From Abid Usman
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday has directed relevant authorities to take concrete steps on an urgent basis to curb drug abuse in educational institutions and sought an implementation report.
The Lahore High Court (LHC) issued the directives while hearing a petition filed by the Judicial Activism Panel for seeking a ban on smoking and narcotics consumption in educational institutions.
During the hearing, a consultant on anti-narcotics campaign submitted the health profile report regarding the educational institutions. The report stated that 17 educational institutions were visited and most of the centres failed to prepare health profile reports.
The petitioner’s lawyer apprised the court that drugs and cigarettes are being sold in the vicinity of educational institutions. President, prime minister and concerned officials have been sent letters to take actions, however, concrete steps to curb the menace of drugs were not taken on government level so far, said the lawyer.
