[Dawn] A 12-year-old swara victim on Wednesday appealed to the chief justice of Pakistain and the caretaker provincial chief minister to provide her and her brother with justice and adequate safety, saying a local jirga is pressuring her to marry a 22-year-old man against her will.Rubina, a resident of Doog Dara in Upper Dir district, told news hounds at the Timergara Press Club along with his brother, Bakht Munir, 18, that a jirga of 25 villages in Doog Darra had pressurised her father and elder brother to marry her off to a man she did not like.
She said the jirga had set April 4 as the wedding day.
"I bravely ran away with my brother last night to avoid forced marriage," she said crying.
She said the chief justice of Pakistain, the chief justice of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
High Court and the caretaker provincial chief minister should step in and ensure justice and protection to her and her brother.
Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter wished he had a cup of coffee. Even instant would do...
Director General of Irrigation, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
Naeem Khan along with Project Director Sajjad Khan and Superintendent Engineer Attaur Rehman on Wednesday visited the site of the Balambat Irrigation Scheme and expressed satisfaction about work.
Xen (Irrigation) Ghulam Ishaq Khan said work on the project had been completed.
He said the 76 kilometres long channel would irrigate 11,000 acres of fertile land and that the project had been completed at the cost of Rs750 million.
Mr Ishaq said the project would guarantee a green revolution in Jandol area of Lower Dir.
Sub-divisional officer Tahir Syed and sub-engineers Naseer and Ismail were also present on the occasion.