For the similarly named Mexican institution, see Federal Investigations Agency. The Federal Investigation Agency (Urdu: وفاقی ادارۂ تحقیقات‎; reporting name: FIA) is a border control, counter-intelligence and security agency under the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan, tasked with investigative jurisdiction on undertaking operations against terrorism, espionage, federal crimes, fascism, smuggling as well as infringement and other specific crimes. The National Intelligence Directorate (NID) was formed in 2014 to pool intelligence gathered by over 30 of Pakistan's intelligence agencies.