Forced to take shelter in camps in five schools in Nowshera sector, border dwellers are reluctant to go back to their homes even after three months due to repeated shelling and firing by Pakistani troops. Nearly 10,000 border residents have been affected in the Pakistani shelling which intensified after May 10 this yearMajority of them were shifted to camps set up by the government. "The district administration is providing them free rations, electricity, water, schooling for their children and accommodation, he said. Choudhary said the district administration is aware of their issues. The officer said while the proposal is pending, the district administration had already started construction of 100 bunkers in Nowshera sector.

Source: dna August 13, 2017 08:37 UTC