Pakistan tops world in economic losses due to internet shutdowns

KARACHI: Pakistan leads the world in terms of financial losses suffered as a result of outages and shutdowns of internet and social media apps last year.

Pakistan topped the charts with a cumulative financial impact of $1.62 billion.

This was higher than the cost in countries like Sudan and Myanmar, which are ravaged by civil wars.

The report, released by Top10VPN.com, an independent VPN reviewer, said the global internet disruption lasted 88,788 hours, causing a total financial...