DIR LOWER: A day-long anti-narcotics awareness seminar in collaboration with the district administration and the Director of Youth Affairs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was held here at Khyber Medical College Campus with a large number of people from different walks of life attending.
Assistant Commissioner Samarbagh Muhammad Sohail, Additional Assistant Commissioner Nouman Parvez, SDPO Circle Jandul Bakht Jamal Khan, Surgeon Dr. Inamullah, social personalities Maulana Imran, Akhtar Munir, Azharul Haque Durrani, Malik Hayat, Shah Zir Khan specially participated in the seminar.
In the awareness seminar, detailed sessions were held on the financial and life, physical, social, and mental harms of hashish, ice, heroin, narcotic injection, and other addictive substances.
Assistant Commissioner Samarbagh said that the struggle against hashish, heroin, and other dangerous drugs is our national, moral, and religious duty and in this regard, this type of seminar, awareness sessions, and awareness walk is very important.
Speaking at the seminar, social personalities Maulana Imran, Malik Hayat, and Shah Zir Khan said that drug addiction is a scourge and the role of youth and students must be played to prevent it. He demanded action against those involved in the scourge of addiction.
At the end of the awareness seminar, District Youth Officer Malik Shehzad Tariq distributed honorary shields to the guests and certificates to the students and other participants.