Overview
- The federal government appointed Syed Khurram Ali as director general of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, transferring outgoing chief Waqar-ud-Din Syed to the Establishment Division.
- FIA’s Anti-Corruption Circle in Lahore registered an FIR naming nine individuals, including eight NCCIA officials, on allegations of misuse of authority and illegal gratification under the PPC and Prevention of Corruption Act.
- A Lahore magistrate granted a three-day physical remand for six arrested officials—Chaudhry Sarfraz, Shoaib Riaz, Ali Raza, Mujtaba Zafar, Yasir Ramzan and Zafar Shah—after prosecutors sought custody to recover alleged bribe money.
- The complaint by Aroob Jatoi alleges Rs9 million in payments linked to relief for YouTuber Saad ur Rehman and details a $326,420 transfer from his Binance account, with investigative material referencing a wider ‘monthly bribes’ network tied to call centres.
- Authorities are broadening the inquiry to examine hiring and promotion irregularities, money-laundering risks, foreign travel and digital asset holdings, as the Islamabad High Court presses police to trace missing deputy director Muhammad Usman.