The assets of convicts in drug cases are usually seized for the benefit of the federal government in the following phases: The Anti-Narcotics Force (Urdu: انسداد منشیات پولیس, name of the report: ANF) is a federal executive office of the Government of Pakistan, which is responsible for combating drug trafficking and consumption in Pakistan. The ANF operates under the aegis of the Pakistani army and the Ministry of Drug Control (Pakistan), of which Minister Shahzain Bugti has been since March 2022. Due to a misunderstanding about Article 4 of the ANF ACT 1997, the force chief was composed of the active general officer of the Pakistan Army. Although the law stipulates that any responsible person may be appointed Director General. Currently, a two-star army officer, Major General Muhammad Aniq U Rehman Malik, is seconded as director general. The ANF is also solely responsible for coordinating and continuing Pakistan`s overseas drug investigations. No person shall participate, participate in or conspire to commit, attempt, commit, assist, assist, facilitate, incite or advise the commission of an offence punishable under this Act, inside or outside Pakistan. Explanation: For the purposes of this section, a person is deemed to have been related, conspired, supported, promoted, facilitated, incited, incited, induced, induced, incited, incited or advised in connection with a criminal offence within the meaning of this section when doing something outside Pakistan; or (a)constitute a criminal offence if committed in Pakistan; or (b) under the laws of that other place, is a criminal offence relating to narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or controlled substances containing all legal substances that meet all the legal or similar requirements necessary to make it a criminal offence punishable under this Act. (1) Immediately after this Act comes into force, the federal government may establish a federal testing laboratory and other narcotics testing institutes and laboratories or notify another laboratory or institute as a federal narcotics testing laboratory for the purposes of this Act. (2) The Government of the State may, whenever it is considered appropriate, establish narcotics testing laboratories in the province. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 496 and 497 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1898 (V of 1898), no bail may be granted to an accused person charged with an offence under this Act or any other Narcotics Act for which the offence is punishable by death. (2) In the case of other offences punishable under this Act, the deposit shall not normally be granted unless the court considers it appropriate for the granting of security and against security in a significant amount.
With the recent withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover, drug trafficking in Pakistan has continued to increase. In Pakistan, the prevalence of drug abuse is increasing at an alarming rate. However, risk factors that increase susceptibility to addiction remain largely elusive. 1. Upon receipt of a complaint or credible information, or if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a person has acquired assets through illicit participation in narcotic drugs inside or outside Pakistan, an official authorized under section 21 or any other person authorized or authorized under section 37 shall locate and identify those assets. (2) Upon receipt of certified information from a competent foreign court that a citizen of Pakistan has been charged with a criminal offence which also constitutes a criminal offence under this Act, an official authorized under section 21 or any other person authorized under section 37 shall trace and identify the assets of that person. and subject to the provision of Subsection 3, such assets may be frozen. (3) Information on such assets shall be submitted to the Special Court within the meaning of § 13 and § 19 if measures are taken under this Act or any other law currently in force and if the person who committed the offence is outside Pakistan, subject to the High Court for the purpose of confiscation of assets in accordance with section 40. 4. The measures referred to in subsections (1) and (2) may include any investigation, investigation or interrogation of persons, premises, places, property, transmission documents and accounting records.
(1) Notwithstanding what is contained in a law currently in force, if the Federal Government approves a request by a foreign State under section 66 to restrict the trading of assets believed to be located in whole or in part in Pakistan for valid reasons, the Federal Government may apply to the High Court for an injunction. Any person who violates the provisions of §§ 6, 7 or 8 shall be punished by: – (a) imprisonment for up to two years or a fine or both if the quantity of narcotic, psychotropic substance or controlled substance is one hundred grams or less; (b) imprisonment, which may be up to seven years and shall also be punishable by fines if the quantity of narcotic, psychotropic or controlled substance exceeds one hundred grams but not more than one kilogram; (c) death or life imprisonment or imprisonment for up to fourteen years and a fine of up to one million rupees if the quantity of narcotic, psychotropic or controlled substance exceeds the limits laid down in point (b): if the quantity exceeds ten kilograms, the penalty may not be less than life imprisonment. (1) The Government may authorize mutual legal assistance to a foreign State which is similar to that referred to in Article 57 in the case of investigations or proceedings instituted in that State. 2. Such requests:- (a) shall indicate the name of the authority concerned in the criminal case to which the request relates; (b) contain a description of the nature of the criminal case and a statement summarising the relevant facts and legislation; (c) a description of the subject matter of the request and the nature of the assistance requested; (d) in the case of a request for the freezing or confiscation of assets deemed to be in Pakistan for valid reasons, attach the details of the offence, details of investigations or 4 proceedings initiated for the offence and a copy of any relevant freezing or confiscation order of the court.