DG Rescue Dr Rizwan Naseer appreciates passion of the cyclists

Lahore: A ten-member delegation of cyclists, hailing from Muzaffargarh District, visited Rescue 1122 Headquarters on Wednesday and met DG Rescue Punjab Dr. Rizwan Naseer, in connection with awareness activities about anti-narcotics among general public. Their journey started from Muzaffargarh on 23^rd April, and shall end at Islamabad on 8^th May, 2014 after visiting different districts and having meeting with different government functionaries of provincial and federal government pertaining to their sole purpose.

During a meeting with the delegation, DG Rescue Punjab expressed his happiness and encouraged the delegation by saying that the menace of drug was a serious issue and every country is making all possible efforts to curb it, especially those which are most hit by this menace, but unfortunately the results are not as encouraging as are conceived and expected.

He further said that the magnitude of the problem can well be conceived by having a look at the facts and figures which United Nations Office on Dru

gs and Crime (UNODC) compiles and makes public every year.

Quoting the statistics, he said that the production of synthetic drugs and proportion thereof abused by the drug addicts, however, cannot be ascertained. He said that there are only 8 to 10 countries that produce over 90% of the total narcotics in the world and then let them spread all over.

It is even more unfortunate that except cocaine only 10 to 20 percent of the total production of the narcotics is intercepted and confiscated by the law enforcement agencies all over the world while the rest is consumed.

He further said that as the government of Pakistan approved and promulgated the National Anti Narcotics Policy-2010 and now multiple law enforcement agencies including police, Excise, ANF, Frontier Corpse, Pakistan Customs, Pakistan Rangers, ASF, Pakistan Coast Guards etc are working to curb this menace, which is a serious threat to health of the citizens.

Dr. Rizwan Naseer said that all stakeholders and the citizens should come forward to sensitize public about this serious issue. He appreciated the passion of the cyclists, who took a responsibility to aware public. He further said that youth are the asset of this country and they have to materialize the concept of establishment of safer Pakistan.