General Country Information
Capital: Islamabad
Population: 177,276,594 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Federal Parliamentary Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 4.546 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 91.44 million (2009)
Internet hosts: 226,236 (2009)
Internet users: 18.5 million (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.29
World Rank 2005/2006: 127
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
National Disability Action Plan
National Plan of Action 2006 to implement the National Policy for Persons with Disabilities
http://www.bevysolutions.com/downloads/national_plan_of_action_2006.pdf
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
All Sanghar Handicaps' Association
Bakhoro Road
Sanghar, Sindh 68100
Pakistan
https://sites.google.com/site/ashaorgpk1/
Email: gnn_sgr@yahoo.com
Tel: +92-333-2916281 / +92-235-485730
Fax: +92-235-542571
Awareness Pakistan
134 Amynabad, Off Martin Rd
Karachi, 74800
Pakistan
http://www.awarenesspakistan.com
Email: awarenesspakistan@yahoo.com
Tel: +92-21-413-2988 / +92-21-4946615
Fax: +92-21-413-2885
Dar ul Mussarat (Centre for Special Children)
Plot No. 24-30, Sector 4F
New Saeed Abad, Baldia
Karachi, Sindh, 75000
Pakistan
Email: dar_ul_mussarat1@yahoo.com
Tel: +92-21-2815886 / +92-212812756
Bahawalpur Deaf Welfare Society
House No. 288/107 Azizabad Colony
Bahawalpur, Punjab
Pakistan
http://bwpdws.org
Email: ahmedali_deaf@yahoo.com
Tel: +92-34-54810095
Disabled Peoples' International - Pakistan - DPI National Assembly
677/408, Fatima Jinnah Colony Jamshed Road No.3
Karachi - 74800, Karachi
Pakistan
http://www.estanara.com.pk
Email: mobinestanara@yahoo.com / smartmobin@hotmail.com
Tel: +92-21-4128867 / +92-300-2613317
Pakistan Association of the Deaf (PAD)
23/A, Block-6, PECHS, M-1 Shaheen Tower,
Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi
Pakistan
http://www.pad.sdnpk.org
Email: pad@cyber.net.pk
Tel: +92-021-4387-150
Fax: +92-021-4387-140
Pakistan Association of the Blind
Street #3, Delazak Road
Peshawarcity
Pakistan
http://www.pabcane.com/home.html
Email: pab_peshawar@yahoo.com
Tel: +92-91-245328
Fax: +92-91-244881