QUETTA, Dec 7: The personnel of Frontier Corps have arrested two Pakistanis from Chaman for allegedly helping Afghan nationals cross into Pakistan illegally, an official source said on Sunday.

A senior official of the FC, while confirming the arrest of the two Pakistanis, told Dawn that they had arrested Habibullah and Mohammad Yousuf for allegedly helping Afghan nationals to cross into Pakistan illegally. He said that the two human traffickers had been handed over to FIA for further investigation.

The official said that the FC personnel had also arrested 34 Afghan nationals of the Hazara tribe, but pushed them back into Afghanistan as they did not have valid travelling documents.

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