Pakistan

ISI gets govt backing to trace, intercept calls, messages

Decision has been taken in apprehension of crime against national security

GNN Web Desk
Published 5 months ago on Jul 9th 2024, 1:58 pm
By Web Desk
ISI gets govt backing to trace, intercept calls, messages

Islamabad: The Shhebaz government has allowed the country's premier spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to intercept and trace calls and messages in the apprehension of an offence against national security, sources said on Tuesday.

The federal cabinet has approved the relevant circular allowing a designated officer of the ISI to carry out the tracing of calls under Section 54  of the Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act 1996.

However, the officer nominated by the agency cannot be of less than grade 18, the sources added.