107 more Pakistanis deported from 12 countries; 14 arrested on arrival

KARACHI: One hundred and seven more Pakistanis have been deported from 12 countries, including the US, Belgium, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Fourteen deportees were arrested in Karachi on arrival on drug trafficking, counterfeit currency circulation and other charges, while others were allowed to return home.

According to immigration sources, 13 Pakistanis were deported from the UAE in the past 24 hours, 12 from Iraq, four from Saudi Arabia, three from Oman, two each from Belgium, Qatar and Cyprus, and one each from the US, Cambodia, Malaysia and Bahrain.

Sources said that 64 Pakistanis were deported from various countries the day before, including 10 from Oman, four from Saudi Arabia, and one each from Qatar, the US and Senegal.

Forty-seven Pakistanis were deported from Dubai, including passengers involved in various violations and under different categories. Eleven Pakistanis were accused of drug smuggling and were sent back to Pakistan after serving their sentences in the UAE, while two Pakistanis were accused of circulating counterfeit currency in Dubai.

Moreover, the FIA immigration staff offloaded 55 more passengers who were departing from Karachi over various reasons. This offloading is causing the city’s passengers to incur losses of over Rs10 million daily due to ticket cancellations.

According to immigration sources, four passengers heading to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman were offloaded because their names were on the stop list.

One passenger going to Canada on a visit visa, two going to Nepal, one girl going to Turkey on a visit visa, one going to Azerbaijan on a work visa, and 10 going to Saudi Arabia on an Umrah visa were offloaded the day before due to insufficient funds for advance hotel bookings, relevant documents and expenses.

In the past 24 hours, one passenger was offloaded going to Azerbaijan on a work visa and one going to Switzerland on a permanent resident card.

Four individuals going to Saudi Arabia on work visas were offloaded due to incomplete documentation. Nine passengers going on Umrah visas were offloaded due to insufficient funds for advance hotel bookings and expenses, and other reasons.

Two passengers going to Iraq on visit visas, four on visit and work visas, two on work visas to Oman, one on a tourist visa to Turkey, one on a work visa to Algeria, two on tourism visas to the UAE, two on student and visit visas to Malaysia, one woman going to Bahrain, and three passengers going to Sri Lanka, Uganda, and Singapore on e-visas were also offloaded.

One citizen going to Somalil and on a visit visa and another going to Saudi Arabia on an Umrah visa were also offloaded. Sources said that these days, various airlines are issuing non-refundable tickets. Ordinary or labour-class individuals often buy non-refundable tickets in search of low costs. When such passengers are offloaded, their tickets become void, resulting in daily losses of millions of rupees.