UN agency seeks $17mln for Pakistan

The United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday it was seeking 17.2 million dollars (11.6 million euros) to help more than 300,000 people forced from their homes in Pakistan by floods and fighting.
"There are now an estimated 90,000 internally displaced people in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) due to the ongoing fighting in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan," UN High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman William Spindler told journalists.
"Another 90,000 are believed to be displaced in Swat in northern NWFP, based on a recent government assessment. In addition, some 84,000 people were displaced by floods in August," he said.
Around 28,000 internally displaced people are living in nine official government camps in the province but the majority are staying with host families.