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  • Dec 30th, 2016
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Punjab Minister for Higher Education Syed Raza Ali Gillani on Thursday said steps are being taken to purge colleges and universities from the menace of narcotics. "We are committed to provide healthy, conducive atmosphere to the students for their studies," Raza said this while addressing a function here at Aiwan-e-Iqbal.

An NGO-Youth Council for Anti-Narcotics organised the event in a bid to highlight risks associated with the menace of drugs. The minister said that parents should especially keep an eye on the activities and company of their children so as to ensure that their kids are not succumbed to any narcotics lure. It is observed that smoking often leads to use of other harmful drugs; therefore, societal trend of juvenile-smoking must be discouraged, he said.

He maintained that Pakistanis are the best in the world and added that our students have proved their intellect at different international fora. He informed that vice chancellors of public sector universities have been given the roadmap to improve their institutions' academic standards according to international level.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2016


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