The Federal Government has officially authorizes Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officials ranking above 18 to intecept messages and trace phone calls through any telecommunication service.
The Federal Cabinet took the decision under section 54 of Pakistan Telecommunication Act,1996 for the sake of National security and apprehension of any crime.
According to the notification, issued by Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication, “the officers not below the rank 18 to be nominated occasionally by ISI to tap phone calls.”
