NCCIA chief faces show-cause notice over missing c...

Summary

• ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Information Commission has issued a show-cause notice to National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) Director General Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi over the agency’s failure to respond to a citizen’s request for records of a 2023 cybercrime inquiry or appear before the commission.
• The NCCIA has been directed to submit its written response or provide the requested information, if it does not contest the request, before the next hearing scheduled for November 5 at 11:30am.
• November hearing could prove crucial The case now places the NCCIA under scrutiny over its handling of a public information request and its compliance with proceedings before the commission.

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Information Commission has issued a show-cause notice to National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) Director General Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi over the agency’s failure to respond to a citizen’s request for records of a 2023 cybercrime inquiry or appear before the commission.

In an order dated October 7, 2026, the commission said no NCCIA representative attended the hearing despite two notices sent to the director general on September 9 and September 24. It also recorded that the agency had failed to submit a written response.

The commission has directed Rizvi to explain why 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 for his nonappearance.