Tue, 21-Oct-2025

FIA foils attempt to travel illegally to Europe under Umrah cover

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FAISALABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration successfully thwarted an attempt to illegally travel to Europe under the guise of Umrah, offloading four passengers at Faisalabad Airport. According to FIA officials, the passengers — identified as Muhammad Muzammil, Muhammad Osama, Muhammad Tahir, and Muhammad Muneeb — were traveling on flight FZ392 to Saudi Arabia on … Read more

FIA arrests passenger for using fake travel documents

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LAHORE: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration team arrested a air passenger arriving from abroad on charges of using fraudulent documents here at Lahore Airport.

According to FIA spokesperson the arrested individual, identified as Muhammad Abdullah, arrived on Flight QR 620 from Saudi Arabia.

During immigration clearance, he was found to be suspicious, prompting further investigation, it was revealed that the passenger’s passport contained fake entry and exit stamps from both Pakistan and Poland.

The suspect’s travel record was not found in the Immigration and Border Management System (IBMS), spokesperson added.

The accused has been transferred to the Anti-Human Trafficking Circle in Lahore for further interrogation, said spokesperson.

On the other hand, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Composite Circle Abbottabad arrested Nazir Awan, a key suspect involved in human trafficking, from Abbottabad.

The arrest was made on the directives of DG FIA Ahmed Ishaq Jahangir as part of an ongoing crackdown against individuals engaged in illegal human smuggling.

Nazir Awan was on the wanted list for human trafficking and was apprehended following a confidential tip-off. Investigations revealed that the suspect had been deceiving innocent citizens and facilitating their illegal travel abroad. Despite multiple attempts to capture him, the operation culminated successfully with his arrest.

During the raid, FIA team recovered substantial evidences, including travel documents, employment contracts, passports, and visa copies, from the suspect’s possession. The FIA has initiated an investigation into the matter and is conducting further raids to apprehend other individuals involved in the network.

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FIA Immigration foils human trafficking bid at Karachi airport

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KARACHI: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration has foiled an attempt of human trafficking at Jinnah International Airport Karachi and arrested four persons including a travel agent who was reportedly connected with an Indian agent in Azerbaijan.

In the statement issued by FIA, it was stated that the conspiracy to go to Europe illegally from Karachi Airport was exposed and 4 passengers including the agent were arrested.

The arrested accused are Haseeb Ahmed, Qaiser Ahmed, Usman Ali and agent Abdul Shakoor. The  accused belong to different areas of Faisalabad, Chiniot, Gujranwala and Nankana Sahib.

Human smuggler Abdul Shakoor made contracts of Rs 1.4 million per person in the name of sending other suspects to Poland. The accused also gave an advance of Rs 250,000 per person to the agent, the accused had to go to Poland from Azerbaijan illegally.

According to the preliminary investigation, important evidence has been recovered from the mobile phone of the human trafficker Abdul Shakur. The accused Abdul Shakoor was in contact with the Indian agent.

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