Care of special persons stressed

LAHORE:Punjab University (PU) Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Saleem Mazhar has called upon the need to provide special facilities to the special persons and said that those persons were actually disabled who did not take care of special persons. He was addressing a national conference on research in special education jointly organised by PU Department of Special Education, Punjab Welfare Trust for Disabled, Ghazali Education Trust and Christian Blind Mission (CBM) Pakistan at the auditorium of Law College here on Wednesday.

Special Education Secretary Syed Javed Iqbal Bukhari, Faculty of Education Dean Prof Dr Abid Hussain Chaudhry, Department of Special Education Chairperson Dr Humaira Banu, CBM Country Director Farah Naz, Dr Maria Sohaib Qureshi, experts from various institutions, faculty members and a large number of students participated in the conference.

Syed Javed Iqbal Bukhari said, “It is our religious obligation to meet and take care of the needs of special persons. We should get their prayers by serving them as they are very innocent persons.” He said students should play role to create awareness among people about special persons.

Prof Dr Abid Hussain Chaudhry lauded the efforts of the conference organisers and said that the department was working for raising the living standard of special persons. Dr Humaira Banu said the department was producing such teachers who could highlight the abilities of special persons and make them useful citizens in society.