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Waqas admitted to sending 17 people to Japan the same way in January.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said forged documents from the Pakistan Football Federation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were also used in the scam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Japanese authorities have deported 22 Pakistanis who arrived in Tokyo posing as a football team with forged documents. An investigation revealed they were not linked to any club and were attempting to enter the country illegally. 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