351 drug addicts held in Peshawar sent to rehab

The district administration of Peshawar has arrested and shifted 351 drug addicts to rehabilitation centres during a large scale crackdown on Wednesday. On the directives of the Commissioner Peshawar Division, Riaz Khan Mehsud a campaign for drug-free Peshawar has been launched.

Social Welfare and other departments are participating in the campaign. In this connection, teams of social welfare organizations and officers of concerned departments carried out a grand operation for the rehabilitation of the drug addicts.

They visited Karkhano Market, Hayatabad, University Road, Shoaba Chowk Railway Crossing, Sunehri Masjid Road, Bacha Khan Chowk, Hashtnagri Railway Crossing, Dalzak Road, Gulbahar and other localities. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Peshawar, Shafiullah Khan himself supervised the campaign and participated in the operation. Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Peshawar, Dr Ihteshamul Haq also remained in the field and played an active role in the operation.

During the campaign 351 drug addicts were shifted to different welfare centres operating under the auspices of the Social Welfare Department, Dost Welfare Foundation, Care Welfare and Al-Khidmat Foundation.