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Express Tribune
15-03-2025
- Health
- Express Tribune
K-P to keep rehabilitated addicts under vigilance
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has decided to keep a strict watch on the drug addicts who have been successfully rehabilitated recently under the Drug Free Peshawar drive. On the instructions of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, Rs50,000 in aid will be provided to each rehabilitated individual to help them financially. Families have also been directed to keep a close eye on these individuals and inform the Drug Control Room immediately if they relapse into addiction. A formal affidavit has been obtained from the families, binding them to monitor the rehabilitated individuals and bring them to rehabilitation centres for medical check-ups every 15 days. To prevent these individuals from relapsing into addiction, a special squad comprising the Social Welfare Department and police has been formed. Starting on Monday, this squad will visit various areas of the city and transfer individuals struggling with addiction to rehabilitation centres. Those who relapse will also receive free treatment for six months. In this regard, agreements have already been made with rehabilitation centres. Moreover, those suffering from mental health issues will receive treatment at their homes. Specialist doctors from rehabilitation centres will visit these people every 15 days to provide treatment. Punjab's rehabilitated individuals will be handed over to the Punjab government on Monday. In this regard, contact has been made with the Punjab Social Welfare Secretary. Similarly, Afghan nationals will be handed over to the Afghan Consul General in Peshawar on Monday as well. A lengthy meeting was held under the chairmanship of Peshawar Division Commissioner Riaz Khan Mehsud to discuss these arrangements. The meeting was attended by Peshawar Deputy Commissioner Sarmad Salim Akram, Social Welfare Director Rafiq Mohmand, Social Welfare District Officer Noor Muhammad Mehsud, and administrators and specialist doctors from rehabilitation centres. It may be recalled that in January this year, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur had decided to include the rehabilitation of drug addicts in the Sehat Insaf Card scheme, and directed that a case be prepared and presented to the provincial cabinet for approval. Once approved, rehabilitation centres for drug addicts will also be included in the Sehat Card panel, ensuring a more effective and organized rehabilitation process. This decision was made in the first meeting of the Provincial Task Force on Anti-Narcotics, held with the Chief Minister in the chair.
Express Tribune
30-01-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Sehat Card to cover drug addicts rehab
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has decided in principle to include the rehabilitation of drug addicts in the Sehat Insaf Card scheme, and directed the relevant authorities to prepare a case and present it to the provincial cabinet for approval. Once approved, rehabilitation centers for drug addicts will also be included in the Sehat Card panel, ensuring a more effective and organized rehabilitation process. This decision was made in the first meeting of the Provincial Task Force on Anti-Narcotics, held on Thursday with CM Gandapur in the chair. Cabinet members Mian Khaliqueur Rehman, Faisal Khan Tarakai, Syed Qasim Ali Shah, the Chief Secretary, senior officials of Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), police, and other relevant departments attended the meeting. The meeting has decided to accelerate actions against drug addiction, directing the police to launch a massive crackdown against drug dealers across the province. It was also decided that police officers failing to take effective action against drug traffickers will be removed from their positions, adding that a special meeting of the task force will be held in the next 15 days to review progress on anti-narcotics operations and assess the crackdown in all districts. The participants, on this occasion, raised concerns about poppy cultivation in certain areas of the province and a committee has been formed to persuade poppy farmers to switch to alternative crops, deciding that the government will provide seeds for alternative crops to encourage farmers to abandon poppy cultivation. The meeting further decided the institutionalizing the whole process of rehabilitation; responsibilities of various departments and institutions.
