LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday sentenced a man from Sarghoda to seven years in jail on child pornography charges.
The convict, Sadat Amin, was found guilty of being part of global child pornography racket. he was also handed a fine of Rs1.2 million.
It is the first-ever conviction in a child pornography plea in Pakistan.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had arrested Amin in April last year and seized more than 650,000 child pornography videos from his possession.
According to Assistant Director Cyber Crime FIA Asif Iqbal the convict, during the interrogation, confessed to being a part of a child pornography racket spread across Sweden, Italy, United States and United Kingdom.
In 2016, Pakistan made the offense punishable with seven years in prison and a fine of Rs0.7 million.
