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15/09/2026

What if Pakistan became the birthplace of the next frontier economy? 🇵🇰

At Bitcoin Asia, shared his vision for Pakistan’s future, from tokenization and financial inclusion to building the next generation of AI companies.

From Pakistan, for the world.

14/09/2026

“A ban is not a control. A ban is the removal of your own instrumentation.”

At the Silk Road Finance & Technology Forum in Tashkent, Chairman PVARA Bilal Bin Saqib joined global regulators for a discussion on the future of digital assets, tokenisation and financial regulation.

He shared Pakistan’s journey from prohibition to regulation, the case for bringing activity into the regulated perimeter, and the opportunity to build the next generation of financial infrastructure.

Watch the full discussion.

12/09/2026

1.4 billion adults remain outside the formal financial system. That is not just a gap. It is a design failure.

At the United Nations, Minister of State & Chairman PVARA Bilal Bin Saqib laid out a vision for digital finance built around access, inclusion and real-world impact.

Full keynote below.

‘‘Digital finance must work for those the old system left behind’’Delivering the keynote address at the Digital Assets a...
11/09/2026

‘‘Digital finance must work for those the old system left behind’’

Delivering the keynote address at the Digital Assets and Blockchain for Sustainable Development briefing at UN Headquarters, Minister of State & Chairman PVARA Bilal Bin Saqib called for a new era of digital finance built around inclusion, lower remittance costs, wider access to capital and stronger regulatory cooperation.

The briefing was convened by the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations, in collaboration with UNDP, UNCTAD and the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology (ODET), bringing together Member States, UN entities and industry.

Chairman PVARA and Minister of State, Bilal Bin Saqib, met with H.E. Tarik Ali Khan, High Commissioner of Canada to Paki...
10/09/2026

Chairman PVARA and Minister of State, Bilal Bin Saqib, met with H.E. Tarik Ali Khan, High Commissioner of Canada to Pakistan, for a discussion on Pakistan’s evolving virtual assets ecosystem, regulatory developments, and opportunities to deepen cooperation in digital finance and emerging technologies.

10/09/2026

Pakistan is not waiting for the future of finance. It is helping write it.

Speaking at Bitcoin Asia 2026 in Hong Kong, Minister of State and Chairman PVARA, , laid out Pakistan’s ambition to become a role model for the frontier economy.

From a live virtual asset licensing regime to tokenisation, digital payments, remittances and financial inclusion, Pakistan is building the regulatory rails for the next generation of finance.

The philosophy is simple: technology is moving at machine speed. Policy cannot move at the speed of committees. It must move at the speed of compute.

For emerging economies, the greater risk may no longer be moving too fast. It may be standing still.

Full conversation from Bitcoin Asia 2026.

Pakistan is helping shape the global conversation on digital finance. 🇵🇰🇺🇳On 10 September, , Minister of State and Chair...
09/09/2026

Pakistan is helping shape the global conversation on digital finance. 🇵🇰🇺🇳

On 10 September, , Minister of State and Chairman PVARA, will deliver keynote remarks at UN Headquarters in New York at the high-level briefing, “Digital Assets and Blockchain for Sustainable Development.”

Convened by Pakistan’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, in collaboration with UNDP, UNCTAD and ODET, the briefing will bring together Member States, UN institutions and industry leaders to examine how digital assets and blockchain can support sustainable development.

UN Development Programme UN Trade and Development, UNCTAD

PVARA Chairman held a productive meeting with the Chairman, Higher Education Commission, to explore a national capacity-...
04/09/2026

PVARA Chairman held a productive meeting with the Chairman, Higher Education Commission, to explore a national capacity-building agenda for virtual assets, blockchain and tokenisation.

The discussion focused on engaging leading universities on curriculum development, research, regulatory awareness and industry-linked training to build the talent Pakistan will need for the next generation of financial infrastructure.

HEC Pakistan Niaz Ahmad Akhtar

03/09/2026

The future of finance is not being digitised. It is being redesigned. The old financial map was drawn with borders. The new financial map is being drawn with APIs.

Money is becoming programmable. Assets are becoming tokenised. Markets are becoming 24/7. AI is becoming an economic actor.

For Pakistani founders, this is the opportunity: build in Pakistan, but build for the world.

For too long, we have imported the future. This generation has an opportunity to export it.

Pakistan is building a bridge with one of Asia’s leading technology ecosystems.Minister of State and Chairman PVARA Bila...
01/09/2026

Pakistan is building a bridge with one of Asia’s leading technology ecosystems.

Minister of State and Chairman PVARA Bilal Bin Saqib MBE led the Pakistan delegation in a meeting with Simon Chan Sai-ming, Chairman of Hong Kong Cyberport, and its senior leadership to explore deeper cooperation between the startup ecosystems of Pakistan and Hong Kong.

The two sides explored startup exchanges, institutional collaboration and building a stronger innovation corridor between Pakistan and Hong Kong.

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