rais Khan, Malak Haji Sarfaraz and Mufti Sadiqullah. Posted by: Fred 2012-07-20 |
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