PDMA releases Rs 362.2 mln for affectees of Zarb-e-Azb

Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has released a fund of Rs 362.2 million under financial assistance and ration to the affectees of Operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan.

The amount would be distributed among around 18,000 registered and verified affected families through SIM card messages in the next few days.

The most recent deposit, which was released publicly for the Operation Zarb-e-Azb victims in North Waziristan who haven't yet been returned to their region, is the 100th installment given access in this connection, according to a press release from the Pakistani Democratic Movement for Action (PDMA) that was released here on Friday.

Families who recently returned from Afghanistan via the Ghulam Khan Border are also among the affected. Through NADRA, the official verification of these has been completed.

The PDMA stated that each verified affected family was receiving a monthly head ration payment of Rs 8,000 and a financial assistance payment of Rs 12,000 to help ease their financial hardships.

According to DG PDMA, nearly 0.1 million displaced people have been returned to their homes, but 18,000 families still haven't. The majority of these households are from Tehsil Data Khel in the district.