Overview
- Officials identified the suspect as Anees Ahmed Shah of Bhakkar and said a one‑terabyte hard disk with data on millions and more than ten data‑selling websites were seized, with a case registered and further arrests expected.
- Investigators reported raids on more than 20 call centres in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, seizing call logs, financial records and surveillance footage and tracing transfers through banks and mobile wallets, including flows abroad.
- A Lahore magistrate granted a two‑day physical remand for NCCIA Assistant Director Shoaib Riaz in the Ducky Bhai bribery probe while sending other accused to judicial custody as defence counsel challenged the evidence.
- Seven NCCIA officers submitted resignations tied to alleged bribery linked to YouTuber Saad Rehman’s case, with approval for dismissal sent to the Interior Ministry and roughly Rs42.5 million recovered, according to investigators.
- At a Senate Interior Committee hearing, several senators said scammers used detailed personal data to defraud them of hundreds of thousands of rupees, and the new DG reported FIRs, arrests and telecom audits under way.