title: Islamic Republic of Pakistan — Enforcement: How hard does the regulator enforce? | advennt.io canonical: https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/pakistan/enforcement/ [Jurisdictions](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/) [Islamic Republic of Pakistan](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/pakistan/) Enforcement Islamic Republic of Pakistan · Question 10 of 11 # Enforcement: How hard does the regulator enforce? Unfavourable · Confirmed · AI-generated · [Back to full Islamic Republic of Pakistan report →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/pakistan/) Key section parameters | Jurisdiction | Islamic Republic of Pakistan (PK) | |---|---| | Regulator | Recorded in register | | Favourability | Unfavourable | | Confidence | Confirmed | | Review status | AI-generated | | Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 | Summary answer The defining enforcement development is a Federal Investigation Agency action out of its Faisalabad circle, booking eight suspects over a network of online gambling platforms including U7777 Game, TD777, Game89, EPIWIN, B9 Game and S9 Game. The FIA alleges a combined credit turnover of roughly PKR 1… ## Full section analysis The defining enforcement development is a Federal Investigation Agency action out of its Faisalabad circle, booking eight suspects over a network of online gambling platforms including U7777 Game, TD777, Game89, EPIWIN, B9 Game and S9 Game. The FIA alleges a combined credit turnover of roughly PKR 119.93 billion across eleven single-member companies, with PKR 8.586 billion moved through five branchless-banking collection accounts via approximately 10.5 million transactions, using bank transfers, mobile wallets and cryptocurrency as settlement channels. Investigators flagged possible layering and digital hawala or hundi activity, with the matter proceeding under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act and the Pakistan Penal Code rather than any gambling-specific statute, since Pakistan's prohibition framework supplies no licensed category the network could have operated within. The case rests on a single secondary press report citing FIA officials; no primary FIA charge-sheet or gazette notice has been independently retrieved, capping confidence below confirmed. Separately, the Prevention of Gambling Act, 1977 itself sets penalties of up to one year's imprisonment or a fine for operating a gaming facility, and the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency together with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority retain statutory power under the PECA Amendment Act 2025 to block gambling-linked apps and domains, though no new blocking action was reported this period. The risk drivers for any operator with indirect exposure are the scale of the alleged turnover, the use of crypto and USDT rails intersecting with Pakistan's virtual-asset licensing perimeter, and the absence of any lawful channel the enforcement action could have been diverted into instead.