Mazaj News : Pakistan’s National AI Policy remains stalled more than six months after cabinet approval, as delays in forming the AI Council and a lack of response from provincial governments have blocked its rollout.
Officials say provinces were asked for input on implementation after the policy was approved in July 2025, but no formal feedback has been received so far. At the same time, the federal government has put the proposed AI Council on hold, calling its current structure overly bureaucratic and lacking sufficient AI experts.
Apart from limited awareness initiatives, most key pillars of the policy — including AI innovation, security, infrastructure oversight and sectoral transformation — remain untouched, even as data centres and cloud services expand rapidly without any designated regulatory authority.