LAHORE:Provincial Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Ejaz Alam Augustine has said that special persons are an important part of our society and protection of their rights is a collective social responsibility.
These views were expressed by him while attending a function about special persons, here on Friday.
Ejaz Alam said the government had set up five new special education centres while the ‘Hamqadam’ programme would be a milestone for the financial support of special persons. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government took numerous steps for betterment and rehabilitation of special persons, adding that the budget for education of special children was increased by 36 per cent, he said.