Pakistan has made significant progress on its first action plan of the Financial Action Task Force by largely addressing 26 of the 27 action items, US has said
Pakistan's parliament has passed a bill for providing legal assistance in international criminal matters as part of efforts to fulfil the conditions set by the global financial watchdog FATF
Despite remaining on grey list of the Financial Action Task Force, Pakistan is less worried about the UN-designated terror groups living on its territory
Deploring FATF's decision to retain Pakistan on its grey list, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that if it was a technical decision then country would have been added to white list
Pakistan has deliberately left loopholes in small savings accounts to help financing terrorist groups, many of whom enjoy the patronage of the state
A regional affiliate of the Financial Acton Task Force (FATF) asked the country to strengthen its implementation of anti-money laundering and combating terror financing measures
Pakistan was put on the grey list by the Paris-based FATF, the global watchdog for money laundering and terror financing in June 2018
Pak will have to make further legislation on at least two counts to meet three outstanding benchmarks of the 27-point action plan of the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog FATF
FATF president said Pakistan is yet to demonstrate taking action against the UN designated terrorists and their associates
Ahead of the plenary, the FATF updated the overall performance of all countries
The FATF's Plenary and Working Group meetings, scheduled to be held from February 21 to 26 in Paris, is all set to decide on Pakistan's grey list status
In a statement, the Financial Action Task Force urged Pakistan to complete an internationally agreed action plan by February 2021
Pakistan is unlikely to exit the Financial Action Task Forces (FATF) grey list as it has been unable to comply with six of the 27 points in the global watchdogs action plan, according to reports
In July, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the government had prepared eight Bills to curb money laundering and terror financing
Pakistan Parliament's lower house on Wednesday passed four bills related to the tough conditions set by the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog FATF
The decision has been taken at the Financial Action Task Force's plenary in Paris
"There will be a response from them and then (there will be) face-to-face meeting," said Azhar, who is also Pakistan's team leader on FATF
Saudi Arabia, it said was acting on behalf of the Gulf Cooperation Council