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Pakistan: The Plight Of The IDPs

Written byRezwan
Posted 2 June 2009 16 years ago

Deadpan Thoughts writes about the plights of the IDPs of Swat Valley region in Pakistan: “Only about 300,000 people have been provided shelter in the camps set up by the UNHCR and Pakistan’s government. This is hardly 10% of the total number of displaced people.”

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