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An unprotected digital frontier

Pakistan Published 20 October 2026, 05:10 · archived 20 Oct 2026

EDITORIAL: A new report by the IMF and the World Bank has put a startling figure on the price Pakistan is paying for its digital vulnerabilities, with losses from cyber-enabled financial fraud amounting to an estimated 2.5 percent of GDP, the highest proportion in Asia. It is a damning indictment of a country hurtling towards a digital future without adequately securing the path there. As technology advances at breakneck speed, the safeguards meant to protect citizens are being left far behind. With AI, deepfakes, instant payments and sophisticated social engineering reshaping cybercrime, Paki...

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