Reply sought on rehab centres for addicts

LAHOREJustice Suhail Iqbal Bhatti of Lahore High Court issued notices on a petition seeking registration of addicts and establishment of rehabilitation centres for them necessitated under the Control of Narcotics Substances Act, 1997, and sought a report from the excise and taxation secretary and Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) Punjab director.The

By our correspondents

April 24, 2015

LAHORE
Justice Suhail Iqbal Bhatti of Lahore High Court issued notices on a petition seeking registration of addicts and establishment of rehabilitation centres for them necessitated under the Control of Narcotics Substances Act, 1997, and sought a report from the excise and taxation secretary and Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) Punjab director.
The judge sought replies from the respondents till May 5 on a petition filed by Rida Qazi who claimed that after the passage of 18th Amendment in 2010, it was a responsibility of the Punjab government to initiate measures for the rehabilitation of the drug addicts.