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| 2005-08-27 |
| In separate incidents, seven people were offloaded from various international flights at the Islamabad International Airport on Friday. According to immigration officials, Abdul Hameed and Bakhtiar Khan from Swat were offloaded from the Doha-bound flight QR 398 for carrying stolen and invalid passports respectively. Abdul Hameed was intercepted by immigration officials on his way to the plane and was found to be carrying a stolen passport. Bakhtiar Khan was prevented from boarding the same flight after it was discovered that he had pasted his photograph over someone else's passport. In another incident, a passenger Usman Ali was offloaded from a Canada-bound flight because of an expired visa. Similarly, a couple was prevented from boarding Paris-bound flight PK 733 as their travel documents were invalid. A woman, Irshad Begum, was offloaded from a Manchester-bound flight as she did not have proper travel documentation. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 andreamada----remember they took the forgers et al off at Islamabad, Pakistan. This is out of respect for the destination country's laws only, heh heh. The airlines do not want to have to pay for a return trip when destination's Immigration folks reject them. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-08-27 13:13 |
| #4 What?!! Hey wait a second! You mean to tell me that one can forge travel documentation abroad or enroute through foreighn lands and just merely be barred from getting on a flight as thier only consequence?!! There's something wrong in that picture, especially in the age of 9-11. How about being charged with a slew of capital offenses for fraud on an international scale - especially when this relates to travel under suspicious circumstances?!?! |
| Posted by: andreamada 2005-08-27 12:59 |
| #3 It is a rite of passage, Kalle. You are not a man until you forge or steal a passport. It's a cullllllllllltural thannnnnnnng, so it must be respected and acknowledged. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-08-27 12:41 |
| #2 is it the national pastime in Pakistan? |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-08-27 04:33 |
| #1 he had pasted his photograph over someone else's passport Sounds like something a 3rd grader would be doing for grins. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-08-27 01:06 |