Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159) - Pakistan (Ratification: 1994)

Promotion of employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. The Committee notes the remarks made by the Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) in the comments forwarded to the Government in August 2010. PWF indicates that the vocational education and training facilities allocated by the State to the rehabilitation of workers with disabilities are very meagre. PWF also suggests that the Government should allocate more quotas for the employment of persons with disabilities in the public and private sectors so that they can be rehabilitated and obtain gainful employment after receiving vocational education and training. The Committee recalls its 2005 and 2009 direct requests and again asks the Government to provide information on measures taken in the context of its policy on vocational rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities, both at federal and provincial levels (Articles 3 and 7 of the Convention). The Government is invited to include relevant information on the application of the Convention in practice, particularly on the activities of the National Council for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (NCRDP) (Part V of the report form).

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2011.]