Repatriation To SWA: 13th phase to begin in August, says FDMA

DI KHAN: FATA Disaster Management Authority South Waziristan Agency Coordinator Said Umar said the 13th phase of repatriation of displaced families will begin in August. Talking to the media, he said families will be reassimilated in 22 villages of Tairza tehsil for the first time since the military offensives began several years ago. Umar said an additional 25 villages in Sararogha and Sarwakai tehsils will also be rehabilitated. The coordinator said so far 16,000 families have returned to their native towns while 60,000 are yet to come.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 10^th, 2015.