Islamabad police call on varsities to join hands against drugs, extremism

Crime Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Amid a likely increase in drug use among students, the Islamabad police have asked the heads of educational institutions in the federal capital to join hands with the police to root out “the menace of violent extremism, drugs, and other illegal activities”.
A statement issued by the police said Inspector General of Police (IGP) Akbar Nasir Khan wrote letters to the universities in the jurisdiction of the federal capital and asked their heads to inform the police regarding any illegal activities on campus.
The statement said in the past, the police sent at least two letters to the varsities for the relevant details, and now another one was being dispatched for the same purpose. Also, the IGP directed station house officers (SHOs) of six police stations to step up action against the drug peddlers in their respective jurisdictions. Meanwhile, a letter shared by the Islamabad police chief’s office said that nowadays “there is [a] high likelihood of drugs, illegal activities, and other anti-social activities inside the premises of educational institutions due to multiple factors, including free access to the premises in [the] urban area and learning institutions”.
“In this backdrop, it is requested and expected, that your kind self, being heads of educational institutions, please work proactively and in close liaison with [the] Islamabad Police and its representatives and officials in your jurisdiction and help in taking preventive action against all such illegal activities as we are bound to take action against all such cognisable offences,” it added.
The letter stressed that “preventive and proactive action” needed to be with the full support of the varsity and college administrations which were “duty-bound to act as per laws of the land to prevent violent extremism” in the country.