LRBT is committed to creating a better Pakistan by preventing the suffering caused by blindness and other eye ailments. To this end it will provide state of the art comprehensive free eye-care in keeping with its tradition of excellence, efficiency and compassion for all.

• Population of 170 million growing by 2.1% per annum.
• 1.7 million Blind of which 80% or 1.3 million are Curable.
• An additional 170,000 become blind every year.
• 17 million have Impaired Vision.
• Average monthly per capita income is Rs 4625 ($ 77).
• 1 out of 3 people live on less than Rs 1800 ($22) per month and 91% of their income is spent on food.
• Another 1 out of 3 live on less than Rs 3600 ($44) per month. With the rise in food prices they have also been driven below the poverty line.
• Given below is the average cost of some eye treatments in private hospitals/clinics:

• Rupees
• 15,000Cataract - Adults
• 30,000Cataract - Children
• 10,000Glaucoma
• 100,000Vitro Retinal
• 20,000Diabetic Retinopathy
• 75,000Age Related Macular Degeneration (Wet ARMD)
• 70,000Corneal Transplant

• This is beyond the capacity of 2 out of every 3 Pakistanis.
• Government spends less than 1% of GDP on healthcare (against a minimum requirement of 5 %) which includes Eyecare.
• For Pakistan’s poor masses LRBT is a haven. Treatment, medicines and surgery are absolutely free. Millions of people have been saved from the descent into darkness and destitution.