Special persons brave smog, rain to continue sit-in
(WorldNews Pakistan)

LAHORE : Visually-impaired persons are sitting on The Mall. It is nearly two weeks now that they are braving smog and rain. They want government’s attention. Their demand is not just regularisation of daily wagers and jobs for the unemployed, but they want the government to take into consideration their needs as special people. The Social Welfare Department is under fire for not doing anything for the visually impaired when the budget for the welfare of the disabled which was Rs4 b, was doubled by the last chief minister in 2017, they say. There is no rehabilitation centre for the visually impaired in Punjab. They demand induction of the visually impaired people as telephone operators,...