PESHAWAR
All arrangements for launching drug free Peshawar campaign were completed for taking all drug addicts into custody from November 7, 2024 and a meeting was also on November 4, 2024 in this regard. The drug addicts would be provided with all facilities in the selected private rehabilitation centres.
According to a press release issued here on Friday, each rehabilitation centre selected for the purpose has been made bound for hiring an expert psychologist and an MBBS doctor in proportion to the number of patients as most of the addicts taken into custody have lost their memories.
The provincial government has decided to obtain the services of the NADRA for getting access to their families. It has also directed the provision of police personnel prisoners’ van and police mobile for operation against the drug addicts.
In this connection, a special control room would also be established at Deputy Commissioner’s Office from November 4, 2024 wherein the officers and officials of the district administration, police, management of the rehabilitation centres and other concerned agencies would be deployed.
Close-circuit cameras have also been installed in all rehabilitation centres and Commissioner Peshawar Division and other authorities would directly supervise the treatment of the drug addicts.
Al-Khidmat Foundation has offered free services for HIVAIDS and other diseases in drug addicts.
To review the arrangements made for the purpose, the Provincial Minister for Social Welfare, Syed Qasim Ali Shah and Divisional Commissioner along with other concerned officers paid a visit to the rehabilitation centres and directed the utilization of all available resources for the rehabilitation of the drug addicts to make them useful members of the society.
