[pdf], Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency, March 2010

EXCERPT: "Production and trafficking of narcotics and its nexus with insurgency and terrorism targeting Pakistan is a critical issues for Pakistan. The Government of Pakistan is about to announce its new Anti-Narcotics Policy 2010. [...] This background paper, prepared by Ms. Soufia Siddiqui under the guidance of PILDAT, set the draft policy in a context, analyzing the need for a comprehensive policy on narcotics control in Pakistan. [...] As outlined in this paper, Pakistan has a long and troublesome history with  narcotics. While the cultivation and production of narcotics has been drastically cut in  Pakistan, the trafficking of drugs, rather than experiencing a reduction with the passage of time and efforts, is only gaining strength, a fact acknowledged within the Anti-narcotics Policy 2010 itself. This can largely be attributed to the country's porous Western border, low capacity of law-enforcement agencies, rapidly deteriorating socio-economic conditions and the ability of traffickers to evade the law by coming up with novel means and routes. Although Pakistan has had relative success in seizing narcotics (its heroin/morphine base seizures higher than other countries in the region,) much remains to be done..."

Read the full [pdf].

Related articles:
Traffickers kill two police near Iran-Pakistan border, The News International, 19 March 2010
Heroin worth millions seized in Punjab, Sify News, 19 March 2010
PM approves second national anti-narcotics policy, Business Day, 25 February 2010

Related reports:
[pdf], UN Office on Drugs and Crime, April 2008

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