Shehryar Afridi's chars and medicines statement generates buzz.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister of State for Narcotics Control Shehryar Afridi generated a buzz on social media Sunday when he said the government was planning on opening a factory in Tirah that would make medicines from 'chars'.

The video features Afridi speaking at a rally where he says the government had started working on a plan to open a factory - in Tirah - that turns chars (hashish) into medicines.

"PM Imran wishes for a factory to be opened in Tirah that turns chars into medicines," he said. "Every year, hashish and opium are burned in large quantities every year. Other countries make use of these [opium and hashish] to make medicines."

He said that work on the factor had started and said that the factory would be instrumental in "changing people's lives".

The minister's statement generated quite a lot...