He was talking to newsmen in Islamabad on Friday evening after visiting patients relief camp established by the Capital Development Authority at Sports Complex in collaboration with an NGO Bali Medical Care. Begum Sahiba also accompanied Shaukat Aziz.
The Prime Minister, who met affected people during his day long visit to Muzaffarabad and Bagh, said affectees are quite satisfactory with the scheme being implemented to enable them to repair or reconstruct their houses with financial assistance of twenty-five thousand rupees. He said most of the people are not ready to leave their ancestral lands and want to rebuild their houses at old sites.
The Prime Minister said the governments of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir have been directed to ensure supply of food to the affected people. The resources for the purpose would be provided by the Federal Government but the two governments will have to manage it in close co-operation with elected representatives of areas.
Shaukat Aziz said construction activity in the affected areas would gain momentum during the next few months.
To a question he said the world community has already pledged over two billion dollars worth of assistance and the situation would further improve following donors conference to be held on November 19.
Earlier, addressing children, patients and their relatives at the camp, the Prime Minister said Turkey and Britain have been
approached for provision of state of the art technology for local development of artificial limbs. He said the government would provide all necessary resources to ensure that quake victims again lead a normal life.
Shaukat Aziz said during his visits to camps of the affectees in Muzaffarabad and Bagh, he was impressed to see the spirit of sacrifice of the people. He pointed out that people representing all segments of the society including political leaders and workers and artists spent their Eid day with people in distress.