Pakistan remains committed to combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, Foreign Office said.
According to a statement issued here on Monday, Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Faisal said that FATF was an international body that set standards relating to combating of money laundering and terrorist financing. “FATF reviews measures taken by all states on an ongoing basis for implementing those standards”, he said. He was responding to a question regarding the recently held meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Pakistan successfully completed the action plan on the implementation of the FATF standards in February 2015. At the Buenos Aires meeting of FATF, the proceedings in the International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) of FATF appreciated the continued progress made by Pakistan in implementing FATF standards. Any insinuations made to the contrary were only a reflection of a politically-motivated strategy to malign Pakistan. The list of countries of concern to FATF was available on FATF’s website which did not include Pakistan.