Minister for Narcotics Control, Brig (Retd) Ijaz Ahmad Shah has called forjoint effort by Pakistan and Iran to curb narcotics smuggling.

In an interview, he said no single country can achieve one hundred percentresult in the subject of narcotics control until and unless there iscoordination between the states.

The Minister said Pakistan and Iran are neighbours and if we don’t have anycoordination in the field of narcotics control we cannot be successful.

Brig (Retd) Ijaz Shah said he is looking forward a cooperative gesture fromIranian side during the upcoming visit of the Head of Iran’s Anti-NarcoticsPolice, Brigadier General Majid Karimi and his delegation to Pakistan