Overview
- FIA Lahore Zone Director Ali Zia says passengers with valid and complete documents are cleared for travel and are not offloaded.
- Immigration officers conduct profiling and stop travelers with incomplete, fake or suspicious papers or those suspected of links to human smuggling.
- Officials report AI‑generated videos created a false impression of mass offloading, with more than 15 accounts traced for action through the NCCIA under PECA 2016.
- FIA Director General Riffat Mukhtar earlier acknowledged reported offloading incidents at Lahore and Karachi, with investigations continuing.
- Authorities urge the public to avoid illegal agents and direct complaints to the Deputy Director Immigration or the FIA helpline 1991.