Shaza Fatima Stresses Digital Sovereignty, Stronger Cybersecurity

Pakistan’s Digital Economy Is Redefining What Independence Means at 79

It is past midnight in Faisalabad, and a developer is still at her desk, not because a deadline in Pakistan demands it, but because a client in Toronto is just starting their day. She has never left the country. She has never needed to. Her laptop is the only border crossing she requires, and it opens every time she logs on. That single client relationship is one line in a much larger ledger. Software houses, BPOs, and export companies, alongsid…

Shaza Fatima stresses digital sovereignty, stronger cybersecurity

Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Friday stressed the growing importance of technology and cybersecurity, saying national sovereignty now also depended on protecting Pakistan’s digital space. Addressing a flag-hoisting ceremony on Pakistan’s 79th Independence Day, she said independence in 2026 was no longer limited to physical borders. It also included […]

Seventy-Nine Years On: What Does Digital Sovereignty Mean for Pakistan?

On August 14, Pakistan marks seventy-nine years since independence. The anniversary has always been an occasion to measure the distance between the promise of 1947 and the reality of the present, territorial integrity, economic self-reliance, the ability of a state to set its own terms. In 2026, a new front has opened in that old conversation: sovereignty over data, networks, and the infrastructure that now carries as much of national life as an…