{"id":90599,"date":"2025-11-07T20:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=90599"},"modified":"2025-11-07T20:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:19:06","slug":"punjab-launches-mobile-app-for-assistive-devices-and-wheelchairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-launches-mobile-app-for-assistive-devices-and-wheelchairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab launches mobile app for assistive devices and wheelchairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab Social Welfare Department has introduced a new mobile application titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/automobile\/upgrade-your-old-wheel-with-a-fresh-new-yamaha\/\">Assistive Devices and Wheelchair<\/a>\u201d to facilitate persons with disabilities, which will help them in applying for mobility aids and assistive devices while sitting at home.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative, launched under the Digital Vision of Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif, ensures that assistive equipment \u2014 including wheelchairs \u2014 is now available with one click at citizens&#8217; doorsteps.<\/p>\n<p>Provincial Minister for Social Welfare and Bait-ul-Maal Sohail Shaukat Butt launched the app, saying that this initiative will facilitate and streamline the process of providing assistive devices across Punjab. Now, persons with disabilities can directly apply for wheelchairs and other support equipment through the app without visiting any government office.<\/p>\n<p>The application can be downloaded at <strong>https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.adwc&amp;hl=en,<\/strong> or by searching \u201cAssistive Devices and Wheelchair\u201d in the Google Play Store.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the occasion, Minister Sohail Shaukat Butt said, \u201cEmpowering persons with disabilities through digital technology is our mission.<\/p>\n<p>We are committed to providing them with all possible facilities and inclusion through innovative solutions at the Punjab government level.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the mobile application will also facilitate field officers to efficiently register, process, and monitor applications. It has been directed by the Social Welfare Department that all field officers should download the application and create public awareness about the new service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab Social Welfare Department has introduced a new mobile application titled \u201cAssistive Devices and Wheelchair\u201d to facilitate persons with disabilities, which will help them in applying for mobility aids and assistive devices while sitting at home. The initiative, launched under the Digital Vision of Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif, ensures that assistive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":42308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[32211],"class_list":["post-90599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-wheel-chair-apps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90600,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90599\/revisions\/90600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}