Shoaib Lashari

The recent cyberattack on the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) system and National Bank of Pakistan albeit one of the biggest incidents in the history of the country – is not the first of its kind. It has raised serious concerns over the level of cyber security of the state-owned institutions.

There are almost 1.9 million cases awaiting justice in Pakistan. In Pakistan’s history, the intermittent military intervention in politics and the abrogation of constitution...