Passenger trying to travel to Qatar using fake stamp handed over to FIA

The Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) immigration officials at Jinnah International Airport Karachi intercepted and offloaded a passenger attempting to travel to Qatar on fake travel documents on Friday.

Meanwhile, the FIA also arrested another suspect for his alleged involvement in illegal foreign currency exchange trade. The offloaded passenger was identified as Rehan. He was attempting to travel to Qatar on a work visa using a fake protector stamp. During the immigration clearance, his documents appeared suspicious.

Upon verification, the e-protector presented by the passenger was found to be fake. Initial investigations revealed that the passenger had neither applied for the e-protector himself nor provided fingerprints for the process.

The man was found to be in contact with an agent named Wajid Shah, who provided him with the fake e-protector, visa and employment contract. The Bureau of Immigration confirmed that the e-protector was entirely fake.

The passenger said he had paid Rs580,000 to the agent for the visa and protector. The passenger was offloaded and handed over to the FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle Karachi for investigations.

A spokesperson for the FIA said the agency continued its crackdown against the elements involved in visa fraud and human trafficking. He asked the public to approach only legal channels and registered agents for visas and overseas employment.

Foreign currency exchange

The FIA Anti-Corruption Circle Karachi conducted a raid and arrested a suspect allegedly involved in an illegal foreign currency exchange trade. The suspect, Mujtaba Haider, was apprehended during a raid on Shahrah-e-Pakistan in Karachi.

During the operation, foreign currency and mobile phones were recovered from the suspect's possession. A total of 14,000 US dollars and two mobile phones were seized.

Digital evidence related to illegal buying and selling of foreign currency was also retrieved from the suspect's mobile phones. During the interrogation, the suspect reportedly confessed to being involved in unlawful foreign currency trading. A case has been registered.