According to the latest reports, there have been 50 percent increase facebook related crimes in Pakistan. And most of the victims are womens.
FIA (THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY) said that there has been a phenomenal increase in cyber crime complaints and without a “relevant law” it is facing problems to deal with them. “In Punjab alone we received 2,100 Facebook-related complaints such as fake ID, uploading of obscene pictures, hacking of the account and threatening messages last year. We have received more than 1,600 complaints by mid of this year. Same is the situation in other stations as well,” FIA Lahore Cyber Crime Wing head Shahid Hasan said. He said most of the complaints are from women whose ID’s were either hacked or obscene pictures were loaded from their fake IDs.
“We have only one law – Electronic Crime Ordinance which hardly covers any crime in the cyber world – thus we are having problems in getting suspects convicted,”?he said. ? ? Hasan further said Pakistan desperately needs cyber crime law to deal with crimes in the cyber world. The FIA said it was awaiting the passage of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015, commonly known as cyber crime bill, from the Senate to deal with cyber crimes. “The new law will help it check ever-rising cyber crime such as cyber stalking, fake and stolen identities on Facebook, Twitter and other social media links,” he said. The proposed cyber crime bill criminalises activities such as sending text messages without the receiver’s consent or criticising government actions on social media with heavy fines and long-term imprisonment.
FIA (THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY) said that there has been a phenomenal increase in cyber crime complaints and without a “relevant law” it is facing problems to deal with them. “In Punjab alone we received 2,100 Facebook-related complaints such as fake ID, uploading of obscene pictures, hacking of the account and threatening messages last year. We have received more than 1,600 complaints by mid of this year. Same is the situation in other stations as well,” FIA Lahore Cyber Crime Wing head Shahid Hasan said. He said most of the complaints are from women whose ID’s were either hacked or obscene pictures were loaded from their fake IDs.
“We have only one law – Electronic Crime Ordinance which hardly covers any crime in the cyber world – thus we are having problems in getting suspects convicted,”?he said. ? ? Hasan further said Pakistan desperately needs cyber crime law to deal with crimes in the cyber world. The FIA said it was awaiting the passage of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015, commonly known as cyber crime bill, from the Senate to deal with cyber crimes. “The new law will help it check ever-rising cyber crime such as cyber stalking, fake and stolen identities on Facebook, Twitter and other social media links,” he said. The proposed cyber crime bill criminalises activities such as sending text messages without the receiver’s consent or criticising government actions on social media with heavy fines and long-term imprisonment.
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