Providing shelter: IDPs repatriated to their homes

WANA: A group of more than 900 families of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of South Waziristan were repatriated to their respective areas on Thursday. The displaced families from Sararogha, Ganhra, Haibat Khail, Langar Khail, Hanra Tangi, Kotkai, Murghiband, Spinkai reached their villages in repatriation process started on June 28. Talking to media, a political official said more than 922 IDPs families have already repatriated to their areas in current repatriation process. He said that the government has arranged a mobile hospital with qualified medical staff to provide medical facilities to repatriated families at their doorstep. He added that free medicines and diagnostic facilities would be provided to them.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 2^nd, 2011.