RETURNING TO A HOME WITHOUT PEACE

RETURNING TO A HOME WITHOUT PEACE - Pakistan
The Pakistani government has started the voluntary resettlement of the Internally Displaced People (IDP) who would like to return to their home districts. As a result, about 200,000 families have now moved back to their original homes in the Swat Valley, or relocated to new regions. Naturally, much help is needed for those IDPs who have left the camps to restart life from scratch.

In partnership with the Operation Mercy* team, is investigating the opportunities to assist 30 former IDP families. The village in which they met these 120 people is one where they have previously been working, in response to the 2005 earthquake. Among these 120 people, there are several with medical needs, including a few who suffer from hepatitis. Neighbours share food when possible; however, hunger and malnutrition are constant problems in need of outside support.

Oftentimes, the IDPs return home only to find danger still near their homes. The children are especially affected by the fighting, and the army and the militia are present. Curfews are still enforced, bullets still fly and bomb blasts still rid the region of peace and stillness.

Need is desperate. Please pray about contributing to this relief effort financially and experience the joy of helping families get back on their feet. For more information about how you can get involved, visit: www.om.org/pakistan

6 killed in Pakistan as Muslims burn Christian homes

Six people were killed in Pakistan on Saturday when Muslim demonstrators set fire to houses in a Christian enclave and fighting broke out, local police said.

Pakistani human rights activists in Lahore protest on Saturday the anti-Christian violence in Gojra village.

Police said Muslims were enraged over an alleged desecration of pages in the Quran at a Christian wedding last Saturday, and held a rally to protest. The Quran is the Muslim sacred text.

The Muslims went to the Christian community in Gojra City, 160 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of Lahore, and burned 40 to 50 houses. Muslims and Christians exchanged gunfire.

Police said efforts to settle the concerns with dialogue so far have failed.

On Thursday, 15 Christian houses in the region were also torched.

Pakistan is predominantly Muslim but has a small Christian community.

Meanwhile, police in Islamabad reported Friday that an al Qaeda member thought to be involved in several attacks was arrested.

Bin Yamin, a senior police official in Islamabad, identified the suspect as Rao Shakir Ali.

Police believe he was involved in strikes on targets such as the Danish Embassy, a rally of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chauhdary, police, and a hotel.

The suspect is a resident of Sargodha, which is 165 kilometers (about 100 miles) northwest of Lahore and has a house in Rawalpindi that has been used to facilitate insurgent acts, police said.

Returning Yousuf becomes No. 1 Test batsman

	Mohammad Yousuf leads the rankings for the first time in his career © Associated Press
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Mohammad Yousuf made a seamless return to international cricket this week with a polished century in Galle, and his comeback has become sweeter still by reaching the top of the ICC Test rankings. This is the first time he has been officially ranked the leading Test batsman.

Yousuf, who hadn't represented Pakistan for nearly a year after signing up with the unsanctioned ICL, pushes his captain, Younis Khan, to second spot. Another player sliding in the rankings is Sri Lankan captain, Kumar Sangakkara, who slips two places to fifth. Mahela Jayawardene, at No.6, is the only other batsman from either side to feature in the top 20.

In the bowling charts, injured Sri Lankan offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan's lead over Dale Steyn at the top of the ranking was cut to two points.

And in the women's one-day bowling rankings, England left-arm spinner Holly Colvin jumps into the lead after taking seven wickets in the 4-0 rout of Australia. She takes over as No. 1 from India's fast bowler Jhulan Goswami. England, the world champions, now have five bowlers in the top ten.

World Largest IDP- Pakistan

"Worlds Largest
Internally Displaced Community
Needs our Care"

The Pakistan Army has recently launched an operation against Taliban militants to secure the land that they are occupying in area called Swat in the Northern part of Pakistan. Due to this operation, people from the Swat, Bonir, Malakand and Mangora Districts have fled to safe havens. There are now an estimated Nearly 3 MILLION people living in the cities of Peshawar, Mardan, Charsada and several others. The government, in order to accommodate these refugees, has established many camps; where hundreds of thousands are temporarily residing in filthy conditions, waiting for support to meet their daily basic needs.

We had visited the camps in Mardan to seek opportunities to help and to asses the needs and possibilities to meet their immediate needs by providing relief.

They were able to visit four different camps. Two of those camps are established by a Church in Mardan where only Christian refugees are placed. Here are details of the camps visited by the team:

1) C.V.T.C: Christian VocationalTraining Center Mardan: Forty 40 Christian families, around 200 people, are placed in this camp.

2) Sarhadi Church Camp Mardan: 35 families, around 250 people are placed in this camp situated in church’s property.

3) Sheikh Yaseen Camp Mardan: There are 1,907 families (12,576 individuals are registered in this camp.

4) Sheikh Shazad town Charsada Road, Mardan: There are 1,354 families, 8,079 individuals, are registered in it.

These people are displaced due to war and ran from their houses to these camps, when forces lifted the curfew in the region. We can assist them through food items,clean drinking water, beds, bed sheets, blankets,

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