CPEC to be made drug-free trans-regional trade route: Shehryar Afridi

ISLAMABAD, Jun 13 (APP):Minister of State for Narcotics Control and SAFRON Shehryar Afridi Thursday said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would be first trans-regional drug-free route and all necessary measures would be adopted to achieve this target.

Chairing a high-level meeting here, the minister said that since Pakistan had a geo-strategic location, Pakistan would take along Iran, Afghanistan and China to ensure the region free from illicit drugs, said a press release.

“We will work with our regional and global partners to make world free from menace of drugs. Pakistan would take all necessary measures to attain this goal,” the minister said.

He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had a zero-tolerance policy on illicit drugs and the ministry of Narcotics Control, along with its domestic and international partners, would pursue a rigorous drive to make Pakistan a drug-free country.