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title: "Six arrested for cyber harassment, blackmail cases across Punjab"
description: "Most outlets led with the arrests of six suspects by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency in separate cyber harassment and blackmail cases in Lahore, Faisalabad, and Multan. Associated Press of Pakistan added that the suspects were held in \"cyber harassment, blackmailing and online threats\" cases and mentioned a spokesperson for NCCIA, while Dawn focused on the locations and nature of the crimes without elaborating further."
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# Six arrested for cyber harassment, blackmail cases across Punjab

pakistan · updated 16 Sep 2026, 8:34 AM PKT · 15–16 Sep 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 arrests of six suspects by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency in separate cyber harassment and blackmail cases in Lahore, Faisalabad, and Multan. Associated Press of Pakistan added that the suspects were held in "cyber harassment, blackmailing and online threats" cases and mentioned a spokesperson for NCCIA, while Dawn focused on the locations and nature of the crimes without elaborating further.

## Same story from 2 outlets

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

- **Dawn** — [Six arrested for cyber harassment, blackmail cases across Punjab](https://www.dawn.com/news/2030236/six-arrested-for-cyber-harassment-blackmail-cases-across-punjab) · 16 Sep 2026, 8:34 AM PKT
  > LAHORE: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on Tuesday arrested six suspects in separate cases in Lahore, Faisalabad and Multan for cyber harassment, blackmail and online threats. Several mobile phones and WhatsApp accounts allegedly linked to the suspects were recovered during the operations. Digital evidence found on the devices has been secured for further investigation and...
- **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [Six held in cyber harassment,blackmail cases across Punjab](https://www.app.com.pk/punjab/six-held-in-cyber-harassmentblackmail-cases-across-punjab/) · 15 Sep 2026, 3:01 PM PKT · 94% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has arrested six suspects in separate cases of alleged cyber harassment, blackmailing and online threats in Lahore,Faisalabad and Multan. A spokesperson for NCCIA said on Tuesday that in Lahore,the team arrested a suspect,Iftikhar,on a complaint filed by a woman.

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