Pakistan, May 8 -- The Punjab government has approved the installation of advanced firewall systems in public libraries to improve cybersecurity and promote safer academic internet usage across the province. Officials said the new initiative would help create a secure digital environment by limiting access to educational and research-related content only.

Under the project, authorities plan to install modern firewall technology in 14 state-run libraries throughout Punjab at an estimated cost of Rs50 million. Moreover, officials confirmed that all necessary approvals had already been secured while work to strengthen library IT infrastructure was progressing rapidly.

The newly introduced firewall systems will block access to inappropriate...