The Governing Body of the Lahore Businessmen Association for Rehabilitation of Disabled (Labard) on Friday unanimously elected MNA Pervez Malik as its President. The Governing Body also elected Mian Nusrat uddin Senior Vice President, Busra Aitzaz Vice President, Saeed Khan General Secretary, Ahmer Malik Joint Secretary, Abbas Khan Finance Secretary, Ahmed Shafiq Secretary Information & Publication.
The LCCI Senior Vice President Mian Tariq Misbah has been selected as member in an ex-officio capacity. The polling for the Labard office-bearers and governing body members held at the LCCI here on Friday. LCCI Secretary General Shahid Khalil was the Election Commissioner while LCCI Senior Vice President Mian Tariq Misbah, former LCCI presidents Mian Musbah-ur-Rehman and Farooq Iftikhar were also present on the occasion.
Soon after his election, the newly elected Labard President Pervez Malik thanked the members of the Governing Body for reposing confidence in him. He said he would continue to serve the ailing humanity with dedication and the confidence given by the Labard Governing Body would help him solve the challenges being faced by the disabled persons.
Pervez Malik said disabled persons in Pakistan were facing more challenges than those residing in developed world so "we all should collectively and individually play their role so that these people could become effective members of the society."
He said that "we are a country of millions people who are suffering disability and this number is not very big when it is compared with the resources we have. So the stigma of disability could be removed forever with a little well directed effort." He promised that he would leave no stone unturned in making the disabled persons the effective members of the society.
Nusrat Uddin also expressed same sentiments and thanked the Governing Body members for reposing confidence. Speaking on the occasion, LCCI Senior Vice Mian Tariq Misbah said Labard was doing a marvellous work by providing training and job placements to the disabled persons and it was duty of all the segments of the society to play their role for this noble cause. He said Labard was the only organisation that was working without any foreign help.