Pakistan’s IDP Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities
International Crisis Group, Asia Briefing No 93, 3 June 2009
In the wake of a conceptually flawed peace agreement, the Taliban takeover of large parts of Malakand division, subsequent military action in the area, almost three million internally displaced persons (IDPs) have fled to camps, homes, schools and other places of shelter across Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP).

Some displaced people visit homes in north-west Pakistan, but no large-scale return yet
By Ariane Rummery, UNHCR Pakistan
Displaced people in north-west Pakistan have been visiting their areas of origin on a "go-and-see" basis, to harvest crops, check on livestock and generally assess the possibility of returning home.

Monsoons could trigger health crisis in IDP camps
By Dawn
The looming arrival of monsoon rains in Pakistan threatens to bring more misery to the nearly two million people displaced by the government's battle with militants in the northwest, UN officials said on Thursday.