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Govt Moves to Right-Size Ministries Shifts ANF to Interior

Govt Moves to Right-Size Ministries Shifts ANF to Interior

The move has been taken under the right-sizing policy of the incumbent government to save extra expenditures.

According to the notification, the Narcotics Control Ministry has been abolished and the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has been given under the control of the Interior Ministry.

Earlier in July, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb stressed the importance of rightsizing Pakistan’s fight five ministries, including Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan, SAFRON, Industries and Production, IT and Telecom, and Health have been short-listed in this regard.

Cabinet ‘okays’ second phase of rightsizing of govt entities

He said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will take the final decision to this effect.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, he said reforms were being done in the FBR. He said that putting less burden on the lower-income class is the government’s top priority.

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