RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: Federal Commerce Minister Pervez Malik and LCCI President Malik Tahir Javaid on Saturday jointly inaugurated the LABARD Mela-2017 at Ghulam Jilani (Race Course) Park.

More than 5,000 special children belonging to various institutions took part in different activities at the mela. The basic aim of holding this programme is to encourage disabled persons and make them useful citizens of the society.

Federal Commerce Minister Pervez Malik, who is also president of LABARD, said that bright future is the destiny of nations that look after the distressed segments of the society enabling them to play their part in economic building of the country.

He expressed pleasure that the Lahore businessmen are fulfilling their social corporate responsibility by ensuring that all disabled children of the city are provided proper education and vocational training so that they could join the main stream economic activities.

While appreciating the LCCI role in making the event a big success, Federal Minister said that the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry is also extending every help to the Lahore Businessmen Association for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons as they are an important segment of the society and their active participation is necessary for country’s development.

LCCI President Malik Tahir Javaid said that it is duty of every citizen to play his role for the betterment of the society. They said that over 10 percent population of all the developing countries consists of disabled persons that need to be taken care of by the rest of the 90 percent in the larger interests of the whole society. He said that everyone should cooperate with organizations like LABARD as around 200,000 physically challenged people are waiting for help in the suburbs of Lahore. He suggested that the frequency of the LABARD Mela should be increases and should be arranged twice a year.