RAWALPINDI: Around 142 disabled people have been recruited in the government and private departments to provide them with an opportunity to earn a livelihood.
Chairing a meeting to review the process of recruitment of the disabled, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Talat Mehmood Gondal said that the Punjab government was providing adequate facilities to the disabled. He directed the officials to ensure that they get their salaries in time.
He said that the data collection on vacant positions in different departments was on-going.
The coordination officer said that all recruitments were done on merit and the employed have been hired in the sectors of education, agriculture, TMA, health, social welfare, Fatima Jinnah University and Koh-i-Noor Textile Mills.
