Over two million internally displaced persons (IDPs) are set to return home from today, the NWFP government has also allowed the IDPs living outside the camps to go back to some areas in the district of Swat. The convoys of the IDPs would be streaming in the beautiful valley amid tight security arrangements, backed by military gunship helicopters. The security is aimed at avoiding any untoward incident during the IDPs’ return.  Read more... (379 words, 1 image, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

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It has been reported by Dawn that Displaced people of the Malakand region are selling relief goods to pay for their routine expenses like clothes and medicines. The act has been done by three fourth majority of the Internally displaced persons to fulfill their utter needs other than food. According to the UN estimates, 87 per cent of the internally displaced persons live with host communities in schools, hospitals and houses and, so, were being provided food by their hosts. Therefore, they receive relief goods, but sell the same in local markets to pay for other expenses to local shopkeepers at throwaway prices to purchase medicines.  Read more... (205 words, 1 image, estimated 49 secs reading time)

Right now, as war and violent conflict rage around the world, people just like you are running – for their lives, their families, their dignity and their freedom.  They often have to leave everything behind.  And they leave with nothing but their hope, courage and determination.  They are refugees.
Every year on June 20 the world honors the courage, resilience and strength of refugees. On this seventh anniversary of the United Nations designated World Refugee Day, thousands of organizations in hundreds of countries will come together to focus global attention not only on the plight of refugees and the causes of their exile, but also on their determination and will to survive and on the contributions they make to their host communities.  Read more... (394 words, 0 images, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

You just have to join the cause on Facebook to donate a dollar to UNHCR. The technology company Microsoft has pledged to match dollar for dollar, up to $50,000, every donation to the United Nations refugee agency made on social networking site Face book.  Read more... (184 words, 0 images, estimated 44 secs reading time)

This piece of writing is dedicated to the brave soldiers of Pakistan who always lead from the front. They are courageous enough to cross every obstacle. The Army Operation RAHE RAAST against Taliban and militants in Swat and Malkand  is saluted with the depth of our hearts.

Tens of thousands of children were not vaccinated because militants in the affected areas had opposed the vaccination campaigns. This is thought to have contributed to the 117 polio cases reported in 2008, a sharp increase on the 32 reported in 2007. So far in 2009 12 new cases have been reported, compared to seven by the same date in 2008, according to data maintained by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.  Read more... (242 words, 1 image, estimated 58 secs reading time)

Child Injured in Suicide Bombing

In Pakistan’s remote district of Upper Dir near the border with Afghanistan, the shock of the attack on the mosque during Friday prayers turned to anger a day later  Read more... (425 words, 1 image, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

The concern mentioned by various journalists and bloggers that Taliban may disguise among the IDPs and can use them as a shield has proven true to an extent. They were hiding with the locals inside camps.  Read more... (175 words, 0 images, estimated 42 secs reading time)