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  • Repatriation process of IDPs to kick start today in North Waziristan

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    The process of repatriation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on Tuesday is scheduled to kick start with at least 1,300 families moving back to Sapanwam from Banu. The IDPs celebrated their repatriation post Pakistan Army’s success against militants in the area.

    The IDPs are going back to their local areas after a span of as many as ten months. More than 1,300 families belonging to different villages in Sapanwam area will move back today. The people celebrated their return by singing traditional local songs and dancing. This presented a scene of Eid for the people who spent the last two Eids away from home.

    The IDPs thanked the Pakistan Army and the government for the facilities provided to them in the temporary residential camps until the operation against banned outfits’ operatives was over in the militant hit areas.

    In the first phase of repatriation, at least 91,601 families are scheduled to return to their homes. The people will be given Rs 10,000 for transport while Rs 25,000 for the initial expenses of settlement.