--- title: "Pakistan's Deputy Interior Minister Reveals 5,000 Illegally Obtained Passports Surrendered in Saudi Arabia" description: "Most outlets reported that Afghan nationals surrendered 5,000 Pakistani passports obtained illegally in Saudi Arabia, as stated by the country’s deputy interior minister. The Express Tribune added that the minister said the passports were obtained through Afghan nationals, while Arab News Pakistan included the broader context of Pakistan purging national identity records of foreigners with illegal documents." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/3845-afghans-surrendered-5-000-illegally-obtained-pakistani site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Pakistan's Deputy Interior Minister Reveals 5,000 Illegally Obtained Passports Surrendered in Saudi Arabia pakistan · latest filing 19 Aug 2026, 10:08 AM PKT · 18–19 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Afghan nationals surrendered 5,000 Pakistani passports obtained illegally in Saudi Arabia, as stated by the country’s deputy interior minister. The Express Tribune added that the minister said the passports were obtained through Afghan nationals, while Arab News Pakistan included the broader context of Pakistan purging national identity records of foreigners with illegal documents. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Afghans surrendered 5,000 illegally obtained Pakistani passports in Saudi Arabia, minister says](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2655157/pakistan) · 19 Aug 2026, 10:08 AM PKT > ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is purging its national identity records of foreigners who had obtained documents illegally, the country’s deputy interior minister said on Tuesday, revealing that Afghan nationals had surrendered around 5,000 Pakistani passports in Saudi Arabia alone. The disclosure comes as Islamabad intensifies scrutiny of foreign nationals and identity fraud alongside a nationwide repatr... - **The Express Tribune** — [5,000 Pakistani passports seized in Saudi Arabia](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2624642/5000-pakistani-passports-seized-in-saudi-arabia) · 18 Aug 2026, 9:16 PM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing > Minister says passports were obtained through Afghan nationals 2 articles from 2 outlets, 18–19 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.