World Desk, AnyTV, Islamabad
Published by: Harendra Chaudhary
Updated Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:08 PM IST
Summary
The FATF had put Pakistan in the gray list in 2018. Because of that foreign companies became more cautious about investing in Pakistan. The FATF primarily oversees money laundering and terrorist financing activities.
Pakistan is unable to find a way out of the clutches of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). FATF has put Pakistan in its gray list for the last four years. This means that the suspicion of this international agency set up to curb terrorist activities remains that Pakistan patronizes terrorism. If these doubts deepen further, if FATF puts Pakistan from gray to blacklist, then it will automatically be subject to international sanctions.
leave two important points
The FATF in its recent meeting refused to remove Pakistan from the gray list. Now Pakistan’s Energy Minister Hammad Azhar has claimed that the technical parameters suggested by the FATF for reforms have been fully implemented by Pakistan. FATF will soon accept this. Whereas in its meeting held last week, FATF clearly mentioned the shortcomings which Pakistan has not been able to overcome so far. The FATF had asked Pakistan to improve on a total of 34 points. According to this agency, no progress has been made on two of those points.
The FATF had put Pakistan in the gray list in 2018. Because of that foreign companies became more cautious about investing in Pakistan. The FATF primarily oversees money laundering and terrorist financing activities. In this meeting, it was a matter of relief for Pakistan that the FATF appreciated the steps taken by it in the matter of combating financial crimes. The FATF described these steps as concrete progress.
Claims to have resolved 26 out of 27 issues
Hammad Azhar said in a tweet on Saturday- ‘Our struggle against money laundering and financing terrorism is part of our national resolve. We are fighting this struggle not just to follow global suggestions, but in our own interest. He claimed that six out of seven issues related to money laundering were resolved by Pakistan in record time. While 26 out of 27 issues related to funding terrorism have been resolved.
After being put on the gray list of FATF, Pakistan had promised to address the concerns of this agency. Since then it has been trying to find solutions to the issues pointed out by the FTAA. But the latest meeting of the FATF made it clear that in the long period of four years, Pakistan has not been able to address all the concerns of this agency. Experts say that the government of Pakistan may pat its back on progress on some points, but the international community remains suspicious of it. At the same time, the danger of slipping from gray to black list is also constantly looming.
Recently, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had also asked Pakistan to address all the points of concern pointed out by the FATF at the earliest. Pakistan has recently taken a loan from the IMF to deal with the economic crisis.
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Pakistan is unable to find a way out of the clutches of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). FATF has put Pakistan in its gray list for the last four years. This means that the suspicion of this international agency set up to curb terrorist activities remains that Pakistan patronizes terrorism. If these doubts deepen further, if FATF puts Pakistan from gray to blacklist, then it will automatically be subject to international sanctions.
leave two important points
The FATF in its recent meeting refused to remove Pakistan from the gray list. Now Pakistan’s Energy Minister Hammad Azhar has claimed that the technical parameters suggested by the FATF for reforms have been fully implemented by Pakistan. FATF will soon accept this. Whereas in its meeting held last week, FATF clearly mentioned the shortcomings which Pakistan has not been able to overcome so far. The FATF had asked Pakistan to improve on a total of 34 points. According to this agency, no progress has been made on two of those points.
The FATF had put Pakistan in the gray list in 2018. Because of that foreign companies became more cautious about investing in Pakistan. The FATF primarily oversees money laundering and terrorist financing activities. In this meeting, it was a matter of relief for Pakistan that the FATF appreciated the steps taken by it in the matter of combating financial crimes. The FATF described these steps as concrete progress.
Claims to have resolved 26 out of 27 issues
Hammad Azhar said in a tweet on Saturday- ‘Our struggle against money laundering and financing terrorism is part of our national resolve. We are fighting this struggle not just to follow global suggestions, but in our own interest. He claimed that six out of seven issues related to money laundering were resolved by Pakistan in record time. While 26 out of 27 issues related to funding terrorism have been resolved.
After being put on the gray list of FATF, Pakistan had promised to address the concerns of this agency. Since then it has been trying to find solutions to the issues pointed out by the FTAA. But the latest meeting of the FATF made it clear that in the long period of four years, Pakistan has not been able to address all the concerns of this agency. Experts say that the government of Pakistan may pat its back on progress on some points, but the international community remains suspicious of it. At the same time, the danger of slipping from gray to black list is also constantly looming.
Recently, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had also asked Pakistan to address all the points of concern pointed out by the FATF at the earliest. Pakistan has recently taken a loan from the IMF to deal with the economic crisis.