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Posts Tagged ‘Swat IDPs’

The less known heroes of Swat also deserve to be prized

By Anwar Jalal • Jun 17th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Afzal khan lala, the prominent ANP leader of Swat ,has been awarded Tamgha –i Shjath for his fortitude as he did not depart Swat in spite of all kinds of threats from Taliban…Of course Afzal khan lala stayed at Swat while many political and social leaders did leave swat for their safety. However it is [...]



$600m urgently needed to cope with IDPs crisis

By Ghazala Khan • Jun 17th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said Pakistan urgently requires $600 million to cope with the internally displaced persons (IDPs) crisis.
“We need $600 million to meet the needs of the IDPs. The nation is united to help the displaced people,” the foreign minister told diplomats, media and delegates of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at [...]



Lashkar Against MQM in Karachi

By Salman Mugsi • Jun 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Addressing a gathering to celebrate the 31st foundation day of the All Pakistan Muttahida Students Organisation (APMSO), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Quaid Altaf Hussain has said the killing of Dr Sarfaraz Naeemi has fully exposed the destructive and anti-Pakistan agenda of the Taliban militants and their sympathisers. He suggested that the people should form Lashkar-style [...]



Mianwali Should Be Watched Out for Hiding Terrorists

By Mohsin Sehgal • Jun 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Taliban are running away in all the directions from the Swat and even from the FATA. The operation in the Malakand Agency is now almost concluded and final touches are being given. Operation in the Waziristan Agency is the next, while in Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber and Kurram Agency are almost in the control of the [...]



IDPs cross 3.8 million mark

By Ghazala Khan • Jun 12th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The number of the displaced persons has crossed the figure of 3.8 million as about 5,40,127 families have moved to safer places due to military operation against the militants in the Malakand Division.
According to a press release issued here by the NWFP information department, the number of the displaced persons is 38, 70,500, both in [...]



IDPs Now Themselves Should Become IRPs

By Sher Ali • Jun 11th, 2009 • Category: Politics

It’s now time that the internally displaced people should become internally resettled people and go back from where they have come, as the operation in Swat has ended in the major cities, towns and even in many of the villages and the danger is only lurking high up in the mountains, where the security forces [...]



Donate for Swat IDPs HERE : Please Please

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jun 9th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Action Aid
Pakistan Humanitarian Relief, 1420 K Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005 / 1-202-327-9924
(May 11, 2009) ActionAid is providing immediate relief in the form of food, water, medical supplies and sanitation facilities.  We are assessing medium on long-term needs, such as helping families secure copies of their registration documents which many families left [...]



Pakistan : Nation Finds Its Soul

By Guest Blogger • Jun 9th, 2009 • Category: Politics

“There is a real national mood change on the part of the Pakistani people that we are watching and obviously encouraged by”
– Hillary Rodham Clinton, at Senate Foreign Relations Committee, May 20, 2009.
What Mrs. Clinton is referring to are growing signs of Pakistanis showing support for their country and speaking out on the issues surrounding [...]



Give Your Zakat to IDPs

By Amna Gilani • Jun 8th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The crisis of the refugees pouring in by millions from the Swat and Dir and FATA is getting worse day by day and still it would take almost a year to bring back the routine of life in these areas. Sufferings and miseries are mounting, and the complexity of the culture mingled with mismanagement and [...]



In Images - IDP Charity Concert @ Royal Palm

By The Partylicious • Jun 7th, 2009 • Category: Entertainment

Lahoris came in healthy numbers together to support the cause of the Internally Displaced People of SWAT in the IDP Charity Concert organized at Royal Palm, Lahore. The event had memorable and impressive performances by Coven, Meekal Hassan, Caramel, and Overload!
Read the exclusive Partylicious review of this event HERE

- Images by Bilal Rashid of [...]