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Girl’s education has long been a topic of debate in Pakistan, with lowest enrolment rates among Pashtun populations in erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). This qualitative paper investigates the barriers to girls’ education in the erstwhile South Waziristan with an emphasis on Tehsil Makeen. The perspectives of many stakeholders belonging to South Waziristan with varied backgrounds are gathered through in-depth qualitative open-ended questionnaires. The interviewees include parents of the girls, teachers / head mistresses, social workers, schoolage girls, and personnel of education department. The interviewees cited Pashtunwali (Pashtun Code of Conduct), poverty, lack of educational institutions, lack of female teachers, accessibility issue, and lack of government interest and will. While conducting this research, liberal feminist theory is applied as theoretical framework. In this paper, we find out that Pashtunwali, poverty, lack of educational institutions, lack of female teachers, accessibility to schools, and lack of government interest are the major hurdles in girl’s education. The paper also offers certain suggestions to the government to overcome the barriers that hinder the girls from acquiring education in South Waziristan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]