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FIA launches advanced Immigration control system at Sialkot airport

FIA launches advanced Immigration control system at Sialkot airport

In a big step to stop illegal travel, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has introduced a modern immigration control system at Sialkot International Airport. The FIA has opened a fully equipped Second-Line Immigration Control Office at the airport with the support of ICMPD and the Embassy of Denmark. According to the FIA spokesperson, the new … Read more

FIA arrests 12 men trying to travel abroad

FIA

Gujranwala: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested 12 passengers attempting to travel illegally to Europe. According to the FIA Director, the Immigration Cell conducted an operation at Sialkot Airport, during which the passengers were offloaded and taken into custody. He added that the suspects had planned to travel from Uganda to Libya and then … Read more

Flight operations at Karachi airport temporarily suspended

Flight operations

KARACHI: Flight operations at Jinnah International Airport Karachi have been temporarily suspended in view of the ongoing tension between Pakistan and India. On Thursday morning, several aerial routes were closed for commercial flights in the boundaries of Lahore and Sialkot. In Lahore Flight Information Region, seven aerial routes were closed for commercial aircraft flights while … Read more

FIA arrests human smuggler from Sialkot Airport

FIA

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency’s immigration cell arrested a human smuggler from Sialkot Airport.

The FIA’s immigration cell arrested the accused involved in human trafficking from Sialkot Airport.

According to immigration sources, passenger Ghulam Haider was traveling from Sialkot to Sharjah Libya on a flight.

According to the case, the accused had collected huge amount of money from the citizen to send abroad while the accused had been wanted by the FIA ​​for the last two years.

In separate raid, FIA immigration staff arrested Mohammad Usman, a passenger from Kandhkot, Sindh. The accused’s name was on the list of beggary and was named on the stop list.

According to FIA officials, the accused has previously been deported from Saudi Arabia for being involved in begging.

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FIA arrests three passengers from Sialkot airport

FIA

SIALKOT: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested three passengers while conducting operations at Sialkot Airport.

The suspects arrested from Sialkot Airport were traveling on fake documents, the name of the accused Muhammad Rasheed was included in the stop list.

FIA officials said that the accused Muhammad Abu Bakr had reached Pakistan from Saudi Arabia, the accused made a deal to go to Bosnia through an agent for 3.2million.

According to the spokesman, the accused traveled from Lahore on Saudi Arabia Umrah visa, a fake Bosnia visa was also recovered from the mobile phone of the accused.

It should be noted that on August 17, FIA conducted a major operation at Karachi Airport and arrested a passenger coming to Pakistan from abroad on fake travel documents.

According to the spokesperson of FIA, the accused Noor Muhammad had reached Pakistan from Saudi Arabia through flight number PK 732. The emergency passport of the accused had a fake renewal stamp.

The spokesman had said that the accused failed to provide any kind of documents regarding the said stamp and in this regard the Pakistani mission in Jeddah was also contacted to check the passport of the accused.

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Sialkot airport to remain closed for runway repairs

Sialkot airport

SIALKOT: The Sialkot International Airport will remain temporarily closed for 16 days due to repair works on the runway. A notification by the Airport Manager said the airport will remain closed for major rehabilitation work on the runway from 9 AM on December 5 till December 20, 2022. As a result, all domestic and international … Read more