PAKISTAN is watching an epidemic unfold as the menace of narcotic abuse hits every fourth household in Karachi alone. From a transit passage, the country is now a leading consumer state. A 2022 UN report estimated that 7.6m people were addicts in Pakistan. Recent figures suggest a shocking 9m, with thousands added annually. The curse permeates race, status and ethnicity. It saturates posh private schools as severely as it does public colleges and indigent sections. A 2022 ANF-related survey found that 53pc of........

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