The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has banished 18 of its officials and personnel, who were allegedly linked to the Greece boat tragedy, from Gujrat, Gujranwala and Sialkot districts as a first step in the departmental action against these individuals. It reports in media that, those e whose transfers were notified on Monday were a sub-inspector, three assistant sub-inspectors, 11 head constables and three constables. The FIA’s Gujranwala Zone had also registered cases against two of its personnel who were deputed at immigration counter at Sialkot airport. Also on Monday, the Sindh High Court (SHC) accepted the petition filed by the FIA officials nominated in the Greece boat tragedy case, for the immediate hearing of their plea against action against them. The government had decided to put the names of 31 Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials and personnel, who were allegedly linked to the Greece boat tragedy in which several Pakistanis lost their lives, on the passport control list. Of these 31 FIA inspectors, sub-inspectors and personnel, 19 are deputed at Faisalabad airport, five at Quetta airport, three at Sialkot airport, two at Lahore airport and an equal number at Islamabad airport. Several Pakistanis lost their lives while dozens went missing after the wooden boat carrying them to Europe capsized off Greece’s southern island of Gavdos.