The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Peshawar Zone has arrested four Afghan nationals over alleged fraud in obtaining Pakistani national identity cards and passports. Copies of Pakistani national identity cards bearing the photographs of the arrested suspects were also recovered.

According to the FIA, the agency had received credible information that Afghan nationals were staying at Spin Ghar Hostel in Shaheen Town, Peshawar, to obtain Pakistani identity cards and passports through agents.

Acting on the information, a team of the FIA’s Anti-Human Trafficking Circle (AHTC) Peshawar raided the location and arrested four Afghan nationals. The suspects were identified as Siddiqullah, Rahmatullah, Abdullah and Nasir, all of whom belong to Afghanistan.

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According to the FIA, during preliminary interrogation, the suspects allegedly revealed that they had obtained Pakistani identity cards with the help of an agent identified as Talat, alias Peer. The suspects were also unable to produce Pakistani visas.

The FIA’s AHTC Peshawar has registered case No. 208/2026 against the arrested suspects. The case includes Sections 419, 420, 468, 471 and 109 of the Pakistan Penal Code, along with Section 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946.