Overview
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi reviewed immigration procedures at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport, commending FIA document checks and passenger handling.
- He stated that travelers carrying valid documents will not be stopped from leaving Pakistan.
- He cautioned that those with unverified or illegal papers will be offloaded and face legal action, including individuals operating as professional beggars.
- An FIA briefing to lawmakers in December reported 51,000 passengers offloaded in 2025 and evidence-based interceptions of people using Umrah as a pretext for onward travel to Europe.
- The FIA also cited 24,000 deportations from Saudi Arabia, 6,000 from the UAE, around 2,500 from Azerbaijan, and noted large non-return rates among Pakistanis traveling to Cambodia and Myanmar.