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IDP IDP IDP CRISIS RESPONSE BULLETIN February 02, 2015 - Volume: 1, Issue: 3 IN THIS BULLETIN HIGHLIGHTS: English News 2-28 Two More Ambulances added to Alkhidmat Foundation’s Medical 02 Emergency Fleet International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 03 Natural Calamities Section 2-7 (IFRC) Emergecny Appeal, Pakistan: Monsoon Floods Safety and Security Section 8-14 Lack Of Funds Hampers Reconstruction In Quake- Hit Areas 03 Public Services Section 15-28 Army to train all LEAs for security: COAS 08 Death toll climbs to 61 in suicide blast at Shikarpur imambargah 08 Reminding the government: Kokikhel tribesmen demand IDP status 09 Maps 29-39 Successful military op: Agreement signed with telecoms to distribute 10 aid through SIMs to IDPs European Parliament to extend support to Pakistan in fight against 10 Urdu News 55-40 terrorism Protecting future generations: Special force to guard schools 11 Natural Calamities Section 55-52 Teachers get gun training after Peshawar massacre 12 Safety and Security section National Action Plan: Nearly 9,000 ‘terrorists’, 1,710 clerics arrested 13 51-45 Roads blocked to protest police raids, power cuts in Peshawar 15 Public Service Section 44-40 Polio vaccination refusals cause officials to revise strategy 17 WEATHER CONDITION MAP OF PAKISTAN NEW POLIO CASES REPORTED PAKISTAN WEATHER SITUATION MAP OUTCOME OF ANTI-TERRORISM ACT (ATA) PUNJAB INCIDENTS MAP THARPARKAR - DROUGHT SITUATION MAP MAPS PROTEST ACROSS SINDH AGAINST SHIKARPUR KARACHI ELECTRICITY LOAD MANAGEMENT TRAGEDY MAP 31ST JAN 15 TO 2ND FEB 15 MAJOR ROAD ACCIDENTS IN PAKISTAN CONSTANT GAS PIPELINE BLAST IN BALOCHISTAN PUNJAB - INCIDENTS MAP (From 10-10-2004 to 31-01-2015) CRIME INCIDENTS FIRE INCIDENTS Total No. of Incidents In Punjab (from Oct 10, 2004 to Jan 31st, 2015) Attock Attock 812 464 4590 Fire Incidents: 62,084 Rawalpindi Rawalpindi 2574 Blasts/Explosions: 983 Chakwal Chakwal Jhelum Fire Incidents Jhelum Mianwali 402 495 453 Gujrat Mianwali 498 1201 393 Crime Incidents: 105,588 1673 Gujrat Crime Incidents 756 District-wise Khushab Sialkot Khushab Sialkot 416 773 312 3081 617 Building Collapse: 5,254 939 2744 District-wise Hafizabad Hafizabad 1055 1776 Narowal 3132 4312 1 - 500 7507 Sargodha 683 Gujranwala Sargodha 1177 Gujranwala 1 - 1000 943 Sheikhupura Chiniot Chiniot 366 Sheikhupura 501 - 1000 954 2315 Lahore 181 435 Bhakkar 506 Bhakkar 969 1001 - 2500 Jhang Faisalabad 17157 Jhang Faisalabad 16271 Lahore 7448 18032 Kasur 869 Kasur 1001 - 2000 3243 357 751 385 1701 1482 2501 - 5000 532 Layyah T. 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T Okara Singh Sahiwal 549 2001 - 5000 Singh Sahiwal 2400 Khanewal 1830 Khanewal 4944 5001 - 8000 1570 3709 673 Pakpattan 2743 Pakpattan 350 1358 D G Khan 302 5001 - 17157 D G Khan 1964 4327 529 6537 1259 8001 - 18032 Vehari Multan Multan Vehari 477 1795 515 Punjab - Top Five Districts inTerms of Fire Incidents Punjab - Top Five Districts inTerms of Crime Incidents Lodhran Lodhran 1916 Muzaffargarh Muzaffargarh Rajanpur Rajanpur 536 Bahawalnagar 1165 Bahawalnagar 1631 Creation Date: January 31, 2015 2978 Bahawalpur Projection/Datum: WGS 84 Geographic Bahawalpur Page Size: A3 1407 1836 R Y Khan ¯ R Y Khan Scale 1:6,000,000 0 100 200 Kilometers 0 30 BUILDING COLLAPSE BLASTS / EXPLOSIONS 330 60 300 35 13 Attock Rawalpindi Attock 60 Rawalpindi 105 270 90 Chakwal +92.51.282.0449/835.9288|[email protected] Jhelum Chakwal Jhelum Mianwali 16 Blasts / Explosions All rights Reserved - Copyright 2015 Mianwali www.alhasan.com 31 Mandi 68 Gujrat Building Collapse Mandi 14 Gujrat Bahauddin Bahauddin District-wise Map data source(s): Khushab Sialkot 23 District-wise Khushab Alhasan Systems Private Limited, Rescue 1122 Punjab. 43 149 85 Sialkot 39 Hafizabad Narowal Sargodha Hafizabad Narowal 94 337 1 157 0 - 10 Sargodha 106 7 DISCLAIMER: Gujranwala 1 - 50 Gujranwala ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 28 Sheikhupura This product is the sole property of ALHASAN SYSTEMS Chiniot Sheikhupura 49 Chiniot 115 4 [www.alhasan.com] - A Knowledge Management, Business 2 8 11 - 20 Bhakkar 97 1193 51 - 100 Bhakkar 323 Psychology Modeling, and Publishing Company. 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For further explanation of these legal notices please contact [email protected]. ©2015 www.alhasan.com IDP IDP IDP CRISIS RESPONSE BULLETIN 2 NATURAL CALAMITIES NEWS HEADLINES DETAILS Two More Ambulances LAHORE: Two new ambulances have been added in the fleet of Alkhidmat Foundation Punjab. A special ceremony was conducted in the presence of Special Guest Mr. Nazeer Ahmad Janjua Added To Alkhidmat and Mr. Rao Muhammad Zafar (President Alkhidmat Foundation Punjab) in which the keys of the Foundation’s Medical ambulances were handed over to Mr. Anas Wahidi (President Alkhidmat Foundation Lahore). Emergency Fleet Other officials of Alkhidmat Foundation Punjab were also present at the ceremony. President Alkhidmat Foundation Punjab also revealed the 4 digit helpline number for Alkhidmat AKF News , January 31 , 2015 Foundation’s Ambulance Service which is 1023. Pakistan Food Security HCT Strategic Planning 2015 for Food Security in KP/FATA: Food Security Cluster has strategize the response for Temporarily Displaced Persons (TDPs) and Internally Displaced Cluster Updates From Oct- Persons (IDPs) of KP/FATA for year 2015 and around 1.63 million people were planned as target Dec 2014 caseload to improve and enhance nutrition status by increasing agriculture production as integral Pakistan Food Security Cluster, Jan means of livelihood. Under the collaboration of food security cluster members, FSC has 30th , 2015 addressed the most urgent food security and livelihood needs of displaced, families living in and off camps and hosting areas of KP including Bannu, D.I Khan, Hangu, Kohat, Lakki Marwat, Nowshera, Peshawar, Tank and returnees in Khyber, Kurram, North Waziristan, Orakzai and South Waziristan agencies of FATA. Food Security Cluster has prioritized requirement need of around $ 173 million for providing the assistance in term of nutrition balanced relief food rations, emergency livestock feed to protect their livelihood assets, medication, vegetable seeds, milking kits and agriculture based infrastructure in the areas of in and off camps and returns in KP/FATA. For effective monitoring of food security interventions, food security cluster has framed efficient and well coordinated monitoring framework under Strategic Response Plan (SRP) – 2015. Tharparkar Drought: The arid zone areas of the Sindh province, is the most drought prone part of Pakistan. The current drought in Sindh is an integral part of an ongoing phenomenon resulting high impact in term of scale and intensity.
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