IHC bans parcel delivery services in educational institutions

ISLAMABAD: In a move to safeguard youth, the Islamabad High Court (IHC)  issued a directive that bans the practice of delivering parcels directly to students in educational institutions in the federal capital, to combat student drug use.

The directive was issued as part of a hearing on a petition that requested to add drug awareness courses within the school and college curriculum.

The court was told by a government lawyer that the Ministry of Education has already inserted anti-drug education into its upcoming academic syllabus.

“This court is seriously concerned about students having access to drugs in educational institutions. The drug culture in schools has reached of level of concern,“ Justice Inaam Ameen Minhas opined.

The court now put a total ban on courier and delivery employees being in schools or colleges, as the court has received reports that students are receiving drugs in delivery food.

“How are delivery riders even allowed to enter these institutions?“ Justice Minhas asked. “Students order pizza, and along with the pizza, they receive narcotics. All employee couriers must be barred from campus.“

In addition, the court ordered authorities to cease all forms of direct distribution to students and reiterated its order to all parties involved to comply.

“Any school or college that does not comply with this order will be prosecuted,” said the Judge. Moreover, the court has ordered the Cabinet Secretary a report on whether the National Anti-Narcotics Council has been formally arrangement.

The hearing was postponed until May 28. Previously, according to ARY News, the investigation report of the prime suspect, Armaghan, in the case of the murder of Mustafa Amir has emerged with shocking details of a drug trafficking network operating in Karachi.

The suspect Ali Khan, who was recently arrested by the Specialized Investigation Unit of the Karachi Police, acknowledged the trafficking of da drug, which is primarily cocaine, which had arrived in Karachi from Balochistan. He further disclosed that another suspect named Shah Fahad was carrying out the drug supply chain, running a drug racket from Islamabad, working with (alongside) his wife.

In further revelation, 1 kilogram of cocaine was bought in Balochistan for PKR 8.5 million. Then it is taken from various cities to Karachi, including Islamabad, Lahore, and Peshawar. Ali Khan confessed that in the city, one gram of cocaine is sold for PKR 16,000 to 18,000, and the profit of having one kilogram was PKR 10 million.