The Federal Investigation agency (FIA) has proposed to establish a special tribunal, purchase of (IT-related) equipment and extensive training of officials of all departments of law enforcement agencies to deal with the new challenge.
An FIA official told local daily newspaper ‘Dawn’ “The FIA has proposed to the interior ministry that there is an urgent need for capacity building of law enforcement agencies and acquiring of modern equipment by the departments concerned to deal with cybercrime offences after enactment of the new cyber law. There is also a need for setting up a special tribunal to exclusively hear the cases related to cybercrime. Otherwise, mere introducing a new cyber law may not fully help achieve the purpose,”
The agency has also suggested that investigating officers, judges and prosecutors be taught local and international cyber laws and training of cybercrime investigation officers of FIA’s National Response Centre (NRC) be conducted by foreign experts.
“International linkage for information sharing regarding cyber security should be established and signing of international covenants and agreements for international cooperation in combating cybercrime should be made. In addition to this, procurement strategies for secure and resilient hardware and software products should be developed,” the FIA said.
The FIA called for developing a mechanism for monitoring internet traffic.
At present all internet service providers (ISPs) in the country are under the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).
