The issues pertaining to the visually impaired persons must be resolved immediately and utmost care should be taken by providing them food and other facilities on priority basis, said Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif while constituting a committee Tuesday comprising ministers concerned, assembly members and officers and issued instructions to resolve the matter relating to the impaired amicably as per law.
Provincial ministers Col (r) Shuja Khanzada, Asif Saeed Manhais, Haroon Sultan Bukhari, Punjab Assembly members Rana Sanaullah, Zaeem Qadri, Saba Sadiq, chief secretary, additional chief secretary, Lahore Division commissioner and officers concerned were present. The meeting reviewed in detail the demands of the visually impaired.
Addressing the meeting, Shahbaz said that visually impaired deserve special attention and love of the society and their genuine problems will be resolved under the law. He directed the committee that the demands and problems of the blind persons be given a sympathetic consideration and they should be saved from inconvenience. He said that the decisions taken in the meeting with a delegation of Pakistan Blind Association are being implemented.
Shahbaz Sharif said that provincial government has adopted an effective strategy for rehabilitation of visually impaired persons and other special persons and decided to increase their job quota from two percent to three percent.
He said that legislation is being made in this regard. He said that centres for rehabilitation of special persons have been set up throughout the province and huge funds are being spent on education and training of special children.
