Iran hands over 68 Pakistanis

Previously detained for travelling without valid travel documents

TAFTAN:

The Iranian authorities handed over 68 Pakistanis to Taftan Levies Administration at the Pak-Iran border town of Taftan on Sunday.

All the citizens were arrested in a major operation by Iranian security forces in different cities of Iran. They were detained for travelling without valid travel documents. Mir Elahi Baksh Notezai, the in-charge of Taftan transit gate, received all the detainees after they were screened for the prevailing coronavirus by the paramedic staff.

Out of these Pakistani nationals, 11 hail from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 46 from Punjab, 10 from Sindh and one from Balochistan. 18 persons who did not possess Pakistani national identity cards were handed back to Iran by the Levies administration.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 1^st, 2021.