Senate rights sitting flags crypto fraud and campus traps
Under Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri, lawmakers told agencies to tighten probes, fix complaint deadlines, and help people reclaim losses from online and study-abroad cheating.
Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri’s Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights pressed agencies for firmer handling of crypto fraud and related cyber offences.
Members flagged SIM and WhatsApp misuse, ransomware, fake investment pitches, and overseas study, visa and job cheating.
Roughly Rs5 million was recovered in one overseas-education fraud matter cited at the sitting.
The panel sought an update on Laiba Ijaz’s death, discussed alongside alleged fake US admission papers, plus better links among police, NCCIA, FIA, HEC and the Foreign Ministry.
HEC and Foreign Ministry officers were absent and told to attend the next session with records and briefings.