Pakistan offloaded nearly 40,000 passengers in 2025 in a major crackdown on human smuggling, irregular migration and fake job scams, officials say.

At least 85 officials penalised over misuse of authority during past year, Senate told; FIA says Directorate of Internal Accountability working to strengthen internal oversight…

Another 34,688 were offloaded for non-FIA reasons; agency cites 64pc drop in illegal Europe crossings; 2,421 cases registered since Dec 2024.