Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan on Thursday introduced replication of `Drug Free Peshawar’ marketing campaign in different districts of the province and initiating of strict measures for curbing the availability chain
PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – twenty fifth Aug, 2022 ) :Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan on Thursday introduced replication of `Drug Free Peshawar’ marketing campaign in different districts of the province and initiating of strict measures for curbing the availability chain.
He made this announcement whereas talking as chief visitor at “Social Reintegration Ceremony of Rehabilitated persons” below the Drugs Free Peshawar marketing campaign launched round three months earlier.
The ceremony was attended by massive variety of individuals together with kin of rehabilitated drug addicts, authorities officers, businessmen, media individuals and representatives of various social welfare organizations that prolonged cooperation in drug free marketing campaign and supplied providers.
Around 1,100 drug addicts have been returned to their households after a three-month rehabilitation course together with cleansing, psychological counseling and imparting of talent coaching below the Drug Free Peshawar marketing campaign launched below the supervision of Commissioner Peshawar, Riaz Mehsud in pursuance of the directives of Chief Minister KP.
The ceremony was began with recitation of Quranic verses by a rehabilitated younger boy, Shah Khalid who was Hafiz-e-Quran (one who study Quran by coronary heart) and was indulged in drug habit for the final six years.
Speaking on the ceremony, Chief Minister mentioned this was the primary ever state owned initiative of offering freed from price rehabilitation providers to persistent drug addicts who have been now returned to society as accountable residents.
In the preliminary stage, it was very troublesome to plan rehabilitation of such numerous drug addicts however after attaining profitable leads to remedy of first batch of 1,100 addicts, we’d replicate this programme to different districts as effectively, CM added.
He directed the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners of all of the districts to take steering from measures taken in Peshawar for its implementation of their respective areas.
The chief minister mentioned drug habit was a curse and people who struggled for rehabilitation of affected individuals would obtain the advantages on this world and life hereafter.
He additionally recommended the main position performed by Commissioner Peshawar in profitable implementation of Drug Free Peshawar marketing campaign.
Mahmood Khan additionally thanked buying and selling group who pledged for offering jobs to 400 rehabilitated addicts and mentioned authorities would reserve some quota for such individuals.
He mentioned an built-in strategy can be adopted by involving all of the departments together with Police, Customs, Excise, Narcotics, District Administration and native individuals for evolving a foolproof coverage for eradication of medicine from society.
Due to lengthy porous border with Afghanistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Peshawar have been the primary victims of straightforward provide of medicine in society, he added.
Chief Minister additionally laid stress on dad and mom to play their efficient position in prevention of kids from drug habit.
He mentioned, “Parents have to keep a strong vigil on children and in case of addiction have to come out openly for rehabilitation and treatment”.
He mentioned quickly dope assessments can be carried out at universities and faculty degree to test college students and supply remedy to affected kids.
For clearing the society from medicine, robust selections needed to be made and on this context individuals would even have to increase cooperation and assist to authorities, he continued.
Earlier, Commissioner Peshawar, Riaz Mehsud apprised individuals that authorities had efficiently rehabilitated the addicts bodily, mentally and economically by arranging jobs for them.
He mentioned all these rehabilitated addicted can be monitored by departments involved and comply with up classes be organized to keep away from their return to intoxication.
Rehabilitated drug addicts expressed their gratitude to authorities and district administration for pulling them out of the quagmire of habit.
“We had lost hope for revival to normalcy in our life and were waiting for death to get rid of drug addiction, but the rehabilitation services have provided us the chance to live with family members,” they added.
A rehabilitated lady mentioned she would now think about higher upbringing of her kids.
The rehabilitated individuals sung nationwide songs and offered totally different skits for conveying the happiness and feeling of pleasure felt by them and their members of the family after returning to regular life.
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