Displaced Shia families of Parachinar await rehabilitation since 2008

The Parachinar Reforms Committee (PRC) has regretted lukewarm response of the government to their rehabilitation after their displacement from the Shia majority area Parachinar following riots in 2008.

The PRC elders demanded compensation for reconstruction of their destroyed houses and restarting their businesses. They also called for establishment of a quick response force, including army personnel, for Parachinar city which could swiftly restore order in case of any sectarian strife.
The PRC meeting chaired by its secretary general Attaullah Ghilji said on Sunday that the Governor’s House and other relevant officials did not listen to their grievances while no official meeting had been held for the past one and a half years to resolve the issue of compensation and resettlement.
Regret lukewarm govt’s response to resolve their issues
“The affected people were given Rs150,000 of the sanctioned Rs300,000 for every displaced family which has gone into paying house rents and schooling of children. For reconstruction of destroyed houses we need at least Rs2 million each for tribal area pattern house plus money for restarting business,” they said.
Mr Ghilji said that if the government had any objection to direct payment it should itself construct and hand over the houses and shops for them so they could return to their hometown.