RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has announced that it will issue ‘Khidmat Cards’ to special persons in need of financial assistance.

In the first phase, only those who are visually impaired will be issued these cards.

This was disclosed by Senior District Officer, Social Welfare Rawalpindi, Mohammad Aslam Maitla in a meeting held here on Monday. The meeting was attended by senior officers of Social Welfare Department.  

Senior District Officer Social Welfare Aslam Maitla said registration centres had been established at DHQ hospital Rawalpindi and all THQ hospitals at every tehsil to facilitate the visually impaired.

In this regard, social welfare department and Baitul Maal Rawalpindi started the registration campaign from Monday.

He said the duration of this registration campaign is three weeks. He requested all visually impaired people to get registered at the nearest registration centre as early as possible.

Published in Dawn, August 25th, 2015

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