BAHAWALPUR NEWS

Department of population planning Bahawalpur has launched public awareness campaign

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Department of population planning Bahawalpur has launched public awareness campaign regarding the socio-economic consequences of population explosion. Under this social awareness drive social mobilizers organized group meetings of men and women at 68 social welfare centers in the district.

Social welfare department also organized competition to identify healthy children. Besides, consultative gathering was also held in which more than 50 religious scholars were participated.

Chaudhry Arshad Saeed paid a visit at Borstal Institute and juvenile jail Bahawalpur

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab, for department of Prisons, Chaudhry Arshad Saeed paid a visit at Borstal Institute and juvenile jail Bahawalpur. He inspected kitchen, hospital and barracks of the jail. Later, he witnessed gymnastic performance of the inmate children.
Chaudhry Amjad Bashir has urged upon all relevant departments to sharpen their vigil through coherent and coordinative drive to wipe-out the menace of drug paddling and to rehabilitate the addicts

BAHAWALPUR(PR)District officer coordination Chaudhry Amjad Bashir has urged upon all relevant departments to sharpen their vigil through coherent and coordinative drive to wipe-out the menace of drug paddling and to rehabilitate the addicts to enable them through rehabilitation process to play constructive role in nation building process. He made these remarks while presiding over a meeting of district narcotics control committee at the committee room of DCO Bahawalpur. The meeting was attended by President Alfatah Development organization Jamshid Karim Khan, DSP Rao Muhammad Qasim, Deputy Superintendent new central jail Mahmood Fakhri, Assistant excise and taxation officer Rao Javed Akhter, Dr. Shahid Iqbal Baig, District sports officer Maqsood-ul-Hassan, social welfare officer Ms. Tanzila Rani and other officers and officials of the concerned departments.

During the meeting DSP Rao Muhammad Qasim briefed that during the month of July, Bahawalpur police in its intensified anti-narcotics campaign: lodged 629 FIRs in different police stations, recovered 30888 liter Alcohol, 2050 liter wine, 156.603 kilogram Marijuana, 2.006 kilogram heroine, 1.115 kilogram opium, 1671.740 kilogram cannabis and 100 narcotic pills.

Deputy Superintendent of new central jail Bahawalpur Mahmood Fakhri informed that there were 131 inmates in the jail for crimes relating to drug offences.

District officer coordination Chaudhry Amjad Bashir urged upon officials of excise department, health department and social welfare department to constitute special teams of excise department for effective vigilance, survey of medical stores by health department and to identify the addicts in the district for their rehabilitation.

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