@article{Arsh_Darain_Zeb_Ullah_Ullah_Ilyas_2019, title={Employment status of person with disability in Government Departments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan: Employment status of person with disability}, volume={35}, url={https://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/239}, DOI={10.12669/pjms.35.5.239}, abstractNote={<p><em><strong>Objective:</strong></em> The objective of the study was to determine whether anticipated number of person with disabilities was employed in different government departments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan.</p> <p><em><strong>Methods:</strong></em> Using across sectional survey, data from 16 different departments of provincial government of KPK was collected by volunteers of ‘Friends of Paraplegics.</p> <p><em><strong>Results:</strong></em> Out of total 1, 71,137 Govt. employees, only 1151 (0.67%) were person with disabilities. None of the included departments fulfilled 2% allocated job quota for person with disabilities. Majority of the employees included in study were from Elementary &amp; Secondary Education Department (n=140345) and Agriculture, Livestock &amp; Cooperation Department (n=14315). The&nbsp;number of person with disabilities in these departments were 960 (0.68%) and 68 (0.48%) respectively. The highest percentage of person with disabilities were working in Higher Education Archives &amp; Libraries Department (1.65%)followed by Law, Parliamentary Affairs &amp; Human Rights Department (1.42%), Planning &amp; Development Department (1.39%) and Administration &amp; Establishment Department (1.16%).</p> <p><em><strong>Conclusion:</strong> </em>It is concluded that a small number of person with disabilities are employed in different Govt. Departments. Moreover, these departments has not ensured providing 2% job quota for person with disabilities.</p> <p><strong>doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.5.239</strong></p> <p><em><strong>How to cite this:</strong></em><br>Arsh A, Darain H, Zeb A, Ullah S, Ullah I, Ilyas SM. Employment status of person with disability in Government&nbsp;Departments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(5):1392-1396. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.5.239</p> <p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</p&gt;}, number={5}, journal={Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences}, author={Arsh, Aatik and Darain, Haider and Zeb, Amir and Ullah, Sana and Ullah, Irfan and Ilyas, Syed Muhammad}, year={2019}, month={Aug.} }