Iran deports 118 ‘illegal’ Pakistani immigrants

E-Paper | May 03, 2026

TAFTAN: Pakistani citizens wait at Raahdari Gate to get screened by health teams after being deported from Iran for not having legal travelling documents.—Dawn

CHAGAI: Iran on Wednesday handed over 118 Pakistani nationals, including 11 women and 32 children, to the Levies Force officials in Taftan, Chagai district.

Officials said these nationals were living in Iran without valid travel documents and arrested in different parts of the country by Iranian authorities.

All of them were screened and shifted to a quarantine centre in Taftan, near the Pak-Iran border, soon after their arrival in Pakistan, added the officials.

Meanwhile, 21 Pakistani nationals returned from Iran as the immigration clearance process was restored temporarily for them at Taftan in Pakistan and Mirjaveh in Iran to aid them in leaving the country.

These 21 Pakistanis from Iran were mainly businessmen and students and who were also quarantined after screening for the new coronavirus by the health teams deputed in Taftan town, said FIA officials.

Published in Dawn, April 9th, 2020

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Justice

Apr 09, 2020 09:20am

Shame !!

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Justice

Apr 09, 2020 09:20am

How come Iran sends these brothers and sisters of Pakistan back home?

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jehengir khan

Apr 09, 2020 09:21am

Deport them....not sure if government will accept them or not...

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Rohit

Apr 09, 2020 09:24am

With their appearance they are not poor for sure.

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Truth Seeker

Apr 09, 2020 09:36am

They don't do this to Indians. Iran needs to be boycotted by Pakistan. They act like we owe them a great debt and they are our masters. They bow to the Indian government requests of keeping their citizens in quarantine whilst evicting ours with force. Iran and Afghanistan should be treated by the same token, they need to be shown their place with Pakistan.

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Lost track

Apr 09, 2020 09:40am

They are investors not illegal immigrants

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Nitin

Apr 09, 2020 10:03am

What better do they get in sanction hit Iran which is not available in Pakistan? Deported citizens from all countries should be properly screened and compulsorily quarantined for 14 days before allowing them inside.

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Kaka

Apr 09, 2020 10:05am

Send them back.

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Abbasi

Apr 09, 2020 10:24am

Iran is our good brother as IK said.

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GULSHAN OMAR

Apr 09, 2020 10:52am

@Truth Seeker, I agree with you. It appears that ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN is giving special treatment to India for reasons known to Iran only. Iran should be ashamed of deporting Pakistani citizens even after being they belong to the same UMMA. Pakistan must protest strongly.

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Amir Indian

Apr 09, 2020 11:25am

Well Done Iran

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Saravjeet

Apr 09, 2020 11:54am

Illegal immigrants should always be thrown out from every country.

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LoneWolf

Apr 09, 2020 12:46pm

@Truth Seeker, Indian citizens in Iran. mostly Muslim Pilgrims, were not even tested or treated. We flew 600 of them back to India, Tested, Quarantined, and Treated.

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Manjunath

Apr 09, 2020 01:13pm

They are illegal migrants. So obviously they will be deported

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Jjacky

Apr 09, 2020 01:24pm

@Lost track , without visa.

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akshay

Apr 09, 2020 01:33pm

no citizen of any country has the right to break the rules of another soveriegn nation.

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Bhaarteey

Apr 09, 2020 01:55pm

Nothing accepted from Pakistan.

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Zak

Apr 09, 2020 02:05pm

@Justice, 'How come Iran sends these brothers and sisters of Pakistan back home?' Because, Iran has worse situation and these people will be safer in Pakistan. Brother countries look out for each other. They overstated due to lockdown in Iran.

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Zak

Apr 09, 2020 02:06pm

@Rohit, Could have gone to see relatives and some to trade, just got locked down.

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Zak

Apr 09, 2020 02:08pm

@Lost track , 'They are investors not illegal immigrants' In a way yes, doing trade, hence the small numbers.

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AAA

Apr 09, 2020 03:06pm

Imran said when he came in power people will not need to go aboard, now in his regime we are forced to even go illegally to earn our bread and end result is this.

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Melwyn

Apr 09, 2020 03:13pm

Wherever Pakistanis go, it will be a failure and no one wants them and umma is only on letter no one cares

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m:ahmed

Apr 09, 2020 03:18pm

There is large numbers of people from neighbouring countries living in the cities of Pakistan for decades...When citizens of Pakistan are under economic and pandemic pressures,It is better to send those people belonging to neighbouring countries to their home-countries.Concentrate on the welfare and well being of citizens of Pakistan fully...

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Rahul

Apr 09, 2020 05:45pm

Makes sense. They have to take care of their own citizens.

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gghh

Apr 09, 2020 06:58pm

countries stop respecting you when you only take take take from them and never give anything to them

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timetostopthis

Apr 09, 2020 07:24pm

Shameful for the country that has no shame any way.

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Javed

Apr 09, 2020 07:39pm

Iran has never been a friend of Pakistan rather India is close ally. Pakistan must ban Iran and let her on mercy of US and Saudia.

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Sana

Apr 10, 2020 09:22am

@jehengir khan, they just got deported- to the country they belong to - to Pakistan where else are you going to send them

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Sana

Apr 10, 2020 09:24am

@Truth Seeker, don't need to compare India to Pakistan every time Indians took a jet to Iran equipped for testing, tested the group of Indian citizens, cleared them for flight and brought them back home after gifting the jet lab to Iran this is a powerful country who takes care of its citizens don't compare- you are nowhere in the race

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