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| Around 7 million drug addicts in Pakistan, Senate told |
| 2015-07-07 |
| [DAWN] ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control was told Monday that around seven million people in Pakistain are drug addicts, while 700 people die every day in the country due to drug-related complications. The committee, chaired by Senator Rehman Malik Pak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship. , was briefed by the director general (DG) of Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) on the steps undertaken by the Narcotics Control Division for the welfare of those suffering from addiction. Briefing the committee, ANF DG Maj Gen Khawar Hanif said of an estimated seven million drug addicts in Pakistain, a staggering three million were those who used medicines without prescription. He said drug-related deaths were greater than those caused by terrorism-- the latter kills 39 each day compared to the 700 deaths from drug addiction every day. The committee was apprised that Pakistain had been declared a "poppy-free" country since 2011. But the area under poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has increased from 7,000 hectors to 225,000 hectors, the committee was told. Responding to a question, the ANF DG said officials from 32 countries had been deputed in Pakistain for narcotics control but no Pak official had served abroad-- except in Iran. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 But the area under poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has increased from 7,000 hectors to 225,000 hectors, the committee was told. It would seem that NATO troops are good for agriculture. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-07-07 16:09 |
| #4 about 7 million debt addicts in Greece. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2015-07-07 14:58 |
| #3 He said drug-related deaths were greater than those caused by terrorism-- the latter kills 39 each day compared to the 700 deaths from drug addiction every day. Yeah, so tobacco products in the US kill more people than drunk drivers. One is against the law but the other is an investment. With the help of US farming practices poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has increased from 7,000 hectors to 225,000 hectors |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-07-07 14:23 |
| #2 He said drug-related deaths were greater than those caused by terrorism-- the latter kills 39 each day compared to the 700 deaths from drug addiction every day. Gaia corrections. Have patience. It's a slower process, but still a process. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-07-07 12:58 |
| #1 Only 7 million? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-07-07 12:54 |