Abstract
The research investigates the factors affecting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), and effect of their delayed repatriation in promoting radicalization. The sample frame comprised of 385 IDPs North Waziristan for the period from June 2014 to December 2016, in the camps located at five different places. 375 questionnaires, duly filled, were retrieved out of the 385 self-administered questionnaires. Results found that social deprivation, push factors, pull factors, delay in repatriation and social deprivation have significant positive effect on radicalization. The research recommends provision of quality living meeting vital requirements of life such as; provision of clean drinking water, rehabilitation of water supply schemes and tube wells etc, provision of reliable and regulated electricity, improvement and up gradation of health facilities, availability of medicines and doctors, reconstruction and improvement of educational institutions and establishment of cottage industries in the area..