Pakistan made it to the infamous list in 2018 following it's inability to check money laundering leading to financing of terror activities and corruption.
Sajid Mir's sentencing comes as Islamabad prepares for on site visit by the officials from the global terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to verify the implementation of Pakistan’s relevant...
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system.
Significantly, for the first time, the FATF put Myanmar in the 'high-risk jurisdictions subject to a call for action', often referred to as the watchdog's blacklist. Iran and North Korea continue to be on the blacklist.
The FATF first put Turkey on its grey list in 2011 and removed it in 2014 after the Turkish government made various amendments to Turkey's regulatory framework.
FATF President Dr. Marcus Pleyer had said, 'Pakistan has made significant progress and it has largely addressed 26 out of 27 items on the action plan it first committed to in June 2018'
Sajid Majeed Mir, 43, a member of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist group, was jailed for over 15 years in a terror-financing case by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore earlier this month as part of...
'Serious deficiency on the part of Pakistan in checking terror-financing and it is yet to demonstrate taking action against the UN-designated terrorists and their associates', says FATF
Pakistan admitted that Dawood Ibrahim was present on its soil after it imposed financial sanctions on 88 banned terror groups and their leaders. Underworld don...
The decision has been taken at the Financial Action Task Force's plenary in Paris.
The hype notwithstanding, Pakistan is unlikely to be put in the “blacklist” of the Financial Action Task Force in the foreseeable future, writes Pranay...
More than 800 representatives from 205 countries and jurisdictions around the world will take part in the meeting.
Saeed was sentenced to 11 years in prison by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore on Wednesday.
Global terror financing watchdog FATF last month retained Pakistan on its 'Grey List' till February next year for its failure to take adequate action against...
The major terrorist groups that focused on conducting attacks in Pakistan included Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jamaat-ul Abrar (JuA), Islamic State’s...
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There is a lot of misunderstanding in India about FATF. It is not a legally empowered international body to impose sanctions like the UN Security Council or...
The FATF had wanted Pakistan to continue 'demonstrating that authorities are identifying cash couriers and enforcing controls on illicit movement of currency...
The pressure is on Pakistan to deliver and they have to take action, Army chief Bipin Rawat said.
The FATF has asked Pakistan to swiftly complete its full action plan by February 2020 or face action.
