Mullagori is sub Tehsil of Jamrud sub Division of Khyber Agency FATA and its population increases upto 60 thousands. This area has more than 120 tribal feuds since long. These enmities have caused many precious lives of men, women and children alike. People of area in question had raised their voice of concern time and again for re dressel but political administration did nothing good to take action and bring tribes closer and finish these tribal feuds. Mullagori Amn or peace Jirga took positive initiatives to bring to an end these enmities and resolve the conflicts through Tega by pressurizing political administration. It was decided that until December, 2017 no tribe or individual will take arm against any tribe or individual and their will be a complete peace in tribes for one year.
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A brief report over human rights situations in Federally Administered Tribal Areas-FATA in 2016
A brief report over human rights
situations in Federally Administered Tribal Areas-FATA in 2016
By Zar Ali Khan Afridi
December 10, 2016
FATA is a human rights free zone
where free human beings have been enslaved since 1901. Pakistan claims that
FATA is its constitutional part and she has placed it in Pakistan constitution
of 1973. People of this unfortunate part have been experiencing inhuman
treatment meted out to them even after Pakistan came into being since 1947. The
miseries and troubles of the inhabitants of FATA increased many times after
2001. This area was used by terrorists without consent of its people and
Pakistan military launched a counter attack against these terrorists. But irony
of fate is that 15 years have passed but the game of hide and seek is still
going on though dozens of different names have been given to war against terror
in FATA. Almost all names indicated that war against terrorists was not taken
serious and people of the area in question particularly women and children and
ailing aged persons suffered the most. More than 3 million people mostly women
and children were forced to migrate from their native areas by just one order
of the military on name of operation against militants. Millions of children
and women experienced scorching sun of June, July and August in the plains of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Government of Pakistan and leading persons and
politicians of this country praised people of FATA saying that they sacrificed
for Pakistan. It was very shocking to see that all three provinces except
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa closed their respective entrances over the Internally
Displaced Persons by time. Since 2001 many leading and well known political and
social activists, human rights defenders, women leaders and tribal elders got
sacrificed for unknown reasons. Pakistan has ratified all human rights, women
rights, children rights and Universal Human Rights Declaration but as for as
FATA is concerned Pakistan and its authority have not taken seriously the
violations of human rights in FATA. Even its report for periodic review has not
been sent to concerned authority. Pakistan sent its first report in year 2008
for review, then in 2012 and now in 2017 there will be a review of Pakistan but
in all reports FATA is missing and has never been given due weight and
importance.
Few gross human rights violations
in FATA in year 2016.
1. Pakistan
authority asked Tribesmen and tribes women to get visa while crossing over to
Afghanistan. More than 30000 people cross to and back to Pakistan daily since
time immemorial. Both people are having common market, tribal relations and
same ethnicity. This has caused a great unrest among people living in FATA
specially border areas of both the countries.
2. Children
are still arrested and locked them up. Recent case of Jawad Khan Mullagori is
an eye opening. Similarly students from examinations have been taken away by
Khasadar force on order of political administration and put them behind bars in
different agencies and FRs of FATA.
This is serious
violation of Convention on the Rights of Child.
3. Men
as old as 80 were arrested and put behind bars. A case of Mohmand Agency is
very well known. This is also unconstitutional and against law of the land.
Case of Saida Khan in Mullagori is also a known case. He was an octogenarian
and was locked in jail.
4. The
market of Mirza Alam Khan Wazir in Wana South Waziristan was demolished. It
consisted of more than 150 shops and big halls. It cost more than 100 million
Pakistani Rupees.
5. Polio
worker Muhammad Amin Afridi was killed by terrorists in Jamrud Khyber Agency
while he was busy performing his duty.
6. Internally
Displaced families of Waziristan crossed over to Afghanistan were not allowed
to reenter into Pakistan through Torkham boder.
7. Computerized
Identity Cards of thousands of people in Mohmand Agency were blocked.
8. Government
did nothing for implementation of Article 25 A. Still 1.5 million children are
out of schools in FATA.
9. Government
did nothing for Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2002 which was implemented in
2004 in FATA.
10. 1000
schools in FATA were closed under a policy called Rationalization policy of
education in FATA. It suffered hundreds of thousands of children and their
future.
11. In
FATA space has been shrunk for NGOs. Rights based NGOs are not allowed. NOCs
are not given. Social activities have come to a standstill though government in
2014 in National Action Plan had promised to work for uplift and development of
FATA.
12. Worship
place or mosque in Anbar Tehsil of Mohmand Agency was blown up. 24 among them
were children out of 35.
13. Famous
and well known Human Rights activist and a political worker of Pakistan People’s
Party Hamid Hussain Turi was assassinated.
14. In
mohmand agency more than 37 houses were demolished.
15. In
reforms process for FATA NGOs, women and Trans genders were not consulted.
16. Child
birth registration system in FATA was absent in 2016.
17. Ratio
in child marriages was increased
18. Corporal
punishment is on rise in absence of law against corporal punishment.
19. NGOs
workers especially those working against child marriages faced serious threats
after Islamic Ideology Council called it blasphemous.
20. Assistant
Political Agent of FR Peshawar fined whole tribe of Rajmirkhel for a wrong
doing of one person who was absconder.
Issued by
Zar Ali Khan
Afridi
Chairperson
FATA Commission
of Human Rights
03015963337
fatacommissionofhumanrights@gmail.com
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