The Supreme Court of Pakistan Friday rejected a police report pertaining to the sale of drugs in academic institutions during a suo motu hearing on the use of drugs in educational institutions.
A bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar directed the provincial chief secretaries and Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) officials to prepare an action plan on the matter within a week.
The court ordered the launch of an awareness campaign on the media against the drug abuse. “Police only submits a report to misguide.”
The bench also observed that the government had miserably failed in tackling the use of drugs. Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan urged formulation of a National Action Plan (NAP) to curb the selling and usage of drugs. Hearing was adjourned for a week.
In the previous hearing, CJP Nisar had ordered the launch of an awareness campaign against the use of drugs as many children were hooked on to them. “Who is supplying drugs to these children,” he said. “Drugs are easily available in educational institutions.”
The apex court also directed the federation and provinces to submit monthly progress reports against the use of narcotics in educational institutions.
Minister of State for Interior Shaharyar Afridi recently claimed that a survey had indicated that 75pc of female students and 45pc male students of the capital’s elite schools use drugs such as crystal meth.
Published in Daily Times, January 5th 2019
