A military operation has been launched by the Military against the miscreants in South Waziristan since October, 2009. The operation has displaced a large number of families in the area. These families have shifted to D.I.Khan and Tank districts of Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa. So far, 59,355 IDP families have been registered by the Social Welfare Department, NWFP. NADRA has verified 37,017 IDP families out of the total registered families. Government of Pakistan has already announced to extend cash assistance of Rs. 25, 000 per family to the verified IDP families from South Waziristan. So far, Special Security Group (SSG) and NADRA have disbursed financial assistance to 21,597 IDP families through debit card.
Cash assistance of Rs. 25, 000/- per family was also disbursed by the Government to the IDP families from Swat/Malakand Division through SSG and NADRA. Actual disbursement was made through UBL. Later, it was decided that the BISP assistance to the IDP families from Swat/Malakand Division under its Emergency Relief Package would be extended on the same pattern to the IDP families verified by SSG and NADRA.
It was, therefore, decided by BISP that the verified IDP families from South Waziristan Agency may also be included in the ERP and the emergency cash transfer may also be extended to these families on the same pattern as is being done for the IDP families from Swat/Malakand Division.