National Drug Survey in Pakistan after 11 years for counter-narcotics

Pakistan’s Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has said on Thursday that as part of the national mission to save the new generation from drugs, it has been decided to conduct a national drug survey in the country following 11 years.

After the meeting of the Committee for National Drug Survey chaired by Federal Minister of Interior and Anti-Narcotics Mohsin Naqvi, it was said in the statement that ‘under the National Drug Survey, the data of people who use drugs will be collected across the country.’

He said that the National Drug Survey should be comprehensive and authentic in any case. Accurate survey data is of real importance and will be beneficial.’

In the statement of the Ministry of Home Affairs, it was said that in addition to houses, data collection has also been directed from educational institutions, slums and other places.

The federal minister directed to finalize the matters related to the survey within 15 days and said that the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) and the Bureau of Statistics will jointly decide the procedure for conducting the survey, the nature of required data, samples. Formulate the format and timeline of

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It was further said: ‘Only with an authentic and comprehensive survey will a robust and detailed decision-making in the field of counter-narcotics be possible. There will be no compromise on anti-narcotics because it is the problem of the future of the nation.

Mohsin Naqvi added that international development organizations will also be contacted for cooperation in conducting the survey.

The last National Drug Survey in Pakistan was conducted in 2013.

Last month on June 26, on the occasion of the World Day once morest Drug Abuse and Illegal Trafficking, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a statement that the increasing number of drug-related crimes in our society is alarming and the government should There is a determination to prevent the chapter.

He said that drugs are a threat to the survival of our society. It is only through joint efforts that we can stop the distribution of drugs and contraband in Pakistan.’

This year’s theme for World Drug Day is: ‘The evidence is clear: invest in abstinence.’

Federal Minister of Interior and Narcotics Control Mohsin Naqvi has said in his recent statements that ‘in view of the devastating effects of drug use on our society, it is inevitable to make this war once morest drugs a national priority.’