"There is nothing to worry about. Besides, Nato, many other countries' experts are engaged in relief operations in the quake-stricken areas," he contended while addressing a news conference here at the Parliament House.
The calm and composed Prime Minister said that President Putin and other world leaders at the Shanghai moot had sympathised with Pakistan and assured continuation of aid and co-operation for the quake victims.
The Prime Minister said that 1.7 billion dollar foreign and Rs 5.2 billion local pledges had been made for relief and rehabilitation of the earthquake victims.
He said that the government expected that international community's co-operation in the massive rehabilitation process would continue.
Shaukat Aziz maintained that some budgetary adjustments would be made, keeping in view economic and fiscal indicators for pumping in more funds for rehabilitation in NWFP and Azad Kashmir.
Premier Aziz said the government was very much satisfied over the foreign assistance and co-operation in the relief and rehabilitation activities.
He was hopeful that the donors' conference, being organised next month in Islamabad, would get a positive response from the world community. "Foreign aid in the help of grants and loans will continue to pour in for some years to come," he said.
As many as 55,007 had been confirmed dead and 78,881 injured, and those being brought to hospitals and makeshift medical camps from the quake-hit localities were not so seriously injured.
About the opposition's demand that a parliamentary committee should be formed to monitor the usage of aid, he said the government was ready to talk to the opposition on the matter.
He made it clear that the government strongly believed in transparency and would ensure that each single penny was spent on merit.
When asked about a popular demand by the quake-hit areas that their loans be written off, he said that the government was currently conducting a study in this connection.
In reply to a question, Aziz said that world agencies, including the United Nations, World Bank and Asian Development Bank were engaged in damages' assessment and a report in this connection is expected late next month.
About fast approaching winter and snowfall in mountainous areas, he said that as many as 0.3 million winterised tents would be made available by end of November.
In this context, he pointed out that tents besides being locally manufactured would be arriving from a number of countries, including Saudi Arabia while Turkey had promised to send one million blankets soon.
He said that for prompt delivery of goods, an air bridge from Jeddah and Islamabad would start operations from Saturday, as promised by Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz.
Shaukat Aziz made another appeal to the people, still living at the top of mountains and hills to come down before the snowfall starts, so that relief could be effectively made available to them.
Prime Minister Aziz said that for smooth delivery of financial aid to the victims, the government had decided to form committees, comprising DCOs, nazims, local MNA, MPA and an army representative.
"These committees will ensure prompt and transparent distribution. Moreover, those who lost their ID cards under the rubble, can also get aid by proving their identity," he remarked.
He said that to cope with harsh weather, some people wanted to build structures on their own for which they would be given assistance.
For provision of shelter, besides winterised tents, he said arrangements were afoot for providing the victims with CGI sheets that were both rain and snow-proof.
Shaukat Aziz, who earlier, met Pakistan Peoples' Party Parliamentarian Vice-Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim, MMA Secretary General Maulana Fazlur Rehman and some other opposition leaders in the National Assembly, said the government believed in dialogue and taking along the opposition on national matters.
About the idea of convening an all parties' conference, he said that the government was in contact with the opposition leaders and awaited their response thereon.
He said Pakistan was grateful to the world community for its timely co-operation and assistance and the noble job being done by the non-governmental organisations.
Aziz said that next, he would organise a conference of NGOs to thank them for their contribution in relief operations.
All educational institutions, he revealed, would be reopened in tents after Eidul Fitr while some schools in tents had already started working.