KARACHI: Immigration authorities across the country have increased their levels of scrutiny of foreigners at the international arrivals after immigration recently cleared an American woman whose entry was banned in Pakistan.Sources at the FIA headquarters in Islamabad told Daily Times on the phone on Thursday that Katherine Brooks Myra landed at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore on October 10, 2005. She had an American passport and told the authorities she was a relief worker following which she was immediately cleared by immigration officials who relaxed all rules applied to regular passengers.
However, during a routine check of records, it transpired that Myra’s entry was banned only a few months ago, sources said. They added, however, that the immigration authorities had not been given the reason why she was banned from entering Pakistan.
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