NCCIA received 22,500 complaints alone in 2025

ISLAMABAD:

The director general of the NCCIA informed a parliamentary panel that the agency is facing severe shortages of trained staff and financial resources.

He disclosed that in 2025 alone, NCCIA received 22,500 complaints, registered 620 cases, and secured only 26 convictions, with one officer handling an average of 565 complaints.

The chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) told the Committee that over 1.5 million URLs had been blocked during the current year, including thousands related to defamation, impersonation, and immoral content.