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FIA to make cyber space a safer place: Sanaullah Abbasi

RAWALPINDI: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has launched a booklet on Cyber Crime Risks, Prevention and Legal Remedies-Guidelines for Cyber Users.

Federal Investigation Agency Director General Dr Sanaullah Abbasi, addressing the launching ceremony of booklet on Guidelines for Cyber Users, reiterated Federal Investigation Agency’s commitment to make cyber space a safer place for Pakistani users. He highlighted the fact that the cybercrimes are emerging as a challenge for law enforcement agencies across Pakistan, especially for FIA, as 80 percent of its complaints now relate to cybercrime.

The magnitude of cybercrime in Pakistan can be gauged from the fact that Federal Investigation Agency received 84,764 complaints in 2020, 300 percent more than the complaints received in 2019. He said the Federal Investigation Agency through its Cyber Crime Wing is making consistent efforts to cope with this multidimensional challenge and come up to the expectations of pubic.

For this purpose, the government is providing sufficient resources to revamp digital forensics capability and human resource of Cyber Crime Wing. He said as a part of strategy to effectively prevent cybercrimes this booklet has been produced to create awareness among cyber users about potential risks from criminals as well as the remedies they may avail eventually if they become victims.

He highlighted the fact that major categories of complaints pertain to financial fraud, harassment, defamation and child pornography. In each category specialized cells have been established for prevention, investigation and prosecution of these offences. The legal framework is also being strengthened in light of public feedback and judicial verdicts.

Nature of cybercrime is as such that law enforcement departments cannot handle it all alone. Federal Investigation Agency Director General Dr Sanaullah Abbasi said they have always welcomed collaboration with academia, civil society, media and community based organizations. He requested ministry of education and universities to make this booklet part of their syllabi.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.