SWA IDPs flay WFO for cut in ration

SWA IDPs flay WFO for cut in ration.....http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/203715/..
 January 22, 2013

Farooq Mehusd
 
D.I.KHAN: After the UN organization for food WFO has reduced the quantity of the ration the floor from 80kg to 40kg, given to a family per month, the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Mehsud tribe boycott to take ration is continued for the last tow days.
In this regard, Mehsud IDPS held a protest in the Town Hall Dera Ismail Khan that was participated by a large number of internally displaced persons from Mehsud tribe.
The tribesmen protested in their traditional way by beating drums and chanting slogans in favor of their demands.
They vowed on the occasion their protest will continue till the decision of the WFO is revoked.
Dilawar khan, an elder of Mehusd, now settled in Dera Ismail Khan after oct 2009, told the Frontier Post that the decision of the WFO was unjust and will have negative impact over the livings conditions of IDPS settled in the Districts of Tank, Dera Ismail khan and other Parts of Pakistan.
He further lamented the attitude of others organizations affiliated with WFO in distribution of ration and said thier attitude towards Mehsud tribe was also not good and the IDPs were facing a lot of problems at the Distribution points in Zam Public School Tank, Zafar Abad Colony and Pahar Pur of Dera Isamil khan.
President of the Mehsud Youth, Jamal Hussain, along with other members of the Mehsud Youth held a press conference D.I.Khan Press club and demanded that the decision in reduction of the ration should be taken back, as it will affect the poor IDPs.
Abid khan, an IDP, told The Frontier Post he was waiting for the food-items at the Zafar Abad Ration Centre for the last two days, but unable to receive it due to the protest, adding that he was in dire need of it as he was going out of available food items at home. He requested the high quarter of the government to resolve the issue and provide the IDPS with food items as soon as possible.
Rehmath Wali, a concerned person of WFO based in D.I.Kha, was contacted to have his comments on the protest of Mehsud IDPs against WFO, but he refused to comment as he said he was not authorized to speak to media, but sources confirmed that the reduction in food items was made due to lack of funds with WFO.