ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has announced to upgrade the Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) on modern lines.
Interior Minister Senator Mohsin Naqvi presided over a meeting at the headquarters of Pakistan Coast Guards in which Secretary Interior, Director General Pakistan Coast Guards Brigadier Ghulam Abass, senior officials and officers of Pakistan Coast Guards also participated.
Interior Minister laid floral wreath at martyrs monument and presented solute to the martyrs for their supreme sacrifice for the defence of the motherland.
He was informed about the professional training of Pakistan Coast Guards and the measures taken to prevent smuggling and the details of the seized drugs, alcohol and other general items, including the process of burning the seized drugs.
Mohsin Naqvi said that despite the limited resources, the performance of the Coast Guards is excellent, but Pakistan Coast Guards have to play a more active role to stop smuggling from the coastal areas.
The Interior Minister was briefed on the professional affairs of Pakistan Coast Guards, in which the efforts to fulfill the responsibilities of Coast Guards and prevent all kinds of smuggling, especially anti-narcotics activities.
The Federal Minister while appreciating the professional performance of the institution, the high determination, courage and efforts of the officers and jawans of the Coast Guards, said Pakistan Coast Guards, is the only one that performs its duties simultaneously on land and sea.
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