Pakistan information commission issues show cause ...

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• Islamabad:  The Pakistan Information Commission has issued a show cause notice to National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency Director General Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi after the agency failed to submit a written reply or send a representative to proceedings concerning a citizen’s request for records of an old cybercrime inquiry.
• The Commission has directed the NCCIA chief to explain why legal proceedings should not be initiated against him under Section 20(1)(f) of the Right of Access to Information Act, 2017, and why a fine should not be imposed over his failure to appear before the Commission.
• She also sought a copy of her own statement submitted to the former FIA Cyber Crime Circle and asked the agency to explain why she had been summoned when, according to her request, her name did not appear in the complaint filed by Tayab Bin Tahir.

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Islamabad:  The Pakistan Information Commission has issued a show cause notice to National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency Director General Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi after the agency failed to submit a written reply or send a representative to proceedings concerning a citizen’s request for records of an old cybercrime inquiry.

The Commission has directed the NCCIA chief to explain why legal proceedings should not be initiated against him under Section 20(1)(f) of the Right of Access to Information Act, 2017, and why a fine should not be imposed over his failure to appear before the Commission. The notice does not mean that a fine has been imposed or that the Director General has been found guilty of any violation. He has been given an opportunity to explain his position.

According to the Commission’s order dated October 7, 2026, in Appeal No. 5995 08 of 2026, no representative of the NCCIA appeared at the hearing despite two notices issued to the Director General on September 9 and September 24. The Commission also recorded that it had received no written response from the agency.