Jirgas a popular mode to settle disputes

> A Jirga last month ordered the rape of the 16-year-old girl after her brother was accused of raping a 12-year-old girl. > Both girls have been taken to a women’s shelter in Multan > Jirgas enjoy broad support for quick dispensation of justice. > Traditional courts long time in settling a civil case. > Supreme Court declared jirgas illegal in 2006. > In 2002, a jirga ordered Mukhtar Mai to be gang-raped after her brother was falsely accused of rape.