SBP report proposes ban on cryptocurrency

The committee recommended a complete ban on cryptocurrency and related activities in Pakistan


Our Correspondent January 13, 2022
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KARACHI:

A committee headed by the deputy governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has recommended a complete ban on cryptocurrency, saying that allowing it could lead to an outflow of foreign exchange and illicit money.

The report was presented before a two-member bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC), which heard a petition regarding the digital cryptocurrency. The court sent the 38-page report to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Law to review its legal aspects.

The committee recommended a complete ban on cryptocurrency and related activities in Pakistan. Heading the bench, Justice KK Agha remarked that in case of imposition of the ban, the court should also be informed about the constitutional status of the ban.

COMMENTS (2)

Zubair | 2 years ago | Reply This is really predictable. Another in a long line of backwards unenlightened and economically damaging policies being proposed by the bureaucracy. If they don t understand it they try and make it go away. Countries have crypto billionaires governments are developing sovereign cryptos bitcoin is steadily becoming legal tender and our bureaucrats have no idea what it is and want to ban it.
Zuhair Ali Khan | 2 years ago | Reply The ignorance and incompetence of our government authorities and many more that came before them knows no bounds. Ignorance will breed ignorance. SBP and the relevant authorities need to educate themselves on what crypto actually is and the immense benefits it is bringing in Pakistan. These people have a habit of banning everything that they do no understand and then have the nerve to talk about a Digital Pakistan.
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