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Pakistan Built Its Crypto Regulatory Regime Using Just 8% of Its Budget, Minister Bilal Bin Saqib Reveals at Bitcoin Asia

Bitcoin Magazine·August 28, 2026·1 min read
Pakistan Built Its Crypto Regulatory Regime Using Just 8% of Its Budget, Minister Bilal Bin Saqib Reveals at Bitcoin Asia

Pakistan has launched its virtual asset regulatory regime in less than six months while using just 8% of the budget allocated to build it, according to Bilal Bin Saqib, the country's Minister of State and Chairman of the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA). Speaking at Bitcoin Asia in Hong Kong on August 28, Saqib revealed the details.

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