Pakistan, Aug. 15 -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has put Rs 500 million behind an idea Pakistan's disability policy has taken too long to embrace: inclusive governance.

The province's proposed programme will offer interest-free loans to persons with disabilities, while another Rs 700 million has been allocated for scholarships. Both deserve support. Their real worth, however, will be measured far from the announcement ceremony.

Pakistan does not suffer from an absence of disability policy. Its first employment and rehabilitation framework dates to 1981. Later came a national policy, provincial laws, job quotas and ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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