LAHORE  -  Inspector General Police Punjab Dr Usman Anwar chaired a meeting of the Tahaffuz Markaz at the Central Police Office here on Saturday. The DPO Sialkot, in charge Protection Center, Victim Support Officers briefed him about performance of seven months while IG Punjab met the staff of Tahaffuz Markaz also. In the meeting, the IG Punjab was briefed that since its establishment, Tahaffuz markaz Sialkot had provided help to 114 transgenders and 132 special persons with physical and mental disabilities. As many as 32 drug addicts lying on different roads of the city were treated and rehabilitated, these people were now living a normal life. Similarly, eight transgenders were given driving license and ration were distributed among several needy transgenders. Tahaffuz markaz provided blind sticks, special blind watches, spectacles and financial support to several blind people. Tahaffuz markaz provided wheelchairs to 125 special people, treated special children of police employees. A kidnapped Brazilian girl was handed over to the Brazilian Embassy. Tahaffuz markaz provided many services, including character certificate, general police verification, vulnerable registration to nearly two thousand people. Tahaffuz markaz inked MOUs with 10 institutions and hospitals, including Darul Aman, District Bar Association, Child Protection Bureau and Sundus Foundation. Under these MOUs, social security, help and assistance were being provided to people. The IG Punjab appreciated performance of Tahaffuz Markaz Sialkot for providing services to hundreds of people. He directed that the assistance to the poor should be continued and social security should be provided through the Tahaffuz Markaz .