'UK Aid to Help Pakistan Recover from Conflict', UK Department for International Development, 19 November 2009
EXCERPT: "The UK will provide new emergency humanitarian aid and rebuild businesses and agriculture for millions of people affected by the recent conflict in Pakistan. DFID will help hundreds of thousands people in the North West Frontier Province, and South Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. This investment will bring the total amount provided by the UK for displaced people since 2008 to £34 million. £2 million in new emergency humanitarian aid will be sent to South Waziristan to improve water and health facilities for more than 1.2 million people, including providing mobile teams to give medical care in remote areas. . . In addition, £10 million recently announced by the Prime Minister will be allocated to help rebuild infrastructure, stimulate the economy and improve local agriculture for displaced people returning home following the recent conflict."
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