Around 100 Pakistanis have been deported from six countries, including Saudi Arabia, Canada, and the UAE, due to violations related to visas, illegal stays, and breaches of labour laws.
Sources report that Saudi Arabia deported five individuals who were blacklisted, 13 beggars, and five people who had overstayed their visas. Additionally, 16 individuals were expelled for violating contract terms, while 23 workers who had absconded from their jobs were also sent back. Furthermore, 13 Pakistanis were deported for working without a sponsor, violating the local Kafeel system.
Saudi authorities also sent back three blacklisted Pakistanis from Oman, Somaliland, and the UAE. In Canada, one Pakistani was deported for overstaying their visa, while seven individuals were removed from Iraq due to illegal residency.
The UAE deported one Pakistani for lacking proper documentation, while nine others were released from prison and returned to Pakistan.
In another development, immigration authorities at Karachi Airport offloaded 47 passengers bound for 16 countries due to issues with their visas and travel documents. Among those offloaded, three individuals were blacklisted. Two passengers attempting to travel to the UK on student visas were stopped, as well as one individual with a UK visit visa. Additionally, a passenger traveling to Turkey on a festival visa was denied boarding due to an inability to prove their connection to the event.
Furthermore, 19 Umrah pilgrims were prevented from traveling because they lacked hotel bookings and financial proof for their trip. Two passengers traveling to Saudi Arabia on work visas were offloaded due to being blacklisted, and two travelers with arrival visas for the Maldives and Liberia were denied departure.
Passengers on flights to South Africa, Guyana, Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia were also offloaded for issues related to visas or missing identification documents.
