KARACHI (The Thursday Times) — A passenger was arrested at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi while attempting to travel abroad after a significant number of illegal visas were found on his mobile phone. The man, identified as Aliyan Zaman, was about to board a flight to Malaysia when immigration officials detained him.
Upon further investigation, it was discovered that his phone contained over 47 visas for various countries, including Cyprus, which were allegedly intended for Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals.
Aliyan Zaman, a resident of Attock, had planned to travel from Malaysia to the United Kingdom (UK) with the assistance of an agent. He had already paid PKR 400,000 to the agent, with a total of PKR 2.8 million agreed upon for the illegal immigration attempt. Payments were made through both cash and microfinance accounts.
During the investigation, authorities also found a Cambodian visa among the documents stored on Zaman’s phone.
When Zaman was unable to provide satisfactory explanations regarding the visas, he was transferred to the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Anti-Human Trafficking Circle (HTC) in Karachi for further investigation.
In a separate incident earlier in June, the Airport Security Forces (ASF) intercepted and apprehended a passenger attempting to smuggle drugs at Karachi airport. The ASF seized 5.7 kg of hashish from the individual, identified as Arman, who was bound for Doha and had ingeniously concealed the drugs within containers.∎
