LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has set up three morecybercrime cells in Punjab.
The cells have been set up in Gujranwala, Faisalabad, and Multan.
“We are running the cell by re-distributing the already sanctioned staff atPunjab regional office and Islamabad headquarters until the new recruitmentprocess is completed, an FIA official has said.
An amount of Rs1.1 billion has been allocated to upgrade cells across thecountry and to hire 416 new employees. “At least, 25% of the new staff willbe females as the complainants in the majority of the cases registered atthe cells are females,” he said.
He added the process of recruitment, training and assuming charge at theirdesignated stations will hopefully be completed within a year.
There was a little delay as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) hadbanned hiring and transfers in a preview of the policy of General Elections2018.