- Abid Ali’s name was on the IBMS list, according to immigration officials.
- Aminullah, a passenger bound for Oman, had two passports.
- Authorities say some passengers’ documents were incomplete.
KARACHI: At least 30 passengers meant to travel to different countries were deboarded from planes at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi late on Saturday night due to suspected human smuggling, immigration department sources said . Geo News.
Immigration officials said most of those disembarked were expected to be victims of human trafficking. Officials said most of those detained were transferred to the Anti-Human Trafficking Circle for further investigation, while several people were allowed to return home.
Authorities said the disembarked passengers were questioned for various reasons.
Abid Ali, a passenger bound for Saudi Arabia, was included in the Integrated Border Management System (IBMS) list. Similarly, Salman Riaz, a civil servant traveling to the Gulf on a work visa, did not have the required no-objection certificate (NOC).
Several Saudi-bound passengers – Aftab Ahmed, Mohammad Khalil, Mohammad Riaz and Ahmed Khan – had incomplete documents. Another passenger, Faiz, who was on a visit visa, did not have sufficient funds to cover his travel expenses and hotel reservations.
Authorities also suspected Umrah passengers Iqbal, Imran, Mujahid, another Imran and Ijaz of being involved in human trafficking.
Meanwhile, a passenger traveling to Azerbaijan was disembarked on suspicion of being linked to human smuggling operations in Europe.
Nine passengers – Fazal, Hussain, Najaf, Liaqat, Kashif, Anzal, Owais, Mohsin and Shabbir – were also disembarked from an Azerbaijan-bound flight.
In another case, Shaukat, an Oman-bound passenger, was found without sufficient funds in his bank account to cover his travel expenses and hotel reservations. Babar Khalil and Hamza Javed, also traveling to Oman, were disembarked due to incomplete work visa documents.
Records showed that Aminullah, another Oman-bound passenger, held two passports issued in his name.
Dubai-bound passenger Saira Bano failed to provide adequate details regarding her travel expenses, accommodation and the purpose of her visit.
Additionally, Nigerian nationals Daniel Saqib and Syed Bilal Hussain were traveling without a work visa, while Tanzania-bound passengers Sadaf Mustafa and Muhammad Ijaz did not have hotel reservations or sufficient travel funds.