As you be familiar with all that 5th July each year has been declared National day of People with Disabilities in Pakistan by Civil Society Organization because 5th July is ratification and endorsement date of CRPD and it will remind each year to Government for implementation of CRPD (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities). First National day of People with disabilities approaching fast and we need to decide theme for this year. Proposed theme for National day 2012 is “Bring your words in Action”. Many Disability organizations already planned to celebrate the day. How may we celebrate the day unitedly? We hope very positive suggestions and actions will be proposed. Looking forward hearing from you all disabled persons. Each year many disabled people organizations of Pakistan will celebrate the National day of People with Disabilities 5th July each year to remind the Government that it was ratified UN CRPD on the date. In this way each year activities will be carried out especially for the implementation of UN CRPD at national level.

Many Persons with Disabilities Organizations of Pakistan is appealing all the stake holders, friends, colleagues, partners and members please celebrate the day of ratification as National Day of People with Disabilities. Same time, numerous Persons with Disabilities Organizations of Pakistan is appealing the Government of Pakistan to announce 5th July as National Day of people with disabilities. For this call Many Persons with Disabilities Organizations of responded immediately and held a press conference at Lahore Press Club and announced 5th July as National Day of People with Disabilities.

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Karachi – 17th April, 2012: Synergy Advertising was recently presented with the Best Magazine AD Category Award for the Year 2011 at the 22nd Annual APNS Awards ceremony held in Islamabad.

“This is certainly an honour and a great tribute to the collective efforts of everyone at our agency. Other than the obvious and outstanding creative achievements; our performance, our capabilities and our overall output for all our clients is consistently impressive, remarkable and we hope to achieve even greater success in future,” said Ali Mandviwalla, Chief Operating Officer, Synergy Group. There were a variety of entries submitted for the year 2011 from all over the country by different ad agencies but the Shangrila’s Yahan Hai campaign was evaluated and judged as the most excellent in its entry category by a panel of renowned professionals. Awards were presented by the APNS, a premier body of newspapers publishers in Pakistan that aspire to honour creative brilliance and best practices in advertising industry. The APNS Awards has grown into the country’s most respected and prestigious advertising competition, tailored for the manufacturing and service industry.

Speaking about the achievement and success, Ahmed Kapadia, MD Synergy Group said, “I am extremely proud of my team. It is exciting to see them get recognized for the wonderful work they have done. Such recognitions prove that Synergy Advertising adheres to its philosophy of achieving more by utilising creative synergy which leads to fresh ideas and pragmatic, realistic approach contributing to results par excellence! It has really been an outstanding year for us and we will continue to channelize our efforts to cross new frontiers in time to come.”  

Synergy Advertising has a proven track record of creative excellence for in excess of a decade. Through its continuous ground-breaking approach in the field of advertising and creativity, Synergy has been highly successful, flourishing in creating a unique position for itself as an innovative brand partner that believes in developing a complicated relationship with the brand to get outcomes, results. 

Source by: Synergy Group & Syntax Communications!

There are estimated to be 1 billion disabled people across the world. Disability doesn’t feature specifically in the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals), but many activists say lack of provision for the disabled is holding back development progress. Sorrowfully, despite a very few positive action and steps by the government, there are no policies or laws regarding disabled people, and the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities has not been fully implemented so far. There are so many issues to address. It is very difficult the various barriers which have been facing by the disabled people so in all these contexts, because of architectural barriers, social barriers, cultural barriers, attitudinal barriers, all of which force us to live completely isolate from society. These are challenges we had in the past, and that we still have. Not much has changed, unfortunately. 

The SAARC should push their governments to fulfill the commitment made under the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and other human rights conventions. In terms of financial support, education, employment etc, there should be conditions that SAARC and civil society organizations will not be granted funds if their projects don’t consider disability. The SAARC should also build the capacity of disabled people by funding their projects. The SAARC should support education with its know-how in the field education and especially in the field of technology, especially technology that helps people living with disabilities. Social awareness, access to basic rights such as health, public transportation and employment, are still massive challenges. And access to education is still a right that is not available in most parts of the SAARC member countries. 

Welfare programme to improve opportunities in areas of education, health, employment and housing. Because, otherwise, people with disabilities remain a financial burden to their family. Nothing will stop us. We’re only asking for the rights of our brothers and sisters to be respected, and for government discrimination to end. Our dignity has no price, and our rights are not negotiable. Life is difficult for the disabled in SAARC member countries; we are frequently turned away from public transport. Roads, buildings and other infrastructure are not disabled-friendly. But perhaps the major predicament or problem is the social stigma towards disability. Habitually, parents of disabled children do not send them to school and end up confining them to their home. The SAARC and international community should recognize disabled people as the authentic, real voice that should speak the pace at which things are done. They should also direct their attention to working with disabled people’s organizations on the ground. 

The official website of Ministry of social welfare and special education of Pakistan is now inactive. This notification is issued on the official website of Ministry of social welfare and special education. (This ministry has been devolved as per Federal Government. This means that the government is not serious about the welfare of disabled persons. Why to celebrate International day of disability. What is the advantage of Ratifications and Signatories of the Convention for Person with disabilities by the United Nations? That’s why People in Pakistan because of such government actions they talk about change. I extremely request to the Government of Pakistan please take a useful and concrete steps for the betterment of disabled person. It is the single largest minority faction looking for employment in today’s market. Several organizations in Europe, Japan and US have benefited by recruiting people with disabilities for many years but unfortunately, because of lack of awareness it is not the case in SAARC member countries. Employers, because of be deficient in of knowledge on disability, don’t think about them appropriate for the field and office work. On the other hand social customs confine disabled people to come out and explore their prospective and potential. 

There are a few disabled people in SAARC member countries who are educated but even they too deprived from their basic rights especially employment opportunities. Because of this ignorance from the government and private sector adult disabled people have been overage and now there is no employment for them. What about them what a government think for their future if government and private sector will not provide us suitable employment then what is our future in this country. There is a special arrangement for the disabled people especially in Europe and United States. I extremely request to the SAARC member countries please take concrete and serious step for the betterment of all disabled people and especially educated adult disabled persons. 

(I need more comments especially comments and views of all Disabled persons of SAARC member countries).

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Breakfast in Peshawar: One night (recent times in 2012 April) my uncle (Anees-Arbab)-(my mother brother) and my cousin (Kako-Khan) and I decided that we would not sleep all night and will be gossip all night. We talk about Islam and old times all night. Meanwhile, the morning sun appeared. My cousin took out the car from the garage. And we all sat in the car early in the morning and we went towards the internal and old city of Peshawar (sadar-bazaar-Ander Shehr). Old city of Peshawar is very famous for Morning breakfast. Different types and a variety of bread from the traditional oven (Tandoor) are available in early morning in Peshawar city. There are about fifteen types of bread available for breakfast in Peshawar city. There is Lengthy bread, Roghni Naan, Naan with Til (Sesame seeds), Qeema Paratha (mince meat bread), Pickle bread, Afghani Roti Taftaan and so on. My uncle (Mother Brother) had prepared the tea. We have started with Roghni naan and Namkeen Cholay (Salted chickpeas). We had breakfast with a lot of fun and excitement. The man who is expert in making of this traditional bread. The man standing in the picture cooked this traditional bread with great skill. In the picture you the red pudding better known Halwa is very tasty and sweet in eating with these breads. People like these kinds of traditional bread very much. Video! click this video.

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Allama Iqbal is the best known for his poetic works, including Asrar-e-Khudi which brought knighthood- Rumuz-e-Bekhudi, and the Bang-e-Dara, with its enduring patriotic song Tarana-e-Hind. Bang-e-Dara, Baal Jabreel, Zarb-e-Kaleem and Payam-e-Mashriq are his great books. The great philosopher, idealistic and one of the most prominent leaders of the All India Muslim League, Allama Iqbal is also famous for his 1930 address in Allahabad that encouraged creation of a “state in north-western India for Muslims.” Experts and scholars believe that in prevailing situation, following the philosophy and teachings of Allama Mohammad Iqbal in letter and spirit and rising above linguistic, ethnic, religious and sectarian differences would play a self-motivated and dynamic role in progress and prosperity of the country.