FC and Rangers were given powers to stop smuggling
Law enforcement agencies will be able to exercise anti-trafficking powers from today.
Balochistan 24 web desk:
ISLAMABAD: Law enforcement agencies will be able to exercise anti-trafficking powers from May 4.
A joint meeting of the Ministry of Law and the FBR assigned key tasks to law enforcement agencies to implement the Anti-Trafficking Ordinance, with FCs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan and Rangers in Punjab and Sindh with powers to curb trafficking. ۔
According to a spokesman for the Ministry of Law, the Pakistan Coast Guard will also take steps to curb trafficking, and all law enforcement agencies will be able to exercise their powers within five kilometers of the border.