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HISTORY OF ANF

Pakistan Narcotics Board (PNB) was set up in 1957, in the Revenue Division in order to fulfil Pakistan's obligations under the International Opium Convention of 1925. Pakistan Narcotics Board (PNB) comprised representatives from the Provincial Governments and some Federal Ministries/Divisions. Pakistan ratified the Single Convention on Narcotics Drugs, 1961 on 15th August, 1965.

Pakistan Narcotics Control Board (PNCB) was established in 1973 with five Regional Directorates, in response to UN Convention on Narcotics Control, with the mandate to combat narcotics in the Country. The Board functioned as an attached department of Ministry of Interior till 1989 with strength of 883 all ranks. During 1989, Narcotics Control Division (NCD) was established and the Board became its attached department.

Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) comprising 388 all ranks from Pakistan Army was established in December 1991 as an attached department of NCD.

Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) was raised on 21 February 1995 by merging ANTF and PNCB.

Narcotics Control Division (NCD) was declared Ministry of Narcotics Control in 2001, however, it was reverted back to NCD under Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control (MOI&NC) in 2013.

Ministry of Narcotics Control (MNC) Ministry of Narcotics Control was established in Aug 2017.

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1.     Conduct of drug law enforcement operations through its field component and subsequently ensuring culmination of law enforcement operational cycle through legal proceedings.

2.     Investigation, freezing, litigation, legal disposal of assets acquired with drug money.

3.     Launching of yearly campaigns by relevant Regional Directorate(s) to eliminate/destroy Poppy cultivation.

4.     Training of own and other law enforcement agencies' students in Anti Narcotics Force Academy.

5.     Acting as leading drug law enforcement agency, heads the Inter Agency Task Force that comprises all relevant law enforcement agencies.

6.     Has signed Memorandum of Understanding with numerous countries and works in close coordination with their drug law enforcement agencies.

7.       All above functions are conducted in coordination with relevant Directorates in Headquarters Directorate General Anti Narcotics Directorate.

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The longest tunnel in Pakistan is the Lowari Tunnel

Opened in 2017

Length: 8.5 kilometers (5.3 miles)

Location: Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Purpose: To bypass the Lowari Pass and connect the Dir-Chitral Highway, providing all-weather access to Chitral.

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The Karachi Port Trust  is a Pakistani federal government agency under the administrative control of the Federal Maritime Secretary that oversees the operations of the Port of Karachi, one of South Asia's largest and busiest deep-water seaports which handles about 60% of the nation's cargo.

Headquartered at the colonial-era Karachi Port Trust Building.

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Babur was first buried in Agra but, as per his wishes, his remains were moved to Kabul and reburied.

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Underground water channels locally known as qanat or kariz are one of the oldest systems of irrigation in Pakistan Baluchistan.

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The Kirthar National Park is situated in the Kirthar Mountains in Jamshoro District in Sindh, Pakistan.

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Punjab, which is the largest province in terms of population, dominates other provinces in contributing to the national economy

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In June 2019, Pakistan Navy had announced that it was purchasing two multirole Type 054A frigates from China.

The navy had said Pakistan’s fleet of Type054A warships would grow to four by 2021.

The PLA Navy has about 30 of the Type 054A ships, each of which has a loaded displacement of 4,000 metric tonnes and is equipped with advanced radars and missiles.

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Bacha Khan international airport is in Peshawar.

Allama Iqbal international airport is in Lahore.

Benazir Bhutto international airport is in Islamabad.

Quaid-e-Azam international airport is in Karachi.