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| Govt turned earthquake into opportunity, says Musharraf |
| 2007-10-09 |
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that the government had converted the challenge posed by the earthquake in 2005 into an opportunity by rebuilding the lives of earthquake-affected people along modern lines in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the NWFP.
| Musharraf said the United Nations and other international organisations had termed PakistanÂ’s efforts for the reconstruction of quake-devastated areas better than efforts carried out in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the US. | Talking to reporters after inaugurating Jalalabad Park in Muzaffarabad, the president said better houses, state-of-the-art infrastructure, including road networks, healthcare facilities and educational institutions, were being built in the quake-affected areas.
President General Pervez Musharraf said the United Nations and other international organisations had termed PakistanÂ’s efforts for the reconstruction of quake-devastated areas better than efforts carried out in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the US and the Tsunami disaster that hit South and Southeast Asia. |
| Posted by:Fred |