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title: "NCCIA Conducts Raids and Makes Hundreds of Arrests in Islamabad"
description: "Most outlets led with the number of arrests and the scale of the operation, highlighting the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency’s (NCCIA) raids on call centres in Islamabad. One outlet specified that 671 suspects were arrested, including 473 foreign nationals and 198 Pakistanis, and that 13,000 devices were seized, while another noted over 1,000 suspects were arrested across Pakistan in 10 to 12 days. The framing was largely consistent, with a focus on the agency’s enforcement actions."
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# NCCIA Conducts Raids and Makes Hundreds of Arrests in Islamabad

pakistan · updated 24 Oct 2026, 8:25 PM PKT · 23–24 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the number of arrests and the scale of the operation, highlighting the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency’s (NCCIA) raids on call centres in Islamabad. One outlet specified that 671 suspects were arrested, including 473 foreign nationals and 198 Pakistanis, and that 13,000 devices were seized, while another noted over 1,000 suspects were arrested across Pakistan in 10 to 12 days. The framing was largely consistent, with a focus on the agency’s enforcement actions.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [NCCIA raids 16 call centres in Islamabad, arrests 671, seizes 13,000 devices](https://www.app.com.pk/national/nccia-raids-16-call-centres-in-islamabad-arrests-671-seizes-13000-devices/) · 24 Oct 2026, 8:25 PM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (APP):The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) Islamabad has arrested 671 suspects, including 473 foreign nationals and 198 Pakistanis, during raids on 16 call centres as part of a major crackdown against cybercrime. Additional Director NCCIA Islamabad Shoaib Khan disclosed this during a press conference, saying that around 13,000 electronic devices had...
- **Minute Mirror** — [NCCIA arrests over 1,000 suspects in 12 days, incl...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/nccia-arrests-over-1000-suspects-in-12-days-including-600-in-lahore-busts-child-exploitation-network-649859/) · 23 Oct 2026, 6:35 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has arrested more than 1,000 suspects across Pakistan within the past 10 to 12 days,

## Part of a bigger story

Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology).

- [NCCIA raids illegal call centres in Islamabad, detains hundreds](https://harzaviya.com/stories/9945-seven-chinese-among-200-arrested-in-raid-on-illegal-call) · 23 Sep 2026 · 7 outlets · 2 developments · 91% related
- [NCCIA Conducts Call Center Raids in Islamabad and Lahore, Arrests Foreign Nationals](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15338-nccia-arrests-10-suspects-in-cybercrime-operations) · 22 Oct 2026 · 7 outlets · 3 developments · 89% related
- [NCCIA arrests 1,129 suspects in nationwide cybercrime crackdown](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15415-nccia-arrests-over-1-100-in-nationwide-cybercrime-crackdown) · 20 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 89% related
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2 articles from 2 outlets, 23–24 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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