Pakistan’s federal government is assembling a dedicated technical team to get serious about a target it has already missed once: routing all government payments through Raast. What has lagged is the government side of that equation, actually migrating federal ministries, departments, and public sector organizations onto it. What Raast Integration Actually Means for the PublicFor most Pakistanis, Raast is already familiar as the free, mobile-number-based system banks use for instant transfers. Raast was designed to enable interoperability, promote efficiency, and expand financial access, redefining how individuals, businesses, and government entities transact. What’s been missing is a team accountable for actually connecting federal government systems to it, ministry by ministry, and workflow by workflow.