First lady announces training project for differently-abled

Pakistan's first lady Dr Samina Alvi has announced that a British agency has designed a vocational and technical training project for differently-abled persons to make them a capable part of society.

Speaking to the members of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry on Saturday, she said the government was striving to make the process of the acquisition of the identity cards easier for the differently-abled.

She further said that she had met the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan and presidents of other banks with Pakistan President Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi before the coronavirus outbreak and they had assured her of the construction of ramps in banks across Pakistan.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 3^rd, 2021.