Longstanding problems: Kashmiri refugees seek federal govt help

Problems include permanent rehabilitation and implementation of 6% quota in govt jobs.


Our Correspondent April 09, 2014
A photo of Kashmiri refugees. PHOTO: NNI

MUZAFFARABAD:


Kashmiri refugees have sought federal government’s intervention in solving their problems including their permanent rehabilitation and implementation of six per cent quota in government jobs. 


The demands were made by refugee leaders Mushtaqul Islam and Uzair Ghazali along with others at a press conference at the Central Press Club here on Tuesday.

They accused the Azad Jammu and Kashmir government of accommodating political workers on the six per cent quota reserved for Kashmiri refugees in violation of merit and the constitution.

Ghazali said that 40 talented Kashmiri refugees who got education in difficult circumstances and passed all tests and interviews to get jobs in Azad Kashmir police department have not been selected yet on the pressure of the government.

Responding to a question another refugee leader Mushtaqul Islam said that 800 families are still living in tents in Chela Bandi area of the capital city while 1,800 families have no shelter and are living in rented houses in the different areas of Muzaffarabad.

“For the last eight years, the AJK government has not increased the allowance of refugees. How can a person survive on Rs1,500 [a month]”, said Islam.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 9th, 2014.

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