{
  "id": 5235663,
  "title": "Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party jirga seeks fresh elections, end to ‘imposed’ assemblies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/pakhtunkhwa-milli-awami-party-jirga-seeks-fresh-elections-end-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T03:17:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2027044/pakhtunkhwa-milli-awami-party-jirga-seeks-fresh-elections-end-to-imposed-assemblies"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Quetta, a three-day Pashtun jirga concluded on Wednesday, expressing grave concerns over the country's deteriorating economic, political, constitutional, democratic, security, and law and order conditions. The jirga, chaired by Mehmood Khan Achakzai, denounced the February 8, 2024, elections as the most egregious electoral fraud in Pakistan's history, attributing the imposition of unelected and unrepresentative parliaments and assemblies. This, according to the jirga, has perpetuated authoritarian governance in the country and particularly in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, exposing these regions to terrorism, armed robbery, and grave insecurity. They held the government accountable for this state of affairs, asserting that the unelected, imposed, ineffective parliament and provincial assemblies must be dissolved and replaced with free, transparent, and impartial elections. The jirga also criticized the 26th and 27th amendments, passed through what they deemed a fraudulent parliament, and called for a national conference involving all stakeholders to address the country's issues. They expressed deep concern over the escalating security situation in southern Balochistan, including the killings of civilians, traders, and police personnel by armed groups, which they deemed a deliberate state policy. The jirga further rejected the illegal allocation of millions of acres of ancestral land to non-Pashtun individuals and firms and demanded the immediate repeal of amendments to the Mines Act. They also urged for the release of all political prisoners, including Imran Khan, an end to the policy of placing thousands of people on the Fourth Schedule for political reasons, and an immediate recovery of all missing persons.",
  "summary": "QUETTA: The three-day Pashtun jirga, which concluded here on Wednesday, expressed serious concern over the deteriorating economic, political, constitutional, democratic, security and law and order situation in southern Balochistan. The jirga, presided over by Mehmood Khan Achakzai, chairman of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party and opposition leader in the National Assembly, regarded the Feb 8,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}