The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has offloaded a passenger at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi for allegedly tampering with his passport to hide a previous deportation from North Cyprus.
An FIA spokesperson said the passenger, identified as Saifullah, a resident of Sanghar, was travelling to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) via Istanbul on a study visa. Immigration officials at the Karachi wing detected discrepancies during clearance and stopped him from boarding.
Initial scrutiny showed that Saifullah had tried to enter North Cyprus in March 2026 on his previous passport but was refused entry and deported to Pakistan. He was offloaded again at Lahore airport in June 2026.
Further examination found that the Turkish visa and the offloading stamp had allegedly been removed from the earlier passport. He then obtained a new passport that carried no record of either incident.
Preliminary information indicates that his travel documents were arranged by an agent identified as Harmeen, based in Cyprus.
The FIA has handed the passenger and the relevant documents over to its Anti-Human Trafficking Circle (AHTC) for legal proceedings and further investigation.
In a separate development, the FIA Islamabad Zone has arrested a suspect allegedly involved in a UK work visa fraud case, an official said on Wednesday.
The FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle Islamabad arrested Syed Majid Hussain in connection with case No. 330/2026. According to the complainant, the suspect allegedly collected £34,000 and Rs465,000 from him on the pretext of sending his nephew, Noman Ali, to the United Kingdom on a work visa as a mason.
The suspect later returned £25,500 but allegedly failed to refund the remaining £8,500 and Rs465,000, the FIA said.
