Crackdown against drug peddlers decided.

LAHORE -- Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi and Federal Minister for Narcotics Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti presided over a meeting at CM Office on Thursday and expressed a grave concern over the increasing usage of narcotics in the educational institutions.

It was decided in the meeting to launch a mega scale crackdown against those elements involved in selling and buying of narcotics and it was also decided to establish two centres for the rehabilitation of narcotics addicted persons.

One centre will also be established in a jail. It was also decided during the meeting to undertake effective measures under a joint strategy in order to prevent the new generation from the scourge of narcotics.

It was also agreed during the meeting to undertake joint steps under a consolidated strategy between the Punjab government and Anti-Narcotics Force along with further streamlining collaboration between the Punjab government and Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF).

Caretaker CM Mohsin Naqvi while addressing the meeting asserted that a strict crackdown will be launched against the drug-peddlers for selling narcotics outside the educational institutions and online. He outlined that the Punjab government and ANF will jointly launch a vigorous crackdown against notorious drug-peddlers. He highlighted that a zero-tolerance policy would be adopted in order to save the new generation from narcotics, adding that such elements doing narcotics business outside...