Afridi urges to enhance regional, global cooperation to fight drugs.

KARACHI -- Minister for Narcotics Control Shehryar Khan Afridi Tuesday urged transregional and global partners to enhance scope of regional and global cooperation to help save the world from the menace of drugs. Addressing the participants of 4th Trans-regional Cooperation Meeting on drugs control, Afridi said Pakistan has been spearheading efforts for saving the world from the menace of narcotics, a press release said. The minister said the world has yet to acknowledge the sacrifices made by the countries fighting drugs. "This is need of the hour that sacrifices being made in combating drugs should be recognized by the UN and its allied agencies on the pattern of recognition being given to peacekeeping forces.

Moreover globally we rank in top tier for the seizures of drugs though with meager resources and low man power we have mastered this art with high intelligence and professional force of ANF," he added. Afridi said Pakistan has recently developed the smart phone...