A jirga (Pashto: جرګه, jərga) is an assembly of leaders that makes decisions by consensus according to Pashtunwali, the Pashtun social code. It is conducted...

may also refer to: Meshrano Jirga ("Elders' Jirga"), the upper house of the Afghan legislature Wolesi Jirga, ("People's Jirga"), the lower house of the...

The Samoon Jirga (Reforms Assembly) is an Afghan pressure group, a political think tank, a research & policy organization, that is voluntarily formed...

comprising two chambers: Meshrano Jirga (مشرانو جرګه) or the House of Elders: an upper house with 102 seats. Wolesi Jirga (ولسي جرګه) or the House of the...

jirga (Pashto for "grand assembly") was held in Kabul, Afghanistan between 11 and 19 June 2002 to elect a transitional administration. The loya jirga...

The House of Representatives of the People, or Da Afghanistan Wolesi Jirga (Pashto: دَ افغانستان ولسي جرګه), was the lower house of the bicameral National...

The House of Elders or Mesherano Jirga (Pashto: د افغانستان مشرانو جرګه), was the upper house of the bicameral National Assembly of Afghanistan, alongside...

transitional government in Afghanistan put in place by the June 2002 loya jirga. The Transitional Authority succeeded the original Islamic State of Afghanistan...

A 502-delegate loya jirga convened in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 14, 2003, to consider the proposed Afghan Constitution. Originally planned to last...

inaugural meeting of the Pashtun National Jirga (PNJ; Pashto: پښتون قامي جرګه), also known as the Bannu Jirga (بنو جرګه), was held at Mirakhel Cricket...

July 2022. About 3,000 people from across the country gathered at the Loya Jirga Hall in the capital, Kabul, Afghanistan. Three representatives from each...

Jirga with Saleem Safi or Jirga is a television current affairs talk show on Geo News, broadcast from Islamabad, Pakistan every Saturday and Sunday from...

council called the Afghanistan's National Consultative Peace Jirga (NCPJ) or Peace Jirga in his inauguration speech on 19 November 2009, after winning...

National Assembly, the House of the People (Wolesi Jirga) and the House of Elders (Meshrano Jirga). A president could only serve up to two five-year terms...

Chairman National Assembly (lower house) Speaker Provincial assemblies Jirga (tribal assembly) Judicial Supreme Council Supreme Court Chief Justice Shariat...

Jirga (Pashto: جرګه, meaning "meeting") is a 2018 Australian drama film written and directed by Benjamin Gilmour and produced by John Maynard. It stars...

boats throughout its course of 76 mi (122 km). On 21 June 1947 in Bannu, a jirga was held by Pashtun leaders including Bacha Khan, his brother Chief Minister...

another jirga on Zarsanga for killing his son Nasrullah. Zarsanga tells Sheherzaad she doesn't want to attend the jirga. The day before the jirga, Marjaan...

musician Qamar (Constitutional Loya Jirga, committee five), delegate to Afghanistan's Constitutional Loya Jirga Qamar, Iran (disambiguation), places...

was trialed by Loya Jirga. He was charged with murder under the section 11 of the FCR 1901 and was convicted for it by Loya Jirga. Dosso's relatives challenged...

Las Bela and Kharan) that became a part of Pakistan. The province's Shahi Jirga (the grand council of tribal elders) and the non-official members of the...

is the lóya jirgá (Pashto: لويه جرګه) or 'grand council' of elected elders. Most decisions in tribal life are made by members of the jirgá (Pashto: جرګه)...

January 2019, he secured a seat in the Lower House of the Parliament (Wolesi Jirga) after winning the 2018 Afghan parliamentary election on behalf of the Sikh...

town hall known as the Nicholson Memorial. On 21 June 1947 in Bannu, a jirga was held by Pashtun leaders including Bacha Khan, his brother Chief Minister...

By the Article 246th and Article 247th to the constitution, the Islamic Jirga (or Panchayat) system has become an institution for local governance. The...

the Faqir of Ipi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and other Khudai Khidmatgars held a jirga in Bannu during which they declared the Bannu Resolution, demanding that...

Reactions to Loya Jirga". TOLO News. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020. "Loya Jirga Approves Release...

also agreed that a Constitutional Loya Jirga should be convened to draft a new constitution. The Emergency Loya Jirga of 2002 set up an Afghan Constitutional...

stipulated that a new Afghan constitution be adopted by a loya jirga. The loya jirga was required to convene within eighteen months of the establishment...

and Pakistan, one of the oldest recorded traditions of Pashtun society is Jirgas, or tribal councils. It is an assembly of respected elders and chieftains...