Karachi, Sept. 21 -- Pakistan is falling behind its regional peers in the digital trade sector due to fragmented regulations, inadequate infrastructure, and poor policy coordination, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned in a report released on September 19.

The ADB's study, Digitally Connected Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC): Digital Trade, Emerging Regulatory Challenges, and Solutions, highlighted that despite Pakistan's strategic location linking South and Central Asia, the country has been slow to implement reforms needed for cross-border e-commerce and digitally delivered services, as reported by The Express Tribune.

According to The Express Tribune, the report revealed that Pakistan's digitally delivered trade...