JIRGA AS A DISPUTE RESOLUTION BODY: IT’S PERFORMANCE IN KHYBERAND KURRAM DISTRICTS

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WAJID ALI KHAN, FAKHR UL ISLAM

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This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the Jirga as a dispute resolving body and its overall performance in Khyber and Kurram districts. Informal justice works throughout the world and plays very positive role resolving disputes. In the same way jirga also works as informal justice system which resolves disputes.  People have great reliance on it plus regard it effective and accessible institution. For the collection of data, mix method comprising qualitative and quantitative used. The data available in the form of books, journals, articles, newspapers, official documents and progress reports concerned for covering the secondary data was utilized. Similarly, the primary data was collected via questionnaire from the respondents of Khyber and Kurram districts and were recruited through purposive sampling technique. This study is response to the core research questions i.e. to define the causes and impacts of disputes and the subsequent role of Jirga in resolving these disputes in Khyber and Kurram districts.

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