Karachi:With concurrence of the Hon’ble Chief Justice High Court Sindh and with the approval of the competent authority i.e., Chief Minister Sindh, Special Courts for persons with disabilities, to try the offences under sub-section (1) of Section 33 of “The Sindh Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Act 2018”, have been established in each district.
Special Assistant to CM Sindh on Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Syed Qasim Naveed Qamar, while terming it a great historical movement, has expressed his hope that the establishment of special courts will help reduce the problems of the special persons and hopefully they will get justice at their door steps.
In a statement issued here on Saturday, he said that his department and the officers of the DEPD did play their due role in establishing special courts and worked hard for the purpose and fully deserved of appreciation.
Syed Qasim Naveed Qamar added, ‘ DEPD has already taken many steps such as issuance of special CNICs and disability certificates to special persons, implementation of five percent job quota for special persons in public and private sector and construction of ramps and special washrooms in public and private buildings for the welfare of special persons’.