More than 200 Pakistanis deported from Iran
Islamabad: More than 203 Pakistanis have been deported by Iran for not possessing valid travel documents, media reports said.
They were deported from the border town of Taftan in Chagai district on Sunday.
According to official sources, the deported people were arrested in different parts of Iran for not possessing valid travel documents, reports Dawn News.
The deported people were later handed over to the Taftan Levies Force.
The deported Pakistanis were trying to reach Turkey and European countries in search of better job opportunities after illegally entering Iran, a Levies Force official told Dawn News.
The Federal Investigation Agency took them into custody for interrogation, the sources told the newspaper.
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