MUZAFFARABAD (PID) The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi has assured that the government of Azad Kashmir will use all its resources to provide basic amenities of life in the residential colonies as well as the provision of housing facilities to the refugees residing in Pakistan.
He was addressing a high level meeting to discuss the issues of Kashmir refugees living in Pakistan here on Sunday.
It was decided in the meeting that the issues of refugees would be brought before the federal and provincial governments and would take practical steps to resolve the issues of residential colonies of refugees immediately.
Talking to the refugee’s members, Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi said that the refugees are a part of our body and they will not be disappointed.
The Prime Minister said that in order to solve the long standing problems of the refugees, he would personally meet the top federal and provincial officials and make concrete progress on the issues. He said the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan is well aware of the problems of Kashmir refugees and is taking practical steps to solve their problems. The Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has approved a mega project on the proposal of Azad Kashmir government and the foundation stone of this project will be laid soon. Under this project, houses will be constructed for 1300 refugee families.
Local Government Minister Khawaja Farooq Ahmed Deputy Speaker Chaudhry Riaz Gujjar, Finance Minister Abdul Majid, Forest Minister Akmal Sargala, Advisor to the Government Chaudhry Maqbool, Adviser to the Government Akbar Ibrahim, Special Assistant Hafiz Hamid Raza, Member Legislative Assembly Dewan Mohi-ud-Din and Member Assembly Asim Butt. Local Government Minister Khawaja Farooq was also present on the occasion.
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