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NCCIA complaints, harassment, fraud and defence

Filing and defending complaints under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act before the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), formerly the FIA Cyber Crime Wing: online harassment and blackmail, defamation, identity theft, financial fraud and unauthorised access, and the trials and bail applications that follow.

Overview

Cyber crime cases in Pakistan are decided by evidence that disappears: screenshots, account records, IP logs and payment trails that must be preserved and produced in the right form before the investigating agency and the court. Fortis Legal Partners acts for complainants who have been harassed, blackmailed, defamed or defrauded online, and for accused persons facing a PECA inquiry or FIR, before the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) in Lahore, which took over the FIA Cyber Crime Wing's role in 2025, and the courts that try offences under the Act.

The work runs from the complaint drafted with the evidence the NCCIA needs, through the inquiry and the registration of the case, to bail, trial and appeal. Where the complaint against you is a pressure tactic in a family or business dispute, we say so, and seek its closure. Where the harm is ongoing, we move for takedown and preservation orders as early as the law allows.

Who this is for

  • Women and families facing online harassment, blackmail or leaked images
  • Victims of bank, mobile-wallet and online-marketplace fraud
  • Businesses whose accounts, data or brand have been hijacked
  • Persons called by the NCCIA in a PECA inquiry or named in a PECA FIR

Typical matters

  • Complaints for online harassment and cyber stalking (sections 21 and 24 PECA)
  • Offences against dignity and modesty, including leaked or doctored images (sections 20 and 21)
  • Electronic fraud, identity theft and unauthorised use of identity information (sections 13, 14 and 16)
  • Unauthorised access to information systems and data (sections 3 to 8)
  • Defence in PECA inquiries, bail and trial
  • Takedown and content-blocking requests to the platforms and the relevant regulator
  • Civil defamation suits under the Defamation Ordinance, 2002
  • Preservation of electronic evidence and forensic reports

Statutes and rules

  • Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 (PECA)
  • Electronic Transactions Ordinance, 2002
  • Defamation Ordinance, 2002
  • Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 and Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984

What the process looks like

  1. 1

    Preserve the evidence

    Screenshots with URLs and timestamps, account details, transaction IDs and device information, collected before anything is deleted.

  2. 2

    The complaint

    A written complaint to the NCCIA that identifies the sections, the accused and the evidence in the form the inquiry officer needs.

  3. 3

    Inquiry and FIR

    Follow-up with the inquiry officer, technical reports, and registration of the case; for accused persons, representation and bail at this stage.

  4. 4

    Trial and remedies

    Trial before the court designated under PECA, plus civil remedies such as damages for defamation where appropriate.

Where these matters are heard

NCCIA (formerly FIA Cyber Crime Wing) & PECA Courts

Governing law: Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016

Filing and defending complaints under PECA before the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), which took over the FIA Cyber Crime Wing's role in 2025: online harassment, defamation, identity theft, financial fraud and unauthorised access, and the trials and bail applications that follow.

District Courts, Lahore

The civil and sessions courts where most matters begin: civil suits before Civil Judges and Additional District Judges, and criminal trials before Magistrates and Sessions Judges. The firm was founded in the District Courts of Dera Ghazi Khan and still treats trial-court work as the core of the practice.

Lahore High Court

Governing law: Article 199 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Constitutional (writ) petitions under Article 199, civil and criminal appeals and revisions, bail before the High Court, and references from tax and customs tribunals. Both founding partners have been Advocates of the High Court since 2023.

Questions clients ask

Cyber crime complaints are now handled by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), which took over from the FIA Cyber Crime Wing. A complaint can be lodged through the NCCIA's online portal or in writing at its Lahore office, with a copy of your CNIC and the evidence. A complaint that names the sections of PECA, attaches screenshots with links and dates, and explains the harm is taken up faster than a bare narrative.

Ask this on WhatsApp

Do not pay and do not delete anything. Save the messages with the sender's account details and dates, and contact us or the NCCIA immediately. Sections 20, 21 and 24 of PECA cover this conduct and the NCCIA can move quickly to identify the account and secure the content.

Ask this on WhatsApp

Section 20 of PECA makes it an offence to publish false information online that harms a person's reputation, and a civil suit for damages is available under the Defamation Ordinance. The two routes have different standards and remedies, and we advise on which fits the case.

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