The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has increased the number of Cyber Crime Reporting Centers from 5 to 15. It is said that the agency is now looking to further increase the strength of its investigators to meet the growing challenge of cyber complaints in Pakistan.
FIA is planning to equip all the Cyber Crime Reporting Centers with state-of-art digital forensic capabilities in order to achieve their target. It is said that these complaint centers will have the capability to conduct forensic analysis of laptops, computers, mobile, iPad etc.
Furthermore, FIA is also to make amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016, as some of its clauses as they are impeding the effective investigation and successful prosecution, according to an official.
Speaking more on the matter to the local news, the official stated, “FIA has neither preventive mandate nor legal monitoring of cybercrimes, but post crime mandate, resulting in obstruction in controlling cybercrimes.
However, it is to be noted that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has opposed any further amendments in the Cyber Crime Bill 2016.
