PESHAWAR: The fitness department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, underneath the guidance of Secretary health Mahmood Aslam Wazir, on Sunday started out a targeted marketing campaign in response to the escalating unlawful sale, garage, and distribution of narcotic capsules in the province.
In step with Secretary health Mahmood Aslam Wazir, the department of health has obtained numerous lawsuits regarding the illicit exchange of narcotic drugs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
These substances, falling under agenda B & G of The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Drug policies 1982 (amended 2017), require
a separate license (form-11) for legal sale.
Executed by means of Drug Inspectors, a targeted effort opened up on December 26 and 27, 2023, across more than one districts.
The campaign’s findings have been directly pronounced to the Secretary fitness by way of the Director general of Drug control and Pharmacy services, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
An in depth record exhibits inspections of clinical stores in various districts, resulting in movements taken towards violators
of drug laws. In Abbottabad, forty three clinical shops were inspected, main to moves towards 9 institutions.
similar interventions befell in Bannu, Buner, Chitral, DI Khan, Mardan, Haripur, Mansehra, Lakki Marwat, Nowshera, Orakzai, Dir Buner decrease, Swabi, Kohat, Malakand, North Waziristan, Swat, Charsadda, and Tank, with a couple of stores facing effects for drug law violations.
Secretary health emphasized the continuity of this campaign till the entire eradication of unlawful drug activities in the province.
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Instances initiated towards offenders will undergo initial investigation with the aid of Drug Inspectors, and upon permission from the Provincial best control Board (percent), they’ll be forwarded to The Drug court for judicial lawsuits, as outlined in phase 11(6) of The Drug Act 1976.
Offenders have been charged beneath sections 23 1 C, 23 1 (i), 23 1 a (X) of The Drug Act 1976, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Drug rules 1982 (amended 2017). moreover, suspected sampling has been conducted for take a look at evaluation, observed through the sealing of premises.
Secretary fitness Mahmood Aslam Wazir asserted a 0-tolerance policy towards such offenses, maintaining his project to dispose of illegal narcotic drug sports inside the province.
The cases will be pursued with rigor to make sure a drug-free and healthful destiny for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
