Facilities for disabled at banks : Karachi

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has advised banks, DFIs, MFBs to provide facilities for special persons suffering from any disability by making bank branches and ATM cabins easily accessible to them.

According to a press release issued here on Thursday, SBP in a circular advised to provide preferential treatment or out-of-queue assistance to all special persons desirous to conduct banking transaction or want to avail other financial services from these institutions.

The SBP has also directed banks, DFIs, MFBs to make arrangements, wherever possible, to construct ramps at the entrance of existing branches and ATM cabins to allow easy access to special persons and wheelchair users.

Banks, DFIs, MFBs have further been directed to take maximum care for the possibility of constructing ramp while opening any new branch premises or installing an ATM cabin as a part of their network expansion plan.

The ATM cabins should be designed in such a manner that wheelchair users are facilitated to access the same.


Source : DAWN , 14th Feb 2014