ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that seven million people of Pakistan are addicted to drugs, we want the nation to defeat drugs together.
The prime minister while addressing the inauguration ceremony of the new headquarters building of the Anti-Narcotics Force said that we have to work against drug trafficking. “Previous governments have not paid attention to drug eradication measures,” he said.
In his address, PM Imran Khan said that anyone in Pakistan who earned illicit income from drugs in the decade of ’80s was never misunderstood. “Those who made money illegally were honored in the past. Drug money makers harm society and the country,” the prime minister maintained.
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Highlighting the harms of drugs, PM Imran Khan said that money launderers used the money to bribe, campaign, and shelter criminals. “Corruption money was used to run the election campaign of politicians. Drugs is harmful, it can spread from home to the rest of the country,” he warned.
PM Imran Khan further said that drugs are silent killers and it is a cause of corruption, mental state, and destruction of principles. Drugs have also spread to universities, which is unfortunate. He said that a nationwide campaign would be launched to eradicate drugs.
