KARACHI: City administrator Laeeq Ahmed on Sunday said that there were over 900,000 differently abled persons in Sindh and there were only around 30 government centres for them which were not sufficient enoungh.

He said that these people were not ‘disabled’ but differently able, adding that measures should be taken to make full use of their capabilities.

Addressing at a programme as the chief guest at Faizan Rehabilitation Centre under Dawat-i-Islami, he said that there were 3.2 million special citizens in Pak­istan and 900,000 in Sindh.

Director general of parks and horticulture Taha Saleem, Dawat-i-Isla­mi’s Abdul Habib, Muh­ammad Yaq­­oob Attari, Yahya Attari, Tariq Mustafa, members of civil society and others were also present on the occasion.

The centre was established at Sharea Faisal under Faizan Relief Global Foundation where special children up to eight years were focused. The administrator said that more institutions should also be established for differently able people. “There is two per cent quota for differently able people in government institutions and the same should be implemented.”

The administrator said that it was responsibility of all of us to take measures to make full use of their abilities so that they could play their part for development of the country.

He said that Faizan Rehabilitation Centre was focusing the differently able children which was a welcome sign.

Dawat-i-Islami’s Abdul Haseeb said that the purpose of FRC was to bring back these people towards normal life.

Published in Dawn, March 1st, 2021