KARACHI: Special Assistant to CM Sindh on Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Syed Qasim Naveed Qamar has said that the provincial government is ensuring special seats in all means of transport for persons with disabilities and allotting them parking space exclusively at all public places. These spaces shall be nearest to that particular place.
He stated this while presiding over a meeting in his office here on Monday. Secretary DEPD Khalid Chachar, Additional Secretary Abu Bakar Madni, Deputy Secretary Shahzaib Shaikh and other officers also attended the meeting.
The meeting was informed that in this regard, a letter had been sent to Secretaries Transport and Local Government and other relevant Head of the departments, asking them to ensure implementation of ‘ Sindh Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2018’ in letter and spirit.
Syed Qasim Naveed Qamar said, “The aim of Sindh Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2018 is to facilitate the special persons and to empower them so that they may perform their routine work smoothly.”
He said that we were also ensuring ramps and special washrooms in buildings and shopping malls and no NOC of new building will be issued unless it has ramps and special washrooms for special persons.
The Special Assistant to CM Sindh was of the opinion that it was our prime responsibility to facilitate special persons in order to make them a useful citizen of the society. He assured that Sindh government was committed to provide relief to special persons at all levels and for the purpose we also needed the cooperation of other stakeholders.
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