Back On Home Soil: Over 50 families return to NWA

HANGU/ BANNU: Around 58 displaced families were taken to their native area of Mirali and Spin Wam in North Waziristan on Wednesday. The repatriation process of NWA IDPs from Bannu started in the month of March and is still continuing. The convoy of 39 vehicles took the tribespeople to their homes in Mirali area. Meanwhile, displaced families from Orakzai and Kurram seeking shelter at Togh Sarai Camp in Hangu have refused to leave for Jalozai or Durrani IDP camps. This was annnounced by Muttahida Qabail Party’s Malik Noor Habib as he spoke to a tribal jirga at Togh Sarai. A large number of tribal elders from both agencies were present. Habib said representatives of PDMA and UNHCR said IDPs at Togh Sarai camp had to leave because there were no resources to run it. He added people of Kurram were asked to go to Durrani camp.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 7^th, 2015.