Mission to Pakistan
Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore
17 - 23 April 2004
The Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD) sent a mission to Karachi, Islamabad, and Lahore, Pakistan from 17-23 April 2004. In Karachi, the mission had a network meeting with 8 organizations for persons with disabilities to exchange disability-related information and each organizations' activities with APCD.
H.E.Mrs.Nilofer Bakhtiar, Adviser to the Prime Minister, Ministry of Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education
In Islamabad, it was an honour for the mission to meet with H.E. Mrs. Nilofer Bakhtiar, adviser to the Prime Minister, Ministry of Women Development, Social Welfare, and Special Education as the focal point organization. The mission also visited the National Institute of Special Education, National Special Education Center for Visually Handicapped Children, National Institute of Hearing Handicapped, Pakistan Foundation for Fighting Blindness, Al-Maktoom Special Education Center for Visually Impaired Children, Darkshan School for the Blind Girls (Rawalpindi), Hostel for Hearing Impaired Children, and the Sir Syed Deaf Association. In addition, the mission joined the National Seminar on Disability in Islamabad organized by Disabled Peoples' International (DPI) - Pakistan from 21 to 22 April 2004 to present the activities of APCD. During the Seminar, the APCD Information Support team exchanged information with "Special", a Disability Magazine in Pakistan, and were very impressed with their information networking.
APCD Team with representatives of organizations for PWDs in Karachi
The mission visited the Pakistan Independent Living (IL) Center named "Milestone" in Lahore, which is an independent living center established less than one year ago with training courses in Peer Counseling, Personal Attendants, IL Managing as well as Information Services.
