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  • FIA to create list of sexual offenders in Pakistan

    FIA to create list of sexual offenders in Pakistan

    The Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has decided to create lists of culprits involved in sexual offenses, reports Geo News.

    Director of Operations Cyber Crime, Babar Bakht Qureshi has directed cybercrime officers to compile a list of sex offenders, following the passing of the Anti-Rape Act.

    The director of operations stated that the records of those accused of rape, child pornography, and filming obscene videos of women will be collected and the information would aid the court in sentencing the perpetrators.

    Apart from habitual rapists, he said, records of women who have been involved in blackmailing would also be compiled with data collected on a regular basis under the Anti-Rape Act.

    The FIA has also asked police to provide a list of rape suspects.

  • FIA arrests doctor for making objectionable videos of nurses, lady doctors

    FIA arrests doctor for making objectionable videos of nurses, lady doctors

    A doctor who allegedly made objectionable videos of nurses and lady doctors in Lahore’s Jinnah Hospital has been arrested by the Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) on Tuesday, Geo News reported.

    According to FIA officials, a victim woman, a resident of Chongi Amrsadho Lahore, had registered a complaint against Dr Abdullah Haris of Jinnah Hospital Lahore in the Cyber ​​Crime Wing.

    The suspect was blackmailing her with obscene videos of the victim.

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    FIA officials said that the Cyber Crime Wing arrested the accused, Abdullah Haris, and seized two mobile phones.

    Around 50 videos of several nurses and lady doctors were recovered from the doctor’s mobile. A case has been registered against the accused and further investigation is underway.

  • High-powered cell to investigate 700 Pakistanis in Pandora Papers: PM Khan

    High-powered cell to investigate 700 Pakistanis in Pandora Papers: PM Khan

    Prime Minis­ter (PM) Imran Khan on Monday formed a high-powered cell to investigate the 700 Pakistanis named in the Pandora Papers, including federal cabinet members, politicians, retired generals, owners of media houses, and others in establishing offshore companies.

    PM Khan categorically stated that the prominent leaders and federal ministers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will have to clear themselves.

    Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, while speaking to Dawn said: “The prime minister was adamant that those who have been accused in Pandora Papers of having offshore firms will have to clear themselves.”

    The minister took to Twitter and informed about the formulation of the high-powered investigation cell. “The prime minister has set up a high-level cell under the Prime Minister’s Inspection Commission to investigate the Pandora leaks, which will present the facts before the nation,” tweeted Fawad.

    Law Minister Farogh Naseem would head the investigation cell that would also comprise the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials. The cases of the cabinet members would be sent to NAB for investigation. A separate probe will be launched by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to investigate the media owners whose names are included in the Pandora Papers, reports Dawn.

    Those who had evaded tax or made offshore firms through ill-gotten money would be taken to task, otherwise, no action would be taken against others because establishing offshore firms was not a crime, the source tells Dawn.

    Under the law, setting up an offshore company is not an offence or crime if the company is not involved in any illegal activity. However, those who have not declared these companies in their returns as assets may face legal action.

    After the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released a detailed list of public figures with offshore companies called the ‘Pandora Papers’ as part of their new investigation, PM Khan vowed to investigate all those Pakistanis mentioned in the Pandora Papers, and tweeted: “If any wrongdoing is established we will take appropriate action.”

  • Punjab govt suspends health officers over Nawaz’s fake vaccination entry

    Punjab govt suspends health officers over Nawaz’s fake vaccination entry

    The Punjab government suspended the Medical Superintendent (MS) and a senior doctor of Lahore’s Kot Khawaja Saeed Hospital over Nawaz Sharif’s fake vaccination entry case.

    MS Ahmed Nadeem and Dr Munir Ahmed have been asked to report directly to the health department, reported Geo News.

    According to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) watchman, Abul Hassan and ward boy Adil used the ID of a third employee, Naveed, to enter Sharif’s fake data into the system. Police registered cases against the three of them and arrested Abul Hassan and Adil.

    Moreover, the investigative team comprising officials from FIA and the provincial health department have seized important records from the hospital.

    A four-member team presented a report before Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar. The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) summoned the Punjab health secretary to Islamabad.

    A fake entry was made on the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) portal, which said that Nawaz, who is currently in London, was administered the first dose of Sinovac on September 22 and he is due to receive the second dose next month. The entry was later deleted from NADRA portal.

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz said, “Just like this fake government, its vaccination record and entry data for vaccines is also fake.”

  • Man gets arrested for ‘sextortion’ after FBI complains to FIA

    Man gets arrested for ‘sextortion’ after FBI complains to FIA

    An inquiry was registered upon information received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States of America (USA), via Child Pornography Cell of Cybercrime wing Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), about a person residing in Hayatabad, Peshawar. As per the complaint, he was blackmailing and sexually extorting a minor female child in Virginia, USA.

    A raid was conducted and the alleged culprit, Anas Farooq s/o Farooq Ahmad, was arrested and their mobile phones were seized.

    The accused was interrogated and he admitted that he had got illegal access to the minor victim’s Snapchat account and later found her nude picture in her compromised Snapchat account.

    He further admitted that he used the explicit pictures to blackmail her and was involved in sextortion.

  • Two men arrested for pretending to be women

    Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has detained two men in Lahore — one of them a foreign national — on charges of looting people while posing as women on Facebook, Samaa has reported.

    The Cyber Crime Wing has arrested one foreigner and one local man named Darlington and Asif Ali, respectively.

    FIA Additional Director Shahid Hussain said that during the investigation, the suspects said that they duped people by uploading pictures of beautiful girls. They chatted with different men and then looted them by asking them for dollars.

    As per the FIA, “They force youngsters and women to send them inappropriate pictures and then blackmail them.”

    Earlier, FIA booked model Ifrah Khan on charges of blackmailing a businessman and demanding extortion of millions from him.

  • Model Ifrah Khan arrested for blackmailing and extorting lacs from an entrepreneur

    Model Ifrah Khan arrested for blackmailing and extorting lacs from an entrepreneur

    The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Cyber Crime Wing booked model Ifrah Khan on the charge of blackmailing a businessman and demanding extortion of Millions from him.

    According to reports, the budding model had made a video with the businessman and demanded a whopping Rs 10 million as extortion. A case was registered against her by the entrepreneur.

    The FIA said that Ifra Khan had got transferred Rs 500,000 from the businessman till now.

    The model has been arrested for the illegal act in Lahore.

  • Eight PPP leaders summoned to FIA

    Eight PPP leaders summoned to FIA

    The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued notices to eight members of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), including provincial ministers. FIA has summoned them in person, reported Hum News.

    FIA notices have been issued to Nasir Shah, Saeed Ghani, Nafisa Shah, Qadir Patel, Shahida Rahmani, Naz Baloch, Shela Raza, and Qadir Khan Mandokhel.

    PPP leader Nafisa Shah said that the PPP members have been summoned after receiving a message from a nominee in a case regarding anti-Chief Justice speech.

    “The members have been notified by the FIA by issuing notices under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA),” stated Nafisa Shah.

    “State machinery is being used to silence PPP spokespersons and leaders. Receiving a message from a person on WhatsApp does not constitute a crime nor does the PECA law apply,” added Nafisa Shah.

    The PPP leader said, “Political leaders receive thousands of messages. If receiving messages is criminalised, the whole world will be in jail.”

    She said that the PPP could not be silenced by such tactics and that the FIA ​​is misusing its powers.

    “Like the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), FIA is being used by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for political engineering,” said Nafisa Shah. 

    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat ‘arrested’ by FIA
    
			
    Journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat ‘arrested’ by FIA
    
			
    

    Senior journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat went missing on Saturday morning from Lahore. 
    




    Hamid took to Twitter and confirmed the news. “Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crimes Wing Lahore kidnapped journalist Amir Mir in Lahore this morning.” 
    




    


    




    “We came to know about his location after 5 hours. FIA snatched his [Amir Mir’s] phone and laptop,” read the tweet. Amir Mir is Hamid Mir’s brother.
    




    Hamid Mir also wrote about the disappearance of Imran Shafqat, stating that FIA arrested him as well.
    




    Meanwhile, Imran Shafqat was arrested from his house by use of force. As per reports, around10 people, both men, and women barged into his residence, raided his place, and took him away. 
    




    Talking to BBC, Imran Shafqat’s sister Anum Noor said, “The bell rang at our house in Mughalpura area of Lahore at 12:30pm today. My brother Imran Shafqat opened the door after which 10 people entered our house.” 
    




    Anum Noor said eight of the 10 people were without uniforms and two were wearing “white uniforms”.
    




    “They said we came from the FIA. Didn’t say more than that. Neither did they show an arrest warrant,” added Noor.
    




    “They dragged my brother out of the house,” said Noor Anum.
    




    Journalist Shahid Aslam confirmed that both Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat are in the custody of FIA. 
    




    


    




    Director FIA Cyber Crimes Wing Lahore, DIG Babar Bakht is supervising the investigation, as per Shahid Aslam.
    




    


    




    Reportedly Imran Shafqat is accused of doing a Vlog against the “First Lady” whereas the reasons to arrest Amir Mir are still unknown. 
    




    


    




    Some say Amir Mir has been arrested for a news story that ran on his YouTube channel, Googly News.
    




    


    




    Twitter reacted to the alleged abduction of both Imran Shafqat and Amir Mir.
    




    Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) tweeted, “We demand safe return and an immediate inquiry into the circumstances of his disappearance.”
    




    


    




     Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto strongly condemned the arrest of journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat and demanded their release.
    




    


    




    Journalist Raza Rumi tweeted, “I have spent about 18 summers of my life in England. I have seen the British media, they are very open and free. But the Pakistan media, in my opinion, is freer than the British media: PM Imran Khan.”
    




    


    




    Journalist Asma Shirazi questions, “When will the disappearance of journalists stop?”
    




    


    




    Journalist Zebunnia Burki tweeted, ” I’d say unbelievable, but it’s really not.”
    




    


    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    FIA adds Shahzawar Bugti’s name to ECL
    
			
    FIA adds Shahzawar Bugti’s name to ECL
    
			
    

    The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber ​​Crime Wing has added Akbar Bugti’s son Shahzawar Bugti to the Exit Control List (ECL).
    




    As per reports, the Cyber ​​Crime Wing has formed teams in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Peshawar to arrest accused Shahzawar Bugti.
    




    His wife, Wishah, has recorded a statement at the Cyber ​​Crime Wing and provided further evidence against Shahzawar. The Cyber ​​Crime Wing has assured Wishah that the accused cannot escape the law.
    




     Wishah Abubakr has accused her husband, Shahzawar Bugti, the son of Nawab Akbar Bugti, of domestic violence and sharing her private videos on social media.