PESHAWAR
A Dispute Resolution Council (DRC) was established for the first time in Bajaur wherein a swearing in ceremony was held at the District Police Officer Office on Friday.
In light of the instructions of Inspector General of Police Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Akhtar Hayat Khan Gandapur, Additional IG Headquarters Muhammad Ali Baba Khel and DIG Malakand Nasir Mehmood Sati under the supervision of District Police Officer Bajaur Nazir Khan for the first time in District Bajaur Dispute Resolution Council (DRC) was established.
Various types of problems, enmities etc. existing in this district will now be resolved peacefully through regional customs (Jirga) and traditions with the aim to settle down all the disputes that most of the time lead to clashes and as a result many of the groups lost their loved one in different incidents.
Addressing the ceremony, DPO Nazir Khan said that the establishment of the Dispute Resolution Council (DRC) is good for the establishment of lasting peace. The members included in the council are serious about peace and regional peace in all respects. He urged the council members to resolve various types of disputes between the parties in accordance with regional customs (Jirga) and laws in an honest, good faith and transparent manner.
He further said that in the first phase, the council has been established at the district level. Later the jurisdiction of the council will be extended to the level of Police Stations. This will make it easier to solve the problems in the area.
He further said that the establishment of the Dispute Resolution Council is a very important initiative which will definitely have a positive impact on regional peace. DRC is a Jirga system of Pakhtun traditions which can be utilized, he added.
The office, staff and other necessary arrangements for the council have been completed and the council will start its work from Saturday, next.
