Saturday, August 21, 2010

NODMC TO ENSURE TRANSPARENT UTILIZATION OF RELIEF FUND: PM

LAHORE, Aug 21: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that National Oversight Disaster Management Council (NODMC) would ensure the transparent utilization of funds to be received as foreign aids and Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.Talking to mediamen in a meeting held at Prime Minister’s House here on Saturday, he said provinces were not agreed to the centralization of funds so the proposal of Mian Nawaz Sharif regarding a commission was not applicable.He said it was suggested that two impartial personalities having good fame from each province would be inducted in the NODMC, while some names would be presented  by the federal government to form the NODMC.Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani thanked several countries for their help in relief work and said the world had full confidence in the PPP-led government.
Mentioning four important phases of relief work, he said rescue work was in process in flood-hit areas which was the first and most important, while the second important thing was provision of tents, mats, food and shelter from epidemics to the affectees.
In third phase the government would work for the rehabilitation of the affected people, he said and added that Rs 20,000 would be provided to each family before Eid for which provinces would share 50 percent.
The Premier said that, in last phase, affected people would be registered with the collaboration of NADRA, UNHCR and ministry of Social welfare and these departments would register total loss of livestock, crops and others by ensuring the real figures.
To a question, he said that tremendous response was received from foreign countries regarding aids, adding all countries including USA, UNO, EU, NATO, Germany, Australia, Afghanistan, Japan and India had positively responded.
He said that people of Pakistan were also giving heavy donations while an amount of Rs 1.58 billion had been received directly through cheques.
He said it was time to unite the nation and the matters should not be politicised.
He assured the nation that the government would utilise all its resources to rehabilitate the flood affected people.
He condemned the murder of two brothers by the mob in the presence of police in Sialkot and expressed his grief and sorrow over the incident.
To a question, he said Pakistan wanted a stable Afghanistan and did not interfere in its internal affairs. 

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