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People with Disabilities, Pakistan
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
BENEFITS / FACILITIES
ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
Requirements to Avail Benefits
In order to avail benefits provided by the Government, a person with a disability will need to obtain the following documents:
Employment Exchange Card (Sindh only)
Disability Certificate (applicable to all provinces)
Special CNIC (applicable to all provinces)
For further details, refer to the NOWPDP SCNIC brochure or the website:
www.nowpdp.org
Employment
You are entitled to Contact number
2% quota for initial recruitment
10 yrs age relaxation for initial appointment to posts in BPS -15 and Initial Appointment to Civil Posts.
People with physical, visual and hearing disabilities are allowed to sit for Competitive Exams against:
Establishment Division Tel: 051-9208048
1 Visit www.nowpdp.org for list of Federal Special Education Centers under the DGSE.
Education
Contact number
Directorate General of Special Education (DGSE) Tel: 051-9261930, 9261929
Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad. Tel: 051-5476665
Ministry of Education Tel: 051-9206338
You are entitled to Free Primary Education in all Special Education Centers established by the DGSE across the country.1
Visually Impaired students are exempted from payment of admission fee and tuition fee.
Free Education up to Intermediate level for students with disabilities.
Commerce & Trade Groups Pakistan Audit & Accounts Groups Information Group & Postal Group.
In the following manner:
1. Candidates with disabilities (blind, deaf, mute, physically challenged) will be provided an assistive person/device (Writer, Computer, Audio Recorder, Braille) when requested by special students in
application forms.
2. Extra 15 minutes per hour allowed to visually impaired (Blind) candidates.
All persons with disabilities are eligible to appear in competitive exams for the Information department and Postal Services against 2% quota.
Requirements: Disability Certificate
Vocational training and rehabilitation services offered (Requirements: Disability Certificate) in:
Welding
Bench fitting (machinists)
Knitting
Tailoring
Making electrical and electronic equipment attain
Computer training available at government’s computer training institutes.
Federal Public Service Commission Tel: 051-9205075
You are entitled to Contact number
Pakistan Railways Tel: 0429201600
50% discount on fare for blind persons on presentation of certificate verifying applicant as a bona fide blind, from
a registered Medical Practitioner/Head of recognized institutes for the blind.
2 The candidates with disabilities seeking assistance to attempt the examination will appear at Islamabad Centre only. Candidates with disabilities must submit a certificate of disability issued by the competent authority.
Travels
National Training Centre for the Disabled (NTCD) Tel: 051-9234224
You are entitled to Contact number
Mentally & orthopedically handicapped athletes are allowed 40% discount in fare on production of letter/authorization signed by authorized officer of Special Olympics Pakistan or its authorized provincial chapters.
50% discount on all classes (domestic & international flights) for Blind Persons on
presentation of ID card issued by the General Secretary of Pakistan Association of the Blind or submission of
a copy of the certificate indicating applicant ’s name, father’s name, NIC number & that he/she is bona fide blind,
duly signed by a Civil Surgeon with required seal of authority.
25% discount is allowed on market fares to attendants accompanying visually handicapped passengers on all Pakistan (domestic) flights.
Pakistan International Air Lines (PIA) Tel: 021-904-0000
Postal Services
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Literature and sound recorded material (videos) for blind persons are exempted from all postal charges provided that they are sent by or addressed to an officially recognized institute for the blind or by a blind person or addressed to a blind person in accordance with the following conditions:
3 Discount is only applicable to citizens of Pakistan holding Pakistani passport/national identity card. Persons under 18 years of age who do not hold a national identity card must have their latest photograph properly attested by a first class gazetted officer and affixed on the certificate for domestic travel.
Literature for the blind shall be packed in such a way that its contents are sufficiently protected while permitting quick and easy verification.
Pakistan Post Tel: 051-9260016
You are entitled to Contact number
2. Literature for the blind may be placed in a wrapper, on a roller between card board, in open envelopes or
containers which can be easily and safely opened and re-closed, or tied with a string which is easy to unknot.
3. Items shall be allowed to be opened for verification at will.
4. Items shall bear a white label with the symbol/ identification “Cecogram” (Literature for the blind) on the
address side, in the top right hand corner.
5. Weight limited to 7 Kg.
6. The limits of the size of a packet should be within the prescribed parameters .
Custom relaxations on automobiles
You are entitled to Contact number
Duty exemption on locally assembled automatic cars, not more than 1300 cc, are subject to the following conditions
1. Any evidence that the Person with Disability is an Income Tax payee.
2. His monthly income should be not less t han ten thousand (Rs.10,000).
3. Possesses a Disability Certificate.
Ministry of Commerce Tel: 051-9205241
Islamabad Traffic Police (IPT) Tel: 051-9261992
Health
You are entitled to Contact number
Free medical treatment in all Federal Government Hospitals. Requirements: Disability Certificate.
Ministry of Health Tel: 051-9208048
Relevant application form and other information can be obtained from the office of the Deputy Secretary
(Imports) Ministry of Commerce, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
Residence
You are entitled to Contact number
2% quota for purchase of land offered for sale by DHA and CDA, 50% discount on the initial and final payment.
Priority given to government employees with disabilities in allotment of houses (reserved quota in Federal Govt. Employee housing schemes).
Capital Development Authority (CDA), Islamabad Tel: 051-2828390
Ministry of Housing and Works Tel: 051-9217155
Financial Assistance
You are entitled to Contact number
Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal Tel: 051-9250461-4
Rs. 25,000 per annum available for families with two or more than two children with disabilities.
A monthly payment of Rs.1,000 per family under the Benazir Income Support Program per annum available for families with one child with disabilities Requirements : Application form, Copy of CNIC, A picture displaying the person’s disability, Disability certificate.
Assistive Devices
Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal Tel: 051-9250461-4
Staff Welfare Organization (Establishment Division) Tel: 051-9208048
You are entitled to Contact number
Assistive devices, such as wheel chair, white cane, and hearing aid, are provided by Bait-ul-Mal free of cost. Requirements :
Same as those when applying for financial assistance Artificial limbs and Prosthetics are available free of cost. Requirements :
Disability Certificate.
CUSTOM RELAXATIONS
The Federal Board of Revenue has allowed custom relaxations in terms of waiving of import duties on the following items relating to Persons with Disabilities:
Rs.10,000
1. Wheel chairs
2. Artificial human parts
3. Hearing aids (all types and kinds)
4. Hearing assessment equipment:
Audiometers
ABR
Ota acoustic emission
5. Cochlear implant system.
6. Associated devices & materials
Hearing aid batteries # 675, 13, 10, 5, 312
2 pin & 3 pin cords Earl mould material Soft/hard mold fabrication material Ear impression taking
materials Manufacturing equipment related (i-v) items.
7. Hearing impairment/deaf related:
Printed material Software
8. Programming software & hardware
9. Items used for rehabilitation of blind persons Sixer & eighter for Braille writing Perkins brailler machine
4/6/9/27/36 Liner frames Braille board for alphabet writing White cane
Abacus frames (maths)
Mathematics slates for blind Thermoform duplicating machine
Manila paper for duplication
Every card for brail writing Magnifier glasses for low vision
Brail printing press.
SPECIAL INITIATIVES BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
Education
You are entitled to Contact number
Special Education Centers,
Provincial Government of Punjab Tel:042-2930323
Free education in all Special Education
Centers established under the Provincial Governments
Free Text books
Free Braille books in Urdu and English
Free Uniform
Free Food for children admitted to hostels of all Special Education Institutions.
Free pack of milk 250ml daily.
Free Pick and Drop facility.
Free hearing aids for children admitted to Special Education Centers Free Wheel chairs Computer cards
Education Department, Punjab. Tel: 042-9219329
Provision of three specially designed buses for children with wheel chairs.
Grant of financial stipend per month to each child Grant of special allowance to teaching and non-teaching staff of special education institutions equivalent to the initial pay scale.
2% quota for the special children in the general educational institutions.
Financial and technical assistance to the NGOs engaged in the education, welfare and rehabilitant of Persons with Disability.
Option for blind students to use Braille machines during examinations conducted by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education across the province of Punjab.
Employment
Planning & Development Dept, Government of Punjab. Tel : 042-9213584
You are entitled to Contact number
2% to 5% quota in the employment of Persons with Disabilities
Free Legal Counsel from the Legal Rights Forum NOWPDP in partnership with the Legal Rights Forum has worked to ensure that any person with a disability is eligible for free legal counsel and representation by a member of the Legal Rights Forum.
To avail this, please call the Legal Rights Forum on: 021 708 2658
Disclaimer
NOWPDP has made every effort to ensure that the information contained in this leaflet is correct and up to date. However, NOWPDP will not accept liability for any loss or damage or inconvenience arising as a consequence of any use of or the inability to use any information contained in this leaflet. Persons who use this leaflet and rely on any information contained therein do so at their own risk.