Pashtun National Jirga

At the funeral of Usman Kakar in Muslim Bagh on 23 June 2021, Mahmood Khan Achakzai announced in his speech that he would convene a jirga in Bannu within three months to discuss the major problems affecting Pashtuns, such as insecurity and power over their resources, and to find solutions. The jirga was later postponed until 11 March 2022.[2]

Non-Pashtun leaders were also welcome to join the jirga in Bannu. At the inauguration of the jirga, Achakzai stated: "The Gujjar have come to this jirga, people of Gilgit have come, and everyone who lives with us in our region is our brother [or sister]."[9]

During the concluding session on 14 March 2022, the Pashtun National Jirga demanded that:

1. This representative Pashtun National Jirga be an independent entity. In order to implement its decisions and objectives, a committee of cooperation and coordination be set up, and sub-committees be set up under the supervision of that committee. A sub-committee be formed for reconciliation in the Pashtun tribal areas;
2. A true federal parliamentary democracy be restored in Pakistan. The supremacy of the constitution and sovereignty of the parliament be ensured, and the interference of intelligence agencies in politics be stopped;
3. The formulation and implementation of Pakistan's domestic and foreign policies be done only through an elected parliament;
4. An elected government representing all peoples be established in Afghanistan through a loya jirga and general election, and the forcible overthrow of future Afghan governments be considered illegal and betrayal of the Afghan nation. A democratic system that conforms to modern world standards be implemented;
5. The Afghan people affected by the humanitarian crisis of Afghanistan be helped by the United Nations and the neighboring countries, and Afghan refugees and homeless people be treated lawfully and humanely;
6. A united national province comprising Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, North Balochistan and Isakhel be created. Until the formation of that province, equality between the Pashtuns and Balochs be recognized in all spheres of life in the province of Balochistan;
7. A truth and reconciliation commission be set up for the war raging in the Pakhtunkhwa region for decades, and a fact-finding mission be set up under the auspices of the Jirga. An inquiry committee be formed to probe the killing of Pashtuns on 12 May 2007 in Karachi;
8. An inquiry into the killings of Usman Kakar, Arif Wazir, Arman Loni, Asad Achakzai and other national martyrs be conducted by a credible judicial commission headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa, and the report be made public;
9. The national right of the Pashtun people over all natural resources of the Pakhtunkhwa region be recognized. The provisions of the Pakistani constitution be implemented in real sense, and oil refineries be built in the Pakhtunkhwa province;
10. The Pakistani-built barbed barrier along the Durand Line be removed, and all historical trade routes on the line be ensured without any paperwork or documents for trade and free movement of the people living on both sides of the line;
11. The occupation of the forests, mountains, lands, natural resources, government buildings and non-government buildings in the Pakhtunkhwa region be ended immediately by the military and government agencies;
12. Land mines scattered in the Pashtun region be cleared;
13. Pashto be made the national, official and educational language of the Pakhtunkhwa region, and all mother tongues of the Pakhtunkhwa region be made mediums of instruction. The central government return the curriculum authority to the provinces under the Eighteenth Amendment, and the implementation of a Single National Curriculum be avoided at all costs;
14. Women's participation in political, economic and cultural affairs, as well as their participation in the enactment of laws and the prevention of negative traditional practices, be guaranteed;
15. An independent, transparent and inclusive mechanism be made for a new census in Pakistan in accordance with international norms, because the results of the 2017 Census were fake;
16. The Senate of Pakistan be given the same powers as the National Assembly in finance and other matters, and elections to the Senate be made by direct vote;
17. The Indus Water Apportionment Accord of 1991 be revised to grant the Pakhtunkhwa region a status of owner and stakeholder;
18. The Indus River be rerouted to its natural watercourse, because the diversion of the Indus from its original course under the pretext of the Ghazi-Barotha canal was unconstitutional and a clear transgression against universal principles;
19. Extrajudicial killings in fake encounters in the name of terrorism be stopped, missing persons be released, check posts in the Pakhtunkhwa region be abolished, and internally displaced persons be relocated to their areas and homes and be fully compensated for their losses;
20. The imposed declared and undeclared sanctions on political activities be lifted, and Ali Wazir, Hanif Pashteen, Owais Abdal, Qazi Tahir and all other political prisoners be immediately released;
21. The Chashma Lift Canal be immediately constructed;
22. The Pashto language, history, literature and arts be protected from the danger of extinction due to the 40 years of war and the colonial aggression, tyranny and occupation. The negative portrayal of the Pashtuns and Afghans through the anti-Pashtun state and private media be immediately stopped;
23. Tobacco be considered an agricultural crop like any other crop;
24. The draconian Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Action (in Aid of Civil Power) Regulation be immediately abolished, and all the safety, security and administrative powers be handed over to the civil administration;
25. The money owed by the federal government to the Pakhtunkhwa province in terms of electricity, water, natural gas and other resources be immediately paid.[25][26][7][27][28][29]

• Pashtun nationalism
• Janikhel protest