FIA arrests three Afghan ladies for utilizing pretend paperwork to journey overseas

Afghan refugees arrive at a repatriation centre in Sohrab Goth, Karachi, on November 3, 2023. —PPI
Afghan refugees arrive at a repatriation centre in Sohrab Goth, Karachi, on November 3, 2023. —PPI

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Company (FIA) immigration authorities on Monday arrested three Afghan ladies on the Karachi airport for attempting to go to Germany on counterfeit paperwork.

“The arrested pax have been recognized as Zahra Sultani, Mehria Rehmani and Aziza Mohammadi,” stated the immigration officers.

They stated medical and enterprise paperwork of all three ladies had been cast, including {that a} case was lodged towards the suspects and so they had been handed over to the anti-human trafficking circle for additional authorized motion.

As per the officers, Aziza got here to Pakistan on a medical visa. The paperwork furnished by her apparently confirmed she had been admitted to a hospital for remedy in Islamabad between April 27 and Could 20, 2024. Whereas, upon investigation, it was revealed that she by no means visited Pakistan since acquiring her passport, the immigration authorities stated.

Equally, paperwork with Mehria, who arrived within the nation on a enterprise visa, insisted that she was on a enterprise journey to Pakistan together with her partner Iqbal Hakimi. When inquired about her husband, the girl claimed she was single and knew nobody named Iqbal Hakimi, the FIA officers added.

They stated, as per paperwork supplied by Zahra, she arrived in Pakistan on September 2 with a feminine affected person, Marman Parveen, as an attendant.

Investigation revealed that she deceptively took a Pakistani visa pretending to be the affected person’s attendant.

It must be famous that the immigration authorities on the Karachi airport just lately arrested no less than 9 different such foreigners going overseas on cast paperwork.