KARACHI: Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Sunday arrested a man after finding out his passport contained a fake visa for Spain, the agency confirmed, adding that the passenger had obtained the travel documents from an Iranian agent.
The FIA said it arrested Waheed Ahmad, a Pakistani national, from the Jinnah International Airport in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi. Waheed, according to the FIA, arrived from Iran to Karachi on a Pakistani passport.
"According to initial investigation, the passenger obtained the fake visa from an Iranian agent," the FIA spokesperson said in a statement. "The passenger paid Rs500,000 to get the fake visa."
The FIA said Ahmad was transferred to Anti-Human Trafficking Circle, Karachi, for further legal action. It added that the case was being investigated further.
Last month, Pakistani authorities detained an Iranian national traveling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on fake documents.
Last year in October, at least three Iranian nationals were arrested at the Karachi airport after failed attempts to travel to the UAE and Qatar on fake travel documents.
