ISLAMABAD, March 19: Iranian authorities handed over 61 Pakistani immigrants to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) at Taftan border in Balochistan’s Chagai district on Sunday.
The detained immigrants were residing in Iran sans legal documents, Radio Pakistan quoted official sources as saying.
The development comes just over a week after authorities from the neighbouring country handed over more than 35 Pakistani immigrants to FIA at Taftan border.
Pak-iran relations: Joint Border Commission meeting ends
On the same day, law enforcement agencies claimed to have arrested eight criminals along the Pak-Iran border in Mashkail area after
recovering arms and ammunition from their possession.
On February 28, a high-level huddle between the authorities of the two countries decided that any incident taking place across the border would immediately be shared and investigations would be initiated to apprehend the culprits.-Agencies
