Karbala, 31 July 2007 (Voices of Iraq)

The tourism police department and the police intelligence captured 66 Pakistani nationals during the past three days, for entering into the province using fake visas, the media spokesman for the Karbala police department said on Monday.

“A total of 66 Pakistani nationals who entered into the province using forged visas were arrested by the tourism police during the past three days,” Rahman Mashawi told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

Police forces arrested an Iraqi in central Karbala last Thursday for having links to a foreign group which forges visas for dozens of foreign residents for $150.

“Police forces will continue crackdown operations to hunt down foreigners who entered into the province with forged visas,” he added.

Karbala, a holy city for Shiite Muslims, is located 108 km south of Baghdad. It hosts the shrine of the third Shiite Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed. Shiite Muslim pilgrims come from Iran and Pakistan and elsewhere in large number to pay a visit to the holy shrine. News courtesy of Iraq Updates Limited

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