PESHAWAR: The Khyber Agency chapter of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has expressed concern over what it calls the apathy of the federal government to facilitate the displaced persons of the tribal region.

Addressing a meeting of party workers here on Thursday, PTI leaders Jamalud Din Afridi, Rehman Afridi, Lal Afridi, Shehzad, Zahid Afridi and Gul Madad demanded an early end to the ongoing military operation in the tribal area. They

said that majority of the displaced people were living in unhygienic conditions in different localities and needed ration, warm clothes, blankets and other daily use items.

“The people have left everything behind and just saved their families after the launch of operation,” they said and added that federal government failed to filful its responsibilities in that regard.

However, they said that PTI had planned to pay Rs15,000 to each affected student as scholarship and register the displaced persons so that they could be provided with necessary daily use commodities. They said that PTI was already supporting the affected families.

The speakers also criticised Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mahtab Ahmed Khan for what they called not paying due attention to the displaced tribal people. They urged him to order registration of the recently displaced people and provide them with essential commodities.

Mr Jamal said that displacement of people from Khyber Agency caused severe problems for them as they had lost whatever valuable items they had. “Now they depend totally on the government’s support,” he added.

He said that the people living in Jalozai camp were also leading very miserable life as the ration provided to them was substandard. “Our children will grow completely uneducated and unaware of the development of new age,” he said.

Mr Jamal appealed to the federal government to initiate registration of all the displaced persons and provide them with necessary items to remove the unrest among them.

Published in Dawn, November 14th, 2014