Relief package distributed among Shalman TDPs

FATA: Islamic Relief International distributed a package of foods and non-food items among the 400 displaced families of Loey Shalman on Saturday.

 Fata Disaster Management Authority,Islamic Relief International and Landikotal administration officials jointly went to the far-flung Loey Shalman border area where they distributed food and non-food items among the displaced families.

Thousands of Loey Shalman residents including women and children had been displaced from various border villages of Pakistan due to repeated mortar shelling and gunfiring from Afghanistan side of the border that hit their homes in Loey Shalman in the past few months.

Talking to this scribe FDMA director Fata Zia Khan said that they in the first phase distributed pulses,ghee, tents and kitchenware. He said that they have collected data of the displaced families and would soon provide them other necessary items and medicines in the coming days.Zia said they were also considering to provide warm cloths and jackets to the displaced persons due to severe winter ahead.

It may be added here  thousands of Shalman inhabitants left their homes situated near the Pak-Afghan border after several people were injured of mortar shelling carried out from Afghanistan.