Pakistan's NCCIA says arrested father made and sold abuse videos of his own children

Centre · 2A father has been arrested in Pakistan for allegedly producing sexually abusive videos of his own children and selling them online, a senior National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) official said on Sunday 25 October 2026. 1 2 Centre · 1NCCIA Additional Director Shoaib Khan disclosed the case at a press conference in Islamabad, saying: "The father who was arrested was making videos of his own children." 1 Centre · 1Khan said the children were aged between five and six, and that the videos were produced and sold through the Telegram app, with a group forming around circulating and selling them. 1

Centre · 2He also said the network had sexually assaulted animals and filmed the abuse, and described the case as unprecedented: "Nothing of this nature has previously surfaced in Pakistan's history." 1 2 Centre · 2According to Khan, the main suspect is from Skardu, while investigations are under way in Multan, Islamabad and southern Punjab; the identities of those involved are being withheld. 1 2 Centre · 1Gulf News noted that authorities have not disclosed the number of children involved or the full extent of the alleged network. 2

Centre · 1Khan said parents who learn of crimes against their children but fail to report them could face action, and that the NCCIA is launching an awareness campaign at universities and schools, which he said he would personally take to schools in Islamabad before expanding it nationwide. 1 Centre · 1At the same briefing Khan said the NCCIA had arrested a suspect a day earlier in an online sexual harassment case after a complaint from Karachi. 1 Centre · 1Geo News also reported Khan's other remarks: seven FIRs recently registered over call centres in Islamabad, with 13,000 to 14,000 devices recovered, a warning not to share OTPs or PINs because of fake banking websites, and a statement that arrested Chinese nationals would be punished under Pakistani law and then deported. 1