Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif has said that government will hold meetings with industrialists to provide jobs to recently rehabilitated drug addicts.
He maintained that Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government will launch a decisive crackdown against drug addicts from July 19. He said that they will be arrested and rehabilitated.
He said that Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has convened an important meeting on July 19 to launch a decisive crackdown against drug addicts in the province. He expressed these views at a meeting chaired by Commissioner Peshawar Division, Riaz Khan Mehsud to review progress on campaign launched to make Peshawar drug-free.
Barrister Saif attended the meeting as a special participant. The meeting was informed that since launching of the campaign 50 days ago, a total of 1,188 drug addicts, including 13 women have been taken into custody and their treatment and rehabilitation is underway in various centers.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2022.
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