Ninety-seven percent TDPs of North and South Waziristan agencies have returned to their native areas. A spokesman of FATA Disaster Management Authority told Radio Pakistan that the remaining TDPs will be sent back to their homes within next three months. Meanwhile, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has handed over relief goods to FATA Disaster Management Authority for distribution among TDPs of North and South Waziristan agencies.
On the other hand, the federal government is taking concrete steps for promotion of agriculture sector in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and FATA. Official sources said that four agriculture centres are being established in South and North Waziristan Agencies, Tank and Lakki Marwat districts at a cost of over four hundred million rupees by 2019. Sources said the Arid Zone Research Institute in D.I.Khan has been upgraded to Arid Zone Research Centre to further boost research based activities.