Tampered Cyprus study visa: FIA offloads passenger at Lahore airport

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration officials offloaded a passenger at Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore for allegedly attempting to travel to Cyprus on a tampered study visa, here on Sunday.

According to FIA spokesperson, the passenger, identified as Zain-ul-Abideen was scheduled to travel to Cyprus aboard Qatar Airways flight QR-621.

During immigration clearance, officials scrutinised his travel documents and detected alterations in his Cyprus study visa.

During preliminary questioning, the passenger disclosed that he had obtained the study visa through an agent.

He was subsequently handed over to the FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle Lahore for further investigation and legal proceedings, the spokesperson added.