1,200 drug addicts to be rounded up

They will be shifted to rehab centres under drug-free Peshawar campaign

PESHAWAR:

The third phase of the drug-free Peshawar campaign is scheduled to be launched next month, with the assistance of non-governmental and welfare organizations in which around 1,200 drug addicts found on the streets will be apprehended and shifted to rehabilitation centers.

Peshawar Commissioner Muhammad Zubair has been assigned the task of making Peshawar free from drug addicts by the caretaker provincial government.

Under the supervision of the commissioner, a meeting was held to discuss the commencement of the phase three of the drug-free Peshawar campaign.

Besides Deputy Commissioner Peshawar Shah Fahad, District Officer of Social Welfare, Noor Muhammad, Excise and Taxation Officer Muhammad Zahid, as well as representatives of NGOs such as UNDP, USAID, UNHCR, IRC, and other welfare organizations were also present.

During the meeting, it was decided that the campaign would be initiated next month.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, June 1^st, 2023.