KARACHI, Nov 13 (APP):President Dr Arif Alvi while addressing launching ceremony of Boltay Huroof application Saturday said that federal government had introduced schemes in order to financially empower the special persons and women.
However, social behavior needs to be changed to boost up this stratum of the society, he added.
He appreciated the step of making application that will enable visually impaired persons to translate Urdu into Braille language.
He added that stipend of Rs 2000 each for about two million impaired persons had been fixed, whereas , soft loans were being provided to the women.
However, owing to lack of awareness majority of the women could not have profited from the facility. Governor State Bank Raza Baqir and CEO Boltay Huroof Hafiz Sheikh Omer also spoke on the occasion.
