The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seized devices and SIMs that were being used for “unregistered telecommunication operations”, including “illegal internet devices”, with many in custody as per the investigation. The PTA and the FIA launched the raid, claiming that such unsanctioned and unauthorised digital activities could, in theory, be a threat to national security and cybersecurity, in the hands of bad actors.