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September 28, 2005
from DAWN
The following news is downloaded from DAWN, Pakistan's most widely
circulated English language newspaper.
Ministry asked to issue driving licences to the disabled
By A Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Minister for Social Welfare and Special Education
Zobaida Jalal on Monday asked the Ministry of Interior to issue driving
licences to the special persons in order to bring them on a par with normal
people.
She was speaking at the concluding ceremony of a five-day regional seminar
on Capacity Building of Self Help Organizations of Persons with Disabilities
organised by the ministry in collaboration with the World Bank (WB), Japan
International Cooperative Agency (JICA) and Asia Pacific Development Centre
on Disabilities (APDCD) here.
The minister said the disabled were deprived of licences on the premise that
they could not control while driving but The disabled are more balanced than
the normal ones due to their commitment to and concentration on their work
She said the special persons had been exempted from car duties and were now
given the right to sell a car on duty-free basis but unfortunately they had
no right to drive their own car. We are in contact with the interior
ministry to award them driving licences.
Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro, Minister for Religious Affairs Ijazul
Haq and representatives of WB and JICA were also present on the occasion.
Ms Jalal said the two percent allocated job quota for the disabled had not
been implemented in real terms in different institutions and for this
purpose special monitoring teams would be introduced to ensure whether or
not they were properly appointed in the government institutions.
For special persons, she said corporate sectors were also informed of
absorbing them in jobs on the basis of their professional terms. National
Action Plan has been approved by the government and is being finalised in
consultation with all the stakeholders, which would bring a revolution in
the living standard of special persons, she added.
She said the provincial governments were also making efforts to meet the
requirements of persons with disabilities at the grass-roots level.
Commenting on the recommendations made by the participants of the seminar,
Mr Soomro said it would be addressed in parliament on priority basis because
special persons had waited a lot for the solution of their problems.
Posted by jicafriends at September 28, 2005 12:00 PM
Comments
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Posted by: carlos kaiser at September 28, 2005 10:42 PM