By Noman Hossain in Khaama Press on;ine, Dec 14, 2023Pakistan has let out its worst-kept secret that the top mujahideen personnel of its anti-Russian and, later, anti-US campaigns in Afghanistan, some of whom are Taliban now in power, carried the privileged ‘green’ Pakistani passports. The dramatic ‘disclosure’ that Sirajuddin Haqqani, Interior Minister in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, was holding a Pakistani passport and that it had been cancelled, which, according to analysts, is a part of Pakistan’s…
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by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, Nov 26th, 2023KHYBER: Cross-border movement of scores of daily wagers and porters has been badly affected after Afghan security officials confiscated passports from a large number of Pakistani and Afghan workers without citing any valid reason. Sources at Torkham told Dawn that the Afghan border security officials had started a crackdown on Pakistani daily wagers and porters some three weeks ago and forcibly took their passports, and then refused to…
By Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, October 26th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior formed a nine-member joint task force on Wednesday to investigate the issuance of over 12,000 passports to Afghan immigrants. The joint director general of the Intelligence Bureau is the convener of the task force, which also includes Grade-20 officers of Military Intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence and Federal Investigation Agency, a notification seen by Dawn showed. Other members include the director general of the…
report in The News, Oct 19, 2023RIYADH: An investigation into the allegations of issuing Pakistani identity cards and passports to Afghan citizens has been launched, with Saudi Arabia sending over 12,000 passports of Afghans to the Pakistani Embassy. It should be noted that a committee has been formed to investigate the recovery of fake Pakistani passports from 12,000 Afghans in Saudi Arabia. According to sources, the Ministry of Interior has formed the five-member committee under…
report in The Express Tribune, Oct 14, 2023ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabian authorities disclosed that they have successfully retrieved over 12,000 Pakistani passports from Afghan nationals, Express News reported. This revelation has raised concerns about the performance of national institutions. According to reports, Riyadh authorities have notified Islamabad about this matter, shedding light on the acquisition of these fraudulent passports by Afghan citizens through various passport centers operating within Pakistan. In response, the Ministry of Interior has…
By Azaz Syed in The News, October 13, 2023ISLAMABAD: A large number of Pakistani passports are said to have been issued to Afghan citizens. Saudi Arabia have recovered Pakistani passports from 12,000 Afghan citizens and provided details to the Pakistani embassy, sources told to Geo News/The News. Director General Immigration and Passports Directorate Mustafa Kazi and the Federal Investigation Agency have started an investigation in this regard. As a result of the ongoing investigation, the…
report in The Sunday Observer, Aug 6, 2023The Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has been placed on high alert against Sri Lankans leaving the country with doctored foreign visas and passports, recruited by human traffickers in return for large fees, a top official said yesterday. From the beginning of last week, at least seven people including one woman were taken in for questioning by Immigration Border Service Agents deployed under cover at the BIA, Immigration Controller…
report in adaderana.lk, June 8, 2023 at 08:15 pmThe Chinese national who was detained by officials of the Department of Immigration and Emigration last month was deported to China this afternoon (08 June). Lee Pan was placed under detention in late May after attempting to enter Sri Lanka with two forged passports. Subsequently, Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles ordered that all required action be taken to deport the individual. He was summoned before the…