The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), Pakistan’s cybercrime investigation body, will no longer deport foreign nationals first when they are held in an NCCIA illegal call center raid. Officials said such suspects will instead be prosecuted under Pakistani law, tried in local courts, and—if convicted—serve prison sentences here before any return to their home countries.
Trial before return
Until now, foreigners picked up at illegal call centers were often removed as “undesirables” without serving time in Pakistan. Under the revised approach, arrest is followed by court proceedings and a local sentence where the case ends in conviction, with deportation only after that stage.
NCCIA officials framed the change as a shift from quick removal to full legal process. The aim, as described by the agency, is that people who run or staff these centres face accountability inside Pakistan rather than leaving the country without a prison term.
Recent raids and who was involved
Sources said Chinese citizens formed the largest group among those previously deported in such cases. Nationals of Indonesia and Vietnam were also among those linked to running illegal call centers in the country.
Last month, NCCIA teams hit seven illegal call centers and arrested more than 600 people. In that round, the agency prepared challans—formal charge papers for court—and sent suspects to jail rather than putting them on deportation flights, according to sources. That sequence matches the new line on how an NCCIA illegal call center raid should lead into prosecution.
Aasan alfaaz mein
NCCIA ab illegal call centers se pakre gaye foreign nationals ko pehle deport nahi karegi. Pehle unka case Pakistani court mein chalega aur saza yahan qaid mein guzarni hogi. Pehle aksar unhein bina jail ke desh se nikal diya jata tha. Is se aise networks ke khilaf qanooni karwai zyada sakht hone ka imkan hai.
