Independence Day with IDPs

Agencies 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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anony
Aug 14, 2014 08:52pm
Beautiful pictures. Happy independence day to all my IDP brothers and sisters. May all your problems be solved soon and keep smiling. Ameen.
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Ganga Din
Aug 15, 2014 03:13am
What are they celebrating? They have been dislodged from their homes, their properties have been destroyed and their women and children are rotting in heat. Very disappointed at the Pushtoon community in general and these so called tribal elders in particular.
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imran
Aug 15, 2014 11:19am
Nawaz shareef promised to celebrate independence day with IDPs but havent heard in news whether he was there or not
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McMahney888
Aug 16, 2014 07:49am
Hold the flag and be slave or face the consequence ............!!!!!!!!!! may Allah ease the lives of these IDPs ameeen
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Awais
Aug 20, 2014 02:16pm
@imran He was not there.
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