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ISLAMABAD: A rights-based organisation working for differently-abled people has welcomed the 2018 manifesto of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) for committing to empower the differently-abled and called upon other parties to follow the suit.
In a statement released Wednesday, Potohar Mental Health Association (PMHA) extended its heartfelt gratitude to PPP leadership for dedicating a significant portion of its 2018 manifesto to people living with handicaps. The manifesto calls for reviewing legislation about differently-abled people, besides ensuring their political and electoral participation.
Though several political parties have disability wings none of the other parties mentioned them in their manifestos.
Political participation of disabled people urged
“This is the first time in the history of Pakistan that any political party has made such a comprehensive commitment for specially abled people”, noted PMHA Chief Executive Zulqurnain Asghar. He further added that a lot still needs to be done to translate words into actions.
The organisation also called upon other parties especially the mainstream parties such as Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to include the rights differently-abled people in their manifestos. These parties have yet to announce their manifestos.
This way, PMHA hoped that this will ensure a broad-based political agreement towards mainstreaming the specially abled.
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