Sunday, April 18, 2010

Pakistan Bait Ul Maal engulfing Mentally ratarded children's centre!!!!!!!!

Atrocities of Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal
& its unjustified holdings of Special Children's Abodes....!

PBM under Mr. Zammarud Khan is doing better than its past Chairmen but what Mr.Zammarud Khan is not realising that they have unlawfully occupied purpose built centers of Special children and their presence and encroachment policy is destroying an already corrupt and in efficient system meant for Mentally and other wise retarded special children. Currently financially sound and resource full Pakistan Bait ul maal is holding two buidlings of Hearing Impaired children and Mentally retarded children Hostels, since last ten years, they have enough means and resources to build their own buildings but due to bad intentions they have not even thought on this seriously, what is worser, is that in a country where resources are meager and misused , the employees and chairman of PBM spends millions on renovation of their offices and vehicles!!, Prior to democracy , coveted post of Chairman Bait ul Maal was always hold by Army Officers but they always stuffed their coffers than to serve the needy..last Chairmen use to spent millions on renovation of his Office that also reported to be six monthly fixture!!, things have changed a bit with arrival of democracy and Mr. Zammarud Khan as Chairman PBM, he has opened his doors and Bait ul maal's funds to wards needy and for people in need , regardless of their political or ethnic affiliations, but what Mr Zammarud khan is not realizing is that his organizations has not only encroached and blocked the facilities made for Special children in Pakistan but they are unlawfully encroaching upon purpose built facilities for these help less special children !!
The Special Education centers and system is under same Ministry as Bait ul Maal , these centers were purpose built for Special Education and Special people with personal interest of than Dictator Mr Zia ul Haq. Due to his daughter as she was Hearing impaired for her education and rehabilitation he developed interest in welfare of Special persons, he made a Department with same name in early 80s and merged it with Education Ministry, than it was attached to Health Ministry for some time and finally it was attached to Ministry of social welfare , Women development and Special education, again Women development was separated in Musharaf era to fix his cronies as minsters , Now it is Ministry of Social welfare & Special education.
Although we as PARENTS have many reservations on inefficiency, faulty education system and inhuman behaviors of teaching and administration staff in those centers but even than there is always a room to improve , if these children have facility of their own but it seems an Organization as power full as bait ul maal has set eyes on the buildings of helpless Special children than only GOD can save our children.
Special Education centers are scattered all over Pakistan, they are being administered by NGOs, Provincial and Federal Governments, largest share is by Federal Government which initially had planned to have a center of some disability at Divisional levels but now it has changed plans to make an integrated center at each district, currently some 102 or more centres all over the country, while at Provincial capitals have state of art centre of excellence s of multiple disabilities. At Islamabad we have purpose built, centre of excellence of almost all disabilities like a very Big and spacious center now called “National Special Education Center for Hearing impaired children(NSEC for HIC)” in Sector H/9, Islamabad, than “National Special Education center for Mentally retarded Children(NSEC for MRC).” in Sector H/8, Islamabad. There are other centers for Physically Handicapped children in Sector G8/ & for Visually impaired children in Sector G-7 too.
Due to inefficiency of management and teaching staff who rule the system of Special education, first two centers & their inbuilt hostels were still vacant, during Musharaf era they were captured with the help of corrupt bureaucracy. First Hostels of NSEC for HIC in sector H/9 was taken over ,simultaneously they needed building for Head quarters so they encroached upon Hostel building for Mentally retarded children which was being used partially by Mentally retarded children, they were immediately evacuated and building was captured literally by Biat ul Maal, at that time they promised to vacate as soon as possible when their own building will be ready but bad intentions were made clear with in days when they did extensive remodeling and renovations to suite their needs..!
We are members of Parent Teacher associations of those both centers, we did protested at that time to management but no one heard our plea, worst effected center is the center of Mentally retarded children where they have reduced a very fine purpose built building to a few class rooms now, First Bait ul Maal took over the Hostel which we intended to use for students from far away areas,We had arranged the finances under PTA (Parent teacher Association) of that center but suddenly that center's half building was first handed over to VREDP a small department under Special Educationdirectorate, than Hostel made for Mentally retarded children was suddenly handed over to “Bail-ul-Maal”, in last couple of years has seen few of most corrupt Officers ruling over DGSE (Directorate General of Special Education), one was Mr.Khalid Naeem a social welfare officer in Social welfare Ministry but Jumped in to Special education when this department was established and through his crooked manipulations he rose himself to the coveted Post of Director General of Special Education (HIS antics can be subject of a separate letter or letters)!!
During his period as DG, department not only lost its efficiency and professional touch but due to his massive corruption in all areas he hit unrepairable blows to Community of Special children, created rifts between Teaching and professional cadres, destroyed to fabric of coherence in department, conducted massive corruption to make his House in Bahria Town(or Houses) , he made his cronies Directors and deputy Directors at DGSE (Directorate), he was man from inside, he should have protected his honest and committed staff and should have saved the centers of Special children , rather than he gave three rooms of Mentally retarded children to an NGO (Mile stones) to an already reduced school building which was taken over by Bait ul Maal , it was further handicapped by giving three more rooms to Mile stones (they are using black mailing techniques, forging millions from donors, doing only paper things and illegally using utilities to make things worse for financially handicapped Mentally challenged students and their center). Mr Khalid Naeem is said to be involved in embezzling millions from central purchase system he devised and in construction of housing society at Islamabad and construction or up gradation of centers he suggested all over the Pakistan. WE Request Constitution of Inquiry Penal by High Court Judge and Request HONORABLE PRESIDENT, PRIME MINSTER of PAKISTAN, Minster of Special Education and above all Chief Justice Of Pakistan to take stern action against Khalid Naeem (EX-DG SE), and to vacate all Special education building illegally held by Ministry it self, Bait Ul Maal and MILE STONES immediately!!
Bait ul Maal has not only occupied Boys Hostels of Mentally retarded children and Hearing impaired children and blocked the way for further extension of purpose built facility, in near future they again captured the three class rooms which were force fully vacated by administration on the orders of DG and Secretary Special education & Social welfare !!
More than pain full is that Bait ul Maal is an organization set to help desparate people but they are cruelly encroaching facilities of Handicapped children, latest development is that silently they have made walls and started building a complex for their officers on the Play ground of Mentally retarded children, that area is earmarked for Agro therapy project for Mentally retarded children and a part of area where “Special Olympic Pakistan is trying to build a Squash, Badminton and Volley ball courts” for Special children of this center. Knowing these facts & with the help of Secretary Special education & Social welfare who has allowed them without any logic(there is logic of personal greed) to built an office complex on the Play ground of Special (Mentally challenged children).
Through this Letter to your erst while Newspaper we want to request President, Prime Minster and Chief justice of Pakistan to immediately interfere and halt illegal construction on our children's health & recreational facility and immediately order to Vacate the School buildings from Mile Stones, Bait ul Maal & Ministry of Social welfare and SpecialEducation and also to investigate corruption charges against Mr.khalid Naeem (Ex-DG) and current Officers involved in recruitment process (they openly sold seats under past and present DG's era) also to question current Secretary that How many offices he needs for himself , he has established an office at Lahore ,his home town so that he can stay there for three days a week and now he want to establish an other office in Mentally retarded Center to further reduce school size to a KHOKHA!!
WE again appeal to all concerned to interfere immidiately other wise we have to block roads and offices of DG/ Secretary and Minster of Special Education....!
PLEASE HELP US!!!!!!! SOS CALL
(I will send photos and supportive documents tomorrow)
Worried Parents Of Parent Teac her associations
of Special education centres....

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Tetanus MENANCE in PAKISTAN

aLTHOUGH Tatanus is almost eradicated from civilised world but it is yet a big menance in Pakistan..daily scores of young children, newborn babies and field workers who get pricked by some nails, or brushed by rusted iorn needles lying in the fields, thrown by quacks or hospital workers care lessly contract Tetanus to un immunised people..and vast majority of them die due to pain full seizures caused by toxin of Tetanus....most of ladies give birth to children at their homes , umblical cords are cut by an old fashion scissors or blade (used)..this is the 21 century we are living in Pakistan, where ventilators are not available in every hospital even where controlling fits is not in knowledge of many doctors, and in a country where Drs can announce to attendants that this is incurable...?? Lives are lost and only one in 10 victims is lucky to survive..God Bless those who inject faulty vaccines...and sell costly immunoglobulins which every one can not afford.!!