Punjab Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Khalil Tahir Sandhu Sunday said that it is our moral, social and religious obligation at individual and collective levels to make efforts for the welfare of special persons.
The minister said that the main objective of observing Special Persons’ Day was to create awareness about social and economic rights of special persons and make efforts to convert them into useful citizens. He said efforts to give special persons equal opportunities for progress in all fields of society have been accelerated. He said the Punjab government was working on a comprehensive programme for welfare of special persons.
He said jobs quota for special persons has been increased from two to three per cent, total 1,550 government jobs have been given to the blind persons, special persons have been given 10-year relaxation in upper age limit, under the Punjab Bait-ul-Maal, 10 per cent quota has been earmarked for the special persons and more than 13,000 blind people have been given Khidmat Cards from the Social Welfare Department.
