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CHAGHI: Iranian security forces handed over 80 Pakistani nationals to officials of the Levies Force at the Pakistan-Iran border in Taftan area of the district.
The Levies Force said on Monday the Pakistani workers had been picked up in different parts of Iran by security forces for living there without valid documents.
The Pakistani nationals had gone to Iran to earn livelihood.
The Levies Force said that the deportees after an initial inquiry would be handed over to the Federal Investigation Agency for interrogation.
Published in Dawn, September 29th , 2015
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Sep 29, 2015 07:16am
Illegal immigrants, or just undocumented?
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Sep 29, 2015 07:38am
This is what happens when we fail to keep our end of deal. Need to complete the iran pakistan gas pipeline. Otherwise innocent civilians would suffer
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Sep 29, 2015 07:43am
Has anyone ever try to know who those killed were actually were suspected or real
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Sep 29, 2015 10:43am
First interrogate them to make sure that they are Pakistanis, and then initiate criminal charges against for illegally crossing the international border, which earns a bad name for the country. Simple detention will not deter such acts in future.
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Sep 29, 2015 11:14am
Most of the families have relatives on both sides. During the Shah's rule, they were allowed to travel without any documents as Afghans used to travel to Pakistan during Zahir Shah's rule.
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