Pakistan’s information minister wants a standing national body for online-safety awareness, so the message reaches people beyond one yearly campaign. Attaullah Tarar floated the idea on Saturday while opening Cyber Security Awareness Week 2026 in Islamabad, an event run by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). The body he named is the National Cybersecurity and Social Media Awareness Council.
It is a proposal only. No notification, budget or start date was reported, and the government has not said whether PTA or a ministry would house it.
Who could join
Tarar suggested membership for provincial governments, federal ministries and divisions, and other organisations, and promised his backing. His reasoning was that threats online come in many forms, so one coordinated government effort, running through the year, would reach more citizens than scattered drives.
Digital literacy from school up
He also asked for digital literacy lessons in schools, colleges and universities, with the syllabus reviewed often as technology moves. Tarar went further and said every citizen should be required to learn it. Each organisation, he said, should open a digital literacy cell, and civil servants should be trained too.
Earlier this week we wrote about a cybersecurity session hosted by Zong with PTA and PKCERT.
Via: brecorder
