peshawar Dozens of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Kurram Agency on Friday staged a protest demonstration here at main Saddar Road, demanding the Election Commission to postpone elections in NA-38 Kurram Agency till the return of all displaced families to their hometown. The ...

PESHAWAR - The militancy- affected tribesmen of Khyber Agency on Friday demanded the resumption of registration process of the internally displaced families from Tirah Valley and provision of food assistance and other basic amenities at makeshift camps.The tribesmen led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf ...

PESHAWAR - Elders of a ‘grand shura’ consisting of the Internally Displaced Persons from Khyber Agency on Monday threatened the government that they would hold a long march towards Islamabad and besiege the Parliament House, if it failed to stop the ongoing security forces military ...

KOTKAI, SOUTH WAZIRISTAN – Operational Commander South Waziristan Agency Maj-Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa has warned that the crisis in the war-torn and poverty-stricken Tribal Agency is more serious than the earthquake of 2005, as repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Internally Displaced ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Nahqi camp for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Mohmand Agency has been closed after all the families that had been living there voluntarily returned to their homes. According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, during a two-day operation which was ...

KARACHI Some one million people have been displaced due to recent rains in Badin district of Sindh but only 95,600 are living in 325 temporarily relief camps that too without sufficient aid facilities and clean drinking water which is posing serious threat of outbreak of waterborne and other ...

LAHORE Jafferia Alliance President Allama Ali Abbas Kameli has stressed upon the government to ensure safe return of people displaced from Parachinar during the wave of terrorism. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, he said that the rulers should take concrete steps to break the network ...

KHYBER AGENCY The provision of food items and ration to Khyber Agencys Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) stationed in a camp have been stopped. The IDPs complained that the supply of foodstuff to them had been suspended for the last few months, which had multiplied their miseries. According to ...

PESHAWAR In collaboration with the World Food Programme, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), KP, has planned to provide compensation money worth Rs 4,750 per family monthly to IDPs of Bajaur, Mohmand and Khyber Agencies in Jalozai camp. According to PDMA, the cash for food ...

ISLAMABAD - While the recent meetings between the United Nations officials and the donor representatives would give major boost to funding scenario for Pakistans humanitarian crises, adequate steps should be taken for the redressal of the countrys over 8.4 million affectees of conflict related ...

KARACHI At least 0.2 million people of Dera Bugti and Kohlu, displaced after army operation couple of years back and got shelter in the bordering areas of Sindh and Punjab, are remain homeless as their makeshifts have been inundated due to devastating floods. Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of ...

ISLAMABAD - Provisions of instant humanitarian aid to the IDPs hinge on the materialisation of pledges on the part of donors even though funding situation has shown an evident improvement. Saudi Arabia in September last had pledged $100 million for the rehabilitation of IDPs of Pakistan. ...

ISLAMABAD Hundreds of affected families of South Waziristan Agency who have moved to bigger cities with a hope to acquire reasonable abodes for themselves are having a hard time to grapple with the issues of survival. According to unofficial data collected from different sources, over 60 families ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced Rs2.5 billion package for IDPS of South Waziristan and Fata saying majority of Waziristan people are loyal and peace loving and tribal areas would be reconstructed at the completion of operation. Addressing the National Assembly here in Islamabad ...

UNITED NATIONS-People fleeing the fighting in South Waziristan are being hosted by their extended families or are sheltering in rented accommodations, with no camps having been established as of now, the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Tuesday. Over 14,000 people, who fled ...

After fleeing from latest war zone, grandfather Haji Abdullah had hoped for a warmer welcome when he reached safety. "When they realise you're a Mehsud, they treat you like a suicide bomber who's wearing an explosive jacket," said Abdullah, one of 120,000 people to have fled an anti-Taliban army ...

ISLAMABAD - The unchecked displacement of internally displaced persons in the backdrop of ongoing military operation in South Waziristan could cost our security agencies as well as common masses quite dearly due to the potential chances of the presence of militants in the garb of IDPs. Reports from ...

The Bajaur affectees residing in Jalozai camp of Nowshera have decided to delay return to their areas till Eid-ul-Fitar. A jirga of shura of Bajaur affectees, political and military officials held at Jalozai camp1 ended without conclusion. Sector commander Lieutenant Colonel Rashid presided the ...

The affectees of Shamozai area of Swat will leave for their areas today. According to Emergency Response Unit, all arrangements have been completed in this connection. The IDPs of Kabal and Kanju will send back to their areas after Shamozai affectees, it added.

The departure of Malakand affectees to Swat from Palwasa camp has been delayed for third consecutive day. According to assistant coordination officer Muhammad Naeem Khan, the return of IDPs delayed because de-registration has not been done. On the other hand, Swat media center announced curfew ...

More than six lakhs Swat refugees, displaced due to the Pak military action against the Taliban in the region, have now returned home, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. That leaves some 1.6 million people who have not yet returned from displacement and who will ...

PM Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday approved an additional grant of Rs 1.25 billion for the internally displaced persons. He was chairing a meeting of Strategic Policy Committee on IDPs at the Prime Minister House here today. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani directed the concerned agencies to ...

ISLAMABAD - The United Nations has termed the prevailing crisis in Pakistan as one of the most under-funded crises, saying that the aid for IDPs was lagging behind with only 43 per cent out of the total required assistance collected so far, for rehabilitation of displaced persons in operation ...

EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) High Representative Javier Solana has said the world wants return of displaced persons of Malakand division to their homes with dignity. Talking to newsmen at Nawshehra the visiting European Union official said Monday the EU has provided 150 million ...

Head of Special Support Group Lt.Gen Nadeem Ahmad said that the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Malakand Division are returning back to their homes. While talking to Voice of America, he said, We are sending people back to their homes in different phases to avoid rush and chaos on roads. We ...

The repatriation process of internally displaced persons (IDPs) is underway as 1500 more families will leave for their hometowns from relief camps of district Mardan and Swabi. According to Response Unit, 1500 families will leave for Swat and Buner from Sheikh Yaseen, Sheikh Shahzad, Jalala, ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government has so far issued 155,348 cash disbursement cards among IDPs, out of which 145,407 have been already activated. An amount of Rs.3.63 billion has been disbursed among IDP families, of which Rs. 2.407 billion cash have already been drawn by them so far using these ...

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Thursday that nearly two million people displaced by a massive offensive against the Taliban in the northwest could start returning home next week, report said. "The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) will start going back from July 13. The special support ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Doctors at the medical camps set up by Railway General Hospital (RGH) in Mardan examined and provided treatment to 6184 internally displace patients during past one month. The RGH doctors set up as many as 39 camps at different places during past one month to provide medical ...

Sultanate of Oman on Tuesday announced 12 million US dollars aid for assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Swat and Malakand areas, a statement from the embassy said. The aid by the government of Sultan Qaboos Bin Said comprises food and non-food aid of 10 million dollars and will be ...