Minister for Interior Affairs and Narcotics Control Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday held a telephonic conversation with Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Director General Musarat Nawaz Malik and discussed the case of presence of narcotics in an airplane of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
The ANF director general apprised the minister about the progress made in the investigation in the narcotics case. The minister was briefed that important success had been achieved in the PIA airplane narcotics case and due to that some arrests had been made.
More progress was expected in the case in the coming days, Nisar was told. The minister said the attempt to smuggle narcotics through the national airlines was a grave crime and a bid to damage the country’s honour and reputation.
He said that the people involved in the incident did not deserve any leniency. He directed the ANF director general to conclude the investigations into the matter as early as possible. He appreciated the professional role of ANF during the investigation of the case.