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Pakistan to tighten pilgrimage travel to Iraq, Iran and Syria after 40,000 go ‘missing’

  • Government scraps unregulated ‘Salar system’ after host nations raise concerns
  • Only licensed tour operators to lead pilgrim groups under new return-tracking policy
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Iraq tries to stem influx of illegal foreign workers from Pakistan, other nations

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