Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
jurisdiction (from the Latin ius, iuris meaning "law" and dicere meaning "to speak") is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility.
Or in common English: Jurisdiction is the authority given to a legal body, or to a political leader (Prime Minister, President, etc.) to deal with legal matters, and to pronounce or enforce legal matters.
So we should give someone legal jurisdiction of a territory even when they have no actual authority over it? Pakistan as a government has somewhere between zero and no actual power over Waziristan.