Five Pakistanis, found to be working in Israel and arrested in Pakistan, had remitted around Rs11.3 million home.
In a statement issued by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday, officials said they had tracked some 108 transactions from Israel to the General Post Office (GPO) of Mirpurkhas, their hometown.
In this regard, FIA said that they had examined the accounts and receivables by counterparties of the five men over the remittances received from Israel.
Moreover, the GPO Hyderabad and GPO Mirpurkhas have been asked to provide records of remittance transactions received from Israel.
The officials added that apart from the five suspects, they have discovered that some of their relatives have also travelled to Israel.
In this regard, the FIA said they have obtained the travel histories of the five men and are trying to ascertain the travel history of their relatives.
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In this regard, FIA said they had approached the foreign missions of Kenya, Sri Lanka and Switzerland through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to obtain further information about any visas or other diplomatic documents issued to these individuals. Major airlines, including the national flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Emirates, Qatar Airlines and Etihad Airways, have been asked about their flight itineraries.
Earlier in the week, on July 5, the FIA had stated that five natives of Mirpurkhas in Sindh, working in Israel, had been apprehended.
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The agency said that these men worked as helpers or at car washes.
With Israel the only country for which the Pakistani passport carries a disclaimer barring entry of Pakistanis and Israel having very strict immigration rules, the men had gained access to the middle eastern state through an Israeli agent.
The men had paid around Rs300,000-Rs400,000 each.
A report in The News claimed that at least five relatives of these men are still in Israel.
According to the report, the five men -- currently kept in judicial custody at the Mirpurkhas Central Jail -- had concealed their religious identity while they worked in Israel. They were booked for an illegal stay.
The report noted that the arrests were prompted after the State Bank of Pakistan noticed remittances coming from the most unusual destination in Israel.
The unique destination was chosen after it emerged that one of the men had an aunt who had moved to Israel around 40 years ago.
The woman's father had married a Jewish woman of Iranian origin but had converted to Islam.
In a statement issued by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday, officials said they had tracked some 108 transactions from Israel to the General Post Office (GPO) of Mirpurkhas, their hometown.
In this regard, FIA said that they had examined the accounts and receivables by counterparties of the five men over the remittances received from Israel.
Moreover, the GPO Hyderabad and GPO Mirpurkhas have been asked to provide records of remittance transactions received from Israel.
The officials added that apart from the five suspects, they have discovered that some of their relatives have also travelled to Israel.
In this regard, the FIA said they have obtained the travel histories of the five men and are trying to ascertain the travel history of their relatives.
https://twitter.com/FIA_Agency/status/1677605049701371905
In this regard, FIA said they had approached the foreign missions of Kenya, Sri Lanka and Switzerland through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to obtain further information about any visas or other diplomatic documents issued to these individuals. Major airlines, including the national flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Emirates, Qatar Airlines and Etihad Airways, have been asked about their flight itineraries.
Earlier in the week, on July 5, the FIA had stated that five natives of Mirpurkhas in Sindh, working in Israel, had been apprehended.
https://twitter.com/FIA_Agency/status/1676502635925606400
The agency said that these men worked as helpers or at car washes.
With Israel the only country for which the Pakistani passport carries a disclaimer barring entry of Pakistanis and Israel having very strict immigration rules, the men had gained access to the middle eastern state through an Israeli agent.
The men had paid around Rs300,000-Rs400,000 each.
A report in The News claimed that at least five relatives of these men are still in Israel.
According to the report, the five men -- currently kept in judicial custody at the Mirpurkhas Central Jail -- had concealed their religious identity while they worked in Israel. They were booked for an illegal stay.
The report noted that the arrests were prompted after the State Bank of Pakistan noticed remittances coming from the most unusual destination in Israel.
The unique destination was chosen after it emerged that one of the men had an aunt who had moved to Israel around 40 years ago.
The woman's father had married a Jewish woman of Iranian origin but had converted to Islam.