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Editorial policy

Short answer ptvold reports from primary sources, separates news from paid content, gives no investment or product recommendations and corrects errors openly.

What we cover

News and reference information about digital money in Pakistan: PVARA and the Virtual Assets Act, SBP rules and Raast, digital banks and electronic money institutions, wallets, bank transfers and remittances.

We do not cover loans or lending apps, gambling, “earning apps” or game top-ups, and we never publish anything that helps people bypass verification or limits or make fake payment receipts.

Sourcing

  • News is built on primary sources: regulators, official data and companies’ own announcements. When we report what another outlet has found, we say so and link to it.
  • We do not rewrite other outlets’ stories without adding facts from primary sources.
  • Every figure shows its source and the date we checked it. See our methodology.

How we write news

A news story starts with what happened, then who is affected, the link to the primary source and what it changes for readers. We avoid hype and never predict prices.

No advice

We publish facts and factual comparison tables. We do not name a “best” bank, wallet, exchange or money transfer service, and nothing we publish is financial or investment advice.

Crypto

Crypto-assets are highly volatile and you can lose all the money you put in. Every crypto page carries this warning. We name a platform as a place to use only if it holds a PVARA NOC or licence.

Paid content

Sponsored articles and press releases are labelled above the headline, make up no more than 10% of what we publish, and never change our reference tables or the licence tracker. See the sponsored content policy.

Tools and technology

We use software tools, including AI tools, to help research and draft. Every published figure is checked against its source before publication, and the source is linked on the page.

Corrections

We fix errors as soon as we confirm them and record significant changes on the corrections page. Tell us about an error through the contact page.

Independence

ptvold is an independent publication, not affiliated with Pakistan Television Corporation.