Category: Swat Crisis
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Swat Relief Drive Payment & Reciept to Makro
To document the entire relief drive transactions for the sake of transparency here are the official makro receipt is as follows
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Swat Relief Update [Day 2 @ 9:00]
Its early morning, Faris arrived early at 5 am from Lahore and literally crashed out without speaking a word. Were up at 8 and are ready to head off to Mardan. Truck scenario is that two trucks were dispatched last night and will arrive very soon. Items totalling the delivery of one more truck await…
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Swat Relief Update [Day 1 @ 15:41]
Have just reached Peshawar, the initial plan was to rendezvous with my friend coming from Karachi but due to unavoidable medical reason got held back. I am now awaiting a call from Inam who was supposed to reach Bgheecha Deri by bus, I expect that too be delayed as his cell phone is powered off…
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IDP Relief Update from Islamabad – 20th May
I am presently in Islamabad after having attended a very interactive brain storming session there were over ~30 NGO’s present. Even Ali Asghar of the Omar Asghar Foundation. In these round table meetings there is an abundant ‘talk talk talk’ but I was glad to note that these teams are doing a great job on…
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NADRA charging Rs 50 for ID Card Verification from IDP’s in Swat
Translated by Noman Qadir courtesy of the Video posted on PakistanIDP NADRA is charging Rs.50 for folks who lost/misplaced or had their cards destroyed in the process of fleeing their homes. The provincial government, district government, civil society and individual citizens are doing all they can to feed, house and clothe these IDPs. The federal…
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Update on Swat Relief Collection Drive
Just an update from the collection drive for the Swat relief where I plan to head out to Mardan on 18th or 19th. I have talked to MAKRO and have negotiated a hamper of relief goods for one family at a rate of Rs. 3000. It is still being negotiated down and the lower it…
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Collection Drive for IDP Relief team to Swat
UN estimates there are 980,000 people being displaced out of NWFP – there is tremendous suffering and a severe lack of funds and Volunteers. Facebook Event – Collection / Donation appeal for IDP’s in SWAT I plan to lead a team to the affected areas hopefully to depart from Karachi on the 18th of May…
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Monitor the Swat Crisis via Live Blog
It has been for some time that the online community has found a great utility of monitoring events as they unfolding. We utilize the CoverItLive application which allows timestamped live updates while at the same time the application monitors twitter of the latest updates appearing there. Presenting the entire event in one concise framework. Our…
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Shameful Flight – Redux
“Only in the desperate days and weeks after those celebrations of mid-August did the horrors of Partition’s impact begin to emerge. No viceregal time had been wasted in planning for the feeding and housing and medical needs of ten million refugees. No British officers or troops remained to keep the peace in shattered Punjab, or…