Hearing, speech impaired persons to get driving licences

Prominently visible stickers to be provided to vehicles of special needs persons for three months

RAWALPINDI:

For the first time in Pakistan, the process of issuing driving licences to speech and hearing-impaired persons has started from the protection centre of the Rawalpindi Police.

Initially, prominently visible stickers will be provided to the vehicles and bikes of special needs people for three months. The Punjab IGP will issue driving licences to speech and hearing-impaired persons.

In-charge Protection Centre, ASP Anum Sher, told The Express Tribune that the speech and hearing persons were already driving their cars and bikes but neither were they provided driving licences nor were there any prominent marks on their vehicles which showed that the person driving the vehicle was suffering from a speech or hearing disorder.

“We selected more than 10 students with the help of a local NGO who will take training on traffic rules in the protection centre,” she said and added that the lectures would be imparted in sign language. “We will issue blue stickers for the vehicles or bikes of the special people.”

 

Published in The Express Tribune, May 9^th, 2023.