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Disabled Persons Employment, rehabilitation (Amendment) Bill approved by National Assembly body

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National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat has unanimously approved “The Disabled Persons Employment and Rehabilitation (Amendment) Bill, 2014” to facilitate the disabled in government and private sector jobs. The committee meeting was held with Asad Umar in the chair at Parliament House on Tuesday. It said that the bill is aimed at making physical […]


State protection: Senate body to discuss bill on unattended orphans

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ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel will take up on Monday a bill that seeks to provide protection and welfare to unattended orphans. Introduced by PPP Senator Karim Ahmed Khawaja, The Unattended Orphans (Rehabilitation and Welfare) Bill, 2013, remained dormant till the Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani gave a ruling in its favour some time back. Senator […]


Mentors planned for special persons

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LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday approved appointment of mentors at tehsil level for the guidance of special persons. The chief minister chaired a meeting that approved various measures for the welfare of special persons. “The provincial government has taken various steps for the welfare of such people. Special persons deserve special treatment. Their […]


Call for rehabilitation of displaced communities

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KARACHI: Alan Moore, famed graphic novelist of V for Vendetta, said through his main protagonist V, that “ideas are bulletproof”. This motto is very much applicable to the life of Perween Rahman, director of the Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) who was gunned down in March 2013 while fighting against the status quo bent on usurping […]