Dubai fines PIA for allowing female passenger to travel on male passport

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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has been fined AED 5000 by The United Arab Emirates (UAE) immigration authorities, Dubai, for letting a female passenger travel on a male passport.

According to a local media, a female passenger Ms. Siddique (first name withheld) traveled on PIA’s flight PK203 to Dubai on the 16th of December using a British Passport.

The passenger back to Pakistan via the very next flight after it was discovered she had traveled on someone else’s passport.

According to a local media, the British Passport holder accidentally held her son’s passport when she arrived at the Allama Iqbal Airport for her flight to UAE accompanying her husband.

 

 

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  4. Dubai have fined the national carrier Pakistan International Airlines AED 5000 for allowing a female passenger to travel on a male passport.According to sources, a female passenger Ms. Siddique traveled on PIA’s flight PK203 to Dubai on the 16th of December using a British Passport.Authorities in the UAE sent the passenger back to Pakistan via the very next flight after it was discovered she had traveled on someone else’s passport.Sources claim the passenger herself is a British Passport holder and accidentally had her son’s passport when she arrived at the Allama Iqbal Airport for her flight to UAE accompanying her husband.

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