Almost 137,405 Pakistanis have been deported from various countries on different charges during the last three years.
Pakistani expatriates have mostly been deported over visa violations and their alleged involvement in drugs or narcotics trafficking-related crimes as well as illegal human trafficking.
Well placed sources privy to the Interior ministry, revealed to Online on Tuesday that 42,435 Pakistanis were deported in 2009 and 43,854 in 2010.
51,120 Pakistanis were sent back home in 2011 by different governments.
Sources said the Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) had taken stern action against human traffickers, smugglers and facilitators and sub-agents to control human trafficking activities. According to sources close to the FIA, the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) was established and the Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking Ordinance (PACHTO) promulgated in 2002 for this purpose.
Moreover, Anti-Trafficking Units at provincial police headquarters were also established for combating internal human trafficking.
The FIA Anti-Trafficking Sub-Circle, Gujrat was also established.
Similarly, the Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System (PISCE) was replaced with the Integrated Border Management System (IBMS). Machine Readable Passports were also introduced.
Sources said human traffickers had been blacklisted and an Immigration Liaison Office in Muscat, Oman set up. Furthermore, the Human Trafficking Information System and the Case Monitoring System were also installed.
Public awareness campaigns were initiated in collaboration with NGOs, by conducting meetings, seminars and walks.
To avert human trafficking bids, the capacity building of immigration check-posts and staff were carried out, along with the installation of the Immigration Intelligence Unit at FIA headquarters, with the help of the British High Commission and Australia.
Sources close to the Interior ministry said the FIA had successfully launched the IBMS (Integrated Border Management System) at the Islamabad and Peshawar airports and installed the Edison System at other major airports.
The IIU and the Transnational Crime Unit have also helped to reduce the number of people deported due to the possession of fake documents.
Sources said Pakistan got upgraded from the Tier-II Watch List to Tier-II in the Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report 2010) published by the US State Department and maintained the same status during 2011, in a list of 188 countries.
