ISLAMABAD : 14 Jan 2026 – A delegation of World Liberty Financial USA led by Zachary Witkoff, Chief Executive Officer called on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad today. World Liberty Financial (WLFI) is a decentralized finance protocol developed by its namesake company. It was founded in 2024 by Zachary Folkman, Chase Herro, Alex Witkoff, Zach Witkoff, and Trump family members.
Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Director General ISI Lt Gen Asim Malik, Minister for Finance Muhamamd Aurangzeb, SAPM Syed Tariq Fatemi and Chairman Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority Bilal Bin Saqib also attended the meeting.
Welcoming the delegation, the Prime Minister shared his vision for digital Pakistan aimed at increased connectivity, access, transparency and openness for the citizens. He said the rapidly growing pace of digital payments and financial innovation are essential parts of Pakistan’s rapidly expanding digital economy.
The Prime Minister appreciated the growing international interest in Pakistan’s digital financial markets and noted with deep sense of satisfaction that Pakistan is fast becoming part of global digital finance.
Mr. Zachary Witkoff showed keen interest to engage with Pakistan for a secure and transparent digital payment infrastructure, including innovations in cross-border settlement and foreign exchange processes.
He lauded Pakistan’s policy framework which is helping to position the country as a leading contender in the global digital finance landscape. He expressed keen desire to further deepen engagement with Pakistan to explore next-generation digital payment and cross-border finance innovations.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and CDF/COAS Syed Asim Munir later witnessed signing of MoU between the Government of Pakistan and SC Financial Technologies LLC, an affiliated entity of World Liberty Financial, to enable structured dialogue and technical understanding around emerging digital payment architectures for cross border transactions.
Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb and CEO World Liberty Financial Mr. Zachary Witkoff signed the MoU on behalf of the respective sides.
World Liberty Financial (WLFI) is a decentralized finance protocol developed by its namesake company. It was founded in 2024 by Zachary Folkman, Chase Herro, Alex Witkoff, Zach Witkoff, and Trump family members. It is a business venture of Trump family. The Trump family receives 75% of net proceeds when WLFI sells tokens, as well as gets a cut of stablecoin profits. By December 2025, the Trumps had profited $1 billion on proceeds, while holding $3 billion worth of unsold tokens.
The company has been subject of extensive reporting on conflict of interest stemming from Donald Trump’s involvement, including alleged secret deals with foreign entities and businesspeople who had previously been under criminal investigation or convicted.
One of World Liberty’s few publicly known investors is Chinese-born billionaire Justin Sun; shortly after Trump took office in 2025, Sun invested $30 million into World Liberty and an SEC investigation into him was subsequently dropped.
In 2025, a firm associated with the Abu Dhabi government purchased $2 billion worth of USD1 stablecoins from World Liberty to acquire a minority stake in Binance, which resulted in Changpeng Zhao receiving a pardon.
