Immigration authorities at Karachi Airport offloaded 85 passengers traveling to 19 different countries, including China, Türkiye, and Saudi Arabia, for various reasons.
Among the offloaded passengers, 20 individuals on visit visas for Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Türkiye, Thailand, China, Malaysia, and Indonesia were denied boarding. Additionally, 20 business and work visa holders traveling to Congo, Cambodia, Azerbaijan, Libya, Iraq, Cyprus, and Saudi Arabia were also offloaded, including two blacklisted individuals. Three students heading to Azerbaijan and Cyprus were barred from flying as well.
Four passengers with residence visas for Bahrain, Dubai, Oman, and Cambodia, including one blacklisted traveler, were also prevented from traveling. Furthermore, 37 Umrah pilgrims were removed from their flights due to a lack of advance hotel bookings and insufficient funds for expenses in Saudi Arabia.
In a separate development, 93 Pakistanis have been deported from 10 countries over the past 48 hours, including Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Singapore, and Malaysia. Immigration sources reported that Saudi Arabia deported 29 Pakistanis—four blacklisted individuals, one with an expired visa, and 24 for violating agreements. The UAE sent back 44 people, including those involved in drug and alcohol offenses, overstayers, and those recently released from jail. Oman deported four Pakistanis, three of whom were blacklisted, while Malaysia expelled one. Singapore deported a Pakistani over a lost passport, and Mozambique and Iraq returned five individuals for overstaying their visas. Qatar sent back three fugitives, and South Africa deported two Pakistanis, one of whom had voluntarily surrendered.
Additionally, two young men who had traveled to Morocco for human smuggling purposes were detained and deported back to Pakistan. Upon arrival, they were handed over to the Anti-Human Trafficking Circle in Karachi for further investigation.
