{"id":395278,"date":"2022-01-17T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pakistans-president-calls-for-more-training-in-blockchain-technology\/"},"modified":"2022-01-17T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T17:00:00","slug":"pakistans-president-calls-for-more-training-in-blockchain-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pakistans-president-calls-for-more-training-in-blockchain-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"# Pakistan&#8217;s president calls for more training in blockchain technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># Pakistan&#8217;s president calls for more training in blockchain <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDEvMzY2ZWJjMGItZjU3Zi00NmU4LTg3ZTgtYzk0OTc3ZjIwMDQwLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-128018ef>Arif Alvi, currently serving as the president of Pakistan, called for additional training in emerging technologies including blockchain, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity while meeting with a delegation of blockchain technology experts.<\/p>\n<p>In a Monday announcement, Alvi <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/president.gov.pk\/Detail\/PressDetails\/ad35965f-1a68-4e53-83fb-26b5cbe61d29\">said<\/a> Pakistan\u2019s talent pool should be ready to meet the needs of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which included utilizing blockchain technology in the public and private sectors. According to the Pakistan president, the technology could be used as a government tool to track transactions, reduce corruption, and increase transparency. Among the panel of experts was Bitcoin SV advocate Jimmy Nguyen,\u00a0founding president of the Bitcoin Association.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Dr. Arif Alvi had a meeting with an international delegation of blockchain experts, led by the Founding President of BSV Blockchain Association, Mr. James Nguyen, that called on him, at Aiwan-e-Sadr. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G4m4fRpJJy\">pic.twitter.com\/G4m4fRpJJy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The President of Pakistan (@PresOfPakistan) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresOfPakistan\/status\/1483043673940103168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe meeting came shortly before the Pakistan president <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresOfPakistan\/status\/1483082803948494851\">announced<\/a> he would be <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointing Noor Muhammad Dummar as the senior minister of finance for the country\u2019s Balochistan province. Pakistan\u2019s federal ministries of finance and law have not legislated on a potential blanket ban of cryptocurrencies in the country, but the State Bank of Pakistan has reportedly argued cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) are illegal and cannot be used for trading.<\/p>\n<p>A report released by crypto analytics firm Chainalysis in October 2021 showed that Pakistan had the third highest rate of crypto adoption behind Vietnam and India, with transfers of more than $10 million in the country representing 28% of transactions. The country\u2019s central bank also said in 2021 it was studying the possible rollout of a Pakistan central bank digital currency. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Pakistanis have $20B in crypto assets, says head of local association<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, some officials within Pakistan seem to continue to associate digital assets with fraud following a multi-million dollar crypto scam in which investors were misled into sending funds from Binance wallets to unknown third-party wallets \u2014 some reports suggest investors lost as much as $100 million. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has also reportedly <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1669737\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/www-dawn-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/www.dawn.com\/news\/amp\/1669737\">blocked<\/a> websites dealing in cryptocurrencies in an effort to prevent fraud and money laundering.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"law_decoded\"><\/template><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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In a Monday announcement, Alvi said Pakistan\u2019s talent pool should be ready to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":395279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/1200_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDEvMzY2ZWJjMGItZjU3Zi00NmU4LTg3ZTgtYzk0OTc3ZjIwMDQwLmpwZw==.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74858,74894,71511,55229,17320,70934,4965],"class_list":["post-395278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-bitcoin-regulation","tag-blockchain","tag-government","tag-law","tag-pakistan","tag-regulation","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}