The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Islamabad Zone has arrested a man accused of taking £34,000 and Rs465,000 from a citizen on the promise of a UK work visa, an official said on Wednesday.
The FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle Islamabad arrested Syed Majid Hussain in connection with case No. 330/2026. The complainant said the suspect collected the money to send his nephew, Noman Ali, to the United Kingdom as a mason on a work visa.
According to the FIA, the suspect returned £25,500 but failed to refund the remaining £8,500 and Rs465,000. An FIA team arrested the suspect in Islamabad. A case has been registered against him under Sections 18 and 22 of the Immigration Ordinance, 1979, read with Section 109 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Sub-Inspector Syeda Tauseef Zahra is conducting the investigation. The FIA Islamabad Zone said it would continue its crackdown on human trafficking, illegal immigration and visa fraud.
In an another development, FIA offloaded a passenger at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi after immigration officials detected discrepancies in his passport, allegedly altered to conceal an earlier deportation from North Cyprus.
The passenger, identified as Saifullah from Sanghar, was travelling to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus via Istanbul on a study visa when officials stopped him during immigration clearance at Karachi airport.
Records showed he had been refused entry and deported in March 2026, then offloaded at Lahore airport in June; investigators allege he later removed visa and offloading stamps from his old passport.
Preliminary findings suggest an agent named Harmeen, based in Cyprus, arranged his travel documents, while the FIA has transferred Saifullah and the documents to its Anti-Human Trafficking Circle for legal proceedings and further investigation.
