Pakistan might have escaped the consequences of its support to terrorist organisations at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting on Tuesday, with the help of Russia and two other countries. Islamabad reportedly secured a last-minute reprieve from the FATF and avoided being put back on a global list of countries that finance terrorism. According to reports in the Pakistani media, FATF member states failed to reach a consensus on placing Islamabad on the global watchdog's grey list.
Pakistani daily The Express Tribune reported that while concrete details were not available, Pakistani Foreign Office sources suggested that China, Turkey,