Immigration: Three off-loaded over fake visas

Passengers were sent to the Anti Human Trafficking Circle which will register cases against them.

LAHORE: Three passengers were off-loaded from planes by the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Immigration section due to forged visas. They were sent to the Anti Human Trafficking Circle (AHTC), which will register cases against them, FIA officials told The Express Tribune. Shaukat Ali from Gujranwala was off-loaded from a Shaheen Airlines flight for carrying a forged visa for South Africa. Feroz Shah from Lower Dir was off-loaded from a Thai Air flight with a forged visa f0r Malaysia. Muhammad Naeem from Gujranwala was off-loaded during transit in Dubai for carrying a forged visa for Libya. According to preliminary investigation he paid Rs0.3 million to a travel agent identified as Nadeem.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 24^th, 2014.