Benefits
of Disabled Certificate in Pakistan:
- Fifty
percent concession in Air besides Rail Fare - Provision
of Insurance shield to handicapped persons without guardians otherwise source
of income - Privilege
for micro-credit finance trade for persons with disabilities - Duty-free
import of vehicles for persons with disabilities - Immediate
amendments in building control regulations to ensure easy /special access to physically
challenged persons - Provision
for wheelchair access on streets for disabled people. - Provision
of special parking space for means of transportation in use of persons of disabilities
in all future buildings - Free
medical treatment for physically challenged persons, children, as well as
parents in all government hospitals.
SPECIALCNIC IN PAKISTAN FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
DISABILITYSPECIAL COMPUTERIZED NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD PAKISTAN
Guidelines
for Attainment Disability Certificate also Special Card:
Disability
Certificates:
To
facilitate the Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), the Government of Pakistan has
started issuing special National Identity Cards (NICs) carrying a disability
monogram on it. For attaining special NICs, physically challenged persons have
to go through a medical checkup conducted by a Medical Board at District
Headquarter Hospitals DHQ or Social Welfare Offices, situated in all districts
of Pakistan.
Special
CNIC:
On
getting Disability Certificate from the respective Social Welfare Office, the
candidate will apply for obtaining a special National Identity Card (NIC) at the
NADRA office of his or her respective district. After a week, the NADRA office
will issue the special NIC to the relevant applicant.
Special
NICs Issued:
Giving
physically challenged persons a special identity will ensure they receive their
due rights and will also enable the government to identify people with special
needs besides allocating a specific budget to fulfill these requirements. Possibly
one of the most powerful benefits would be the chance to apply for jobs against
the two percent quota on condition that.
Despite
the good intentions, the process of acquiring the CNIC is difficult and
requires a lengthy process. Applicants have to first get an employment exchange
card, a medical assessment from the medical board at government hospitals like
DHQ, and a disability certificate. Once acquired, all of these have to be permitted
by the social welfare department besides at that time applicants can proceed
forward to apply for the CNIC via NADRA.
To
ensure that these procedures do not obstruct the registration process, disabled
organizations invited concerned officials from various departments to cater to
the process in their office. With this initiative, special people can now
easily obtain their identity cards without having to go through time-consuming
procedures.
We
hope that in the time to come, the disabled in Pakistan may get more
recognition and that concrete steps are taken to cater to their basic needs.
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