Ahmad Nabi
KHYBER: A daylong seminar, themed “prevention of drugs” was organized in Landi Kotal press club, district Khyber on Tuesday aimed to raise awareness about narcotics abuse and its illicit trafficking.
Scores of notables and People from different walks of life were among the participants.
Addressing on the occasion as guest speaker, Rana Kashif of Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), said that due to prevailing local hurdles, without support of tribesmen, they could not carry out anti-drugs activities in the district.
In 2024, so far six successful anti-narcotics activities had been conducted at the border and the ANF was competent enough to tackle the drugs smuggling at the crossing.
Earlier, speakers including Tehsil Chairman Haji Shah Khalid, Maulana Sher Haider, Chairman, Khyber Sports Club Mirajuddin, Dr Hidayat, Farhatullah, Saeed Shinwari and others expressed their due concern over the excessive use of drugs in the area and said because of lack of prevention policy, it put future of our youth community at stake that need to be halted.
Due to the shortage of educational, sports and job facilities, people especially the youths are addicted to drugs, they added and urged that it is the duty of parents, elders and every segment of the society to play their due role to control smuggling and use of drugs.
The participants sought strict punishment for the drug pushers and demanded fixing of the phenaflixes of the allegedly narcotics smugglers at important squares of the bazaar to expose their mal-practices.
They also stressed upon the concerned authorities to set up a rehabilitation center in Landi Kotal to treat the drug abductees in it.