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Source: UNHCR The restoration of peace in parts of northern Pakistan allows many people to return home, but hundreds of thousands remain displaced and reliant on aid.

Date: 02 Mar 2010
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - International Local authorities must find adequate resources to accommodate this vulnerable population. MSF and

World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia office Some 356,300 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) have received emergency relief assistance and food provisions from World Vision through the Church World Service (CWS) and the World Food Programme (WFP) in an effort to meet their immediate needs and relieve some of the burden being borne by poor but generous host families.

GILGIT Tuesday, January 05, 2010 (IRIN) - At least 20 people have been killed and many others are missing after a 4 January landslide dumped around 40 houses in northwestern Pakistan into a fast-flowing river.

Source: Reuters By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands more Pakistanis are likely to be forced from their homes in 2010 as the military continues an assault against the Taliban, the head of ...

Source: IRIN At least 20 people have been killed and many others are missing after a 4 January landslide dumped around 40 houses in northwestern Pakistan into a fast-flowing river.

Source: IRIN Thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from conflict-hit areas in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) have been experiencing increased hardship as temperatures drop to freezing in many northern regions, IDPs have told IRIN.

IRC aids thousands in Pakistan Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan 21 Dec 2009

More than two months after the Pakistani military launched an offensive in the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan, humanitarian aid organizations are only now gaining access to the estimated 430,000 people who have fled the fighting in the region. An earlier military offensive centered in the Swat Valley and surrounding areas uprooted some four million people and triggered a major humanitarian crisis.

The IRC Aids Thousands of People Fleeing Fighting in Pakistan’s South Waziristan

Source: UNHCR As military operations intensify in Orakzai Agency of north-west Pakistan, an estimated 40,000 people (comprising 2,400 families) have sought refuge in neighbouring Hangu district of the North West ...

World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia office As conflict forces thousands of people to flee South Waziristan to neighbouring districts, World Vision, in partnership with the Church World Service provided more than 6,500 people (900 families) in Dera Ismail Khan (D.I. Khan) with emergency relief items this week. Relief items included 900 hygiene kits, 900 family kits and 2,700 blankets. World Vision plans to provide relief aid to some 10,000 families displaced due to conflict between government forces and Taliban militants.

Source: IRIN Tens of thousands internally displaced persons (IDPs) from northwestern Pakistan who have returned home over the past few months are finding it difficult to resume their former lives, despite the fact that some aid is now reaching them, according to aid agencies.

Source: UNHCR UNHCR starts distribution of tents to families displaced by military operations in Pakistan?s South Waziristan and living with hosts in Dera Ismail Khan district.

Source: AlertNet

Merlin - UK Pakistan’s internal conflict is leading to thousands of people being forced from their homes on a daily basis. As families flee from South Waziristan to neighbouring Dera Ismail Khan (DI Khan) and Tank Provinces, a severe humanitarian situation is emergin...

Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland Rapid Response Payment Request No. 14/2009 Funds Sent To: Church World Service- Pakistan/Afghanistan (CWS-P/A) Amount Sent: US$ 59,574 Date: October 23, 2009 Details of Response ...

Date: 26 Oct 2009
Source: Agence France-Presse

Date: 25 Oct 2009
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

The Red Cross says relief workers are being kept out of South Waziristan region, where the Pakistani army is mounting an anti-militant offensive. Original article

Date: 17 Oct 2009
Source: Reuters - AlertNet