Guide
I am being harassed
or blackmailed online
Threats, fake profiles, pictures shared without consent, money demanded to take them down. In Pakistan these are crimes under a law made for the internet, and there is an agency that takes the complaint. This page shows what it needs from you.
Where this applies This page covers online crimes where the person behind them is in Pakistan. If they are in the country you live in, the police there are the first stop, and may be the faster one.
What this is about
Pakistan’s law on electronic crimes covers harassment, blackmail, fake profiles and the sharing of private images. The agency that investigates is the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, which took over that work from the earlier federal wing. Its own guidance says a complaint needs your details, the accounts or links involved, and the evidence: screenshots, messages, recordings.
The hard part is speed. Accounts are deleted, and evidence goes with them. Keep everything before you do anything else.
What has to be in place
What has to be in place.
Everything saved: screenshots with dates, links, usernames, phone numbers.
Your identity document.
A clear written account of what happened and when.
Note Your advocate confirms which of these apply to your case.
The documents you will be asked for
What the agency asks for, according to its own guidance.
- Your full name, identity number and contact details.
- The links, accounts or numbers involved.
- The evidence: screenshots, emails, recordings.
- A written description of the incident.
How an advocate helps from where you are
What an advocate does.
- Files the complaint in the form the agency needs, and follows it.
- Asks for content to be taken down through the routes that exist.
- Represents you if the case goes to court, so that you do not have to be there.
What to ask before you agree
- Which agency takes this complaint, and in what form?
- Can content be taken down, and through which route?
- If it goes to court, can you appear so that I do not have to?
- What do you need from me, and by when?
- What is your fee, and what is not included in it?
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Words you will meet
- cyber crime
- A crime committed through the internet or a phone.
- NCCIA
- The agency that investigates cyber crime in Pakistan.
- harassment
- Threats, pressure or abuse through messages or posts.
- PECA
- The law on electronic crimes.
Sources
Official pages read on 11 September 2026. The page says only what these say, and what an advocate does; nothing specific to your case.
Checked
11 September 2026
Pakistan. Sources listed at the end of the page.