Civil Society demands to announce subsidy on supporting devices for PWDs amid Covid 19 outbreak.

ISLAMABAD -- Civil society on Wednesday demanded of the Government to announce subsidy on supporting devices for disabled persons to make them accessible for these deserving persons in Covid 19.

They said that besides government, the private sector should also decrease the rates of these items.

According to them, many such equipment like wheel chair, sticks, listening instruments etc, are much costly and many disabled persons cannot purchase these items despite urgent need.

They suggested that the government should waive off all taxes and announce complete exemption from all duties on import of these products.

Zulqarnain Asghr, a social activist said that people with disabilities need health care to stay well, active, and a part of the community, instead of taking no notice of these people they need special care and attention.

He said that supporting equipments are very important for disable persons to live independent but if they are out of reach for disable person than it means that we are pushing back the disable persons in race of life.

This is irony of situation that in our country a disable...