In the USA, disabled people are reducing the labor shortages by being employed in remote working conditions. The Wall street Journal Found that in the US over 30% of disabled people are now in remote work. This begs the question if the US, a superpower, can do it why cant the Government of Gilgit Baltistan?

Tech leaders should listen to the voices of disabled people in Gilgit Baltistan, and try to encourage them to be more active in the IT sector.

Introduction

Everyone has a family and community in the sense that people are connected via friendships, blood relations, and professional connections in society. I mean everyone who can talk, walk, and communicate. It is one thing to say, but it is another to implement.

When we remark that the government or the Department of Social Welfare is responsible for caring for the disabled community, it does not mean that each person is not doing it; instead, it is the talk of the whole institution (Webinar).

Detailed Governance issues

The fact that there is conflict begs to differ as to why the GB community does not respect disabled people, as it is very clearly the case. Sorry to say, but multiple factors, such as Stigma and Social Pressure, cause this issue. What is the reason that the community is scared of us? Why are there no proper R&D resources? What is going on here? Recent issue

These are good questions, but they are being asked in the wrong communities. When will there be accountability for these marginalized communities?

Otherwise this by stander effect, allows families to have unrealistic expectations or beliefs about what is considered “normal’ and may attribute disabilities to negative factors which is irrationa, immorall and unscientific

Conclusion

That is why we see families and communities adopting carefree attitudes. A political consensus can not be reached until there is a sociopolitical solution to granting Human rights, individual and social rights to persons with disablities. The state has to take care of the communities

On the 10th of October, the Social Welfare Department of Gilgit Baltistan issued a job vacancy notice, which we received today. This notice should be condemned as it does not include the 3% quota bill for Persons with disabilities.

Content analysis

The job advertisement(s) include

• Data entry operator
• LDC
• Telephone Operator
• Naib Qasid
• Chowkidar
• Sweeper

But what remains a question is how the department defines a  ‘ physically fit ‘ person, which leaves out the characteristics of a disabled person, quite obviously. Despite our engagement with the Social Welfare Department at KIU in June this year, it leaves us questioning them again. KIU Event. This isn’t comforting disabled people as the Social Welfare Department is partly for our needs and our comfort.

It is rather foolish not to include the 3% quota for the Social Welfare Department.

This article is dedicated to those who want a more explicit message of the vision of Team GBGM for Disabled People.

Due to the conventional academic writing style, our content is sometimes like a news report.  Understandably so because it needs to inform the audience irrespective of their values, beliefs, and how they perceive ‘ Persons with Disabilities ‘ in the global society that we live in.  Perhaps our website’s aims and vision section is ‘ management talk.’ Our aims,  rather than thoroughly detailing the methods that will use and what we want to see in our society, Gilgit Baltistan, for Persons with Disabilities as a result of our efforts. What is our vision?

Setting the targets

Keeping in mind that most people want to get information very quickly, the vision for the next five years of GBGM is

• Gilgit Baltistan’s Goodwill Movement will actively seek employment opportunities for as many of our current students as possible.

•        Provide future training for another batch of Persons with Disabilities so that they can make a livelihood for themselves.

• Continue work on Skills development Projects and advocacy for Persons With Disabilities.

• Work with the GB government on Skills development and advocacy initiatives.

• To Continue our IT, English, and LED Bulb Making skill development projects.

• Start projects such as mobile repairing and other vocational skills within the next five years.

• Provide Food, Shelter, and Medicine to Persons with Disabilities in dire need.

• Make GBGM self-sustainable so that within the next five to six years, GBGM can start its own Hunar (Skills) businesses or freelance approaches, meaning that the organization can move towards more of a self-reliant approach.

Evaluating Public Attraction

Social Media – Hits versus realities.

One of the things we realized, especially when communicating on social media, is that due to the influx of misinformation, people do not realize the immense difficulties that PWDs face in Pakistan, more specifically GB.  Rather people live inside Silos, where they only observe their own beliefs irrespective of the truth, as the premise of the book Two Paths: America Divided or United shows.  Why is this the case?  The Bystander Effect  So, should we accept this as the truth?  We live in a world where populism, AKA not caring for social issues, people aren’t doing anything  ‘ bad.’  ‘ Let them be them ‘ is the premise no matter what the condition of disabled people is worldwide.

For example, the education case is just the tip of the iceberg; many other cases need attention: but as this is a website that provides facts rather than misinformation that people have spread, the website does not get views, instead, we are stuck in this war of having a predetermined vision, which sadly often has to be redefined by on-ground activities actions and movements in fighting for equal disabled rights, what issues the org has to tackle.

Conclusion.

One does have pre-set knowledge of the circumstances of what issues the Pakistan disabled community faces, especially in Rural areas like Gilgit Baltistan. With the targets being defined, in the future, GBGM wants to see :

· Increased access to education and training for people with disabilities

• Provide affordable healthcare services to people with disabilities.

• Promote social inclusion and reduce stigma towards people with disabilities.

• Provide assistive devices to enhance the mobility and independence of people with disabilities.

• Improve the quality of life for people with disabilities by providing food and shelter as a result of their actions

What is Science? How can it be used as a tool?

If one were to say what Science is, one would define it as the study of objectivity. If one wanted an extended definition, one could add to be objective is to be impartial and report on their findings. Whether one is aligned with the natural sciences or the social sciences, Auguste Comte’s principle of positivism, which is if one can see, one can testify, predict & hypothesize. However, Science has been used by the worst of the worst, like those scientists serving the Nazi Regime of the 1940s and eugenicists like Hitler.

Nevertheless, why is there a lack of awareness about how people with disablities can be helpful in society: it is because eugenicists over the years have said that disability is a sickness. Terms like differently abled and disabled, though, might not be used offensively, but it still shows that society, through Science, justifies Ableism.

The Digital Revolution should have been a Disabled Revolution, but it can still happen now in Gilgit Baltistan for PWDs.

In areas like Gilgit Baltistan, where village/country life is possible, the digital revolution should have included Persons with Disablities. Rafi (2021) reports for the IMF, ‘ Their inclusion and empowerment is essential, as it benefits not only the person with disabilities but also family members, who are more likely to leave their jobs to care for relatives in this situation. ‘ Moreover in Gilgit Baltistan, if we assume that 50% of the population are villagers then if there could be a skills development initiative succeeding in India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3jYVe1RGaU, why can not disabled people follow in this project in Gilgit Baltistan, https://gbgoodwillmovement.com.

Reinvesting in Gilgit Baltistan with an educational purpose

While individuals and businessmen have invested in the area of Gilgit Baltistan in areas of

1. Hotels
2. Lands
3. Other projects

The digital market still requires people from the region, and according to Rafi’s IMF report, Excluding people with disabilities from the workforce can lead to a loss in a country’s GDP of up to 7% https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrqlpY6nl-k&t=28s.

We want investors to reinvest in a more inclusive Gilgit Baltistan through our organization.

This is a more formal article addressing disability rights activists around the globe.

We are reporting today about the situation of Persons with Disablities in Gilgit Baltistan. Like many other mountainous regions, Gilgit Baltistan is home to the K2 and other peaks, including Rakhaposhi, Nanga Parbat, and other mountains, including the Golden Peak. Like other populations, Gilgit Baltistan has a disabled population that has been marginalized in society at a large scale.

Early Childhood Stage

As soon as a disabled person is born into a family in Pakistan, the typical actions towards them change once a ‘special person’ is identified. This person, regardless of if they face a severe disability or not, is often socially excluded from society, meaning the majority does not consider their feelings.

Childhood to Adulthood

Once a disabled person is of school age, they might attend school due to parental influence and university at a push. Still, most students do not get further opportunities in FE or the employment sector. The only schools for disabled persons, commonly known as ‘special persons or differently-abled persons,’ are found in the cities, widely referred to as district capitals.

Consequences and further implications

This then leads to Persons with Disablities suffering from

• Unequal educational opportunities
• Severe unemployment
• Severe poverty
• Poor social integration
• Multiple health issues, leading a disabled adult to be ignored by society.

Why GBGM?

As a result, many disabled activists, including myself have taken the initiative under the Gilgit Baltistan’s Goodwill Movement (GBGM), a nonprofit organization that has been working for the improvement of people with disabilities in the Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan for the last three years, https://gbgoodwillmovement.com/about-us/. But this nonprofit organisation faces challenges as a result of a lack of governmental support and a lack of financial support https://gbgoodwillmovement.com/the-recent-passage-of-the-budget-by-the-gilgit-baltistans-government/

Do feel free to browse and contact us for other further information, but this is a human rights issue that should be addressed and raised at the national and international levels.

Ayazbullah rahmanir satan e rasheem, Bishamllah Ramhan ur Rahim.

My dear senior minister Abaid Ullah Baig Saheb, faculty members, and my disabled friends asslam alokium. If we were to talk about the rights of special persons, then the first pressing issue which arises is the education of Persons with Disablities. No society progress without education.

In Gilgit Baltistan, today we have on each street a college or a school for abled persons, but not for disabled persons. For instance, when I was studying, there didn’t use to be any government schools for disabled persons within the region except for a private school, Vision Eye International. From there I went to Islamabad for my further studies and Lahore for my Graduation. Though my example is a bit old, it still shows that there are problems for persons with disablities even today.

Even today, though there is a primary school in the Gilgit division, http://www.gilgitbaltistanscouts.gov.pk/TOGeography%20.html, it is still hard for people to access from far-flung areas. This raises a question: why are disabled persons deprived of their rights? I will give you an example. In my hometown, Ghizer, there is a special education complex but mismanagement.

But apart from the education of disabled persons, the government should also ensure that persons with disablities are becoming employable. As mentioned above, I went down South for my further studies: this meant that along the way I made some friends from Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi who are now all employable, but thousands of people like me in GB arent. We have struggled for our education, and we deserve employment. The government should heed attention to this.

When I came back to GB in 2019, there was a disabled act 2019 that was passed unanimously by the GB Government unanimously, and we founded the Disabled Alliance in Gilgit Baltistan for whom I was the president for a year that worked on issues surrounding PWDs. Now we have eight of the disabled-led organizations in GB that visually impaired persons lead. So my request to the government is to heed attention to the special person’s community of Gilgit Baltistan. If disabled persons are leading organizations such as ours, can’t they work in the government sector?

I Would like to express my gratitude to the KIU sociology department and Mr. Zubair Ahmed, its Head for organizing this awareness session and for the students who were listening to my speech. Tommorow we would expect these students who might become lawyers, government ministers or etc to extend their hands to support the disabled cause. Disabled people in the rest of Pakistan have become 1: Lecturers, 2, Ambassadors and Teachers, so why cant we? We can!!!!!!!