*ISLAMABAD: The report of National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA)revealed that terrorists are still using SIM cards of Afghanistan andsocial media at large for their communication purpose.*
While raising questions over the performance Pakistan TelecommunicationAuthority (PTA), NACTA said the move of blocking 90 million SIMs, 1,000websites and over 3,000 social media pages was not fully enough toterminate communication lines of terrorists.
“Electronic Crimes Act has been a failure in protecting national securityinfrastructures from cyber attacks,” the report said, suggesting thatclauses related to the defense of cyber attacks should be included in theAct.
A cyber surveillance unit should also be established in the CounterTerrorism Department (CTD), it added.
Earlier in April, NACTA signed a memorandum of understanding with lawenforcement agencies to stop financial aid for terrorism activities.
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The MoU was signed by the institutions including Federal InvestigationAgency (FIA), Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR), and National AccountabilityBureau. The counter terrorism departments of all provinces were also madepart of the MoU.
According to NACTA, the agreement would pave the way for effectiveimplementation of national task force’s recommendations.
