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title: "IHC questions FIA's legal authority to offload passengers abroad"
description: "Most outlets reported that the Islamabad High Court questioned the legal authority of the FIA to offload passengers traveling abroad, with the petition being heard by Justice Inaam Ameen Minhas. ARY News provided additional context by mentioning the petitioner, Sajid, and the names of the FIA officials involved. Pakistan Today repeated the headline verbatim without adding further details."
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# IHC questions FIA's legal authority to offload passengers abroad

pakistan · updated 25 Sep 2026, 2:47 AM PKT · 24–25 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that the Islamabad High Court questioned the legal authority of the FIA to offload passengers traveling abroad, with the petition being heard by Justice Inaam Ameen Minhas. ARY News provided additional context by mentioning the petitioner, Sajid, and the names of the FIA officials involved. Pakistan Today repeated the headline verbatim without adding further details.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Daily Times** — [IHC questions FIA’s authority to offload passengers travelling abroad](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1557833/ihc-questions-fias-authority-to-offload-passengers-travelling-abroad/) · 25 Sep 2026, 2:47 AM PKT
  > The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday questioned the legal authority of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to offload passengers travelling abroad, expressing strong displeasure over the agency’s reliance on self-created standard operating procedures (SOPs) to prevent passengers from boarding flights. Justice Inaam Ameen Minhas heard a petition filed by citizen Sajid, with FIA Addition...
- **Pakistan Today** — [IHC questions legal authority of FIA to offload passengers travelling abroad](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/24/ihc-questions-legal-authority-of-fia-to-offload-passengers-travelling-abroad) · 24 Sep 2026, 9:33 PM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing
- **ARY News (English)** — [IHC questions legal authority of FIA to offload passengers travelling abroad](https://arynews.tv/ihc-questions-legal-authority-of-fia-to-offload-passengers-travelling-abroad) · 24 Sep 2026, 11:53 AM PKT · 90% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Justice Inaam Ameen Minhas heard a petition filed by citizen Sajid, with FIA Additional Director Zunaira and Deputy Director Afzal Niazi...

## Part of a bigger story

Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology).

- [IHC summons FIA officer over offloading of citizen](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6616-offloading-of-citizen-ihc-summons-fia-official) · 5 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 81% related
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3 articles from 3 outlets, 24–25 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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