South Waziristan IDPs to be repatriated in April
They will be provided Rs35,000 and six months ration
Almost 90 percent of IDPs from North and South Waziristan have been repatriated, according to the FDMA. PHOTO: REUTERS
The federal government has decided to complete the return of internally displaced persons of South Waziristan Agency to their native areas this month.
According to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) Disaster Management Authority, the return of the remaining IDPs will begin on April 10, Radio Pakistan reported on Friday.
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A special registration center has been set up at Khairgai check-post in Frontier Region Tank to facilitate the IDPs.
They will be provided Rs35,000 cash and six months ration.
In March, FDMA Operations and Relief Assistant Director Mian Adil Zahoor told The Express Tribune that 90% of people displaced from North and South Waziristan agencies due to violence in the region had been safely repatriated.
According to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) Disaster Management Authority, the return of the remaining IDPs will begin on April 10, Radio Pakistan reported on Friday.
Clouded in uncertainty: IDPs to ‘stay away from home beyond 2016’
A special registration center has been set up at Khairgai check-post in Frontier Region Tank to facilitate the IDPs.
They will be provided Rs35,000 cash and six months ration.
In March, FDMA Operations and Relief Assistant Director Mian Adil Zahoor told The Express Tribune that 90% of people displaced from North and South Waziristan agencies due to violence in the region had been safely repatriated.