Leaders of the Pakhtunkhwa National Awami Party (PNA) say they will hold a national jirga tomorrow (March 11) in Mirakhel, Bannu, which will be attended by thousands of people and all arrangements for the jirga have been made. Abdul Rahim Ziaratwal, the party’s central deputy leader, said the three-day jirga was hosted by his party and would feature national leaders, scholars, and politicians addressing issues facing the nation. Speaking to VOA, Mr. Mandokhel said that all arrangements have been made for the jirga and a gathering of leaders and scholars will be held at the playground in Mirakhel area of Noorang Road, Bannu tomorrow.
He said thousands of people had been invited and it was possible that 5,000 to 6,000 people would attend. According to Ziaratwal, permission has not been obtained from the administration for the jirga, but they have also provided security. The Pakhtunkhwa National Awami Party (PNA) announced the convening of the jirga on February 21 and said that the jirga would discuss issues affecting the Pashtuns, the situation in Afghanistan and other important issues.
The jirga will be held on March 11, 12 and 13 in Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
“The war that has been waged on Afghan soil for the last four decades has had a profound effect on our (Pashtun) region and especially on the Pashtun homeland and has resulted in our people being termed as terrorists,” the Jirga said in a statement. An undeclared war prevails ”
“Thousands of people (Pashtuns) have been killed, hundreds of thousands have been made homeless, markets and houses have been destroyed, hundreds of thousands of rupees have been lost, extrajudicial killings continue, thousands are homeless and homeless “Pashtun Afghans are being branded as terrorists and extremists in the world through false propaganda.”
In addition, the party says, “Pashtuns have been deprived of basic education and health facilities as a result of the occupation of their valuable resources. Face to face ”
“The Jirga will discuss the situation created as a result of the war in Afghanistan and the dire humanitarian crisis and other related issues,” the party said in a statement.
Ishaq Wazir, an English professor at Bannu College, says Bannu has historical, political and geographical significance. And is considered the center of Pashtun national politics.
He told VOA that Bannu is the center of Pashtuns living in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan and Kabul is a short distance from Peshawar.
According to the professor, the movement for the liberation of Faqir Api and the progressive writers of Pashtuns was not formed from this place and the treaty of Pakhtunistan was also passed in Bannu in 1947, which is the reason why more people’s eyes are on the issue of nation. Be to Bannu.
He said the people of the area, who are unaware of their rights and have been subjected to more extremist and military operations, would gain political and awareness through the jirga. Which, of course, made the video an overnight sensation.
Hayat Yousafzai, a sociology professor at Bacha Khan University, says such jirgas have been held in the past and Pashtuns have been able to resolve their problems through jirgas.
He said the Pashtuns were now facing a number of other problems besides insecurity and lack of control over their own resources, both domestically and internationally. But the whole nation is not in unison to gain power by means and against insecurity.
He told V&A that it is a good practice to hold a Jirga for the benefit of the nation and through this Jirga, the nation will seek solutions to the problems facing the nation.
Ahead of the Pakhtunkhwa National Awami Party’s Qami Jirga, the Awami National Party held a “Pashtun Qami Jirga” on March 10, 2020 at the Bacha Khan Center in Peshawar, in which political, economic, educational and Other issues were discussed and a 21-point joint statement was issued to resolve them.
