Traveller offloaded over 'illegal transit'

RAWALPINDI:

The immigration authorities offloaded a passenger at Islamabad International Airport who was allegedly attempting to use a Saudi Arabia-bound Umrah visa as a transit route to Cambodia and transferred him to the FIA's Anti-Human Trafficking Circle for further investigation.

The passenger was travelling with his mother to Saudi Arabia on an Umrah visa aboard Flight ED-272. During secondary immigration profiling, it was revealed that he had previously been offloaded on April 14, 2026, while attempting to travel to Cambodia.

A forensic examination of his mobile phone reportedly found evidence that he had been in contact with an agent regarding travel to Cambodia.

Recovered voice notes and chat records indicated that the passenger had planned to remain in Saudi Arabia after his mother's return and then travel onward to Cambodia using the Umrah visa as a transit route.