Independence Day with IDPs

Published August 14, 2014
An IDP child in Bannu celebrates Jashn e Azadi. -AFP Photo
An IDP child in Bannu celebrates Jashn e Azadi. -AFP Photo
IDP girls carry pots near a refugee camp. -AFP Photo
IDP girls carry pots near a refugee camp. -AFP Photo
Internally displaced Pakistani civilians, fleeing a military operation against Taliban militants in North Waziristan, hold national flags during a ceremony to mark the country’s Independence Day in Bannu. -AFP Photo
Internally displaced Pakistani civilians, fleeing a military operation against Taliban militants in North Waziristan, hold national flags during a ceremony to mark the country’s Independence Day in Bannu. -AFP Photo
An IDP family from Pakistan's tribal areas, sit in front of their mud house to escape the wheat trapped inside, on a roadside blocked by the police with shipping containers, on the outskirts of Islamabad. -AP Photo
An IDP family from Pakistan's tribal areas, sit in front of their mud house to escape the wheat trapped inside, on a roadside blocked by the police with shipping containers, on the outskirts of Islamabad. -AP Photo
An IDP child holds a national flag as she rides a swing at a refugee camp. -AFP Photo
An IDP child holds a national flag as she rides a swing at a refugee camp. -AFP Photo
Pakistan soldiers patrol near a refugee camp of IDP civilians. -AFP Photo
Pakistan soldiers patrol near a refugee camp of IDP civilians. -AFP Photo

With the media largely focused on political events in Islamabad, the internally displaced persons (IDPs) have to an extent been sidelined from the public eye. Nevertheless, despite the difficulties they have endured, as a result of the military operation in North Waziristan, their patriotic fervor is as strong as that of any Pakistani citizen.

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