Dedicated to those who had faced the worst and biggest humanitarian crisis. I urge all of you to come forward in help them regain their paradise valley. Help them , donate for them to rehabilitate and reconstruct a better Pakistan ahead. Rehabilitation of the displaced people is a huge challenge which require collective national efforts and help of the international community.  Read more... (199 words, 1 image, estimated 48 secs reading time)

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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The crisis of IDPs in Swat an Malakand areas of Pakistan  got attention of Hollywood too as Hollywood stars Brad Pitts and Angelina Jolie have donated $1 million, through their Jolie-Pitt Foundation, to the UN Refugee Agency to help displaced Pakistanis from Swat and other northwestern areas, where a military offensive has been launched to expel the Taliban militants. Jolie has worked with the UN refugee’s agency for eight years and visited Pakistan three times in recent years.  Read more... (330 words, 1 image, estimated 1:19 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)

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)