Summary PM Nawaz and Army Chief General Raheel Sharif will visit Bannu IDPs camp.
BANNU (Web Desk) – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit the camp of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, Dunya News reported.
According to Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed, the premier will be briefed over problems faced by the IDPs. He is visiting the area to express solidarity with the armed forces.
Earlier, PM Nawaz had invited Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan to undertake a joint visit with him to the camps established for the IDPs but Imran responded that he has already visited the camp on June 22.
The PTI chief rejected the offer, saying that his party has planned a rally in Bahawalpur today.
Nearly half a million people have fled a military operation against Taliban strongholds in North Waziristan.
Tens of thousands of families have fled to the town of Bannu, close to North Waziristan, while hundreds more have moved further afield to Lakki Marwat, Karak and Dera Ismail Khan towns, since the offensive began in mid-June.
