South waziristan: Military assures support for IDPs

KOTKAI: Corps Commander Lt Gen Asif Yasin Malik welcomed home 6,500 internally displaced families in South Waziristan’s Kotkai sector and assured them of support for their relief and rehabilitation.

Malik was talking to a tribal jirga attended by elders and officials of the political administration. “I assure you that resources will be utilised to provide basic amenities including healthcare, education, clean drinking water facilities, electricity and, above all, steps for self-sustainability like cultivation of barren lands, provision of seed, tractors, fish farms, poultry, honey bee farming facilities, ownership of shops, and distribution of food items,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 31^st,  2011.