Beware, if you are landing on Islamabad Airport, you could be the next target. From last few months, maximum passengers are victim of robbery, while traveling from Islamabad International Airport to their homes. Can you imagine if you are coming from America, or England to Pakistan and you are going to your home town near Islamabad like Hazro, Attock, or Mir Pur AJK. You hire a taxi and leave Airport with a lot of future plans as well as with sweet memories of past. Suddenly you find you taxi stopped by "Police" insisting to search your luggage because they have secret information that you are a drug smuggler. You can't resist and remain shocked. Policemen checks your luggage and performs your body search. Suddenly they cover you at gunpoint and deprive you from your luggage as well as net all the cash you have.
This is every day scene near Islamabad International Airport. Taxi drivers and robbers are members of this gang. They use Islamabad Police Uniform if they plan to trap their victim near airport and if the plan is otherwise they use Punjab Police's Uniform. in this situation they trap the passenger near Qasim Market ETC, surroundings of Rawalpindi City.
What to do in this situation.
- Call your relatives if you are planning to arrive at Islamabad International Airport and advise them to make sure that they have their own vehicle when they come to receive you.
- Book a Room in any hotel with good reputation from the counter of that hotel at airport and ask them to call hotel vehicle to pick you from airport, especially if you are coming at the flight arriving late night or early morning.
- Stay at airport hotel/motel for some hours and start your next journey from there at day time.
- Try to run if stopped by Police especially when they are in private vehicle having blue revolving lights.
- Don't think that they are real police officers if they have wireless sets in their hands, because these robbers are also using wireless sets.
- Don't try to book a taxi from airport taxi stand. Drivers try to catch you and insists to book them but strictly refuse them and wait till day time.












