Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has reiterated the government's resolve to take strict action against elements involved in smuggling and their facilitators.

He was chairing a high-level meeting in Islamabad today to check smuggling of wheat, sugar, fertilizer and other essential commodities.

The Interior Minister directed to ensure implementation of track and trace system on essential items so that the elements involved in smuggling of these items can be checked.

He also directed to prevent excessive supply of essential commodities in the border districts.

The Minister said strict action will be taken against officers and staff involved in smuggling. For this purpose, he stressed the need of lunching joint operations and intelligence sharing of the institutions.