PESHAWAR: Police in Peshawar have dismantled a major organized network involved in illegally issuing Pakistani identity cards to foreign nationals by tampering with official family records.
According to police, the gang was operating in multiple districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and used local agents to identify vulnerable Pakistani families whose records could be misused for fraudulent registration. Foreign nationals were allegedly added into fake family trees in exchange for large sums of money, reportedly up to Rs 1.5 million per case.
Acting on intelligence, the Peshawar police carried out a targeted operation in the Faqirabad Division and arrested seven key suspects identified as Aitizaz, Suleman Khan, Naseem Shah, Fawad, Irfan Ajmal, Asif, and Qari Bashir. Important documents used in the forgery process were also recovered during the raid.
Officials said preliminary investigations suggest that the network had links across several districts and operated through a structured chain of agents who facilitated identity manipulation and document preparation. Authorities also noted concerns that such illegal documentation could pose serious risks to national security and sensitive data systems.
Police further stated that investigations are ongoing in coordination with other law enforcement and intelligence agencies to trace additional members of the network and dismantle its remaining branches.
