ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: The immigration authorities at Islamabad airport arrested five passengers trying to travel to the US and England on forged documents, the deputy director, Immigration, Sardar Abdul Azim Khan, said on Sunday.

Mr Khan said a woman, Bashir Begum, attempted to travel on flight PK-717 to New York with her daughter Sheeba, and two sons Rehman, and Arsalan, on passports of her sister and nephews.

Mohammad Waheed Akhtar, was offloaded from flight PK-701 bound for Manchester on a photo- changed British passport.