The Punjab government has increased the job quota for differently-abled people from two to three per cent
LAHORE: It is shocking that according to the 1998 census, the total differently-abled population in the country was counted to be at 2.38%, while the same constituted for only 0.48% of the population in the census of 2017, as reported in the media.
Moreover, while the aforementioned figures are far from reality, the employment quota for provinces reflects a further disappointing picture. However, the Punjab government has increased the job quota for differently-abled people from two to three per cent and similar demands have been put forward from the K-P province. To make differently-abled people an active workforce in the country and contributors to economic growth, the federal government must increase available jobs for them in all the provinces.
Muneer Hashim
Published in The Express Tribune, January 17th, 2018.
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