LEAs discuss ways to improve anti-narcotics operations.

Byline: Israr Ahmad

Rawalpindi -- The 12th Inter Agency Task Force meeting among all law enforcement agencies was held at ANF Headquarters on Tuesday.

The meeting was chaired by Capt (R) Arif Nawaz Khan, Secretary Ministry of Narcotics Control, and organized by Major General Arif Malik, DG Anti Narcotics Force and Chairman IATF.

The meeting was attended by Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan Coast Guards, Airport Security Force, Federal Investigation Agency, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency, KP Secretariat (formerly FATA Secretariat), Pakistan Rangers (Punjab), Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), Frontier Constabulary KP, Frontier Corps Balochistan, National Highways and Motorways Police (NHandMP), Pakistan Railways Police, Punjab Police, Sindh Police, KP Police, Baluchistan Police, Gilgit-Baltistan Police, Excise and Taxation Sindh, Excise and Taxation Balochistan, EandT GB, EandT AJK and Civil Aviation Authority. Secretary MNC Capt (R) Arif Nawaz Khan and DG ANF Major General Arif Malik welcomed the participants of the meeting.

Main objective of the meeting was to ponder upon prevailing challenges, synergise counter narcotics operations, fine tune coordination and cooperation among LEAs for effective drug control and to accrue maximum benefits from the jurisdiction of respective departments. During meeting, the performance of all LEAs for year 2018 was presented which was analysed y other members of IATF...