Nine Pakistani citizens tried to illegally enter Kazakhstan

The authorized body has launched a pre-trial investigation against the detainees. 

Nine citizens of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan were detained at the border of Kazakhstan with Kyrgyzstan, the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan reports. On February 15, 2023, servicemen of the Department of the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Zhambyl region, together with employees of the National Security Committee and the Merken district police department, detained 9 citizens who tried to illegally cross the Kazakh-Kyrgyz border into the Republic of Kazakhstan," the ministry said in a statement. The authorized body has launched a pre-trial investigation against the detainees. Earlier it was reported that in January, Kazakh border guards identified 54 persons with dual citizenship.