**The return of people displaced by fighting in the Swat valley has been suspended for a day because of “logistical reasons”, officials say.**More than 350,000 people have returned to their homes after the army said it had cleared the area of militants.
But as part of an effort to manage the stream of people returning, no official or private vehicles will be allowed in the region for one day, the army says.
Two million people were displaced as the army took on the Taliban in Swat.
It was said to be one of the biggest human migrations in recent times - and the government has been sending back many of the refugees housed in the relief camps set up across the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
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‘Bottlenecks’
Thousands of others who were not housed in camps but who had been staying with relatives in alternative accommodation also began returning of their own volition.
“We have been up for the last eight days from morning till about 2am… and there were certain things we noticed that were creating bottlenecks,” Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed, an army co-ordinator for the returns said.
“We needed to redeploy and reorganise our resources in a more optimal manner. So we thought we’ll take a break, reorganise ourselves,” he said.
Officials also announced that the curfew prevailing in Swat would be relaxed until later in the afternoon.
Although the army had announced that the Malakand division, which includes Swat valley, was largely free of militants there have been isolated outbreaks of violence.
Some parts of the valley are still restricted and at least 14 militants were reported killed in an exchange of fire in a district close to Swat’s main city of Mingora earlier this week.
Pakistan’s army says it has now shifted its focus to the Taliban hideouts in the tribal district of South Waziristan, which is where Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud has his headquarters.
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