In a surprise visit, Corps Commander Lt-Gen Asif Yasin Malik welcomed home 6,500 Internally Displaced families in Kotkai Sector before Eidul Adha and assured them all support in relief and rehabilitation. Malik was talking to a grand jirga attended by the elders and political administration officials.
Malik said: “I welcome you back home before Eidul Adha and this Eid will be special since you will be in your hometown after three-years of displacement due to the operation against insurgent and militancy. He said, “I was a worried while taking command but 6500 families have been rehabilitated and soon remaining IDPs will join you.”
He also assured them the provision of all resources including healthcare, education, clean drinking water facilities, electricity and self-sustainability such as cultivating of barren lands, providing seed, tractors to farmers, fish farms, poultry, and honey bee farming facilities, ownership of shops, and distribution of food items.