GLOBAL ANTI-TERROR WATCHDOG FATF RETAINS PAKISTAN IN ITS 'GREY LIST'

  • 25/06/2021

The Financial Action Task Force said Islamabad has completed 26 of the 27 action items in its 2018 action plan.
Global anti-terrorism watchdog Financial Action Task Force on Friday retained Pakistan on its "grey list" for failing to completely comply with a 27-point action plan to combat terrorism."When the FATF places a jurisdiction under increased monitoring, it means the country has committed to resolve swiftly the identified strategic deficiencies within agreed timeframes and is subject to increased monitoring," the organisation said. "This list is often externally referred to as the 'grey list'."

The decision was taken during the watchdog's five-day virtual plenary meeting.The Financial Action Task Force, or FATF, said that Pakistan has completed 26 of the 27 action items in its 2018 action plan, except the one on targeting the leaders and commanders of United Nations-designated terrorist groups.

"The FATF encourages Pakistan to continue to make progress to address as soon as possible the one remaining CFT-related [counter-terrorist financing] item by demonstrating that TF [terrorist financing] investigations and prosecutions target senior leaders and commanders of UN [United Nations] designated terrorist groups," it said.Experts have said the last remaining action item was significant as Pakistan has not given indications that it will prosecute the commanders and leader of eight UN-designated terrorist groups named by the FATF earlier, according to the Hindustan Times. These terrorist groups are the Taliban, Haqqani Network, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Jamaat-ud-Dawah, Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.

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