According to the directive issued by the district nazim, an organised campaign would be initiated to weed out elements involved in nefarious trade.
The district nazim also urged citizens to extend full co-operation by pointing out the stores where such drugs were being sold.
He directed the EDO concerned to take stern action against the lawbreakers without taking their social or political status into consideration.
Talking to newsmen, he said the District government was spending Rs 186.8 million on various development projects in Jhang district, adding that Rs 65 million had been allocated for the installation of a CT scan machine at the DHQ Hospital.
The district nazim said a sum of Rs 45 million would be spent on the improvement of medical facilities at district's 25 RHCs while Rs 50 million had been earmarked for upgrading Ahmedpur Sial RHC to the THQ Hospital. Around Rs two million, he said, would be incurred on the construction of an emergency ward and staff residences at the Chiniot THQ Hospital.
Similarly, he said an amount of rupees one million had been sanctioned for the construction of an emergency block at the City Hospital, Jhang.
In addition, he said the district government had decided to elevate the City Hospital to THQ Hospital and, for this purpose, a piece of land adjacent to the Hilal-i-Ahmar Hospital had already been selected.
The district nazim said that dispensaries at Chak 161-GB and Rodanwali had been approved and the district government had allocated Rs 1.8 million funds for this purpose.