Islamabad:
The FIA (Multan Zone) has arrested two people involved in human trafficking and visa fraud as part of its ongoing crashes on illegal migration networks.
The arrests were made during major operations in different parts of the city.
According to a FIA spokesman, the arrested suspects have been identified as Muhammad Muzammil and Sher Khan. Both people allegedly ran fraud by promising overseas employment to citizens in exchange for big money.
The preliminary probe revealed that Muhammad Muzammil tricked a citizen into paying Rs 852,000 by offering a false job opportunity in Saudi Arabia. Similarly, Sher Khan allegedly scamed another person of RS2 million with a false promise of employment in the UK.
Despite taking significant amounts from their victims, the suspects failed to deliver their promises and later hid. The FIA is successfully traced and arrested them from different locations in Multan. Migrant smuggling has become more frequent and dangerous in the last few years, with the trend affecting the country’s reputation.
The government, under pressure to act to stop the illegal emigration, had on February 17 adopted the Bill on “Prevention of Trading Persons (Amendments), 2025,” with the aim of changing the Bill on the Prevention of Trade in Persons, which changes the Law on Smuggling of Smuggling of Migrants (amendments).
