Afghan Refugees in Pakistan now face new problems

[Musafira]

http://www.unhcr.org/4c6e762b9.html



From the website of the UNHCR (The United Nations refugee agency)


Pakistan Field Update: Afghan Refugees face new problems



ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, August 20 (UNHCR). The UN Refugee Agency is increasingly concerned about the plight of flood-affected Afghan refugees in Pakistan, some of whom are now under pressure to repatriate by speculators around Peshawar seeking to develop land that until now has been occupied by refugee settlements.
With 1.7 million Afghan refugees, Pakistan has one of the world's largest refugee populations. More than 1.5 million of these are in affected provinces, dozens of Afghan refugee villages have been damaged, and several are completely destroyed. In Khyber Pakhtunkwa province alone, more than 12,000 dwellings in refugee villages have been swept away leaving almost 70,000 people homeless.
Many of the Afghan refugee settlements in Pakistan were established some 30 years ago after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan triggered the first wave of refugees. At the time the settlements were in remote areas or on the edges of cities. Over the years, the land has become more valuable as cities have grown.
UNHCR welcomes the assurances from federal authorities that all people affected by the floods should be able to return to their homes to rebuild, including Afghan refugees. The Ministry of State and Frontier Regions and the Chief Commissioner for Afghan Refugees have also given assurances refugees have the right to return to their dwellings. We hope that local arrangements can be made quickly to ensure the spirit of this commitment cascades down to all levels, and moves by land speculators are stymied.
One of the worst hit refugee villages has been Azakheil in Nowshera district in Pakistan's northwest. Here more than 23,000 people lost homes. A UNHCR technical team is on its way today to assess the feasibility of rebuilding on the site. Over the next few days, the provincial government is expected to decide whether the village can be rebuilt on the same site or whether residents will have to relocate to another settlement in the same district.
In the damaged refugee camps around Peshawar, Afghans are picking through the mud trying to salvage what they can from their homes. Most have sought shelter elsewhere for the moment, and are scattered in surrounding communities with relatives or in makeshift shelters. Since the floods hit at the end of July, UNHCR has distributed tents and other shelter supplies – for example, cooking sets and sleeping materials – to the worst-hit families. We are also preparing to rebuild infrastructure including schools, health points and water and sanitation facilities in refugee villages and surrounding communities in cooperation with local authorities and humanitarian partners.


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I was really shocked and saddened by this, especially by this part "some of whom are now under pressure to repatriate by speculators around Peshawar seeking to develop land that until now has been occupied by refugee settlements." It's so sad how some people exploit tragedy for financial gain

[BLS_1919v2.0]

http://www.unhcr.org/4c6e762b9.html



From the website of the UNHCR (The United Nations refugee agency)


Pakistan Field Update: Afghan Refugees face new problems



ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, August 20 (UNHCR). The UN Refugee Agency is increasingly concerned about the plight of flood-affected Afghan refugees in Pakistan, some of whom are now under pressure to repatriate by speculators around Peshawar seeking to develop land that until now has been occupied by refugee settlements.
With 1.7 million Afghan refugees, Pakistan has one of the world's largest refugee populations. More than 1.5 million of these are in affected provinces, dozens of Afghan refugee villages have been damaged, and several are completely destroyed. In Khyber Pakhtunkwa province alone, more than 12,000 dwellings in refugee villages have been swept away leaving almost 70,000 people homeless.
Many of the Afghan refugee settlements in Pakistan were established some 30 years ago after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan triggered the first wave of refugees. At the time the settlements were in remote areas or on the edges of cities. Over the years, the land has become more valuable as cities have grown.
UNHCR welcomes the assurances from federal authorities that all people affected by the floods should be able to return to their homes to rebuild, including Afghan refugees. The Ministry of State and Frontier Regions and the Chief Commissioner for Afghan Refugees have also given assurances refugees have the right to return to their dwellings. We hope that local arrangements can be made quickly to ensure the spirit of this commitment cascades down to all levels, and moves by land speculators are stymied.
One of the worst hit refugee villages has been Azakheil in Nowshera district in Pakistan's northwest. Here more than 23,000 people lost homes. A UNHCR technical team is on its way today to assess the feasibility of rebuilding on the site. Over the next few days, the provincial government is expected to decide whether the village can be rebuilt on the same site or whether residents will have to relocate to another settlement in the same district.
In the damaged refugee camps around Peshawar, Afghans are picking through the mud trying to salvage what they can from their homes. Most have sought shelter elsewhere for the moment, and are scattered in surrounding communities with relatives or in makeshift shelters. Since the floods hit at the end of July, UNHCR has distributed tents and other shelter supplies – for example, cooking sets and sleeping materials – to the worst-hit families. We are also preparing to rebuild infrastructure including schools, health points and water and sanitation facilities in refugee villages and surrounding communities in cooperation with local authorities and humanitarian partners.


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I was really shocked and saddened by this, especially by this part "some of whom are now under pressure to repatriate by speculators around Peshawar seeking to develop land that until now has been occupied by refugee settlements." It's so sad how some people exploit tragedy for financial gain

That has always been the case. Refugees and IDPs have been exploited since the beginning. It is easy money.

[Michin Khel]

Peshawaris where always known for abusing Pashtuns of Afghanistan and by calling them Mahajir. I am not surprised Musafira.

If peshawaris are such then why afghans dont return to afghanistan to avoid harrasment and abusing by peshawer. Why they have to insist on staying in pakistan if they feel they have no respect there.

[AnGaaR]

If peshawaris are such then why afghans dont return to afghanistan to avoid harrasment and abusing by peshawer. Why they have to insist on staying in pakistan if they feel they have no respect there.

what are u talking about?
they think they are in their own land
they think they are with their own pashtoons..

they are not in peshawar for enjoyment.. ofcoarse they went to pakistan to save their lives.. i dono why do some ppl get offended when somene says the truth.. its true that we were not only called Majajirs but most of people used to call us Gilamjan .
Calling someone and disrespecting him,her is not a big deal for those people who are influenced by lapai aatei hai dua ban kai tamana mairi.. but the worse thing is that they think most of our Afghan women are prostitues... whenever an afghan woman is seen in the market or outside her home,, ppl arelike.. hagha da majira ra wowata.. khudai khabar bia cherta zei , cha kor ta zei and bla bla..

ka zama wass wochalaigei no da pekhawar 70% NARINA pa dar zarawum.. Talibans are way good for them too.

Pakhtoon means ghairati insan
pakhtoon means that person tsok chei khpal aw pa prado bandai parda wachawi
Pakhton means yaw insan chei da nang namos da para zan qurban kei
pakhtana means hagha qawm sok chei hamaish da Islam pa lara tlalay dei

Za kho da de nan saba pakhtana specially (some) living in peshawar.. i dont and i cant cal some of them pakhtoons..
whats there in them to be called pakhtoons?
ghairat?himat? pakhtoonwali? being together? being aggressive? being a protector of Lar aw bar Pakhtoons?

Hagha chei drana pakhtana dei hagha pakhpala pohaigei chei tsomra obo kai dei da nan saba pakhtana

Zmonga pa dai forum kai da khyber pakhtonkhwa yaw tso respected member dei.. we have some respected members from khyber pakhtonkhwa whom we can call the real, pure, clean , ghairati and brave pakhtoons...

someone comes and says i was disrespected in peshawar and called Mahajir.. instead of listening to her u say.. Why do u live there?

Is this what we call pashtunwali?
we are famous for our hospitality in the world.. where is the hospitality in today's pashtoons?

khudai khabar chei da nan saba zwanan pa cheshei akhta dei.. pa cheshai lagya dei chei khpala pakhto ham worna wroka shawai da..
You are not a pakhtoon by hanging a flag of pakhtonkhwa in ur profile or under ur siggy .. A piece of cloth or paper wont make u pakhtoon.. you must be a pakhtoon in ur heart..

About some zwanan in peshawar who call us mahajir or gilamjam
check the net, check youtube , check their clips..
na pakai nar malom dai na pakai khaza maloma da.. tol pa stage khatalei dei aw gadaigei.. da pakhto filmono kho eis na wayum.. da sharm na yai monga majiran khpal pa kor kai da mashomano sara nasho katalai kho hagho kai domra sharm ham neshta chei dasai filmona jor nakei.



I hope that our respected elders from Khyber pakhtonkhwa wont mind for what i said, I believe that they are aware of these things and they know about how A pakhtoon feels when he is called Mahajir in Pakhtonkhwa

[BLS_1919v2.0]

This is true...and unfortunate. The tragic thing about peshawar city is that some people from Afghanistan think that all Pashtunkhwa are all like that. Which is a little unfair considering the treatment in areas like dir, buner, malakand, qibaeel, quetta was not like this.

Kho bya hamm agha geela da haq da. What is more tragic is that if Peshawar city goes through tough times, the same way Panjab and Sindh closed their doors on the IDPs of swat and buner..they will do the same to them. Then they will have to go to Kabul...khwand ba wokee ka zanre wortha agha shaan spak ogoree.

[BLS_1919v2.0]

You dont need to complain about Pekhawrian, the time idp crisis was at its epic, they increased the rent of houses in hayat abad because they knew that these needy people would pay anything.

Its not only about peshawris , but people in these big cities are opportunists. If you want to find real pakhtuns then you need to look at the villages where they would give up anything for their guests.

manana

Yupp woss ham agha campoona che ba Afghanistan pashtana sara badh kawall agho woss aghae baesharmee qibaeelo saraa kawee. Dder da afsoss khabaraa da che bas dagha pashtano bandae che mahajirii raashee nu war saraa lobae keegee. Swabai also hosted many Pashtuns from different parts but their treatment was far better than peshawar city. So people should remember the hospitality of swabai pashtuns when considering pashtunkhwa.

[AnGaaR]

You dont need to complain about Pekhawrian, the time idp crisis was at its epic, they increased the rent of houses in hayat abad because they knew that these needy people would pay anything.

Its not only about peshawris , but people in these big cities are opportunists. If you want to find real pakhtuns then you need to look at the villages where they would give up anything for their guests.

manana

Dear sher khan

i am not talking about what panjabiz did or do there are many things which panjabiz did and doing to Pahstoons on both sides of ther border....... I was talking about my own pashtoons

so you said the rents in hayatabad went up thats y pekhawri pashtoons started calling us with bad names?

A pashtoons izat is nothing in front of money for a pekhawari?
You should re-read my previous post


I didnt tlak about other villages or other places.. i was talking about city ppl.. city of peshawar starting from kar khano.

The village ppl had very less problems with Afghans and thats why a year ago thousands of families went to khost gardiz from Pakhtonkhwa duirng taliban vs pakistan army fight game and faced no problem over there..

[BLS_1919v2.0]

By raising rents it basically means that they took advantage of the Afghanistan refugees and also the pashtunkhwa IDPs. To them the refugees/idps were easy money so rents went through the roof to exploit the situation.

The problems that the refugees from Afghanistan faced in peshawar are now going through the IDPs of other areas. I remember when the crisis hit the people of malakand division, the stories that came out of the camps were horrible. Altha khalk bas dagha khabara kawalla che tsa lobaa da Afghansitna pashtano saraa oshwaa pa campoona agha lobaa dagha IDPs saraa keegee.

[Michin Khel]

@angaar
I agree with you completely and i am embarassed about my previous comment. Za da manam de pekhawar khalak k saritob nishta..
I live in peshawer but i dont like its people , har zay k garhkapan di awo pakhtunwali kho bekhi nishta pa k.
Yesterday i stopped chingchi riksha to go to saddar, the front seats were occupied while on back seat there was a girl. I said to him to go as there was no seat to sit. The rikhshah driver said to me to sit on back seat with girl. I said to him "dimagh de kharab di oroste jinai nasta da" . He replied with beghairati " tsa k marha punjabai da". Ma warta wail de sharm waka de dase soch lare.. He just grinned...

[AnGaaR]

@angaar
I agree with you completely and i am embarassed about my previous comment. Za da manam de pekhawar khalak k saritob nishta..
I live in peshawer but i dont like its people , har zay k garhkapan di awo pakhtunwali kho bekhi nishta pa k.
Yesterday i stopped chingchi riksha to go to saddar, the front seats were occupied while on back seat there was a girl. I said to him to go as there was no seat to sit. The rikhshah driver said to me to sit on back seat with girl. I said to him "dimagh de kharab di oroste jinai nasta da" . He replied with beghairati " tsa k marha punjabai da". Ma warta wail de sharm waka de dase soch lare.. He just grinned...

Thats exactely what i was talking about..
i went to peshawar in 2009..i was in sadar bazar so my own friend knowing that i am an afghan (but he calls hazara,uzbek and etc afghans not a pashtoon) saw a couple of Afghan girls .. he tells me.. Halaka da majiran kho bia ziat shawei dei.. we should make a fence around hayat abad and not let them come out.. they have made all the bazar dirty..

I said: what has she done to you? did she said something to u, is she walking naked? is she showing her body? is she acting weird? .. dont u see she is holding her child and maybe shez buying something.. whats wrong with you people?.. he was like.. oh yara ma khapa kaiga.. mata pata da chei ta Ham lag lag majir yai kho ta zma wror yai pakhton yai.. so i said if u respect me then u must respect each and every afghan because each and every afghan is my brother and sister

the day i left peshawar and went to dubai, he called me many times i didnt answer, when i came to america he still calls but i dont answer.. I will keep ignoring him till he stops saying sheit about unknown people.

Sooooo mr luffy.. you should have told the driver that its ramadhan first of all how come ur zamir or ur soul accepts that i sit with a non muharam woman? 2ndly u could say that ... good job.. a driver and a brutal sam ba yakh shawai woo..
Dagha bai ghairata chei yaw yaw pa kakarai wowolai aw mra yai kai no hala ba gandagei khatmaigei.


No wonder flood,zilzila came in just a week

[BLS_1919v2.0]

Thats exactely what i was talking about..
i went to peshawar in 2009..i was in sadar bazar so my own friend knowing that i am an afghan (but he calls hazara,uzbek and etc afghans not a pashtoon) saw a couple of Afghan girls .. he tells me.. Halaka da majiran kho bia ziat shawei dei.. we should make a fence around hayat abad and not let them come out.. they have made all the bazar dirty..

I said: what has she done to you? did she said something to u, is she walking naked? is she showing her body? is she acting weird? .. dont u see she is holding her child and maybe shez buying something.. whats wrong with you people?.. he was like.. oh yara ma khapa kaiga.. mata pata da chei ta Ham lag lag majir yai kho ta zma wror yai pakhton yai.. so i said if u respect me then u must respect each and every afghan because each and every afghan is my brother and sister

the day i left peshawar and went to dubai, he called me many times i didnt answer, when i came to america he still calls but i dont answer.. I will keep ignoring him till he stops saying sheit about unknown people.

Sooooo mr luffy.. you should have told the driver that its ramadhan first of all how come ur zamir or ur soul accepts that i sit with a non muharam woman? 2ndly u could say that ... good job.. a driver and a brutal sam ba yakh shawai woo..
Dagha bai ghairata chei yaw yaw pa kakarai wowolai aw mra yai kai no hala ba gandagei khatmaigei.


No wonder flood,zilzila came in just a week

You were nice to him..I would have said worse. Dder spak dee, che worbandae raasee nu khwand ba ae okee.

[AnGaaR]

its true that
ka har tso yai samawoma na samaigei
pakhtana dei da kago kano daiwal

Allah swt dai pa munga tolo rahm wokei

[shehram]

Kala che pa swat aw Buneer aafat raghlo
No da Swabai pukhtano wersara koroona neem krral
che razai delta oosai
aw ma ba da sher welo

da baba zoya ra ter gharre wooza
ta kho me khpal ye moong pradee satalee
zama da khawra da ham sta da kana
ta da yousaf moong da Omar khaghalee

[Nokia_Apridy]

Gilamjan........... Pera sta da Mazghu da para TAKAY mung yayu

pa WEYAR PArsiwanu ta..............Wos ka sta ba Zra chodgey

haga bala khbra

[abubaker]

nkia wali da PARSIWAN lakasi insan na da, ya khudai di spee di kwani na paida kalda si dasi pa spaka wartha gori, da sanga si pa ta khpal izzat aw nang gran da daghasi par cha gran wi, ka har sanga wal, khpal zyar ye basta aw zanta ye rozi gatala ''gilam jam'' referes to some one who weaves carpets, some of you sick people actually think that its a term for Afghan prostitutes

you sick people