ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested a proclaimed offender wanted for the last 16 years, FIA Islamabad Zone said on Sunday.According to FIA Islamabad Zone, the team of Anti-Human Trafficking Circle Rawalpindi arrested proclaimed offender Noor Ahmed from MandiBahauddin who was nominated in an FIR. The accused had been absconding for the last 16 years.

The agency said the accused was involved in facilitating citi-zens`travel to Greece through illegal routes via Iran and Turkiye.

It said on the directions of Director FIA Islamabad Zone, Syed Shehzad Nadeem Bukhari,Deputy Director Anti-Human Trafficking Circle Tariq Masood constituted a special team to arrest proclaimed offenders. Iftikhar A. Khan