PESHAWAR: Majority of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) arriving in Peshawar from North Waziristan are still awaiting formal registration.

Scores of tribesmen residing in areas of Hayatabad Township complained that teams set up for mobile registration were missing for the past three days.

One IDP Muhammad Hafeez said Governor Khyber Pakhtukhawa Sardar Mehtab Ahmed had formed a team for the mobile registration of North Waziristan affectees but the team did not arrive for the purpose.

“We have been waiting for the last two days daily in Phase 6 at a house to facilitate the affectees but no one is coming to them since Thursday,” Hafeez said, adding that they were forced to sit in the scorching heat.

Ihsan, another displaced person from the North Waziristan Agency, said that tribesmen who arrived after a tiresome journey were undergoing severe mental stress as on one hand, they were not being registered while on the other hand, law enforcement agencies were also harassing them.

He said that the registration process should be expedited so that refugees would not only have proper legal cover to live peacefully but would also be able to garner assistance from the government.

He said that the Fata Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) had not sent out its team for registration despite repeated requests, lamenting that “some times they display concern while other times they make excuses."

Ration distributed to IDPs: ISPR

Supply and distribution of ration to IDPs is gradually improving. Over 21,000 packets amounting to 110 kilograms of rations have been distributed among IDPs at six relief delivery points established by the Army in collaboration with the civil administration in Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan and Tank.

After the initial cash disbursement which was done manually, the process of disbursement through Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) was launched which were also distributed to families.

Since IDPs have moved their cattle to sustain them, 11 tonnes of fodder for cattle and other animals have been distributed in Bannu, Tank and DI Khan.

Through a special civil-military veterinary set-up, 4488 cattle were provided veterinary treatment while 28,345 poultry animals were vaccinated.

The whole country is pledging ration, money and other relief goods and is enthusiastically depositing their contributions at collection points established by the Army across the country, the ISPR said.

Collection points have been increased up to 53 across the country whereas 131 tons of ration have been collected and dispatched to Bannu.

A field medical hospital established by Army Medical Corps at Khalifa Gul Nawaz Hospital in Bannu is providing medical care to patients round the clock.

Mobile medical teams are also being sent out to various areas where IDPs are residing.