Campaign against terrorists and the IDPs crisis in Pakistan

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Campaign against terrorists and the IDPs crisis
in Pakistan Situation analysis and the
challenges From the perspective of civil
society organizations
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Princely states of Dir, Chitral and Swat opted to
join Pakistan in 1947
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Pakistan merged all its constituents to form West
Pakistan in 1955 Provinces and the princely
states lost their status One-unit was abolished
in 1969 Provinces were restored but not the
princely states Malakand Division that includes
Swat, Dir, Chitral was formed as Provincially
Administered Tribal Area (PATA) Selective
application of laws chaos and confusion in
administration of justice. Regular system of
justice extended in 1990
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First Malakand uprising in 1994, paralyzed the
government. It agreed to enact special Islamic
laws and courts for the area Mullahs remained
unsatisfied. Militancy grew and was influenced by
the events in Afghanistan following 9/11 Heavy
arms and FM radios virtually ended the
governments writ in the area two years ago
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Media and the middle class is infested with
elements and institutions that espouse the cause
of Taliban The government finally put its foot
down in late April 2009. The Prime Minister
announced the Operation against the militants on
7th May and the exodus started
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Swat Buner Lower Dir Shangla Malakand
Major parts of five of these districts are
currently The Conflict Zone This is besides the
8 Federally Administered Tribal Agencies (FATA)
and their adjoining Frontier Regions and settled
districts
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Population (2008 estimates) Swat 1,510,000 Lower
Dir 861,000 Buner 607,000 Malakand 543,000 Shangl
a 521,000
Total population 4 million

• Average household size 8.9
• Population growth rate over 3 percent pa
• 96.5 females against 100 males
• 49 percent below 18 years
• Only 7.7 percent live in cities

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Latest number of Internally displaced persons
Government puts it at 2 million Other sources
put at much higher level Many moved to
relatives in neighboring areas Others are in camps
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Over last two years Taliban barred girls from
attending schools. They bombed a number of girls
schools to terrorize the few parents into
submission. They call girls education un-Islamic.
Literacy is low. Gender gap is huge. Literacy
ratio for Male Female Swat 43 13 Shangla 25 4 Bun
er 38 8 Lower Dir 49 12 Malakand 55 23
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The area is the fruit basket of the
country Forest resources are abundant and
blatantly exploited by the timber mafia One of
the favorite tourists spots. Honeymooners
paradise. Attracts a lot of foreign tourists as
well. Small industries like silk and other local
crafts
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The area is the fruit basket of Pakistan
Percentage share of the five districts
in national production of
3 in every 5 peaches
1 in every 5 tomatoes
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Small farmers
Medium farmers
Large farmers
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Harvesting disaster
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IDPs left the animals behind unattended
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Challenge 1
To support Internally Displaced Persons. Cater to
their needs of food, accommodation, health,
education And arrange for their safe return
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Challenge 2
To rebuild roads, bridges, government office that
have been destroyed. Restore electricity and
telecommunication systems that are badly
damaged. To rebuild houses destroyed in the
Operation
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Challenge 3
To rebuild schools, especially the girls
school. Campaign for the need of girls
education Restore parents confidence children
are safe in schools
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Challenge 4
To food secure the families for the period
required to restore their livelihood resources
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Challenge 5
To reclaim the orchards and fields destroyed by
the un-harvested rotting crops
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Challenge 6
To mend the broken crop financing cycle Help them
repay the debt incurred from wasted crops Help
them secure finances for the next crops
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