ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government of Pakistan has disbursed over 1,047m rupees ($10.68m) among the internally displaced persons (IDPs) of North Waziristan Agency.
According to FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA), 22,941 IDPs families have received cash assistance, Radio Pakistan reported.
Meanwhile, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government under Esaar Programme has given cash assistance of 102.5m rupees to the IDPs.
The IDPs have been advised to contact Provincial Disaster Management Authority Office Peshawar through toll free number if they face any difficulty in receiving the cash assistance.
Internally displaced people are people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalised violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognised State border.
IDPs are often referred to as refugees, although they do not fall within the current legal definition of a refugee. At the end of 2006 it was estimated there were 24.5m internally displaced persons in some 52 countries.
The region with the largest internally displaced person population is Africa with some 11.8m in 21 countries.
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