NCCIA granted power to freeze properties in cybercrime crackdown
- 15-Aug-2025
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ministry of Interior has issued a notification for the rules governing the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), ARY News reported. Under the new rules, the NCCIA will have the authority to freeze properties in Pakistan, with approval from the Director General required for freezing or restoring any assets. The agency will also […]
Armaghan handed over to FIA on five-day physical remand
- 02-May-2025
KARACHI: A sessions court in Karachi on Friday handed over Armaghan Qureshi, suspect in the Mustafa Amir murder case, to Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on five-day physical remand, ARY News reported. As per details, a sessions court in Karachi heard a case involving the operation of an illegal call center. […]
10 scammers posing as Arab bank employees held by Cyber Crime
- 07-Sep-2022
Islamabad: A 10-member gang of fraudsters, posing as bank employees, has been arrested by Cyber Crime Circle (CCC) Islamabad, ARY News reported. According to details, the fraudsters used to pose as bank employees to get bank account data from people to hack their accounts and steal money. The gang used Pakistani and Saudi Arabian sim […]
FIA cyber crime: Man arrested for sharing girls’ private photos
- 23-Feb-2022
Islamabad: FIA cybercrime has arrested a man for circulating unethical private pictures of a girl, ARY News reported. According to FIA sources, the perpetrator Sohail Khan is a resident of Rawalpindi. FIA cyber crime branch has registered an FIR against the detained Sohail Khan. In a video statement released by the FIA, the detained Sohail […]
FIA arrests man for blackmailing woman from Gujranwala
- 10-Jun-2020
The FIA claimed to have apprehended a man for allegedly blackmailing, harassing and hurling threats towards a woman.
Coronavirus: Don’t share SMS codes, warns FIA as cyber crime cases surge
- 10-Apr-2020
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said that the cybercrime incidents have witnessed a surge during coronavirus pandemic.
FIA received over 56,000 cybercrime complaints during 2019, NA body told
- 20-Feb-2020
Out of the 56,696 complaints received by the agency, 11028 were investigated and 1086 cases were registered against the accused involved in cybercrime activities
Fed govt plans to launch operation clean-up on social media
- 19-Jan-2020
The federal government has decided to launch an operation clean-up on social media aimed at action against elements sharing indecent messages, images, and videos on the sites.
Fake ‘Peer’ who blackmailed women via illicit videos and pictures caught
- 11-Jul-2019
KARACHI: Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing acting on the base of prior information arrested a fake faith healer today (Thursday), ARY News reported.
FIA officials making obscene videos, photos of citizens caught
- 24-May-2019
FIA has caught a ring of its own officials making objectionable videos and pictures of people to obtain money from them