A special meeting of Pakistan Crypto Council will be held in Islamabad on June 2, 2025.
The meeting will be presided over by Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Aurangzeb.
During the meeting, Special Advisor to Prime Minister on Crypto and Blockchain Bilal bin Saqib will brief the participants about Crypto currency.
The participants will finalize a plan regarding establishment of Pakistan Virtual Assets Authority.
The meeting will review framework of digital and virtual assets.
Earlier, the Standing Committee on Finance of the National Assembly was apprised by the federal government that cryptocurrencies are still illegal and banned in Pakistan, despite the government’s adding Bitcoin, a digital currency, to its strategic reserve soon after constituting the Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC).
All those involved in dealing with cryptocurrency could be investigated by the Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the NA body was told.
