KP Govt Launches Rehabilitation Drive For Drug Addicts

Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information, Barrister Muham­mad Ali Saif has said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will launch a decisive drive for rehabil­itation of drug addicts across the province from July 19.

He said that KP Chief Minis­ter Mahmood Khan has convened an important meeting on July 19, to launch a decisive crackdown against drug mafia in the province. He expressed these views on Fri­day in a meeting chaired by Pe­shawar Division Commissioner, Riaz Mehsud to review progress of campaign, launched to make Pe­shawar a drug free city. The Spe­cial Assistant to Chief Minister, Barrister Saif attended the meet­ing as a special participant. The meeting was informed that since launching of ‘Drug Free Pe­shawar Campaign’ 50 days ago, a total of 1188 drug addicts, includ­ing 13 women were taken into custody and their treatment – re­habilitation, is underway in vari­ous rehabilitation centres.

While briefing the meeting, it was informed that 139 patients out of 143 patients detected HIV AIDS positive, and were being treated in Islamabad, while four people were being treated at Lady Read­ing Hospital (LRH) in Peshawar. The concerned authorities have traced families of 281drug addicts aged between 15 to 51 years. The meeting was further in­formed that about 700 to 800 drug addicts were still in streets for whom accommodation capac­ity was being created in the reha­bilitation centres. He said that Pe­shawar commissioner will hold meeting with representatives of industrialists and KP Industry de­partment on July 18 to provide de­cent employment opportunity to people recovered from drug ad­diction. He also said that aware­ness seminars in universities, col­leges and schools would be held at the end of summer vacation.

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