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ISLAMABAD:
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Sunday arrested an Afghan national in possession of a fake Pakistani passport.
Gul Akhtar, the suspect, was booked a Saudi Arabia-bound PIA flight. Immigration officials, however, found that the passport he held was fake.
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During investigation, the suspect said he was an Afghan national and was currently living in a refugee camp in Haripur district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
He said his real name was Muhammad Sharif and he hailed from Jalalabad.
He said he acquired the passport and work visa through an agent in Peshawar.
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He has been handed over to anti-human trafficking cell of the FIA for further investigation.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 11th, 2016.
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