52 more Pakistanis deported from different countries

KARACHI: Fifty-two more Pakistanis were deported from seven countries including the US, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and the UAE on various charges.

Of these, three were arrested at the Karachi Airport, while others were allowed to go home.

According to Immigration sources, one Pakistani citizen was sent back for illegal stay in Sweden, two for illegal entry into the US and lost passport, two persons blacklisted from Saudi Arabia, one for drug smuggling, one for begging and 11 were deported on various other charges.

Nine more Pakistanis were deported from Saudi Arabia on the complaint of sponsor, 11 for overstaying in the Kingdom and seven for losing their passports or visas.

One Pakistani was deported from Oman on visa expiry, one from the UAE for being an illegal immigrant and two each from Nepal, Saudi Arabia and Malawi for staying illegally.

Three children, born in Nepal, Saudi Arabia and Malawi, were sent to Pakistan on emergency documents

Meanwhile, the staff of Immigration Cell of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) offloaded 13 passengers from flights while going to Italy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Tanzania and other countries.

Umrah pilgrims Abdul Khaliq, Haq Nawaz, Ikramullah, Samiullah and Ahsanullah were stopped from travelling, as they had no advance hotel booking and adequate amount for expenses. Wasim Abbas, who was going to Qatar, was offloaded for lack of papers and NOC related to work visa.

One Sajjad was not allowed to travel to Oman due to lack of supporting documents related to visa and verification from the relevant authority. Muhammad Imran was stopped from travelling to Azerbaijan for not having advance hotel booking and proper amount for expenses.

Muhammad Anis was offloaded while travelling to Italy and Noman Maqsood while going to Benin on a resident visa for not having a protector and relevant documents.

Sundara Bibi was stopped from going to Saudi Arabia on Umrah visa for not having proper amount for expenses and advance hotel booking.

Dil Nawaz was offloaded while travelling to Tanzania for not having supporting documents for a business visa. Nowroz Rind was not allowed to travel to Emirates. Nowroz said the travel agent took Rs0.2 million from him and changed the visa according to the new policy of Emirates.

Two passengers, Abdul Nabi and Inam Gul, were offloaded while travelling to Oman on a work visa. Their names were on the stop list.