An engineer who was mistakenly flown to Jeddah instead of Karachi by a private airline has moved the Sindh High Court (SHC), seeking a thorough investigation into what he termed a case of "gross negligence by the airline and immigration authorities."
The petitioner, Malik Shahzain, filed the plea through Advocate Nawaz Dahri, alleging that due to the airline's incompetence, he was wrongfully put on an international flight without even carrying a passport.
According to the petition, Shahzain was scheduled to travel from Lahore to Karachi but was instead boarded on a flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Upon landing in Jeddah, he was detained by Saudi authorities, questioned, and later deported back to Lahore.
He stated that the ordeal caused him severe mental distress and public humiliation, raising serious questions over how airport security and immigration protocols failed to detect such a glaring error.
He contended that being flown to another country without documentation exposed lapses that could point to deeper systemic failures.
Terming the incident not just negligence but a potential case of human trafficking, the petitioner called for the formation of a JIT to probe the matter. Shahzain stated that he was subjected to degrading treatment abroad as a direct consequence of the negligence of the airline and concerned authorities, who, he added, must be held accountable for endangering his safety and dignity.
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