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Pakistan gets 120-day relief from terror financing tag: Top 10 developments

Pakistani Foreign Office sources suggested that China, Turkey, and Russia, all members of FATF, opposed the motion against Pakistan

Hafiz Saeed
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Hafiz Saeed, head of the Pakistani religious party, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, waves on his arrival to a court in Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo: AP|PTI)

BS Web Team New Delhi
Pakistan won a last-minute reprieve at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting in Paris after member states failed to reach a consensus on a US-led motion to place Pakistan on a watchlist of countries that finance terrorism, Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has said. However, there was no official word from the global watchdog regarding the reported "reprieve".  

Islamabad has reportedly received a three-month "pause" from the FATF as far as being put on the watchlist is concerned.   

Here are the top 10 developments in the matter: 

1) 'No consensus on nomination of Pakistan': Asif in

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