Pakistan Govt prepares five year plan
For IDPs reconstruction :
PAKISTAN: The Pakistani government has prepared a five-year plan for
the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the internally displaced
persons (IDPs) in the country’s militancy-hit northwest, the official
APP news agency reported Tuesday.
“We have prepared five year plan including health, education,
security and the government would also address the reason which lead to
this situation in Malakand division,” Pakistani Foreign Office Spokesman
Abdul Basit was quoted as saying.
The spokesman said that almost 90 to 95 present IDPs out of total 2.2
million dislocated during the conflicts in different areas in the
troubled northwest had so far returned to their homes, and recovery
phase is about to conclude and the government would start reconstruction
process in the affected areas.
Basit said that the government has already allocated 50 billion
rupees (about 610 million U.S. dollars) for reconstruction of the
affected areas.
“We are generating our own resources but if international community
wants to help us we will welcome it,” he said.
Meanwhile, the United Nations has completed a high-level mission to
the northwest Swat district to establish direct contact with the local
authorities.
The mission, led by the U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Martin Mogwanja,
aimed at identifying potential gaps and strengthening the provision of
humanitarian assistance.
“We met district authorities and national and international non-
governmental organizations (NGOs), and established the need for early
recovery activities to start as soon as possible,” Mogwanja said, adding
“so far the humanitarian community has distributed food and health kits
but we want to expand our assistance.”
The leaders of the various clusters, a group of U.N. agencies and
NGOs looking after a certain sector, gained a better understanding of
the current situation and found that agriculture, education and health
were the most important needs in the battle- scarred districts.
ISLAMABAD, Wednesday, Xinhua
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