Pakistan and Cyber Crimes: Problems and Preventions Sultan Ullah, Muhammad Amir, Mudasser Khan Department of Information Technology The University of Haripur Haripur, Pakistan {sultan,aamir,mudasser@uoh.edu.pk} Abstract-The growth of internet in Pakistan is exceptional; it reached to the heights of popularity for an ever changing medium of information and communication in a major conservative society. This brings freedom of expression, communication and information across the country which struggled to provide free speech and information access to its people. The internet penetration is increasing very rapidly; it is very important to observe the impact of it on the society; especially when the government is constantly trying to formulate the regulation for controlling the cyber space. A well regulated cyber space leads to the expansion of information technology services speedily. This paper focuses on the prevailing development of governance policies for cyber space and defies among the agencies and information technology venders. Moreover, the case study of national bank of Pakistan and other cyber crime survey shows that a lot of law making is needed in order to reduce the chances of cyber crime. Policies, Trends, Challenges, Keywords-Cybercrimes, Preventions I. INTRODUCTION The growth of information and communication technologies (ICT) is unprecedented and overwhelming during the past decade. The expansion growth for internet users increased at a rate of 5, 5001.2 percent during 2000 - 2005. The adoption is slow as compared to early rise but still it is increasing at a rate of 4.62 percent, and still it needs to be standardized according to internal standards [1]. This insurrection in information technologies have changed the social order primarily and will possibly go on with it in the near future. Earlier only a few groups of the economic sector had changed its operational procedures due to the advent of ICT, but merely any group of the economic or social society is unaffected with this technology at the moment. It has intensely changed the social structure of today's world [2] [3]. border and information network technology infrastructure[6]. The role of cyber security cannot be ignored in the current development and deployments of critical computing and communication infrastructure [7]. National security and economical development are the key players for the improvements in cyber security and protection of vital digital infrastructures. It is essential to make the internet more secure and protect the user of internet from cyber attacks in The social and economical changes due these technologies are unparalleled on one hand but as every picture has two sides, the technologies also have a darker side on the other hand as well. It leads to the appearance of new categories of crimes in addition to commit the conventional crimes using emerging technologies. Furthermore, the effects of immoral behavior can be broader as compared to earlier due to Hamid Asmat, Kamran Habib Department of Information Technology The University of Haripur Haripur, Pakistan {hamid.asmat,karanlooks@gmail.com } development of ICT which eliminated the concept of geographical boundaries [4]. The governments are encouraging its people to use ICT since its inception, but