--- title: "FIA issues new order on offloading passengers at airports" description: "Most outlets reported the Federal Investigation Agency’s new policy prohibiting verbal offloading of passengers, emphasizing the formalization of the process through a written order. Pakistan Observer highlighted the rule change and its directive to officials, while Daily Times added context about the twelve-page standing order and its application at all national entry points." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/13750-fia-immigration-issues-new-order-banning-verbal-offloading site: HarZaviya language: en --- # FIA issues new order on offloading passengers at airports pakistan · updated 12 Oct 2026, 12:33 PM PKT · 12 Oct 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported the Federal Investigation Agency’s new policy prohibiting verbal offloading of passengers, emphasizing the formalization of the process through a written order. Pakistan Observer highlighted the rule change and its directive to officials, while Daily Times added context about the twelve-page standing order and its application at all national entry points. ## Same story from 3 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **ProPakistani** — [FIA Bars Offloading Passengers on Verbal Orders Alone](https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/12/fia-bars-offloading-passengers-on-verbal-orders-alone/) · 12 Oct 2026, 12:33 PM PKT > The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued a new 12-page standing order governing immigration procedures at airports, seaports and dry… Read More - **Daily Times** — [FIA immigration issues new order banning verbal offloading of passengers](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1566135/fia-immigration-issues-new-order-banning-verbal-offloading-of-passengers/) · 12 Oct 2026, 11:06 AM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing > The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) recently issued a comprehensive twelve-page standing order for all national entry points. Under the new policy, immigration officials can no longer offload any international passenger through verbal orders alone. The newly implemented Standing Order 07/2026 immediately revokes the previous framework established back in 2005. Furthermore, this modernized re... - **Pakistan Observer** — [FIA issues new rule for offloading of passengers at airports](https://pakobserver.net/fia-issues-new-rule-for-offloading-of-passengers-at-airports/) · 12 Oct 2026, 10:46 AM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has barred officials from offloading outbound passengers through verbal instructions alone as it… ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. 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