Anti Narcotics Force
| Law Enforcement overview | |
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| Preceding Law Enforcement |
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| Type | Law Enforcement |
| Jurisdiction |
Pakistan Armed Forces Government of Pakistan Ministry of the Interior and Narcotics Control |
| Headquarters | Nartional Park Road, Rawalpindi |
| Motto | " Drug Free Society " |
| Annual budget | 2012 federal budget |
| Minister responsible | |
| Law Enforcement executive |
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| Parent department | Pakistan Narcotics Board |
| Website | www.anf.gov.pk |
 On patrol with Pakistan's anti-narcotics force
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The Anti-Narcotics Force (reporting name: as ANF) is a Federal Executive bureau of the Government of Pakistan, tasked with combating the narcotics smuggling and use within Pakistan. ANF works under umbrella of Pakistan Army and Ministry of Interior and Narcotcs Control. Due to misconception on Section 4 of ANF ACT 1997, the force's head consisted the active-duty general officer of Pakistan Army. Although the law prescribes that any competent person may be appointed as Director General. Currently a two star Army Officer, Major General Nasir Dilawar Shah is deputed as Director General. The ANF also has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing Pakistan narcotics investigations abroad.
The ANF is a civil law enforcement agency and its members are conferred powers of Police officers and thus governed by the Police order 2002, currently in force. Currently, because the administration includes only military personal not acquainted with civil laws or court procedures, the bureau has the highest dropout rates of employees of all the Government departments.
The Eighteenth amendment in the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 also has abolished the dangerous drugs topic from the concurrent list and hence the legal existence of Anti Narcotics Force at the Federal Level in under debate and consideration to be devolved to the Provincial setups.
The Pakistan Narcotics Board (PNB) was established in the Revenue Division in 1957 to fulfill Pakistan its obligations under the International Opium Convention of 1925. The Pakistan Narcotics Board consisted of representatives from the provincial governments and some federal ministries and divisions. Pakistan ratified the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 on 15 August 1965. To meet its obligations under the said Convention, the government, through a declaration dated 8 March 1973, renamed Pakistan Narcotics Board as the Pakistan Narcotics Control Board (PNCB).
The Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) was established in December 1991. In February 1995, PNCB and Anti Narcotics Task Force were merged to constitute the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF), which is now the Premier Law Enforcement Agency in the field of narcotics control. The ANF is assigned to:
Streamline coordination procedures among law enforcement agencies for the implementation of international obligations.
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