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Actually 50-55%. Population of NW is more than 6 lakh.
Over 70 per cent of North Wazirstan's population has left their homes to safer places
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Only 9 families have chose to stay in IDP camp
IDPs of Waziristan not ready to live in govt camps - thenews.com.pk
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when SW operation took place, people in KP opened their hujra for them, whether they knew them or not..
as far this 9 families thing is concern, it doesnot seem correct.
CM KP & Imran Khan in Waziristan for IDPs.
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Depressing to look at these people. Had government worked for the economic betterment of these people for the past 67 years, we wouldn't have to see this day. I hope the operation quickly gets done with and these people get resettled again.
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Baka khel is not in NW, it is part of tribal agency under bannu district, a FR, administered by assisstant political agent. The point is that it would have been insane step to set up IDP camp in NW.
Any way, kudos to Imran khan, the only leader who i think is sincere and worried about IDPs. For others, IDPs are like infected individuals, with contagious terrorism. Sindh and balochistan governaments embarrassed themeselves by banning IDPs.
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Reached to Bannu on foot from NW
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FR are is tribal and part of FATA, not Bannu proper, isnt it? none the less KP govt has issued directive that people can settle in public schools, and not in camps as we all know situation in camps is worst... and people of KP are open hearted who are letting IDPs stay in their hujras.
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Thats a good step, just yesterday i was suggesting to Farhan that governament schools are best for IDPs. You have water and few hours of electricity and roof over your head, as well as toilets. Moreover locals of villages and towns would provide lot of help, including the ice blocks in this heat of summer.
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It's a National shame that these IDP's are totally ignored..Apparently for them the ridiculous speeches of Paadri are more important than this Human disaster...The sun is Hot as hell and yet people are not provided with ant transport facility and they have travel by foot in this scorching Heat...
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IDPs continue to avoid FR Bannu camp for want of facilities
Talking to The News by phone from Bannu on Sunday, Muhammad Iqbal Dawar, who reached Bannu on foot from Mir Ali subdivision of North Waziristan, said he immediately left his home as the authorities in Mir Ali directed them to leave the area after relaxing the curfew for a short period even though no transport was available at the time.
He said, “I could not bring my family members along with me and left them at home and reached Saidgi checkpost on foot after going through a lot of hardships.”
He said nobody would want to stay in the camp in the scorching heat in tents due to lack of facilities though the local authorities claimed to have provided all facilities including drinking water, electricity, food, medicines, tents and non-food items.
“Hundreds of thousands of people, including women, children, ailing and the elderly had abandoned their homes bare-footed, but the authorities didn’t bother to serve them with a single glass of water,” Iqbal Dawar complained.
He said the transporters were fleecing the poor people as the truckers were demanding Rs60,000-70,000 instead of Rs10,000 fare from the affectees to shift their belongings to Bannu while the owners of the houses were demanding Rs30,000 instead of Rs5,000 as rent. He said, “The government failed to provide the required facilities to the IDPs.”
“The government should seek assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as the displacement of the tribespeople was not a local or regional but an international issue,” he argued.
The government, divisional authorities and even the local people due to their limited resources would be unable to keep up with the influx of the IDPs streaming out of North Waziristan, he said. Expressing thanks to the residents of Bannu district, he said they had set a precedent in extending their wholehearted generosity and sharing their brotherly feelings with the IDPs.
A local journalist, Ghulam Akbar, said the arrangements made by the local administration for the IDPs in the camp were insufficient. He added that it looked like a transit camp where the IDPs could stay for short intervals.
“Just imagine that we cannot stay in our rooms during the loadshedding hours so how could you expect the IDPs to stay in the tents having no protection from the sunlight and scorching heat,” he added.
On the other hand, the locals were found busy serving the affectees with cold drinks, meals and other food items at various points in Bannu city. An official, pleading anonymity, told The News that the Fata Secretariat had recommended to the government to set up the relief camp near the Kashoo Bridge on the Bannu Link Road for the IDPs, but the security forces didn’t approve the site.
He said that the site was more feasible and comfortable for both officials and IDPs as there was a mosque, water channel and tube-well available nearby and could be easily provided electricity. Besides, it was approachable for the national and international organisations.
It may be added here that the administration of the Bannu division has been trying rather unsuccessfully to convince the IDPs, who fled the North Waziristan operation that began on June 15, to shift to the camp in Bakkakhel. If the authorities had learnt their lesson, they should have known that the relief camp set up for the affectees of the South Waziristan operation in 2009 at Narsaz area in Tank district is still deserted as the tribal people refused to live in the camp.
An official of the administration of Tank district told The News that the IDPs from the South Waziristan didn’t want to stay in the Narsaz camp because of the lack of facilities. The same was the case at the Bakkakhel camp for the IDPs from North Waziristan as they were reluctant to stay there due to militants’ threats and lack of facilities.
He said that the number of the displaced Mehsud tribespeople from Ladha and Sarwakai sub-divisions following the South Waziristan operation codenamed ‘Rah-e-Nijaat’ was over 36,000. He said they were still living in Gomal, Jandola and Narsaz areas rather than in the camp. “About 6,000 of these IDPs returned home after the end of the operation. Others left for Dera Ismail Khan and other areas instead of staying in the relief camp in Narsaz,” he added.
IDPs continue to avoid FR Bannu camp for want of facilities - thenews.com.pk
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Talking to The News by phone from Bannu on Sunday, Muhammad Iqbal Dawar, who reached Bannu on foot from Mir Ali subdivision of North Waziristan, said he immediately left his home as the authorities in Mir Ali directed them to leave the area after relaxing the curfew for a short period even though no transport was available at the time.
He said, “I could not bring my family members along with me and left them at home and reached Saidgi checkpost on foot after going through a lot of hardships.”
He said nobody would want to stay in the camp in the scorching heat in tents due to lack of facilities though the local authorities claimed to have provided all facilities including drinking water, electricity, food, medicines, tents and non-food items.
“Hundreds of thousands of people, including women, children, ailing and the elderly had abandoned their homes bare-footed, but the authorities didn’t bother to serve them with a single glass of water,” Iqbal Dawar complained.
He said the transporters were fleecing the poor people as the truckers were demanding Rs60,000-70,000 instead of Rs10,000 fare from the affectees to shift their belongings to Bannu while the owners of the houses were demanding Rs30,000 instead of Rs5,000 as rent. He said, “The government failed to provide the required facilities to the IDPs.”
“The government should seek assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as the displacement of the tribespeople was not a local or regional but an international issue,” he argued.
The government, divisional authorities and even the local people due to their limited resources would be unable to keep up with the influx of the IDPs streaming out of North Waziristan, he said. Expressing thanks to the residents of Bannu district, he said they had set a precedent in extending their wholehearted generosity and sharing their brotherly feelings with the IDPs.
A local journalist, Ghulam Akbar, said the arrangements made by the local administration for the IDPs in the camp were insufficient. He added that it looked like a transit camp where the IDPs could stay for short intervals.
“Just imagine that we cannot stay in our rooms during the loadshedding hours so how could you expect the IDPs to stay in the tents having no protection from the sunlight and scorching heat,” he added.
On the other hand, the locals were found busy serving the affectees with cold drinks, meals and other food items at various points in Bannu city. An official, pleading anonymity, told The News that the Fata Secretariat had recommended to the government to set up the relief camp near the Kashoo Bridge on the Bannu Link Road for the IDPs, but the security forces didn’t approve the site.
He said that the site was more feasible and comfortable for both officials and IDPs as there was a mosque, water channel and tube-well available nearby and could be easily provided electricity. Besides, it was approachable for the national and international organisations.
It may be added here that the administration of the Bannu division has been trying rather unsuccessfully to convince the IDPs, who fled the North Waziristan operation that began on June 15, to shift to the camp in Bakkakhel. If the authorities had learnt their lesson, they should have known that the relief camp set up for the affectees of the South Waziristan operation in 2009 at Narsaz area in Tank district is still deserted as the tribal people refused to live in the camp.
An official of the administration of Tank district told The News that the IDPs from the South Waziristan didn’t want to stay in the Narsaz camp because of the lack of facilities. The same was the case at the Bakkakhel camp for the IDPs from North Waziristan as they were reluctant to stay there due to militants’ threats and lack of facilities.
He said that the number of the displaced Mehsud tribespeople from Ladha and Sarwakai sub-divisions following the South Waziristan operation codenamed ‘Rah-e-Nijaat’ was over 36,000. He said they were still living in Gomal, Jandola and Narsaz areas rather than in the camp. “About 6,000 of these IDPs returned home after the end of the operation. Others left for Dera Ismail Khan and other areas instead of staying in the relief camp in Narsaz,” he added.
IDPs continue to avoid FR Bannu camp for want of facilities - thenews.com.pk
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UAE to provide aid to 50,000 families in Pakistan
UAE to provide 3,550 tonnes of aid to displaced families in Bannu
The UAE Project to Aid Pakistan (UAE PAP) will begin on Wednesday the distribution of humanitarian aid and food supplies to 50,000 families in the refugee camps in Bannu at a cost of $2.5 million (Dh9.1 million).
The initiative is being carried out as per the directives of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
In a statement issued on Monday, the UAE PAP said that the initiative is the first of its kind on the international level to provide aid to people taking refuge from conflicts taking place in the north of Waziristan. The aid will help provide the families with their food needs.
The UAE PAP pointed out that the first aid convoy will depart on Tuesday from Islamabad, and will be distributed to Pakistani families before Ramadan. The UAE PAP said that the initiative and directives of Shaikh Khalifa are in line with a solid and continuing framework to provide all necessary humanitarian aid to the needy. It is also in line with Shaikh Khalifa’s efforts to alleviate the suffering of displaced families around the world.
The UAE PAP said that 3,550 tonnes of high-quality food aid will be distributed, adding that every food basket will weigh around 71kg, and will include items such as flour, rice, dates, sugar, salt, oil, tea and lentils.
UAE to provide aid to 50,000 families in Pakistan | GulfNews.com
UAE to provide aid to 50,000 families in Pakistan
UAE to provide 3,550 tonnes of aid to displaced families in Bannu
The UAE Project to Aid Pakistan (UAE PAP) will begin on Wednesday the distribution of humanitarian aid and food supplies to 50,000 families in the refugee camps in Bannu at a cost of $2.5 million (Dh9.1 million).
The initiative is being carried out as per the directives of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
In a statement issued on Monday, the UAE PAP said that the initiative is the first of its kind on the international level to provide aid to people taking refuge from conflicts taking place in the north of Waziristan. The aid will help provide the families with their food needs.
The UAE PAP pointed out that the first aid convoy will depart on Tuesday from Islamabad, and will be distributed to Pakistani families before Ramadan. The UAE PAP said that the initiative and directives of Shaikh Khalifa are in line with a solid and continuing framework to provide all necessary humanitarian aid to the needy. It is also in line with Shaikh Khalifa’s efforts to alleviate the suffering of displaced families around the world.
The UAE PAP said that 3,550 tonnes of high-quality food aid will be distributed, adding that every food basket will weigh around 71kg, and will include items such as flour, rice, dates, sugar, salt, oil, tea and lentils.
UAE to provide aid to 50,000 families in Pakistan | GulfNews.com
