ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday issued an advisory to stop human trafficking after a gap of 20 years.
A letter has been issued from the FIA Hheadquarter to the Deputy Directors of Immigration across the country. Instructions have been given to strictly monitor the passengers of 15 countries, nine cities of Pakistan and two airlines.
The advisory was prepared from an analysis of the Integrated Border Management System(IBMS) database for July-December.
In the advisory, for the first time, it has been ordered to tighten surveillance on foreign travelers between the ages of 15 and 40 years.
In the advisory, it has been ordered to investigate passengers going to Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, Senegal, Kenya, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
An order has also been issued for profiling passengers going to Libya, Iran, Mauritania, Iraq, Turkey, Qatar, Kuwait and Kyrgyzstan.
In a letter issued to the Deputy Director of Immigration, it was stated that 15 countries were used by Pakistanis as transit for human trafficking to Europe.
According to the advisory, the transfer and movement of passengers on visit, tourism, religious, or educational visas of 15 countries has been reviewed. The strict monitoring of passengers from Mandi Bahauddin, Gujarat, Sialkot, Gujranwala and Bhimber has been ordered.
The advisory ordered to take better passenger profiling measures at Jhelum, Toba Tek Singh, Hafizabad and Sheikhupura.
The advisory states that all documents, including return tickets, hotel bookings, should be scrutinized with special attention to visit or tourist visas, and interview suspicious passengers and their purpose of travel and financial arrangements.
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