Dokument #1318533
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Information on the Anti-Narcotics
Association of Pakistan (ANAP) could not be found among the sources
consulted by the DIRB.
However, the following information on the
Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), formerly the Anti-Narcotics Task Force
(ANTF), may be of interest.
The attached letter, which was sent to the
DIRB by the director of the regional office of the United Nations
International Drug Control Programme (UNIDCP) in Islamabad on 28
March 1996, provides general information on, and an organizational
chart of, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force, which was renamed
Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF).
According to The News, as the ANF,
Pakistan's foremost anti-drug agency, has "tightened its net around
active drug traffickers," many have fled the country for Dubayy,
where they continue to operate (3 Jan. 1996). The February 1996
attachment from the Herald provides general information on the
crime situation in Lahore, Punjab province, and briefly discusses
the work of the ANF there.
The 3 March 1996 attachment from Dawn
raises some of the criticisms made by the United States regarding
Pakistan's anti-narcotics efforts. The News attachment of 4 March
1996 reports the government's defence of its anti-narcotics efforts
in response to these criticisms.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of
additional sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
References
Dawn [Karachi, in English]. 3 March
1996. "Pakistan: Editorial Views Clinton's 'Reprieve' on Narcotics
Issue." (FBIS-NES-96-044 5 Mar. 1996, p. 98)
The News [Islamabad, in English]. 4
March 1996. Mariana Baabar. "Pakistan: Government Defends
Antinarcotics Efforts." (FBIS-NES-96-043 4 Mar. 1996, p. 99)
_____. 3 January 1996. Kamran Hoti.
"Dubayy Seen as 'Safe Haven' for Drug Barons." (FBIS-NES-96-003 4
Jan. 1996, pp. 69-71)
Dawn [Karachi, in English]. 3 March
1996. "Pakistan: Editorial Views Clinton's 'Reprieve' on Narcotics
Issue." (FBIS-NES-96-044 5 Mar. 1996, p. 98)
Herald [Karachi]. February 1996. Vol.
27, no. 2. Aamer Ahmed Khan. "The Crime Game," pp. 83-88.
The News [Islamabad, in English]. 4
March 1996. Mariana Baarbar. "Pakistan: Government Defends
Antinarcotics Efforts." (FBIS-NES-96-043 4 Mar. 1996, p. 99)
_____. 3 January 1996. Kamran Hoti.
"Dubayy Seen as 'Safe Haven' for Drug Barons." (FBIS-NES-96-003 4
Jan. 1996, pp. 69-71)
United Nations International Drug
Control Programme, Regional Office for Southwest Asia, Islamabad.
28 March 1996. Letter and organizational chart of the
Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) sent to the DIRB.
Asian Survey [Berkeley, Calif.].
Monthly. November 1995 to February 1996.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1995. 1996.
Current History [Philadelphia]. Monthly.
November 1995 to April 1996.
DIRB. Indexed Media Review [Ottawa].
Weekly. November 1995 to present.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Daily Report. January to 19 April 1996.
The Herald [Karachi]. December 1995 to
February 1996, April 1996.
Human Rights Watch World Report 1996.
1995.
International Service Group (ISG),
Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Hull. Infrequent reports. 1994
to present.
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