“Welcome to the internally displaced persons camp that has sprouted in Sector G-7 of Islamabad.

“The camp has been set up on a plot that was formerly a dumping site. In fact, these IDPs are living on top of a dumpster with a gutter running over the camp. There must have been about 40 tents, each has a set of horrific story of pain and loss — the kind of loss that some would find unimaginable.

“As I moved through the terrain of the camp I tried to speak to children, especially orphans. I was introduced to two girls from Swat – Rozeena,10, and Kulsoom, 13 — sitting on either side of their mother in a tent that accommodates nine members of two families, perhaps, complete strangers to each other, sleeping in one tent on a jute mat. Perched on their haunches still smiling and greeting me with warmth, a little stranger came and sat beside me and began fanning us so that everyone got some air as the sun beat down on us.”