A transport planner compares two maps of Pakistan from 1986 and 1990. The later map marks new informal settlements around Peshawar and Quetta. Field notes l...
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A transport planner compares two maps of Pakistan from 1986 and 1990. The later map marks new informal settlements around Peshawar and Quetta. Field notes link the growth to people escaping conflict across the north-western border. The planner needs a historical explanation of this population change and its consequences for Pakistan.
(a) Identify the group of people who entered Pakistan from Afghanistan. [1]
(b) Explain two pressures that a large refugee population placed on border towns. [2]
(c) State one long-term security problem connected with the Afghan conflict. [2]
Answer Details
(a) Afghan refugees. [1] (b) Any two: demand for housing increased; schools and hospitals were overcrowded; competition for jobs/wages increased; pressure on water, sanitation and food supplies grew. [2] (c) Any two: weapons became widely available; militant groups developed; sectarian violence increased; drug trafficking expanded; border security became harder. [2]
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