ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Firdous Ashiq Awan was offloaded from a Dubai-bound flight for using a blue passport “illegally”, sources within Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said Saturday.
The sources shared that Awan was flying to UAE from Islamabad International Airport via a private airline.
The official blue passport allows entry to some 70 countries around the world without the formality of a visa and only government employees and lawmakers are authorised to carry it.
Firdous Ashiq Awan, who was a special assistant to Punjab chief minister during the Usman Buzdar government, was offloaded from the plane for using the official passport for travelling.
According to FIA officials, the blue passport cannot be used without having any official status and has to be returned after quitting the government office.
They said that Awan had not returned the passport.
She was told by the immigration officials that she can not travel on this passport.
The FIA has confiscated the passport.
