Staff Reporters
Islamabad/Peshawar
National Book Foundation (NBF) is providing braille books to the blind persons almost free of cost across the country. Talking to, Managing Director National Book Foundation (NBF) Qaisar Alam on Thursday said that workshops and seminars would be organized to make people aware of the problems of the visually impaired persons.
He said that for blind people braille is the path to becoming literate yet an astonishing adding that 90% of blind children are not learning braille in school. He said that NBF has planned to extend their facilities for visually impaired to make access of book reading easy to them.
He said that the National Book Foundation is working hard for the promotion of book culture in Pakistan and will take steps to improve the system of Braille books in particular. He said that NBF has the honor of publishing the urdu translation of the Quran in Braille. The Braille books include the Holy Quraan with Urdu translation of Bang-e-Dara, Bal-e-Jabriel along with 108 other publications of national importance.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has released Rs. 40.3 millions to newly approved Braille printing press to facilitate blind people across the province. The Braille printer is an impact device that creates tactile dots on heavy paper, making written documents accessible to blind individuals. The Braille printing press will be established at government Institute for Blind Peshawar.
Minister for Social Welfare, Dr. Hisham Inamullah Khan said that government was utilizing all available resources to ensure quality and modern education facilities to physically challenged people.
