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Pakistan Launches Multiple Security and Criminal Probes After High‑Profile Crimes

Coordinated cyber, criminal and counterterror investigations by state agencies aim to break exploitation networks, recover victims, and strengthen oversight.

Overview

  • The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency said on Sunday it detained 42 suspects in Karachi, recovered 12 children and opened wider inquiries after uncovering three companies that made and sold animated child‑pornography.
  • NCCIA officials reported that at least one parent sold videos of their own children to the network and that investigations now cover production, distribution and alleged international clients.
  • Sindh authorities have formed a joint investigation team led by DIG Irfan Baloch that includes ISI, IB, Rangers and senior NCCIA members to implement a judicial commission’s recommendations in the Mir Raza Ali murder probe.
  • Military and police operations continue: ISPR reported an intelligence‑led raid in Dera Ismail Khan that killed six militants and left two soldiers dead while clearance and follow‑up actions are ongoing, and CTD teams are searching for 17 people still missing after the Chira Minor abductions on the Indus Highway.
  • Accountability and public‑service moves are running in parallel as NAB seeks records from former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa officials and Punjab launches intensified policing measures and a plan to finish 5,734 water‑filtration plants by June 2027.