JNN 19.05.10 The UN says Pakistan had the highest number of internally displaced people in the world in 2009.
According to a recent study by the United Nations, over three million Pakistanis are homeless, mainly due to attacks by militants and Islamabad’s large-scale military operations that are being carried out to put down the insurgency.

“The military operations of governments and armed non-state actors caused most displacement, and many people were displaced more than once,” the UN report said.

The Pakistani military recently launched a series of operations to clear the tribal areas of militants.

In addition, nearly 4,000 people have been killed in bombings and other attacks by militants throughout Pakistan since July 2007.

Meanwhile, the UN has warned that aid programs for the displaced people would have to be cut back due to the poor international response to an appeal earlier this year.

The world body appealed for more than a half a billion dollars, but donors have only pledged a quarter of that amount so far.