Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif earlier today arrived in Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to visit the camps of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and announced that each family will receive Rs40,000 in Ramzan package.
Army Chief General Raheel Sharif welcomed the prime minister on his arrival. Chief Minister KPK Pervez Khattak, Governor Mehtab Abbasi, federal ministers Pervaiz Rasheed and Qadir Baloch accompanied the premier.
The PM was briefed over problems faced by the IDPs and the arrangements made for their relief. At this occasion, the prime minister vowed to address and solve all the problems faced by the displaced families. He said that it is the government’s responsibility to provide relief to the affected families.
PM Nawaz said that the government and military is jointly working day and night to resolve the issues faced by the IDPs
Earlier, PM Nawaz had invited Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan to undertake a joint visit with him to the camps established for the IDPs. The PTI chief rejected the offer, saying that his party has planned a rally in Bahawalpur today. It is pertinent to mention that Imran Khan had been insisting that the operation against terrorists be postponed to give relief to the IDPS, however when the PM came to visit them he was busy addressing an anti government rally in Bahawalpur.
