Afghan national carrying 23 official passports detained at Islamabad airport

E-Paper | June 15, 2026

An Afghan national was taken into custody on Friday from the Islamabad airport after airport officials said they had discovered 23 passports from his person.

The individual, Azeemullah, was intercepted when he was about to board Kabul-bound flight RQ-217.

Airport officials told DawnNews that the suspect was taken into custody after an intelligence agency pointed him out.

Officials further said that out of the seized passports, 22 passports belonged to Afghan government officials and one to an Afghan civilian. All passports were stamped with Japanese visas.

The suspect has been handed over to the Federal Investigation Agency for further investigation.

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Tahir Naseer is a court and crime reporter for Dawn News (TV) with 17 years of experience in the field. He has covered numerous high-profile investigations, and his reporting focuses on transparency, accountability, and systemic challenges within the legal sector. He can be found on X at @tahirnaser.

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my Comments

Jul 08, 2017 12:37am

Yes, that how they plan trouble for Pakistan. Excellent and commendable job by intelligence agency personnel.

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Ahsan gul

Jul 08, 2017 04:32am

Ver good job by our security people. If he was getting on board flight to Kabul from Islamabad with these passports then he must have an accomplice in Pakistan. He should not be let free and a complete through investigation be conducted. Our border personnel are not that experienced to cherry pick out fake and valid document.

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Anis Sayani

Jul 08, 2017 07:11am

I guess the investigation will end at he being a travel agent sending Afghani people to Japan. Nothing seems to be doubtful from the story narrated in DAWN

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RAHMAN

Jul 08, 2017 11:10am

Again an excellent work performed by Islamabad air Port Staff.

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Saqlain

Jul 08, 2017 11:44am

Still Afghanistan claims that agencies are against their people. They cannot see such things done by their nationals.

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