Munir gets immunity through Trump-linked crypto pact
Pakistan is now too financially entangled with a US President to be treated as a rogue actor without triggering blow-back in Washington’s highest office. That is the ultimate insurance policy.
NEW DELHI: On 14 March 2025, the Government of Pakistan launched the Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC), an entity created ostensibly to regulate and promote the country’s digital asset infrastructure.
The PCC was established directly under the Ministry of Finance, with Bilal Bin Saqib, a UK-based entrepreneur and social media personality with limited background in formal financial regulation, appointed as its founding CEO.
Within weeks, he was also named Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Blockchain and Crypto, and accorded a…
