SUKKUR, Feb 5 : Secretary Excise and Taxation (E&T) Sindh Iqbal Bablani had said that his department needed more manpower, modern weapons, equipment, vehicles and funds to achieve drug control target.

Addressing a press conference at the Circuit House here on Monday, he said that the department could not achieve its target in combating drug trafficking in the province because of these shortages, adding funds had already been sought from the government.

The “E&T Department collects 65 per cent of provincial budget but despite this it was facing critical problems,” he said and added the steps were being taken to weed out corruption from the department.—PPI

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