KHYBER
To address problems of special persons, a Kuli Kachehri was organized in tehsil Bara on Tuesday.
Besides Additional Deputy Commissioner Khyber, Nauman Ali Shah, Assistant Commissioner, Bara Shahabuddin Deputy Superintendent Police, Bara Circle Swalzer Khan, Dr Alamgir of Health Department, Education Officer Sher Zaman, representatives of Social Welfare, WAPDA, Rescue 1122, NADRA etc. and number of disabled persons were among the participants of the open court.
Speaking on the occasion Nauman Ali Shah said that the special persons were the significant part of our society and efforts would be made to provide equal opportunities to the persons with disabilities so that they can lead productive and dignified lives.
The incumbent was serious about working for the welfare and betterment of the special persons, and that was the reason that the Kuli Kachehri was initiated to appraise their miseries, he added.
He maintained that the district administration will adopt concrete steps to remove a sense of deprivation among the disabled persons in Khyber.
Earlier, the persons with disabilities expressed their regret and said that the officials of the educational department posted disabled teachers deliberately in remote areas, which was unfair to them.
They complain that instead of facilitating them in NADRA offices, the special persons were intentionally put in waiting for hours standing in lines to get important documents from the offices.
Persons with disabilities questioned the performance of the Social Welfare Department and said that in place of assisting poor disabled people, the officials distributed the funds, reserved for them among their dear and near ones.
They also demanded of the government to include disabled persons in Benazir Income Support Program (BISP).
