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Wazoo.A relevant official told Dawn on Friday that the district administration recently requested Safron minister Abdul Qadir Baloch for the dispatch of the FC personnel to Bannu adjacent to the troubled North Waziristan.
The minister had visited Bannu on July 8 to examine arrangements for IDPs and it was during that visit that the district administration made the said request.
"The existing police force in the district is inadequate keeping in view the presence of IDPs and therefore, the interior ministry should deploy at least 20 platoons of FC to cope with the security situation," stated a letter sent to the interior ministry lately.
The letter stated 852,495 IDPs had been registered in Bannu and that foolproof security arrangements were necessary to facilitate disbursement of cash and distribution of relief goods among them.