PDP’s Srinagar district president and MLC Mohammad Khurshid Alam hailed the statement of the Mirwaiz and said that such gestures from a tall religious leader are welcome and will for sure help in bringing a positive change on the ground.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq called for unanimous efforts to curb the drug menace in Jammu and Kashmir. (Image: Twitter/@MirwaizKashmir)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday endorsed the statement of separatist Mirwaiz Umar Farooq calling for unanimous efforts to curb the drug menace in Jammu and Kashmir.
Taking a serious note of the growing menace of drug abuse, the Mirwaiz, while addressing the Friday congregation at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid said; “A large number of youths getting drawn to drug addiction is alarming. Easy money and easy availability, parental unawareness and inaction by law enforcing agencies are all contributing. We need to work on all these fronts to overcome this menace.”
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PDP’s Srinagar district president and MLC Mohammad Khurshid Alam hailed the statement of the Mirwaiz and said that such gestures from a tall religious leader are welcome and will for sure help in bringing a positive change on the ground.
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He said that the Mirwaiz is well aware of how dreadful the situation on the ground has become and why it merits serious concern. The PDP leader said that it is hoped that such earnest efforts will elicit a positive response and the calamitous situation engulfing the precious lives of youth is avoided.
Alam said that the earnest and sincere efforts being undertaken by the locals of Old City, especially of Maqdoom Sahib area, are worth hailing and has once again inspired the society to scan new horizons with eager hope and dream a drug-free Srinagar.
He said the unprecedented pace with which the younger generation of Kashmir, especially of Srinagar’s Old City is falling prey to the dreadful intoxicating substances has made all the saner voices of the society worried and upset.
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