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PESHAWAR: Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has released fund of Rs. 361.2 million under heads of cash assistance and ration for North Waziristan affectees of Operation Zarb-e-Azb. According to a press release issued form Director General PDMA, Ashraf Hussain here on Thursday about 18000 registered and verified affectees would receive their share of released amount through SIM card messaging in two days. It was said that the released amount is 101th installment of funds that was issued monthly for the affectees of Zarb-e-Azb that have not yet returned to their native areas. The affectees also include about 10,000 families that have been returned from Afghanistan through Ghulam Khan Border and their verification has been completed by NADRA. The affected families are being given amount of Rs 12000 as financial assistance and Rs. 8000 for ration. About 18000 families of Tehsil Datta Khel, North Waziristan have not returned while more than 100,000 families have been rehabilitated. APP
