2,000 displaced families resettle in Kohlu

They were uprooted in the unrest sparked by Akbar Bugti’s death

QUETTA:

Around 2,000 local families, who had been displaced by tribal conflicts and unrest, have resettled in tehsil Kahan, Kohlu district of Balochistan.

Frontier Corps Balochistan (North) and district administration are actively facilitating the resettlement process of these families in different areas after registration of these displaced families.

FC has started work on war footing on various projects in collaboration with the district administration for the development of the region.

In this regard, hundreds of acres of land belonging to local tribes has been taken back from the land grabbers and handed over to the rightful owners. A local market is under construction in Kahan Bazaar for the revival of economic activities while special priority has been given to unemployed youth for recruitment in FC.

A feasibility study has been conducted for the construction of a road between Kahan and Faazil Chal which will benefit the area greatly.

Qualified teachers have been posted at FC Public School in Kahan for the bright future of children and promotion of education activities.

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Keeping in view the lack of medical facilities in Kahan and its suburbs, a basic medical unit has been organised and regular free medical camps are being set up in remote and backward areas.

In addition, various sports events are being organized to promote positive activities among the youth. In this regard, three families of 19 people belonging to the Sherani tribe reached Kahan for resettlement recently. Different tribes like Marri, Zarkoon and Sherani had migrated to Sindh and Punjab as well as different parts of Balochistan due to tribal conflicts in the past and unrest after the death of Nawab Akbar Bugti in 2006.In early 2020, the provincial government and FC decided to resettle the displaced families.

Since January 2020, more than 2,000 families have resettled.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 4^th, 2021.