Islamabad:Pakistan has decided to ban the use of all cryptocurrencies, local media reported, citing a report which was submitted to the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday.
Samaa TV reported that the State Bank of Pakistan and the federal government have decided to ban the use of all cryptocurrencies, as per the report submitted to SHC during a case hearing about digital currencies. The status of cryptocurrencies in Pakistan has been in limbo in the absence of laws and rules to regulate the use of these digital currencies for trade.
On October 20, the Sindh High Court told the federal government to regulate cryptocurrencies within three months. The court directed the government to form a committee headed by the federal secretary of finance to determine the legal status of cryptocurrencies, Samaa tv reported. The court had instructed the authorities to come up with a report on the use of cryptocurrencies.
Earlier, Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued a notice to Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, during the investigation of a cryptocurrency scam involving around 100 million US dollars. Through a notice, FIA's cybercrime wing has called the general manager or growth analyst of Binance Pakistan to appear and explain the organization's position on the fraud, as per media reports.