By Fazal Amin Shinwari
PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested four Afghan nationals in Peshawar for allegedly obtaining Pakistani national identity cards through fraudulent means.
According to an FIA statement, the agency received credible information that the suspects were staying at Spin Ghar Hostel in Shaheen Town and attempting to obtain Pakistani identity cards and passports illegally through agents.
Acting on the information, a team of the FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle (AHTC), Peshawar, raided the premises and arrested the four suspects, identified as Siddiqullah, Rahmatullah, Abdullah and Nasir.
The FIA said copies of Pakistani Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) bearing the suspects’ photographs were recovered from their possession. During preliminary interrogation, the suspects allegedly disclosed that they had obtained the identity cards through an agent identified as Talat, alias Peer. They were also unable to produce Pakistani visas, the agency added.
A case has been registered against the suspects under Sections 419, 420, 468, 471 and 109 of the Pakistan Penal Code, read with
Section 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946.
The case, registered under No. 208/2026 at the FIA’s Anti-Human Trafficking Circle in Peshawar, is being investigated further.
