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unusual facts about jirga



2002 loya jirga

Then-UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, announced the composition of the Commission in charge of the Loya Jirga on 21 January 2002; it was to be chaired by Ismail Qasimyar, a legal and constitutional expert.

Bacha Khan

Pacha Khan Zadran, regional militia leader who rose against the Taliban in 2001, was considered a "renegade" in 2003, and was elected to the Wolesi Jirga in 2004

Fariba

Fariba Ahmadi Kakar, the representative of Kandahar Province in Afghanistan 's Wolesi Jirga

Fauzia

Fauzia Gailani, elected to represent Herat Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005

Kakar

Nawab Muhammad Ayaz Khan Jogezai, He is the Nawab of jogezai tribe a sub tribe of kakar and he is the convener of 'Pakhtoon Ulasi Qaumi Jirga' (Pashtoon National Council)

Orakzai Agency

Then Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto announced the creation of the agency at a grand tribal jirga at Samana and it began functioning on 1 December 1973.

Said Tayeb Jawad

Awards and honorary degrees granted to Jawad include the Constitutional Loya Jirga Service, Medal, Government of Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2003; Global Citizen Award, Roots of Peace, Washington, D.C., 2008; Honorary Doctorate Degree in Organization Leadership, Argosy University, Washington, D.C. 2007; and the Award of Merit for Rebuilding a Nation, American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, D.C, 2007.


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