Month: August 2026

PISF 2026 Explained: What the Essential Governance Controls Actually Ask For

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PKCERT has released the Essential Governance Controls document under the Pakistan Information Security Framework 2026 (PISF 2026). This is the first of 13 control documents that make up PISF, and it lays out 27 numbered controls that decide how information security is supposed to be organised inside a government body before anything else in the …

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PISF 2026: What Actually Changed From Last Year’s PISF 2025 Draft

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In December 2025, we covered the draft Pakistan Information Security Framework (PISF) 2025, a framework put out by the National Cyber Emergency Response Team (National CERT/PKCERT) for public consultation, still unfinished and still a proposal. Eight months later, it isn’t a proposal anymore. On August 10 to 11, 2026, Pakistan’s federal cabinet, chaired by Prime …

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Google Has Opened Its First Local Office in Pakistan. Here’s What It Actually Means.

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On August 18, 2026, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated Google’s first local office in Pakistan, at a ceremony held at the Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad. It is a genuinely big moment for the country’s tech sector, and it deserves more than a one line celebration post. So here is what actually happened, what was …

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A Practical Guide to Getting Involved in Internet Governance from Pakistan

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Internet governance can sound like a closed conversation happening somewhere in Geneva or Nairobi, far from anyone actually working or living in Pakistan. It isn’t. Every track below is genuinely open to Pakistani applicants, several are free, and most exist specifically to bring in people who aren’t already inside the system. This guide is a …

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The Digital Nation Pakistan Act: A National Digital ID, Built Before a Privacy Law Exists

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While PECA’s amendment was making headlines in January 2025, a second, quieter law was moving through parliament in the same window, one that will eventually touch more of daily life than PECA does. The Digital Nation Pakistan Act sets out to unify Pakistan’s digital identity and government services under one system. It passed without a …

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What Is Internet Governance, and Why Does Pakistan Need a Seat at the Table?

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When people in Pakistan hear “internet governance,” they usually think of one thing: the government blocking a website, passing a law like PECA, or regulating what can be posted on social media. That’s a real part of it, but it’s a narrow slice of a much bigger picture, and the bigger picture is one Pakistan …

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PECA 2025: What the Amended Cybercrime Law Actually Changes, and Why It’s Contested

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Pakistan’s cybercrime law was rewritten in January 2025, and it now touches almost anyone who posts, forwards, or shares anything online. Most coverage of it has come from one side or the other: government statements calling it necessary, or protest coverage calling it repressive. This piece lays out what the law actually does, what each …

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