Director General’s Message
Federal Investigation Agency is the premier agency of Pakistan at national level to investigate federal crimes. These include transnational organized crime, trafficking in persons, smuggling of migrants, cybercrimes, money laundering, terrorism financing, intellectual .property rights and electronic & physical bank frauds. It is a federal anti-corruption body also to investigate federal employees involved in embezzlement and fraud. Federal government departments refer cases to the FIA to investigate corruption charges. Volume of cybercrimes has been increasing at an exponential rate. The FIA is taking all necessary steps to deal with this rapidly increasing volume of cases. Cyber Crime Reporting Centers have been established in 15 cities of Pakistan. Complaints can be submitted online too. There are eight territorial Zones each headed by a Director in Islamabad, Peshawar, Lahore, Faisalabad, Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta. Cyber Crime Wing covers entire Pakistan. All functional circles, 55 in number, fall within these Zones. There are two Directors (Operation) of Cyber Crime Wing for North & South each monitoring half of the country.
Immigration and border control is managed the FIA Immigration Wing. Passport and visa regime are implemented at airports and border check posts. International travelers’ database is managed through IBMS (Integrated Border Management System). Stop and Watch Lists, including ECL (Exit Control List), are enforced by it. Trafficking in Persons Report is prepared by the FIA. The FIA is striving hard to stop illegal migration by taking legal action against the agents involved in this transnational crime. The victims of this crime are referred to concerned institutions for timely help.
The DG FIA is also the Head of the National Central Bureau of INTERPOL Islamabad. Hence, INTERPOL HQ of Pakistan is situated within FIA premises. Red Notices are issued by the INTERPOL HQ on request of the NCB Islamabad.
The organization is facing challenges in human resource management and infrastructure. Professional standards need to improve tremendously. Quality of human resource needs improvement through education and training. Modern investigation techniques based on forensic analysis need to be adopted. Successful prosecutions leading to convictions are our ultimate aims to curb white collar crime. The FIA aims to adopt world best practices for continuous growth through adaptation.
Better public service delivery is ultimate aim of the FIA. This aim is to be achieved by implementing vision of the FIA. The vision is based on integrity and transparency. The prevention and detection of federal crimes is the biggest task of the organization. Internal accountability and compliance with standards are mechanisms to ensure transparency in performance of functions. Cooperation is extended to national and international bodies to meet commitments of Pakistan with the international community, especially the bilateral agreements and multilateral conventions mainly sponsored by the United Nations.
The FIA remains committed to achieve highest standards of service delivery through following key performance indicators. All staff has resolved to show utmost dedication and commitment in performance of duties. I, as the team captain, assure that organization will keep playing important role in curbing national & transnational cri and making Pakistan win respectable status in the international community.
Mr. Mohsin Hassan Butt PSP, PPM
Director General FIA.
Date 01.08.2022
