Waziristan fallout: Sindh govt to seek UNHCR aid for IDPs
Cabinet meeting was informed NADRA will assist in identifying nationality of displaced persons.
Civilians, fleeing from a military operation in North Waziristan tribal agency, arrive in Bannu district on June 18, 2014. PHOTO: AFP
KARACHI:
The Sindh government has decided to approach the UNHCR for the registration of internally displaced people following the military operation in North Waziristan.
“As such, all those travelling from other parts of the country have been advised to keep their CNIC with them,” the spokesman for CM House said.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 19th, 2014.
The Sindh government has decided to approach the UNHCR for the registration of internally displaced people following the military operation in North Waziristan.
The decision was made at the Sindh cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Sources privy to the development told The Express Tribune that the government will seek the UN refugee agency’s technical help in the registration and repatriation of those fleeing the tribal areas.
The cabinet meeting, which was chaired by Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, was informed NADRA will assist in identifying the nationality of displaced persons.
“As such, all those travelling from other parts of the country have been advised to keep their CNIC with them,” the spokesman for CM House said.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 19th, 2014.