Pakistan, June 3 -- Authorities in Pakistan have uncovered a major child exploitation network operating from Muzaffarabad, with disturbing videos being sold on the dark web. The operation was dismantled by the Cybercrime Wing, which now believes a German national is the ringleader behind the network.

Minister of State for Interior, Talal Chaudhry, shared the breakthrough during a press conference in Islamabad alongside Director General of Cybercrime Waqaruddin Syed. He stressed that the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) is meant to protect the public, not silence journalists, and that regulating social media is now a necessary step.

According to Chaudhry, Pakistan's cybercrime wing receives daily complaints and recently tracked...