SUKKUR: A Jirga (tribal court) held in Kech Bajkani village near Tangwani town of Kandhkot-Kashmore district on Monday imposed a fine of Rs1.2 million on a man found guilty of having an extramarital affair.

Presided over by a tribal elder, Baban Bajkani, the Jirga heard the aggrieved and defence sides and found Munir Bajkani of having an extramarital affair with a married woman belonging to his own community.

She was killed by her husband soon after he came to know about her relationship with the suspect.

A large number of Bajkanis who attended the Jirga endorsed the ruling after which the guilty side was ordered to pay a fine of Rs1.2 million to the woman’s husband.

The ‘convict’ paid an amount of Rs100,000 on the spot and undertook to pay off the remaining amount within the next three months.

Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2015

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