KARACHI:

The recent Cloudflare outage that disrupted services across Pakistan has highlighted the country's heavy reliance on foreign digital infrastructure, underscoring the urgent need for a national preparedness strategy.

When contacted, officials at the Federal Ministry for IT and Telecommunication (ITT) told The Express Tribune that the Government of Pakistan has a robust vigilance system under the National Cyber Emergency Response Team (NCERT). The NCERT monitors systems 24/7 to ensure safety.

On the failure of foreign Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) exposing Pakistan to digital vulnerability and the risk of an absolute halt, an official said Pakistan's own infrastructure is resilient but interconnected with global networks. "Hence, a global outage naturally affects Pakistan." Th

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