Note: The last fact sheet was dated May 26, 2010. KEY DEVELOPMENTS
- Government of Pakistan (GoP) authorities continue to register internally displaced persons (IDPs) willing to return from Dera Ismail (D.I.) Khan and Tank districts, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)-formerly named North-West Frontier Province-to areas of origin in South Waziristan Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). As of July 9, authorities had registered 15,600 individuals for return, including 6,600 IDPs in Tank District and 9,000 others in D.I. Khan District, according to USAID/OFDA implementing partners.
- According to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), preliminary results from the ongoing inter-cluster IDP vulnerability assessment in Peshawar District, KPK, indicate that approximately 5,250 families, representing 35 percent of the 15,000 surveyed households, cited insecurity as the major factor discouraging return to areas of origin.
- On June 23, a heavy windstorm in Jalozai IDP camp in Nowshera District, KPK, injured more than 130 IDPs and damaged or destroyed approximately 80 percent of the camp's infrastructure. Immediately following the windstorm, humanitarian agencies mobilized resources and responded to identified humanitarian needs. As of July 9, U.N. and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), in coordination with the GoP National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), had repaired approximately 92 percent of damaged water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities and replaced 5,880 of the estimated 6,000 damaged or destroyed tents.
- On June 6, Tropical Cyclone Phet made landfall near Ketibandar town, Sindh Province, with wind speeds of 60 to 80 mph. The NDMA reported a total of 18 deaths in Sindh and Baluchistan provinces, including 11 due to electrocution. The NDMA attributed the low casualty figure to an emergency simulation conducted in September 2009 and the precautionary evacuation of more than 102,000 people from villages in the storm's path. As of June 12, the majority of evacuated individuals had returned to areas of origin.
- According to OCHA, international donors have provided nearly $238 million towards the 2010 Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan (PHRP), representing approximately 45 percent of the $535 million requested through the PHRP.