Pakistan, June 1 -- Pakistan is stepping into a new era of digital innovation, with the recent establishment of the Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC) signalling a national commitment to blockchain and ...

Bilal Bin Saqib, the head of the Pakistan Crypto Council, has been appointed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as special assistant on matters related to blockchain and crypto.

Pakistan’s special assistant to the prime minister on crypto and blockchain, Bilal Bin Saqib, met with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele in San Salvador to outline a new knowledge-sharing ...

Pakistan has cut its benchmark rate from a peak of 22% to 11% over the past year, as inflation slumped from 38% in May 2023 to 3.2% in June, averaging 4.5% in the 2025 fiscal year just ended, a ...

Pakistan’s federal government has launched the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA), a new body tasked with overseeing the country’s digital asset industry. According to a ...

Pakistan and El Salvador have established bilateral ties with cryptocurrency cooperation at the center of the relationship. Bilal Bin Saqib met with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele to discuss ...

During the 2025 Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, Saqib announced that Pakistan was creating a strategic Bitcoin reserve. “Today, I will announce that the Pakistan government is setting up their own ...

Pakistan allocates 2,000 megawatts of electricity to bitcoin mining, AI data centres By Reuters May 25, 20251:34 AM PDTUpdated May 25, 2025 ...

Pakistan has announced a national plan to mine bitcoin with 2,000 megawatts (MW) of excess electricity. Led by the Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC), the initiative is backed by the Pakistani Ministry ...

Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and State Minister of Crypto Bilal Bin Saqib, held a conversation recently with the Executive Chairman and CEO of Strategy, Michael Saylor, about ...