RAWALPINDI: Prime Minister Imran Khan says the government will devise a strategy to check drug abuse among youth and save the future generations from this menace.

Addressing an event at Anti-Narcotics Force Headquarters in Rawalpindi today (Monday), he termed corruption and narcotics as a “cancer of society”.

The Prime Minister said relevant ministries would be taken on-board to chalk-out the policy in view of growing trend of drug abuse at educational institutes.

He said he would call a meeting next week to discuss ways to address the challenge of narcotics on urgent basis.

Imran Khan said the government will run an anti-drug campaign across the country and the entire nation will fight this menace as a united force.

Expressing concern over high number of cases of drug addicts in schools and universities, he stressed the need for raising awareness among masses, particularly youth, about negative impacts of drugs.

The Prime Minister assured to enhance flow of required resources to counter the menace of drug abuse in the country.