Passengers Offloaded Before International Flights
The Federal Investigation Agency has offloaded four passengers at Multan International Airport over suspected fake and forged travel documents.
According to officials, the passengers were trying to travel abroad to Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain.
The offloaded passengers were identified as Muniran Bibi, Mohammad Sajid, Hiba Ali, and Zara Batool.
FIA officials said the operation was carried out after suspicious documents were detected during immigration checks.
The agency said the timely action helped foil possible human smuggling attempts through Multan airport.
Suspicious Visas Found on Mobile Phones
During checking, FIA officials recovered suspicious Ecuador visas from the mobile phones of Hiba Ali and Zara Batool.
Initial investigation revealed that alleged human smugglers had instructed the passengers to keep the Ecuador visas hidden.
They were allegedly told to show only their Azerbaijan visas during travel clearance.
Officials said this raised serious concerns about the real purpose of their journey and possible onward illegal travel.
In another case, passenger Mohammad Sajid was arrested while attempting to travel to Saudi Arabia.
The FIA said he was travelling on a fake no-objection certificate related to leave.
Officials said Mohammad Sajid works as Secretary of a Union Council in Mardan.
Case Handed to Anti-Human Trafficking Cell
In a separate operation, FIA officials also stopped Muniran Bibi from travelling to Bahrain.
The agency said she failed to satisfy immigration officials regarding her stay arrangements and financial matters.
After initial questioning, all four passengers were handed over to the Anti-Human Trafficking Cell in Multan for further legal action.
FIA Director Multan Zone Ataur Rehman praised the performance of the team.
He said strict monitoring at airports is helping prevent illegal travel and human smuggling attempts.
The latest action highlights growing efforts by immigration authorities to detect forged documents and protect citizens from trafficking networks.
Officials said checks will continue at airports to stop passengers travelling on fake papers or suspicious arrangements.
