Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat at a meeting at the Parliament House on Wednesday expressed strong displeasure over the poor performance of Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) and customs authorities as they were unable to fix responsibility for the recovery of 28 kg and 3 kg heroin from PIA flights despite the lapse of a considerable period of time.
The committee decided to invite for Interior and Narcotics Control Federal Minister and FBR Chairman in the next meeting to discuss the issue.
The committee expressed concerns over the unnecessary delay in completion of New Islamabad Airport project and directed that CAA should take stringent measures to make it functional before July, 2017 positively.
The committee discussed ‘The National Air Transportation Safety Board Bill, 2014’ in detail and directed that CAA should hold a meeting with the mover of the bill to build a consensus and report to the committee within 30 days of the meeting.
The meeting was attended by MNA Sardar Muhammad Irfan Dogar, MNA Sardar Mansib Ali Dogar, MNA Parveen Masood Bhatti, MNA Shehnaz Saleem, MNA Nighat Parveen Bhatti, MNA Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak, MNA Moulvi Agha Muhammad, MNA Syed Javaid Ali Shah, MNA Mehreen Razzaq Bhutto, MNA Syed Ali Raza Abidi, CADD secretaries of cabinet division, and other senior officers of the concerned departments.
