ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration and Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Friday night removed a camp of IDPs from Sector G-7/1 and shifted its 200 inhabitants to Sanjani and Ternol.
ICT Deputy Commissioner (DC) Asadullah Faiz told Daily Times that the 200 IDPs had been shifted out of the city for security reasons. Sources said the authorities were taking such steps to discourage IDPs from trying to adopt permanent residence like earthquake victims in the capital.
The authorities were trying to keep the IDPs outside or on the outskirts of the city and directed the CDA, capital police and other law enforcement agencies to take special measures in this regard. “The CDA has been told not to allow accommodation of IDPs in the city,” they said. They said the government feared that IDPs might adopt permanent residence in the capital. “The authorities have faced problems shifting earthquake victims back to their native villages,” they said.
They said the police and law enforcement agencies had also started search operations across the city to check the number and identity of IDPs in the city. They said over 300 families reached Islamabad after unrest in Swat, Buner and Dir. The law enforcement agencies had constituted special teams to check their identity, he said. “The law enforcement agencies have strictly directed the special teams to conduct strict checking of IDPs as terrorists could also enter the city masquerading as IDPs,” they said.
“No terror problem, talibanization is a myth and an ameican/jewish/hindu plot!!!”
Over 70 taken into custody during search
RAWALPINDI: City police in collaboration with other law enforcement agencies on Saturday took into custody more than 70 suspected persons during a search operation conducted in different parts of Cantonment Board areas to hunt down terrorists. Police officials told Daily Times that SSP (Operation) Yasin Farooq and SP Potohar Rana Shahid were supervising the search operation conducted in RA Bazaar, Dhok Banaras, Shahla Valley and Dhok Chaudharian. They said the police conducted door-to-door search operation and taken into custody over 70 persons on suspicion of terrorism, who now had been shifted to different police stations for questioning. They said that suspected persons would be released if found not guilty. staff report
Re: The usual suspects remove IDPs from city due to security concerns
Its SOP. IDP Camps are always created outside the cities for better management, release of NFIs and for controlling and providing them with the best care possible considering the circumstances. UNHCR does it in Darfur. Hell everybody does it. Its is normal and SOP for IDP and refugees.
IDP Camps are always created outside the cities for better management, release of NFIs and for controlling and providing them with the best care possible considering the circumstances.
Agreed. But this rule, while being applied in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, is not followed in Karachi.
In Karachi, IDPs from Taliban areas can create their camps wherever they want.
Agreed. But this rule, while being applied in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, is not followed in Karachi.
In Karachi, IDPs from Taliban areas can create their camps wherever they want.
Note: The IDPs were removed from the city by "government", not a poitical party. MQM forms a big chunk of govt in Sindh, they should've done it using govt instead of their own AK-47s.