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Shakai Peace Agreement

  • Country/entity

    Pakistan
    Taliban
  • Region

    Asia and Pacific
    Cross-regional
  • Agreement name

    Shakai Peace Agreement
  • Date

    5 Jul 2004
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

  • Stage

    Framework/substantive - partial
  • Conflict nature

    Government/territory
  • Peace process

    Pakistan-Taliban process
  • Parties

    The members and elders of tribe Isperka, Musa Khel, [six tribe names illegible], residents of the territory of Shakai, District Wana; South Waziristan Agency.
    [Three Signatories]
  • Third parties

    -
  • Description

    Short agreement between the residents of Wana and the South Waziristan Agency to cease protection of foreign terrorists; provide access to government agents; not hinder development; the tribe will provide protection to government officials; any foreign terrorists will be handed over. The tribes will be granted 40,000,000 rupees.


Groups

  • Children/youth

    No specific mention.

  • Disabled persons

    No specific mention.

  • Elderly/age

    No specific mention.

  • Migrant workers

    No specific mention.

  • Racial/ethnic/national group

    No specific mention.

  • Religious groups

    No specific mention.

  • Indigenous people

    No specific mention.

  • Other groups

    No specific mention.

  • Refugees/displaced persons

    No specific mention.

  • Social class

    No specific mention.


Gender

  • Women, girls and gender

    No specific mention.

  • Men and boys

    No specific mention.

  • LGBTI

    No specific mention.

  • Family

    No specific mention.


State definition

  • Nature of state (general)

    No specific mention.

  • State configuration

    No specific mention.

  • Self determination

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum

    No specific mention.

  • State symbols

    No specific mention.

  • Independence/secession

    No specific mention.

  • Accession/unification

    No specific mention.

  • Border delimitation

    No specific mention.

  • Cross-border provision

    No specific mention.


Governance

  • Political institutions (new or reformed)

    No specific mention.

  • Elections

    No specific mention.

  • Electoral commission

    No specific mention.

  • Political parties reform

    No specific mention.

  • Civil society

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional/religious leaders

    No specific mention.

  • Public administration

    No specific mention.

  • Constitution

    No specific mention.


Power sharing

  • Political power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Territorial power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Economic power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Military power sharing

    No specific mention.


Human rights and equality

  • Human rights/RoL general

    No specific mention.

  • Bill of rights/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Treaty incorporation

    No specific mention.

  • Civil and political rights

    No specific mention.

  • Socio-economic rights
    Human rights and equality→Socio-economic rights→Property
    Page 1, [Final Clause] ... In case of violation, the government would have the right to confiscate the collateral and other property, movable and immovable. We will have no excuse (justification).

Rights related issues

  • Citizenship

    No specific mention.

  • Democracy

    No specific mention.

  • Detention procedures

    No specific mention.

  • Media and communication

    No specific mention.

  • Mobility/access
    Page 1, 3. There will no blockade to any government official's movement or any damage to government property in out territory [illegible]. We shall also not cause any hurde in development works. ...
  • Protection measures
    Rights related issues→Protection measures→Other
    Page 1, 3. ... Also, either on the basis of a (verifiable) report or suspicion, whenever the government or army requires assistance of tribal volunteer fighters, we will help in every way possible at the tribal level. ...

    Page 1, 4. We will provide complete protection and every possible assistance to the government officials in our territory [illegible].

    Page 1, ... [Final Clause] And that we will take care of and protect our territory of “__”.6 ...
  • Other

    No specific mention.


Rights institutions

  • NHRI

    No specific mention.

  • Regional or international human rights institutions

    No specific mention.


Justice sector reform

  • Criminal justice and emergency law

    No specific mention.

  • State of emergency provisions

    No specific mention.

  • Judiciary and courts

    No specific mention.

  • Prisons and detention

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional Laws

    No specific mention.


Socio-economic reconstruction

  • Development or socio-economic reconstruction
    Socio-economic reconstruction→Development or socio-economic reconstruction→Socio-economic development
    Page 1, 3. There will no blockade to any government official's movement or any damage to government property in out territory [illegible]. We shall also not cause any hurde in development works. ...
  • National economic plan

    No specific mention.

  • Natural resources

    No specific mention.

  • International funds

    No specific mention.

  • Business

    No specific mention.

  • Taxation

    No specific mention.

  • Banks

    No specific mention.


Land, property and environment

  • Land reform/rights

    No specific mention.

  • Pastoralist/nomadism rights

    No specific mention.

  • Cultural heritage

    No specific mention.

  • Environment

    No specific mention.

  • Water or riparian rights or access

    No specific mention.


Security sector

  • Security Guarantees
    Page 1, 3. ... Also, either on the basis of a (verifiable) report or suspicion, whenever the government or army requires assistance of tribal volunteer fighters, we will help in every way possible at the tribal level. ...

    Page 1, 4. We will provide complete protection and every possible assistance to the government officials in our territory [illegible].

    Page 1, ... [Final Clause] And that we will take care of and protect our territory of “__”.6 ...
  • Ceasefire

    No specific mention.

  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • DDR

    No specific mention.

  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces

    No specific mention.

  • Withdrawal of foreign forces

    No specific mention.

  • Corruption

    No specific mention.

  • Crime/organised crime

    No specific mention.

  • Drugs

    No specific mention.

  • Terrorism
    Page 1, 1. We shall not provide any sort of shelter or assistance to any local or foreign terrorist in our territory [illegible].

    Page 1, 2. Our tribe(s) shall not condone if any foreign terrorist is found in our territory or in someone's house. We shall hand him and the one who gave him shelter, over to the authorities without any hesitation.

    Page 1, 5. We will be bound to hand over the elements suspected of territory to the government without any excuse or condition.

Transitional justice

  • Transitional justice general

    No specific mention.

  • Amnesty/pardon

    No specific mention.

  • Courts

    No specific mention.

  • Mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Prisoner release

    No specific mention.

  • Vetting

    No specific mention.

  • Victims

    No specific mention.

  • Missing persons

    No specific mention.

  • Reparations

    No specific mention.

  • Reconciliation

    No specific mention.


Implementation

  • UN signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Other international signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum for agreement

    No specific mention.

  • International mission/force/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Enforcement mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    On file with author. Sourced from FATA Tribal Affairs Office.

Shakai Agreement dated July 5, 20041

We, the members and elders of tribe Isperka, __2, __, __, __, __, Musa Khel, __, residents of the territory Shakai, District Wana, South Waziristan Agency, provide guarantee in writing that:

Weshallnotprovideanysortofshelterorassistancetoanylocalorforeignterroristinour territory “__”3.

Our tribe(s) shall not condone if any foreign terrorist is found in our territory or in someone’s house.

We shall hand him and the one who gave him shelter, over to the authorities without any hesitation.

There will be no blockade to any government official’s movement or any damage to government property in our territory “__”4.

We shall also not cause any hurdle in development works.

Also, either on the basis of a (verifiable) report or suspicion, whenever the government or army requires assistance of tribal volunteer fighters, we will help in every way possible at the tribal level.

We will provide complete protection and every possible assistance to the government officials in our territory “__”.5

Wewillbeboundtohandovertheelementssuspectedofterrorismtothegovernment without any excuse or condition.

And that we will take care of and protect our territory of “__”.6 Considering the above mentioned conditions, we tribe(s) for a total of four crore rupees, out of which one fourth, that is one crore cash payment is included “__”.7 In case of violation, the government would have the right to confiscate the collateral and other property, movable and immovable.

We will have no excuse (justification).

Three signatories.8 Date:

July 5, 2004.

[Non-official Translation by Aurangzeb Haneef]

1 Hand-written note in margins 2 Names of tribes illegible.

3 Illegible.

4 Illegible.

5 Illegible.

6 Illegible.

7 Some parts of this statement are illegible.

8 Signatories only partially legible