IDPs’ problems to be addressed on priority basis: MNA

BARA: The problems faced by the displaced people belonging to the Kukikhel tribe in the Bara tehsil of the Khyber Agency would be solved on a priority basis, a parliamentarian said on Monday.

Speaking to delegation of the displaced persons from Kukikhel tribe, Member National Assembly (MNA) Nasir Khan Afridi said that 95 percent of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Khyber Agency had been sent back to their native areas.

The delegation was led by Dr Shah Khan Afridi belonging to Kukikhel tribe. He said he had taken up the issues of the IDPs with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor and other officials.The legislator added the governor had assured him that the problems of the I|DPs would be addressed.