Islamabad, October 25,2026: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has uncovered alleged networks involved in producing and selling child sexual abuse material online, including a case in which a father allegedly exploited his own children for money, a senior official said on Sunday.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, NCCIA Additional Director Shoaib Khan said the arrested father had allegedly produced videos involving his children, aged between five and six years, and sold the material through the Telegram messaging app.
He said a group had formed around the circulation and sale of such videos. The network had also allegedly filmed acts of sexual abuse involving animals, he added.
Khan described the case as unprecedented and said the identities of those involved would not be disclosed. According to the official, the main suspect belonged to Skardu, while investigations were under way in Multan, Islamabad and southern Punjab.
The NCCIA official said the agency had also arrested a suspect in an online sexual harassment case a day earlier following a complaint from Karachi.
He warned that action could be taken against parents who knew about crimes involving their children but failed to report them.
Khan announced that the agency would launch an awareness campaign at universities and educate parents about monitoring their children’s online activities and mobile phone use.
He said he would personally visit schools in Islamabad to raise awareness among parents, adding that the campaign would subsequently be expanded nationwide.
Separately, Khan said the NCCIA’s Islamabad office had conducted operations against call centres and identified numerous facilities in the federal capital.
Seven first information reports (FIRs) had recently been registered in connection with the cases, while between 13,000 and 14,000 devices had been recovered, he said.
He also cautioned the public against sharing one-time passwords (OTPs) and personal identification numbers (PINs), warning that fraudulent banking websites could closely resemble legitimate platforms.
“Do not give your OTP or PIN to anyone,” he advised.
Referring to Chinese nationals arrested in Pakistan, Khan said they would face legal proceedings and punishment under Pakistani law. Their visas would be cancelled and they would be deported after completing their sentences, he added.
In a separate development, the NCCIA has uncovered three companies in Karachi allegedly involved in producing animated pornographic content featuring minors, with 42 people detained in connection with the case.
NCCIA Deputy Director Shehzad Akbar said the companies operated in three stages and were allegedly linked to a single individual.
According to Akbar, the firms created social media accounts using the names of girls and young women to attract clients in the United States and Germany. Minors were allegedly used to produce pornographic cartoons and other material depicting real people.
He said the companies sold content from existing libraries and also produced material on clients’ demand, allegedly involving children in fulfilling specific orders.
NCCIA Director Tariq Nawaz told media that 42 people had been detained, including 13 who were formally arrested and remanded into custody by a court.
He added that the companies had allegedly blackmailed clients after selling them pornographic material.
The investigations highlight the agency’s ongoing efforts to address alleged online exploitation, cyber harassment and technology-enabled financial crimes.
