The provincial administration of Sindh has said that it will begin testing students for drugs in schools in July, according to Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon. The provincial authorities would randomly test students for drugs at Karachi’s educational institutions, the minister had earlier declared.
Memon said certain students will take examinations at random, and their identities would be kept private. He went on, “If a student tests positive for drugs, their parents will be notified and the student will be asked who gave them the drug.”
On the other hand, the Sindh government will not prosecute these pupils. The minister also discussed street crimes in Karachi, saying that things have been getting better lately. In addition, the police will soon have access to cutting-edge weaponry to combat criminals.
Memon added that heatwave camps have been set up to help people impacted by the harsh weather. The minister further stated that a number of meetings had been held to discuss the province of Sindh’s rain problem. He gave the people the assurance that the administration is ready to handle any difficulties brought on by bad weather.
The meeting was attended by the provincial ministers and secretaries for education and health, and home ministries, among others. The education secretary while briefing the meeting said he has started preparing a list of students so that the same could be shared with the health department in order to commence drug testing. The chief minister remarked that he would release funds needed for the testing “as and when required”. During the conference, the chief minister noted that concerning information about drug use among students had surfaced from a number of the nation’s top colleges. He estimated at the time that there were over 7.6 million drug users in Pakistan, with 78 percent of them being men and 22 percent being women.
