National Deaf Cricket Championship 2013 starts at Sabza Zar

Lahore: Provincial Minister for Special Education, Asif Saeed Manhis has said that uplift of the country can be ensured by benefiting from the abilities of special persons. He said that special persons are part of society and government is taking exemplary steps for making them peaceful citizen of the country. He said that special persons are being encouraged in every sector of life. He said that care and look after of special persons is our religious, moral and national responsibility. Government is fully implementing on quota of special persons in government jobs, he added.

He expressed these views while addressing inaugural ceremony of 7-day National Deaf Cricket Championship 2013 under the aegis of Pakistan Deaf Cricket Association at Sabzazar Stadium Sabzazar, here today.

Member National Assembly Mehr Ishtiaq, Intikhab Alam, other office-bearers of Pakistan Cricket Board, President National Deaf Cricket Championship Abdul Salam, Manager Zaheer-ud-Din, 32 teams of deaf players from all over the country, persons belonging to different walks of life, socio-political personalities and a large number of people of the area was present on the occasion.

Asif Saeed Manhis while announcing the initiation of championship inaugurated it formally. Addressing on the occasion, he congratulated the organizers for gathering cricket teams of special deaf persons and providing them opportunity of displaying their capabilities. He said that government is making efforts for the encouragement of talent of special persons at every level and providing them opportunity of playing their role in the national development.

He said that Pakistan blind cricket team showed outstanding performance and won world cup. He said that present government is striving hard to provide all possible facilities of the life including curricular and co-curricular activities to them. He said that instead of hiding special persons, the parents should contact Special Education Department for making their special children useful citizen of the society. He stressed upon holding deaf championship 2013 as well as such tournaments and championships in future and also assured the cooperation of the government in his regard.

Special children also presented national songs on the occasion.