Migration the only solution for some quake victims

He doesn't know when and where he will make it back to work. All he knows is that it won't be in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir now in ruins from the earthquake.

"I have no idea now what to do but I will never rebuild my house. I will go somewhere else," the 32-year-old said amid sobs.

"How could I live in this vulnerable place in the future? It has already eaten my two sons, a sister and many relatives," he said.

Many of the people in Muzaffarabad and other cities left homeless by the earthquake are planning to leave forever as the trauma is too great and they don't see any future here.

At least 11,000 people died in Muzaffarabad of the more than 38,000 people who perished in Pakistan in the October 8 earthquake. Another 1,300 died in India, which also rules part of Kashmir.

Kiyani said that when the earthquake struck, he at first thought that India had attacked.