The Pakistan Bait-UL-Mal (PBM) was adopting special measures for the betterment and welfare of people with disabilities across the country and PBM has distributed 55,000 wheelchairs, 5000 artificial limbs to deserving special persons during last 10 years, Managing Director Pakistan Bait-UL Mal Aun Abbas Bappi said.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Dec, 2018 ) :The Pakistan Bait-UL-Mal (PBM) was adopting special measures for the betterment and welfare of people with disabilities across the country and PBM has distributed 55,000 wheelchairs, 5000 artificial limbs to deserving special persons during last 10 years, Managing Director Pakistan Bait-UL Mal Aun Abbas Bappi said.

In connection with the International Day for persons with disabilities, MD PBM talking to private news channel said that it is our moral, social and religious obligation at individual and collective levels to make efforts for the welfare of special persons.

Highlighting the importance of wheelchair in the life of a disabled person, MD said wheelchairs were being provided to special persons for making them useful citizens and to help them performing their routine obligations with ease and comfort.

MD PBM said , the main objective of observing Special Persons' Day was to create awareness about social and economic rights of special persons and make efforts to convert them into useful citizens.

He said efforts to give special persons equal opportunities for progress in all fields of society have been accelerated.

Expressing solidarity with the special persons, he said they should be treated as an opportunity to re-strengthen our commitment for the well-being of special citizens.

He paid tributes to all the courageous and diligent special friends in the country, who defeated their illnesses and made their own ways towards happy and independent life.

Own Abbas said that PTI government realizes the significance of empowering the special persons and taking concrete measures in order to uplift their lives and Pakistan Bait-UL- Mal (PBM), by providing them education, healthcare, self-employment, and accessibility, protecting their social, economical and political rights.

He further highlighted the past government made promises of providing facilities to disabled persons that were never fulfilled. "We are hopeful that Pakistan would soon become a disabled- friendly country." He said that special persons were integral part of the society and urged society to come forward and help them.

MD mentioned today i will also discussed with the parliamentary affairs' minister to raise the problems faced by special persons in the National assembly and give awareness to society for the basic rights of needy on equality.

Criticising the lack of elevators or ramps, He remarked, "Even government offices are not accessible to disabled persons.""They are without ramps and not built in accordance with international standards," he said. "We will try to build new buildings to facilitate disabled persons", he suggested. PBM has also announced to further increased their aid for special persons, if they received any application from any district related to needy persons we will consider their issues on top priority to address.