| "But you're the one we can pinch. Assume the position!" |
The Anti-Narcotics Force, Sindh, has detected many drug smuggling cases involving foreigners who had used Pakistani passports. "These people have Pakistani passports and use them to visit various countries," a senior official told Daily Times. The aliens originally from South Asian countries mostly use these passports to visit their native countries, he said. A large number of Afghans who were given refugee status in Pakistan also have Pakistani documents and frequently visit the Middle East and Europe on these documents.
| ...thousands of Bangladeshis, Burmese and Afghans amongst others, who have made their entry into the country on forged documents. |
A few months ago senior Pakistani authorities were alarmed when three women were arrested with Pakistani passports at the Dhaka airport with 13 kilogrammes of heroin in their baggage. The Pakistani authorities ordered the relevant agencies to start investigations into the matter, sources said. Sources told Daily Times that the Pakistani authorities had contacted their Bangladeshi counterparts in Dhaka for the details of the women arrested with 13 kilogrammes of heroin, considered one of the largest drug hauls in Bangladesh. Investigations revealed that the women involved in the high-profile drug smuggling case were amongst the illegal immigrants living in a large number in Karachi. According to survey reports compiled by the National Alien Registration Authority (NARA) at least two million illegal entrants live in Karachi alone. Thousands of other aliens live in Balochistan's industrial town of Hub and the coastal areas of Sindh. Daily Times learnt that these alien women were among the thousands of Bangladeshis, Burmese and Afghans amongst others, who have made their entry into the country on forged documents. They were aided by corrupt elements in the government machinery that helped them get national identity cards and other related documents that gave them legal status as Pakistanis. |