Pakistan Narcotics Board (PNB) was set up in 1957, in the Revenue Division in order to meet Pakistan's obligations under the International Opium Convention of 1925. PNB comprised representatives from the Provincial Governments and some Federal Ministries/Divisions.
Pakistan Narcotics Control Board (PNCB) was established in 1973 with five Regional Directorates, in response to UN Convention on Narcotics Control, with the mandate to combat narcotics in the Country. PNCB functioned as an attached department of the Ministry of Interior till 1989 with the strength of 883 all ranks. Narcotics Control Division (NCD) was established in 1989 and the Board became its attached department.
Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) comprising 388 all ranks from Pakistan Army was established in December 1991 as an attached department of NCD.
Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) was raised on 21 February 1995 by merging PNCB and ANTF.
Narcotics Control Division (NCD) was declared Ministry of Narcotics Control in 2001 but it was reverted to NCD under Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control (MOI&NC) in 2013.
Ministry of Narcotics Control (MNC) Ministry of Narcotics Control was established in August 2017.
DIG Sardar Muhammad Chaudhary joined as Regional Director PNCB (Pakistan Narcotics Control Board) Lahore and Regional Directorate PNCB Lahore came into force in 1973.
Brig Yasub Ali Dogar joined as Force Commander ANTF (Anti Narcotics Task Force) Lahore on 11-7-1994 and after merger of PNCB and ANTF into ANF in May 1995 he become 1st Force Commander of ANF Lahore.
