Saudi Arabia to build 10,000 Houses in Quake-hit areas of Pakistan    
By Huma Akbar 'Pakistan Times' Staff Reporter

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia has decided to build 10,000 houses in Azad Kashmir and the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) area, devastated by last October's massive earthquake, Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Ali Awadh Asseri said.

Of them, as many as 5,000 houses would be constructed before the winter will set in, he said after distributing 414 cheques amounting to Rs35 million among handicapped and destitute persons, orphans, and needy, belonging to the quake affected areas.

Asseri said that permission of Pakistani authorities concerned was being sought to start building the houses for those suffering the most.●