Pakistan: IDPs To Get Smart Cards In Their Respective Areas: ERU

Provincial Relief Commissioner and Incharge of Emergency Response Unit (ERU) Muhammad Azam Khan Thursday assured that all internally displaced persons (IDPs) would get smart cards and other food and non-food items in their respective districts in case if there is any delay in their issuance to them in camps.

“The IDPs should go their homes according to the schedule announced by the government as they will get the relief in their respective districts,” said Muhammad Azam Khan while briefing media after an important meeting at Civil Secretariat. The meeting chaired by NWFP Chief Secretary Javed Iqbal and attended by representatives of all partners in the relief operation for IDPs including NADRA, CAR, UBL and all concerned government departments.

The Provincial Relief Commissioner informed that the CAR would start registration of in-camp IDPs of Lower and Upper Dir Districts and after registration would provide data to NADRA for verification by the 17th of this month. The issue of registration of off-camp IDPs of Lower and Upper Dir Districts in the meeting, he said, adding that the Social Welfare Department would get data from respective district governments and then the data would be forwarded to NADRA for verification. “NADRA has been directed to complete the process by 17th of this month,” he said.

Muhammad Azam Khan said that the issue of registration of unregistered IDPs residing in camps established for them in five districts of the province also came under discussion in the meeting. CAR will provide all the data of all camps except Kund and Shah Mansoor Camps to NADRA for verification, he added. According to him, the data of Kund Park will be provided to NADRA by ERU through IRC and Shah Mansoor by PRC and deadline for verification if July 20.

He said that the government had already evolved a grievance redressal mechanism. The government has opened grievance redressal points at all camps where the complaints and grievances of IDPs have been registered, he said adding that these grievance redressal centers would be shifted of conflict areas by August 05.

He said that said the Social Welfare Department, NADRA and CAR will be present in these centers to register the complaints/grievances of IDPs. “For all grievances pertaining to the missing digit of NIC or misspelled name, the Social Welfare Department will make due correction and pass to NADRA or verification,” he went on to say. According to him, all the process would be completed within 48 hours.

He said that the senior management of NADRA and Social Welfare Department would ensure that the grievance redressal centers are working properly. “SSG and ERU will monitor their activities,” he added.

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