The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) immigration officials foiled an attempt by a passenger to travel abroad using a counterfeit exit stamp, subsequently offloading him from the flight, an FIA spokesperson said.
The passenger was attempting to travel on a Pakistani passport with a valid Thailand visa. During routine immigration clearance, he was referred to the GRO for further verification. Upon detailed inspection, the FIA Karachi exit stamp dated November 11, 2025, on page 6 of the passport was found to be suspicious. Cross-checking through the IBMS system revealed that no departure record existed for the mentioned date.
During further questioning, the passenger admitted to obtaining the fake exit stamp from an agent in exchange for money. Based on these findings, he was offloaded from the flight and handed over to the FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle, Karachi, for further investigation and legal action.
The FIA’s immigration officials also offloaded two passengers at the Jinnah International Airport after suspecting them of carrying fake documents related to residence permit applications for Greece.
According to the FIA spokesperson, both passengers were travelling on Pakistani passports and intended to fly to Greece, claiming that they had applied for Greek residence permits. During immigration clearance, the passengers were shifted to the second-line office for further scrutiny. Detailed questioning revealed that both of them had contacted an agent named Mian, a resident of Gujrat, who allegedly arranged their residence permit applications for Greece in exchange for €1,000 each.
However, the passengers failed to provide satisfactory information about their prospective employer, nature of employment, company address, salary package or accommodation arrangements in Greece. They were also unable to produce any official approval, application receipt or formal correspondence issued by Greek immigration authorities.
During verification of the residence permit applications, several serious irregularities were detected, including non-standard formats, absence of official verification, lack of reference numbers and inconsistencies in personal information.
The passengers also failed to present any proof of how the applications were submitted or legally approved, raising strong suspicions that the documents were forged. During interrogation, both passengers admitted that they intended to seek political asylum upon reaching Greece, a purpose they had not disclosed in any travel or visa documents, indicating an attempt to conceal their actual intent and bypass immigration regulations.
They also admitted that all arrangements had been made through the said agent, and that they had no direct contact with any official authority in Greece. In the light of these findings, the passengers were offloaded from the flight and handed over, along with their travel documents, to the FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle, Karachi, for further investigation and legal action.
