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Category: Human Rights

  • The displaced vs the well placed people of Pakistan

    “The twins were born as the mother desperately struggled with the pangs of pain, the sound of falling artillery shells, the suffocation of gun powder and the stench of decaying dead bodies. By the time it was morning, the family realized that one of the two babies, had not survived the ordeal of childbirth. The…

  • Report on the IDP situation

    Report by Wali Haider from ROOTS Talking to the displaced people in various IDP camps, or in the homes of friends/relatives during my recent visit to Takht Bhai and Charsadda they have taken refuge it is obvious that for them the objectives of the army operation remain unclear. At the same time their suffering as…

  • IDP Crisis, More transparency, please

    Voices of reason and critique are often drowned in the sounds of gunfire and heavy artillery shelling. This current operation ‘Rah-e-Rast’, or what is being termed as a ‘War for Pakistan’s survival’, has resulted in an exodus of almost 3 million people which might just be another number for those who are at the helm…

  • Khashkelis Feudalism Issue at a standstill

    Have been silent about the many developments that have been taking place with regard to the regularization and restoration of the village to the Khaskelis as they were so confident of “winning” this final round — because one of their own representatives whom they trust implicitly (and who has since become a minister without portfolio)…

  • IDP Crisis: A tragedy of errors and Cover-ups – HRCP

    The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has published a very comprehensive report on the IDP situation in NWFP titled A tragedy of errors and Cover-ups:The IDPs and outcome of military actions in FATA and Malakand Division its quite a comprehensive report. I have taken the liberty to extract some critical sections which caught my…

  • IDP Relief Drive from Karachi to Mardan – a Detailed Report

    IDP Relief Drive from Karachi to Mardan The IDP Relief Drive DAY 1, Thursday May 21th DAY 2, Thursday May 22nd DAY 3, Thursday May 23rd Conclusion The IDP Relief Drive On May 15th, 2009, a good friend, renowned blogger and dentist Dr. Awab Alvi emailed his contacts for collecting and distributing relief goods to…

  • Swat Relief: Call out for Doctors, Community health workers, Gynecologists & Nurses

    A Severe Health Crisis: There are 66,000 pregnant women living at the relief camps in Pakistan and many of them are likely to give birth in the next three months, the UN has said. Displaced children need special health and nutrition assistance as well as access to primary and emergency medical care to prevent disease.…

  • Swat Relief Drive – Day 3 – Distribution Day

    Our Swat Relief drive on Day 3 [Saturday] was hectic to say the least. We [Hasnain, Youshey, me & Faris] left Peshawar around 9am without breakfast, our aim was to start bright and early to first head to Bagheecha Deri where around 150 bags had been delivered a night before stored safely in Inam’s house.…

  • Swat Relief – Day 3 Relief disbursement Pictures

    Pictures from Day 3, Saturday 23rd May when we distributed our relief hampers across Mardan, commentary to follow.

  • Swat Relief Day 1 – Pictures

    I share all the 90+pictures that I took on Day-1 of our Swat Relief Drive. It more or less includes the trip to Inam’s village Bagheecha Deri and his farm land in this remote corner of Mardan

  • Swat Relief Drive Day 2 Update

    Day two in Mardan was seriously very adventurous. We started off around 10am, taking the Motorway to Mardan, we first hooked up with our two trucks from Lahore and keeping them in tow we were frantic to find a location to offload the good and repack them our planned bags. Calling up many go’s we…

  • 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

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…