SDNP brings online "Pakistan Special" the first ever Pakistani magazine for special people

January 5, 2002

"Pakistan Special" is the first ever Pakistani magazine for special people to be made available on the Web (http://www.pakistanspecial.org/). Exclusively for the handicapped community, this monthly magazine is being published by a group of dedicated journalists on a self-help basis. Its basic purpose is to provide education, information, rehabilitation and recreation to them. The mission is to create maximum awareness about the social, educational and health problems of a deprived class of Pakistani society.

 Launched in 1999, the print edition is published from Islamabad every month through the efforts of regular writers as well as bureaus maintained both within the country and abroad. Currently "Pakistan Special" has a readership base of 3,000 plus in Pakistan, including Special Education centres, NGOs, embassies, ministries, semi and non-semi government departments and organizations. The online edition of the magazine, with English and Urdu sections, provides subscription and relevant contact information.

 'Pakistan Special' has been brought online by the Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) Pakistan. SDNP-IUCN, a project of UNDP working under the aegis of IUCN-The World Conservation Union, often works in ad hoc coalitions with other organizations whose aims are consistent with its agenda of using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for development.