Five Pakistanis have been recently arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on charges of illegal emigration to Israel, a country that Islamabad does not recognize as a state. The arrests were made in different locations within Pakistan, but there is limited information available regarding when the suspects returned from Israel.
According to the FIA, all five individuals worked in Tel Aviv, serving as helpers and car washers. The arrests were carried out by the FIA’s Mirpurkhas crime circle. FIA Sindh (Zone-II) Director, Abdul Hameed Bhutto, informed Dawn that the arrested individuals were all locals from Mirpurkhas who had sought the help of an Israeli citizen acting as an agent to travel to Israel.
The FIA’s statement on Twitter revealed that each suspect paid the agent between PKR 300,000 and PKR 400,000 to enter Israel. However, Director Bhutto stated that they actually paid over PKR 2 million to the agency as fees to secure work in Israel.
The arrests came after the FIA initiated an inquiry based on a strategic analysis report (SAR) regarding foreign remittances. The suspects were found to have violated multiple laws by traveling to a country that is not recognized by Pakistan and using passports that did not validate their travel or stay in Israel for the purpose of employment.
One of the First Information Reports (FIRs) obtained by Dawn revealed that the FIA’s Mirpurkhas branch had recently initiated an inquiry regarding outward and inward foreign remittances involving individuals in Mirpurkhas who were allegedly receiving payments from Israel. One suspect in the case had paid the Israeli agent PKR 300,000 in exchange for arranging their illegal emigration.
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