{"id":325890,"date":"2023-05-17T17:54:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T16:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=325890"},"modified":"2023-05-17T20:22:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T19:22:34","slug":"pakistan-does-not-plan-to-legalize-crypto-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/pakistan-does-not-plan-to-legalize-crypto-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan does not plan to legalize crypto trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Minister of State for Finance Aisha Ghaus said the Asian country could not legalize cryptocurrency trading, citing its recent removal from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) &#8220;Grey List.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In an appearance before the Senate Standing Committee on Finance, the minister noted that another reason the country could not legalize crypto was that it could be used for terror financing.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan was removed from the grey list in October 2022 after it was added in 2018. The minister noted that FATF imposed strict conditions for using cryptocurrencies before it was removed from the list.<\/p>\n<p>The FATF's controversial &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatf-gafi.org\/en\/publications\/Fatfgeneral\/outcomes-fatf-plenary-february-2023.html\">travel rule<\/a>&#8221; required countries to collect and share information on crypto transactions to curb money laundering and other illicit use.<\/p>\n<h2>Pakistan apex bank's anti-crypto stand<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, the minister's statement echoes an earlier declaration by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) that said crypto was not a legal tender or backed by the government.<\/p>\n<p>According to local media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.pk\/node\/2305046\/business-economy\"><span class=\"s4\">reports<\/span><\/a>, SBP officials described cryptocurrencies as total fraud that would never be recognized in the country. They pointed to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/elizabeth-warren-says-shes-building-an-anti-crypto-army-in-new-campaign\/\">anti-crypto moves<\/a> of major economies like the U.S., China, and Canada as why the country should make a similar move.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Standing Committee directed the SBP and the Ministry of IT & Telecom to work on banning cryptocurrency trading. This would mean the authorities would ban all cryptocurrencies-related websites and services.<\/p>\n<p>The move continues the global regulatory crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry following the massive decline in its market cap and the <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/terra-do-kwon-pleads-not-guilty-bloomberg\/\">fraudulent activities<\/a> of some key participants.<\/p>\n<p>Chainalysis <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.chainalysis.com\/reports\/2022-global-crypto-adoption-index\/\">ranked<\/a> Pakistan among the top 10 countries with high crypto adoption in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Minister of State for Finance Aisha Ghaus said the Asian country could not legalize cryptocurrency trading, citing its recent removal from the Financial Action Task Force&#8217;s (FATF) &#8220;Grey List.&#8221; In an appearance before the Senate Standing Committee on Finance, the minister noted that another reason the country could not legalize crypto was that it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":720,"featured_media":325928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77968,11],"tags":[76330,78547],"prediction_market_topic":[],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.9 (Yoast SEO v21.9.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan does not plan to legalize crypto trading<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 2018, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said cryptocurrency was not a legal tender or backed by the government.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/pakistan-does-not-plan-to-legalize-crypto-trading\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan does not plan to legalize crypto trading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 2018, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said cryptocurrency was not a legal tender or backed by the government.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/pakistan-does-not-plan-to-legalize-crypto-trading\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CryptoSlate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-17T16:54:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-17T19:22:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pakistan-crypto-ban-.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cryptoslate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cryptoslate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/pakistan-does-not-plan-to-legalize-crypto-trading\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/pakistan-does-not-plan-to-legalize-crypto-trading\/\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/#person\",\"name\":\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/#authorimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/profile-photo-oluwapelumi-adejumo-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/profile-photo-oluwapelumi-adejumo-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\"},\"jobTitle\":\"Senior Reporter\",\"description\":\"Oluwapelumi values Bitcoin's potential. 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