Tag: Disabled
Civil society demands increase in educational quota for disabled persons
ISLAMABAD: The civil society here on Thursday demanded the government to increase two per cent reserved educational quota of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) as...
Disabled, aged voters praise ECP measures
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) always remained in the line of fire for not making appropriate arrangements for aged and disabled persons; however,...
Pakistan disabled cricket to begin tri-nation campaign today
KARACHI: Pakistan disabled cricket team will begin it’s Tri-Nation Series campaign from today (Sunday) with a match against host England disabled cricket team in...
Dogs give new life to disabled owners
BIRMINGHAM: Alongside well-groomed canines taking part in beauty contests this week at Britain's Crufts dog show, specially trained Labradors, poodles and cocker spaniels showed...
LHC strikes down disabled, handicapped, other such words from ordinance
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday struck down words such as disabled, physically handicapped and mentally retarded from the Disabled Persons (Employment &...
10,000 aged, special citizens to go for Hajj on special quota
LAHORE: Federal minister for religious affairs and interfaith harmony Sardar Muhammad Yousuf on Thursday said that the aged and disabled citizens will especially be facilitated...
Sindh govt announces increase in job quota for special persons to...
KARACHI: Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister for Social Welfare Shamim Mumtaz on Friday said that Sindh government has enhanced the job quota for special persons...
2,340 disabled recruited in Punjab, LHC told
The Lahore High Court was informed on Friday that 2,340 disabled people were recruited in the provincial and district government departments against posts identified...
Punjab to set up rehab centres for disabled at divisional headquarters
Chief Minister’s Advisor on Health Khawaja Salman Raffique has said that on the instructions of Shehbaz Sharif, nine rehabilitation centres will be established for...
Disabled Nepali woman raped, murdered in India
An intellectually disabled Nepalese woman was savagely raped and murdered before her mutilated body was dumped in a field in northern India, police said...
Contractors, disabled protest outside Bhuttos’ mausoleum
Teachers protest against Ratodero assistant commissioner ‘for withholding salaries’
Two protests demonstrations were held in Garhi Khuda Baksh (GKB) in front of Bhuttos’ mausoleum and...
Forum stresses equal rights for disabled
UNESCO in collaboration with UNICEF organized a National Forum on EFA here on Wednesday aimed at advocating for EFA by stimulating a debate on...
Mamnoon shows love to disabled children
President Mamnoon Hussain has said children with disabilities were as important component of the society as any other person.
While addressing a function in connection...
Disabled child raped, suspect flees
A rape suspect fled after assaulting a disabled 12-year-old girl in the Shadbagh area on Monday.
The parents of the girl, S, had gone to...
Special desk to be established in govt hospitals for the disabled
A special desk would be established in all government hospitals to provide free medical treatment to `Persons with Disabilities’ (PWDs) on priority.
“Special identity cards...
Govt planning over 4,000 jobs for disabled
The government has started work on a policy envisaging allocation of one percent budget, filling of 4,049 quota posts and issuance of special cards...
Disabled students too have a share in CM’s free laptop scheme
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Friday said that free laptops given by the provincial government would also be distributed among the special students...
