Rally staged to create awareness against drug addiction

KARAK: The office-bearers of a civil society organisation and residents took out a rally in Karak city to raise awareness against hazards of drugs and demand action against narcotics dealers.

People from different walks of life also participated, which was orgnised by Khattak Zalmi, a local civil society organisation.

They were holding banners inscribed with anti-drugs messages.

The participants converged at Saddam Chowk after passing through various bazaars where the organisation’s president Khalid Khattak, Sadullah, Ishaq Asatkhelvi, JUI-F leader Maulana Naimatullah Khattak, former district councilor Abdul Sadiq, Khattak Ittehad president Malik Afzal, Malik Khursheed and former DSP Subhan Khatak addressed the gathering.

They expressed concern over the extreme use of narcotics and said that the menace had brought the new generation and society to the brink of destruction.

Referring to the murder of four family members by a drug addicted youth in Karak city four days ago, they said that such dastardly incidents were taking place due to excessive use of the ice drug.

“The menace has reached the educational institutions, which is a matter of great concern,” a speaker said.

They asked the district police authorities to launch action against drug dealers and eliminate narcotics dens in the southern district.