SWAT: Commissioner Malakand Division Shaukat Ali Yousafzai here Friday chaired a meeting to discuss measures taken for rehabilitation of drug addicts and to clear areas of drugs. The meeting was held in Commissioner Office Saidu Sharif and attended by Deputy Commissioners, Additional Deputy Commissioners and Social Welfare Officers of Malakand Division. The meeting was also briefed about the steps taken so far relating to Drug-Free Malakand Initiative and plans of drug addicts rehabilitation. Presiding over the meeting, Commissioner Malakand directed Deputy Commissioner Swat Junaid Khan to devise a referral mechanism and formulate a strategy for rehabilitation of drug abusers in Swat and added that same strategy would be applied in all districts of Malakand division. He also directed action against drug mafia and adopt measures to stop drug trafficking. He said that addicts would be rehabilitated and equipped with skills so that they can play a positive role in society. APP
