1 week Ago By Imran Mukhtar
ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Tuesday met with the newly appointed Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Riffat Mukhtar Raja, and Director General of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), Waqaruddin Syed.Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry and Secretary Interior Muhammad Khurram Agha were also present on the occasion. Naqvi assigned the DG FIA the task of formulating an effective strategy against illegal immigration and ordered a nationwide crackdown on human smuggling and human trafficking networks.
He emphasized that those involved in this heinous crime were playing with innocent lives and must be dealt with an iron hand. He said the FIA and all law enforcement agencies must work together to eliminate “illegal spectrums” and organized crime from the country.Chaudhry remarked that human traffickers deserved no leniency.
The interior minister also issued directives to the DG NCCIA for curbing cybercrimes, stating that cybersecurity is an emerging challenge. He said the capacity of the NCCIA would be enhanced, and officers would be sent abroad for specialized training.The federal government has recently established the NCCIA to curb uptick in online crimes across the country, with civil society and rights activists accusing that the state agencies were misusing the anti-cybercrime law against journalists and social media activists.
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