Pakistan allocates 2,000MW for Bitcoin mining

To transform Pakistan into a global leader in digital innovation the government has announced to allocate a total of 2,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity to power Bitcoin mining and Artificial intelligence (AI) data centres in the first phase of this initiatives. Pakistan recently decided to legalise cryptocurrency and launched a Pakistan Crypto Council in March. […]

How Modi unwittingly turned his rival into a global headliner

When Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar claimed in 2023 that “Pakistan is irrelevant,” there was an attempt to assert finality, as if to end decades of sub-continental rivalry with a kill shot. After that moment, however, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went out of his way to assert that Pakistan is not only relevant but […]