KP caretaker CM stresses need for strategy to eradicate drugs use.

PESHAWAR -- Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Azam Khan on Saturday termed the prevailing situation of drug use in Pakistan and especially in the province of grave concern and stressed the need for a well-devised strategy to eradicate the menace of drugs use on sustainable basis.

He expressed these views while addressing a function organized here in connection with the 30 years celebration of Dost Welfare Foundation.

While lauding the role of the Dost Welfare Foundation in this regard, Muhammad Azam Khan said that the foundation had been working for the last 30 years for the rehabilitation of drug addicts in the province and makes them useful citizens which deserve appreciation.

Azam Khan remarked that during these 30 years of its establishment, the Foundation has extended various kinds of services and facilities to more than 400,000 drugs affectees for which the management of the Foundation deserves huge felicitation. He expressed the hope that the foundation will continue its selfless services for humanity in future as well.

'The 30 years long journey of Dost Welfare Foundation is full of remarkable achievements which has been aided and supported by its companions and friends who have so generously contributed all their time and efforts in reaching out to the most vulnerable segments in our society to heal and restore their self-respect', the Chief Minister said and added that Dost's services particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, former FATA and parts of Afghanistan, which were veritable war zones for the past 40 years, include victims of war such as refugees, displaced persons, women and children in crisis and community members caught in the crossfire.

Azam Khan stated that the whole country in general and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in particular are in the grip of massive drug addiction which is affecting the younger generation adversely; and added that according to the UNODC, 11 present population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is using hardcore drugs, which is almost double figure than other provinces.

'With a professional and dedicated term, Dost Welfare Foundation provides...

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