Pictorial Presentation Of ANF Police Station Block At Gwadar Arranged
Faizan Hashmi Published December 20, 2017 | 04:20 PM
Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Wednesday organized a pictorial presentation in connection with inauguration of pre-fabricated block of ANF Police Station, Gwadar
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Dec, 2017 ) :Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Wednesday organized a pictorial presentation in connection with inauguration of pre-fabricated block of ANF Police Station, Gwadar.
The block has been constructed with financial assistance of United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) and Canadian High Commission in Pakistan. At a ceremony held here, Director General ANF, Major General Musarrat Nawaz Malik reaffirmed his commitment to continue war against illicit drugs with same resilience to protect our own society as well as shield rest of the world from its devastating effects.
The event was attended by Secretary Narcotics Control, Iqbal Mehmood, High Commissioner of Canada, Perry Calderwood, UNODC Country Head, Cesar Guedes, Drug Liaison Officers of various countries, foreign dignitaries, senior ANF officials and mediapersons.
He thanked government of Canada and UNODC for enhancing capacity building of ANF and apprised that recent contributions of government of Canada through UNODC Country Programmes for Pakistan, in supplementing Pakistan's counter narcotics pursuits are highly appreciable.
These would facilitate in infrastructure and technical uplift of Pakistan's anti drug set-ups. The DG said Pakistan gave exceptional importance to cooperation with international community and sincerely acknowledged support provided by international partners, especially the UNODC.
He said Canadian support to augment ANF capacity at strategically important places like Gwadar would go a long way in making the world a safer place from drugs and related transnational organized crimes.
The DG highlighted that trafficking of illicit drugs and precursor chemicals was a transnational organized crime and a growing challenge to rule of law, good governance and development in many countries.
Speaking on the occasion, Cesar Guedes and High Commissioner of Canada appreciated ANF's achievements and its role as a specialized force in combating trafficking of illicit drugs at national, regional and global level.
They assured their all-out support to ANF to tackle menace more vigorously and reaffirmed their support in capacity building of ANF and their key role for improving international cooperation across the globe.
In his address, Iqbal Mehmood reaffirmed Pakistan's resolve to stem out menace of drugs from the country, region as well as the world. He said Pakistan would continue to pursue same resolve to strive for a world free of illicit drugs to save future generations.
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