The elders of Zakhakhel in the Khyber area of Landi Kotal have implemented a ban on playing music during weddings. Those who violate this ban have been warned that no funeral rites will be performed for them.
During the meeting yesterday, the scholars decided to completely prohibit the inclusion of local artists in marriage ceremonies.
As stated in the official announcement, marriages of those who defy this decision will not be celebrated, and no funeral services will be held for any family members associated with them.
According to the declaration, no sympathetic relations will be maintained with the violators’ families. In addition, the unanimous decision also includes a ban on celebratory gunfire.
In the past, local clerics have launched an onslaught in the Khyber Agency, targeting musical instruments and lighting up a bonfire of ‘confiscated’ items in front of a local seminary. Musical instruments and gadgets that were burnt in a heap had been confiscated by roaming groups of seminary students who ‘raided’ wedding ceremonies and personal gatherings in private Hujras.
