Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited the Lahore airport on Tuesday, where he again asserted that passengers with \u201ccomplete documents\u201d were not being barred from travelling, state-run PTV News reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo passenger with complete travel documents is being stopped from travelling, and they will not be stopped,\u201d he said, adding that, however, passengers in possession of \u201cincomplete or bogus documents will definitely not be allowed to travel\u201d.<\/p>\n
Naqvi\u2019s assurance and warning follow recent reports of arbitrary offloading at airports of passengers travelling abroad. The reports prompted clarifications by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) that only passengers without complete and correct documents were being stopped from travelling.<\/p>\n
The interior minister has also issued similar statements, saying that only those lacking genuine and complete documents were not being allowed to travel abroad.<\/p>\n
During his visit to the Lahore airport today, he reiterated the same.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo passenger who brings disrepute to the country can be allowed to travel,\u201d he further stated, according to PTV News.<\/p>\n
The state broadcaster reported that the interior minister also reviewed the immigration process and the system in place for linking passengers\u2019 travel histories with their identity cards and passports at immigration counters.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe appreciated the performance of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director Ali Zia and his team on the fast-track system,\u201d the PTV News report said.<\/p>\n
Moreover, he visited the immigration counters designated for Pakistanis returning from abroad and enquired from passengers how long the immigration process took.<\/p>\n
Passengers expressed satisfaction with the immigration process, the report said, further quoting them as saying that the process was \u201ccompleted in just two minutes\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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