Relief cards issued to 70,000 affected families

By: Our Staff Reporter | July 04, 2009, 6:30 pm |
Field Commander of the Special Support Group Brig. Badr-uz-Zaman has said that relief cards have been issued to70, 000 out of total 2, 73,000 families affected in the Malakand operation. Talking to media at Gurdwara Panja Sahib after distributing relief cards among 220 Sikh families here on Saturday, Brig. Badr-uz-Zaman said the affected families have drawn Rs 1.04 billion through the relief cards. He said water, power and other civic amenities have been provided in Buner and return of the affected Sikh families to the area will begin from July 10. Chairman NADRA Ali Arshad Hakeem informed the media that the first phase of the registration has been completed in which 2,71,000 families have been registered.

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